Jehu Reigns in Israel

                                                                  2 Kings 10: 28-36

 

October 1, 2021

 

Jehu Reigns in Israel

Thus, Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.   But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.   And the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”   But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.

In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:  from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the Valley of the Arnon, that is, Gilead and Bashan.   Now the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?   So, Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.  The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

 

How many times as we study the kings of Israel and Judah do we see them beginning to do and seek God’s will, only to allow the sinful world to turn their hearts away from the ways of God?  But it is also found in the leadership of the Church, often a man will begin strong, and yet he does not finish the assignment that God has given him.  In fact, we have seen many bring shame in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

 

It is my belief they all set out to do the will of God, but somewhere they tuned into what I call the deceptive channel, and listen to that old serpent who still uses, the same lie, (Did God really say)  and the answer is always yes, God did say that and Jesus help me to not become another victim the one you tell us about in John 10:10.  “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

 

We do have an offensive weapon that God has given us, found in Ephesians 6:10-20.  Each of these weapons listed is to protect our minds and hearts from the power of evil in the heavenly place, but verse 17, is our offense weapon;  ^”and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”  Put the word of God in your heart and mind to be equipped to stand against the schemes of the devil.

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice