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Thursday,
September 3, 2009
The Real Deal
1Kings 22:17-19 And he said, I saw all
Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the
LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in
peace. (18) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? (19) And he
said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on
his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand
and on his left. (KJV)
We spoke yesterday about a man named
Micaiah, who was one of about four hundred, who chose to hold God to be
true and anyone else a liar. It would take someone grounded, settled in the
fact that they knew the Lord personally, and were able to hear and hold to
Him despite the numbers contrary. The reason this is brought up is to warn
all those in Christ today that odds are you too will find more in
opposition, even in the so called church realm. The question now becomes,
will you too hold fast your profession of faith without wavering as well?
1Kings 22:20-23 And the LORD said, Who
shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one
said on this manner, and another said on that manner. (21) And there came
forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
(22) And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and
I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said,
Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. (23) Now
therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all
these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. (KJV)
Obviously today not much has changed; in
fact, according to the Word of God deceivers are waxing worse and worse in
deceptions, deceiving and being deceived. Case in point, our Lord is quite specific
that we are to only worship one Lord, and that would be by one faith in
Jesus Christ; and yet as I look around, in just this country alone we have
thousands of different so called faiths and doctrines being peddled as the
real deal. So we see that there is truly nothing new under the sun is
there; many false prophets are giving more ear to the lying spirit than to
the Spirit of truth.
1Kings 22:24-25 But Zedekiah the son of
Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went
the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? (25) And Micaiah said,
Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner
chamber to hide thyself. (KJV)
Oh if I could be like Paul, or Peter, or
some of the other people God has used to deliver His message. Well, your
viewpoint on ministry life might change a bit when you see how God’s people
have been treated for taking a stand and delivering His message.
1Kings 22:27-28 And say, Thus saith the
king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction
and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. (28) And Micaiah said,
If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he
said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. (KJV)
This was the reward this man received for
delivering the truth, a one way ticket back to prison. Sure would have
taken some courage, as well as knowing the Lord personally to stand up to
this persecution and not waver despite the odds.
1Kings 22:34-35 And a certain man drew a
bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the
harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand,
and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. (35) And the battle
increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the
Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the
midst of the chariot. (KJV)
In the end, the king that did the smiting
to the prophet of God ended up being smote himself personally, just as the one
true man of God prophesied. A number of God’s people have suffered
throughout time to keep the message of God alive and flowing despite the
overwhelming odds in the outward. With all that God and His people have
done on our behalf, by all means make our Lord a priority; so that in your
time of trial you will not fall away but you will continue in the faith
grounded and settled on the fact that God is true, and man or anyone who
gives ear to the lying spirits of this world are liars. Hold fast to the Real
Deal.
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