Elijah #21 Beware of Unholy Alliances

Even those Christians who have a good reputation for faithfulness, undisputed integrity, and faithfully promote reformation may be led to compromise their testimony for Jesus Christ by unholy alliances.
Sometimes the pressure to conform to the call of unity seems too much to resist. Sometimes the desire not to be small or all alone any longer finally wins. Sometimes the temptation to be like everyone else pulls one into unholy friendships and alliances. God warns us all against fellowship with that which is unrighteous (2 Corinthians 6:14,17). To make friends with the world that will lure us from our love for Jesus Christ is to become guilty of spiritual adultery (James 4:4).
Godly King Jehoshaphat had a weakness in this area of unholy alliances, and it nearly cost him his life (as we shall see in a subsequent sermon). He was even rebuked by God through God's prophet for his unholy alliance with wicked King Ahab, and he did so again with the descendants of Ahab.
What about you? Are unholy alliances and friendships with the world leading you away from a holy friendship with Jesus Christ? The Lord warns you that you are setting yourself up for a big fall (as happened with Jehoshaphat). Dear ones, heed the Word of the Lord to you today, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord...."
The main points from our text this Lord's Day are: (1) Jehoshaphat Forms an Unholy Alliance with Ahab (1 Kings 22:1-4); (2) False Prophets Are Called to Rubber Stamp the Will of Ahab (1 Kings 22:5-12); (3) A True Prophet Reveals the Will of God (1 Kings 22:13-14).