Victory Given for God's Glory
Series 1 Kings JG
Theme: God Provides Victory for the Purpose of Making His Own Power Known, but Ahab Lets the Condemned King Go.
I. Israel Rebels at the Overreaching Demands of the Assyrian King – vv. 1-12
A. Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely – vv. 1-6
B. Ahab and His Elders Rebel at The Extended Overreach of Ben-Hadad – vv. 6-9
C. Over-Confident Posturing – vv. 10-12
II. God Gives Israel Victory for His Own Name's Sake – vv. 13-25
A. Ahab, Despite All His Rejection of God, Listens to God's Prophet's Directions of War – vv. 13-15
B. God Provides the Victory Over the Over-Reaching King – vv. 16-21
C. Ahab Told that Ben-Hadad Will Return Based on Faulty Assumptions about God – vv. 22-25
III. God Delivers Ben-Hadad into Ahab's Hand for Judgment and Ahab Lets Him Go – vv. 26-43
A. God Delivers the Syrians to Defeat So that they would Know who is God – vv. 26-30
B. God Provides an Entire Turn of Circumstances for Ahab – vv. 32-34
C. God's Judgment for Letting One Appointed to Utter Destruction Go – vv. 35-43
Sermon ID | 116221812322595 |
Duration | 38:22 |
Date | Nov 6, 2022 |
Category | Sunday Service |
Bible Text | 1 Kings 20 |