Courage and Truth From Micaiah
Hello everyone. I hope you are about to get John
8:44 memorized. Our Joshua Generation study today comes from 1 Kings
22:1-36. Jehoshaphat had agreed to join with Ahab to retrieve the
city of Ramoth in Gilead that had been captured from Israel. Before
going, Jehoshaphat wanted to inquire of the Lord concerning their
potential success or failure. Ahab gathered the prophets of Baal to
ask them. Since there is no real Baal, there could, of course, be
real prophecy from him. The prophets simply decided what Ahab wanted
to hear and told him that. Jehoshaphat was not satisfied and wanted
to seek the word of the Lord from a prophet of the Lord. Only one
prophet was offered by Ahab. His name was Micaiah. But Ahab hated
him, because he had no good thing to tell Ahab (because Ahab was
evil). Let’s learn some lessons from the reading in 1 Kgs. 22.
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There is a stark difference between truth and
lies. Even Ahab could tell the difference (22:15-16)
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Some men would rather hear error than truth. That
is why Ahab hated Micaiah. Today, so many do not want to hear truth
about salvation, morality, creation, their children’s misconduct,
their physical health, their weight, their clothes size, etc. If we
love truth, we fear no questions.
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If we follow what the multitude says, we will
usually be involved in a lie. We must resist peer pressure to do
wrong.
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Jehoshaphat knew that only the Lord had the truth.
That is still true today.
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Micaiah’s courage never wavered. Our determination
should be as strong to say, “As the Lord liveth, what the Lord
sayeth unto me, that will I speak.” May we be as strong as Micaiah.
Have a great day.
Truth fears no questions.
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