Originally posted: 3/01/2020

Then the king said to him, “How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?” (22:16). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/29/2020

“Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;” (21:21). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/28/2020

Substantiate: “to establish by proof or competent evidence.”
Supremacy: “the state of being supreme, highest in rank or authority, paramount, sovereign, chief.” Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/27/2020

The LORD said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. ¹² After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper, (19:11-12 NIV). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/26/2020

“Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God,” (18:24). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/25/2020

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth,” (17:24). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/24/2020

It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him, (16:31). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/23/2020

But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; ⁵ because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite, (15:4-5). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/22/2020

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people,” (14:2). Continue reading →

Originally posted: 2/21/2020

In 1 Kings 13, we read this repeated phrase, “the word of the LORD,” nine times. And with this much attention focused on “the Word of the LORD,” it would behoove us to turn our attention and dig in, that we might gain greater understanding of the magnitude of His Word. Continue reading →