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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle

781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741

Where the Love of God

abounds, everyone is

welcome.

Children’s Church taught

by Paul and Marsha Davis

during preaching.

www.rossvillechurch.com

3-29-2015

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1 Kings 22 1 And they

continued three years

without war between Syria

and Israel. 2 And it came to

pass in the third year, that

Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah came down to the

king of Israel.

Just visiting.

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3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants,

Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be

still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of

Syria? 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou

go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And

Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou

art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy

horses.

Bad idea; unequally

yoked together.

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Ahab was was an idol worshipper,

and as wicked as a man can be.

Jehoshaphat served the Lord God.

2 Corinthians 6 14 Be ye not unequally yoked

together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath

righteousness with unrighteousness? and what

communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what

concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath

he that believeth with an infidel?

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16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with

idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as

God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in

them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My

people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not

the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And

will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons

and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Often applied to marriage

Jehoshaphat agreed to be allies with Ahab,

and he should never have done it.

Believers should not tie themselves

with close ties to unbelievers.

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5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel,

Enquire, I pray thee, at the Word of the LORD to

day.

Jehoshaphat wants to hear from

The Lord before they go.

Is that important?

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6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets

together, about four hundred men, and said unto

them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or

shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord

shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

These were evidently prophets of the Lord; Baal

prophets would have been unacceptable to

Jehoshaphat. But they were apostate (men who had

abandoned their faith) prophets. They had no

concern about obtaining and relating the True Word

of the Lord.

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Their desire was to give their king the kind of

advice they thought he wanted to hear. This would

please him and he would favor them. The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

2 Timothy 4:2-3 (NIV) Preach the Word; be

prepared in season and out of season; correct,

rebuke and encourage -- with great patience and

careful instruction. For the time will come when

men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to

suit their own desires, they will gather around them

a great number of teachers to say what their itching

ears want to hear.

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We are living in such a time.

People go to church, but most don’t want to

worship according to Scripture.

They don’t want to be corrected or rebuked.

They want to be encouraged , but only to do what

they want to do anyway.

These false prophets told King Ahab

what he wanted to hear.

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7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet

of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of

him?

Jehoshaphat just didn’t believe

these men.

Their words just didn’t ring true!

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8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is

yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we

may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth

not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And

Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Jehoshaphat knew that it was dangerous to speak

evil against a True prophet of The Lord.

Elijah wasn’t in Ahab’s palace.

Ahab hated him even worse than Micaiah.

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9 Then the king of Israel

called an officer, and said,

Hasten hither Micaiah the

son of Imlah. 10 And the

king of Israel and

Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah sat each on his throne,

having put on their robes, in

a void place in the entrance

of the gate of Samaria; and

all the prophets prophesied

before them.

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11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him

horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD,

With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou

have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets

prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead,

and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the

king's hand.

The apostate prophets kept on talking:

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13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah

spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of

the prophets declare good unto the king with one

mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word

of one of them, and speak that which is good.

Go along to get along; it’s the easy way.

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But it’s not the right way.

The right way often goes against the multitude of

voices.

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14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what

the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

This has to be true for

every God called preacher

and Bible teacher.

We must speak what God

gives us to speak.

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Will you remain true to the Word of God?

Will you live your life according to

every Word of God?

Will you do what God says

in His Word to do?

If God says don’t, will

you leave it alone?

This leads to life and life more abundantly.