Broken Beyond Repair - June 11, 2015

Scripture: 1 Kings 22, Romans 1
Proverbs 29:1 A man who hardens his neck after much reproof Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.

Observation:
1 Kings 22 is about King Ahab of Samaria and King Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Story goes on to say that this two kings was inquiring of GOD of their plans to make war against the King of Syria. King Ahab inquires from his 400 false prophets and King Jehoshaphat asks for a true prophet of GOD. Their conversation goes on in 1 Kings 22: 7 Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here whom we may ask?8 [Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say that.

King Ahab never received anything good from this true prophet of GOD Micaiah, why? Because GOD has been rebuking Ahab, warning him but he refuses to believe this prophet of GOD because he does not want to repent and change his ways. King Ahab's wife was Jezebel, and she was a Queen that controlled his kingdom as she controlled her husband Ahab. She was in her natural being a witch. GOD was displeased with Ahab's ways and especially of his wife but GOD had been faithfully warning Ahab about his destiny so that somehow Ahab would repent and change his ways. But Ahab lusted after his power, his comfort, his evil wife, that even at this time he refused to listen to GOD's warning. Ahab listened to the lying voices of the false prophets to feel good about himself than to listen to the true voice of GOD spoken of by the prophet Micaiah. 

The story unfolded just as GOD had warned him many times. He will not only lose the battle but die a tragic death where dogs licked his blood. There are people raised up to overcome and people destined for destruction. Of course, GOD doesn't want any of his created beings destroyed in such a way that is why HE is always faithful to warn even the most calloused of hearts that He is going to punish the wicked. But when wickedness takes hold of a man, a man begins to be hard headed and calloused in his heart that he will not feel any guilt of sinning anymore. Such a man's life will be broken beyond repair.

Application:
Are you going to be a man/woman whose destiny is to overcome or to be destroyed because of evil? You have a choice today. Everyday may seem like just another day but each day you live, is a gift of GOD giving you another chance to change your ways and live for HIM. I pray that when you cannot chose GOD in your life, that in death, you will make a choice to accept GOD because even if you will not give up your life for GOD, GOD can still save your soul on your dying day if you accept the gift of GOD's salvation by receiving JESUS CHRIST as your savior. 

Prayer:
If GOD has been warning you of the consequences of your sins, repent! Repent now, Repent today and change your ways because GOD's chance can only be for a time and that time will soon end. Do not wait for it to be too late. All things even your life will come to an end. I pray that you will chose GOD not just in death but in your life, I hope your choice will be to live for GOD for it is the only way to truly live. Do not be like Ahab who was broken beyond repair.

Belief and Trust

4 Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.)

- Revelations 20:4-5

The book of Revelations talks so much about the last days and the things to come when the world is about to end. Many people believe we are in the last days while some believe it will take another century until we will be at the last days. But regardless of what we beleive in, do we beleive in the most important thing that even the end of the world will not matter as so much as death will not bring fear to a person's heart or mind? Do we believe in Jesus the One who was sent for us so we can live even after we have died in this world.  It is in Jesus that we find salvation even from death, because His word promises that those who stand with Jesus even until the very end will be resurrected and while reign with the Messiah for a thousand years.

Where we put our trust deeply matters to GOD. Does GOD matter to us, do we believe in His word and live our lives according to it? Or are we god of ourselves and live according to what we think and feel is right? How we live on earth will determine if we will live after we die. The Bible says to believe and trust in Jesus, the only One to whom we can have salvation from eternal death. If we truly follow Jesus, we will have no fear of death, no fear of calamities, and no fear of the end of the world. It doesn't even matter how the world will end but what will matter is being with GOD to experience the perfect life we can only dream of while we are still in this world. Those whose hearts are dedicated to GOD will long for the day they will be with GOD forever. It is important to understand where you place your belief and trust. Everything we do in life, our thoughts and choices all stem from where we our faith and trust comes from. Is it from believing and trusting JESUS or fearing for the future?

Chose wisely

Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” 7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. 13 That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. 14 God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
- Ecclesiastes 12

Shlomo known as Solomon is the wisest King that ever lived on earth. He wrote many wise sayings of the Bible including Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon. He wrote many things that is wise and beneficial for anyone searching for wisdom. In the last chapter of the Ecclesiastes, it is just right that Solomon should conclude this one thing: That in all our doings, we should never forget our Creator but to honor GOD in all we do before our strength runs out from us and we are old and dying. For everyone will have to die, no one is exempted from death. We may be able to do anything in life, whatever we want we can do it, but not everything is good for us. Therefore in everything we do, we have to consider, where this road will take us in the future if we chose it now.

Modern writers always inspire us to be courageous and to not fear anything in life. But if we have to fear, it is wise to fear GOD and to obey whatever HE said we should do and whatever HE said we should not do. Life is sweet and long for many, but life as we know it ends, there is an end to our life and at the end of it, we wil stand before GOD to give an account to everything we ever did. We will be judged by GOD, if we do right or if we do wrong, there is a following reward and consequence for it. We won't even have to wait for the end of our lives to see GOD's judgement because even while we are still here on earth, GOD has already started punishment and reward with whatever we deserve from what we have done in the past. You many not feel GOD's judgement now, either good or bad but it doesn't mean that it's not there. So think about it carefully and chose to live wisely. Life, afterall is a choice.