The Covetous King (1 Kings 21:1-16)

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  • 1 Kings 19 (Jezebels anger, the 7000)
  • 1 Kings 20 (Benhahad & Ahab)
    1. Naboth: Keeping Faithful Costs
      • “Naboth treasures Yahweh’s gift more than money” D.R. Davis Lev 25:23-28 & Num 36:7-9
      • Please the king & displease the King of Kings or be faithful & obedient
    2. Ahab: the Sulking & Covetous King
      • 1 Kings 20:42,43 & 1 Kings 21:4,5
      • Vineyards & Vegetable gardens: Deut 11:10-17
      • Idolatry, coveting, sulking to bearing false witness
      • A warning to us – the weathly are never satisfied
    3. Sin in Action
      • James 1:14,15
        • Desire brings forth sin (forgery, hypocrisy, forced purgery) “..injustice flourishes not only by wickedness but also by great weakness, not mearly a lack of goodness but by a lack of guts.” D.R. Davis
        • Sin brings forth death
      • Cold, ruthless + 2 Kings 9:26
      • “None but God knows what an abyss of corruption is in my heart” M’Cheyne
    4. Sin in Action
      • The vine, framed, condemned, executed
      • “In my place condemned he stood, sealed my pardon with His blood, Hallelujah, what a Saviour”