Saturday, January 13, 2018

II Chronicles 18:1,4-7



II Chronicles 18:1,4-7 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah was a righteous man and should have never associated with Ahab, the king of Israel, who was a wicked man. So before they went up to Ramothgilead in battle, Jehoshaphat wanted to ask God if they should go to battle or not. Ahab called his wicked prophets and they said, “Sure! Go up to battle! Everything will be great!” But Jehoshaphat asked if there wasn’t a prophet of God who they could ask. Ahab didn’t want to ask Micaiah, the man of God, because he never said anything good to Ahab. Well, Duh! That’s because Ahab was always doing the wrong thing! The problem wasn’t with Micaiah’s preaching; the problem was with King Ahab’s wicked living! A good friend - a Godly friend - will tell you the truth. Never be afraid of the truth of God’s Word. You can depend upon God’s truth!

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