Page 9 - Royalty and Ruin (2008)

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The King’s Defiance Rebuked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How a Prophet Was Tricked Into Disobeying . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
God’s Judgment on Jeroboam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
National Apostasy Brings National Ruin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
King Asa’s Good Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A Remarkable Victory Gained by Trusting God . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ahab’s Wicked Reign Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Elijah Confronts King Ahab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Priests of Baal Keep the People Deceived . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Drought and Famine for Two Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
The Voice of Stern Rebuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hospitality Rewarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Three Years of Drought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The People Are Finally Ready for Reformation . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Brave Prophet, Guilty King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Need of Reform Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
God Vindicated on Mount Carmel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
No One Has the Courage to Stand With Elijah . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Prophets of Baal Give Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fire From Heaven Answers Elijah’s Simple Prayer . . . . . . . . 72
The Priests of Baal Unrepentant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Prophet Loses Faith and Panics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Jezebel Threatens Elijah’s Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Elijah’s Lack of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Elijah’s Complete Despondency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
“What Are You Doing Here?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Many Today Have Not Bowed to Baal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
In Times of Weakness, Trust in God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
God’s Call to Modern Apostates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
How Christ Upheld the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Elijah Is Needed Today! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Test That Will Come to All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Jehoshaphat, the King Who Believed God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Jehoshaphat Makes a Mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Armies That Threaten to Destroy Judah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
A Battle Won by a Choir Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
The Fall of the House of Ahab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ahaziah Follows the Ways of His Father and Mother . . . . . . . 97