Theme: Being a Servant of God under Ahab.
(A Sunday Light Message)
Text: 1 Ki. 16:29 - 33
1. Who is Ahab
2. Serving God under Ahab, possible
3. Who is a servant of God
1. Who is Ahab 1 Ki. 16:29 - 33
Ahab (Hebrew: אַחְאָב, Modern Aẖ'av,Tiberian ʼAḥʼāḇ ; "Brother of the father";Akkadian: Aḫabbu; Greek: Αχααβ; Latin:Achab)
was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband ofJezebel of Sidon, according to theHebrew Scriptures.[1]
The existence of Ahab is historically supported also outside of the biblical stories. Shalmaneser III documented 853 BC that he defeated an alliance of a dozen kings in the Battle of Qarqar; one of these was Ahab.
Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years.[2] William F. Albright dated his reign to 869–850 BC.
Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of the King of Tyre. 1 Kings 16–22 tells the story of Ahab and Jezebel, and indicates that Jezebel was a dominant influence on Ahab and strove to spread idol worship of Baal in Israel.
Ahab was succeeded by Ahaziah and Jehoram who reigned over Israel until Jehu's revolt of 842 BC.
In the Biblical text, Ahab has five important encounters with prophets. The first encounter is with Elijah, whom Ahab refers to as "the troubler of Israel" (1 Kings 18:17), in which Elijah predicts a drought (1 Kings 17:1). This encounter ends with Elijah victorious over the official Baal prophets of Israel in a contest held for the sake of the Israelites and their king, Ahab. The contest ends when Elijah's God consumes the offering which the Baal worshipers could not induce their god to touch, after which Elijah slaughters the Baal prophets (1 Kings 18:17–40).
The second encounter is between Ahab and an unnamed prophet in 1 Kings 20:22.
The third is again between Ahab and an unnamed prophet who condemns Ahab for his actions in a battle that had just taken place (1 Kings 20:34-43).
The fourth is when Elijah confronts Ahab over Ahab's and Jezebel's execution of Naboth and usurpation of the latter's ancestral vineyard (1 Kings 21,1-16). Upon the prophet's remonstration ("Hast thou killed and also taken possession?" (1 Kings, 21,19)), Ahab displayed sincere remorse (1 Kings 21,27).
The fifth encounter is with Micaiah, the prophet who, when asked for advice on a military campaign, first assures Ahab he will be successful and ultimately gives Ahab a glimpse into God's plan for Ahab to die in battle
(1 Kings 22).
2. Serving God under Ahab, possible
1 kings 18:3 - 12, 13
3. Who is a servant of God
1 kings 18:12,13
Some one that fears, rever and obey God and God's word. Pray today to be a servant of God
(A Sunday Light Message)
Text: 1 Ki. 16:29 - 33
1. Who is Ahab
2. Serving God under Ahab, possible
3. Who is a servant of God
1. Who is Ahab 1 Ki. 16:29 - 33
Ahab (Hebrew: אַחְאָב, Modern Aẖ'av,Tiberian ʼAḥʼāḇ ; "Brother of the father";Akkadian: Aḫabbu; Greek: Αχααβ; Latin:Achab)
was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband ofJezebel of Sidon, according to theHebrew Scriptures.[1]
The existence of Ahab is historically supported also outside of the biblical stories. Shalmaneser III documented 853 BC that he defeated an alliance of a dozen kings in the Battle of Qarqar; one of these was Ahab.
Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years.[2] William F. Albright dated his reign to 869–850 BC.
Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of the King of Tyre. 1 Kings 16–22 tells the story of Ahab and Jezebel, and indicates that Jezebel was a dominant influence on Ahab and strove to spread idol worship of Baal in Israel.
Ahab was succeeded by Ahaziah and Jehoram who reigned over Israel until Jehu's revolt of 842 BC.
In the Biblical text, Ahab has five important encounters with prophets. The first encounter is with Elijah, whom Ahab refers to as "the troubler of Israel" (1 Kings 18:17), in which Elijah predicts a drought (1 Kings 17:1). This encounter ends with Elijah victorious over the official Baal prophets of Israel in a contest held for the sake of the Israelites and their king, Ahab. The contest ends when Elijah's God consumes the offering which the Baal worshipers could not induce their god to touch, after which Elijah slaughters the Baal prophets (1 Kings 18:17–40).
The second encounter is between Ahab and an unnamed prophet in 1 Kings 20:22.
The third is again between Ahab and an unnamed prophet who condemns Ahab for his actions in a battle that had just taken place (1 Kings 20:34-43).
The fourth is when Elijah confronts Ahab over Ahab's and Jezebel's execution of Naboth and usurpation of the latter's ancestral vineyard (1 Kings 21,1-16). Upon the prophet's remonstration ("Hast thou killed and also taken possession?" (1 Kings, 21,19)), Ahab displayed sincere remorse (1 Kings 21,27).
The fifth encounter is with Micaiah, the prophet who, when asked for advice on a military campaign, first assures Ahab he will be successful and ultimately gives Ahab a glimpse into God's plan for Ahab to die in battle
(1 Kings 22).
2. Serving God under Ahab, possible
1 kings 18:3 - 12, 13
3. Who is a servant of God
1 kings 18:12,13
Some one that fears, rever and obey God and God's word. Pray today to be a servant of God
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