When God Contradicts Himself

1Review of Baptist Distinctives

• Note: there are 3 statements in the following review that are false. See if you can find all three. (Hint: don't listen to your teacher, remember what we studied)
• All Baptist distinctives are unique only to Baptists. (T/F)
• What was the #1 distinctive?

• Why is this such a big deal?

• There are 2 ways that we say this occurs. What are they?

• #1 means that the Bible is inspired
• #2 means that there is not a mistake even as small as a or mark.
• The #2 distinctive is (we discussed it last week)
• It IS the right of a saved person to and scripture as well as the to obey!
• P.S.: Ask Craig about the tape he listened to today in the van

• Where did all answers come from in the early centuries?

• According to the Bible, where do our answers come from?

• Note: Be careful for weak Christians
• Although you can have your own opinion...
• It DOES NOT give us a right to jam our beliefs down another believer's throat.
• To be a Christian, you must like, like, and like Craig.
• The guides each of us
• Note: Be careful for weak Christians
• Although you can have your own opinion...
• It DOES NOT give us a right to continually oppose the , , or of the church body
• Don't be a !!!!
• you must live with vote
• every person is responsible for
• you always have a right to
• The is for what you believe
• The Mission
• 1 Kings 13
• Background: Jereboam was scared that the people would get - if they had to go back to Jerusalem to worship
• ...so he instituted idol and
• The division of the Kingdom was in God's plan. (T/F)
• Idol worship was in God's plan. (T/F)
• Here Comes Trouble...
• v.1 Do we know that Jereboam was actually sacrificing?
• isn't it amazing how we reluctantly something in the beginning only to end up ?
• X`hp x (# (#v.1 If we belong to , we will be checked up on!
• (#`hp x (#Jereboam is visited by a
• we might say, he was caught with his
• v.2 was a great and godly king 2 Kings 23:25
• 2 Kings 23:15-20
• He broke down all the places of idol worship
• He reinstated the
• v.3prophecy was fulfilled in entirety years later
• prophecy was fulfilled in part v.5
• The Godly Reaction...
• v.4 Jereboam got mad!
• When the king went against the word of God, Uh oh...
• His withered up
• so much so that he couldn't it
• maybe his joints froze
• maybe a touch of ?
• v.5 God really gets His point across
• what the prophet said would happen, happen!
• v.6 Jereboam wouldn't even venture to with God!
• he asked the prophet to talk on his behalf
• maybe he thought God was too mad
• maybe he knew he was
• v.7-9 Speculation:

  • Why did Jereboam invite this guy for dinner?

  • Why did God tell the prophet to return immediately?

  • Contrast:
  • Notice each man received a direct from God

  • Jereboam obeyed God's order but what happened?

  • The prophet obeyed God's order and was the better for it
  • he was not to
  • he was not to
  • he was not even to the same way he
  • v.10 He even returned a way
  • But....

2When God Contradicts Himself

• 1 Kings 13:11-34
• v.11-34 Both of these men (the prophet and Jereboam) received their messages from God...
• Both of these men messed up

• Speculation: What is the great sin?

• Why did the older ride out to see the younger?

• maybe the older wanted to with the youngermaybe to get information on what was happening in
• maybe the older was
• One problem: where was the older prophet living?
• where do you think he was worshipping?
• where should he have been worshipping?
• When the older told the younger what God said, what do you think the younger should have done?
• Extreme Note: who would ever suspect a man of God of lying?!

• Application: who should we listen to?

• who should we be watching?

• The King who God chose, listened to self
• The prophet who God chose, listened to self
• v.23-25 The judgement of God
• v.26 according to this verse, was the message from God? (T/F)
• v.27-32 Maybe a changed heart
• Moral of the Story:
  • If you are seeking God's , don't let someone else fill in the for you
  • seek godly advice
  • make your final choice based on
  • AND...Get your eyes off of people and start watching what would do or how would react
  • people will let you down, God will never let you down!
  • *...means a incorrect answer
  • False
  • inspiration of Scripture
  • basis of common belief system
  • must have a final authority
  • plenary/verbal
  • entire
  • *comma/punctuation
  • means that the very words are from God
  • soul liberty/read/interpret/responsibility
  • church fathers/bible
  • *act/think/talk/Holy Spirit
  • doctrines/practices/decisions
  • troublemaker/themselves
  • leave
  • *pastor/responsible
  • the pastor is responsible for what he teaches
  • you are responsible for what you believe
  • don't take the pastor's word for it!
  • home-sick
  • idol worship and sacrifice
  • yes
  • allow/participate
  • God
  • prophet
  • pants down
  • Josiah
  • high
  • Passover
  • immediatly
  • hand
  • leaprosy
  • did
  • talk/wrong
  • Speculation: maybe to persuade him to change his mind
  • maybe now he knew the prophet was for real and respect
  • maybe to convince him to work for Jereboam
  • #2. maybe God knew he could be persuaded
  • message
  • eat/drink/return the same way he came
  • different
  • fellowship
  • Jerusalem
  • jealous

3Israel/Jerusalem

• ask God
• Illustration: preachers...they fall
• entertainers...they fall
• christian grocery stores...the owners fall
• music...they fall

4GET YOUR EYES OFF MEN AND ON GOD!

5READ MAGAZINE

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