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Fire From Heaven...Again

10/12/2020

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          God is not to be trifled with.  Jeremiah said it in chapter 10 verse 6 and 7 of the book carrying his name, “O Lord thou art great, and thy name is great in might.  Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?”  Yet Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, refuses to learn this truth about God.
          It’s in II Kings 1:1-18.  Ahaziah has fallen through a lattice at his palace and is injured.  This is the son of Ahab and Jezebel who succeeded his father as King of Israel.  He sends messengers to Ekron, a Philistine city, to enquire of the god Baalzebub whether he will live.  An angel of the Lord sends Elijah to the messengers to relay to the king that since he had to go to a god in Ekron that he will die.
          Ahaziah is sick but he still gets mad and wants to know who told them this.  After Elijah is described to him, Ahab sends a captain and 50 soldiers to arrest Elijah.  The cocky captain orders Elijah, “O man of God, the king has said, Come down.”  Elijah responds that if he is a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume the captain and his men.  They are consumed by fire.
          Ahaziah really wants to get Elijah.  He sends another captain and 50 more men and the same thing happens.  They are consumed by fire.  Now the third captain has learned from observing what happened to the first two groups.  He approaches Elijah differently.  He falls on his knees before Elijah and begs for his life and those of his men.
          The angel of the Lord tells Elijah to go with them to see the king.  There is nothing to be afraid of now.  Elijah delivers the Lord’s message:  Ahaziah will die because he sent messengers to a god of Ekron rather than the God of Israel.  Ahaziah dies.
          It says in Isaiah 55:6 to seek the Lord while he may be found and to call upon him while he is near.  It also says in Hebrews 12:29 that our God is a consuming fire.  God does not take sin lightly.  Romans 6:23 reminds us again that the wages of sin is death.  There is a day coming that everyone will be judged before God according to their works. (Revelation 20:12)  The lesson here is don’t trifle with God.  Seek Him while you can.
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    Linda Johnson

    Linda Johnson moved to Douglas County with her husband Tom 12 years ago after retiring from teaching. Following Tom's death in 2016, Linda began facilitating a grief support group called GriefShare through Sweden Church.​ She serves as the Sunday School teacher for our High School class. Her "Layman's Pen" articles are also published in the local paper, The Douglas County Herald. 

    Andrea Strong

    Andrea is Pastor Joshua Strong's wife. She also serves Sweden Church as Church Secretary, website administrator, and Sunday School teacher to the Intermediate Class.

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