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Chronicles 19 – A Message from God
Jehoshaphat
returns home, he is met by a prophet with a message from God. “Should you help
the ungodly?”
God
never asks us to love one who is an enemy of God. It is one thing to love a
sinner. It is another thing to love his sin.
There
are people who are God’s enemies, they are enemies of the Word of God, and they
are enemies of Christianity. We are to love God’s people; this is His command.
And we are to love the sinner in the sense that we should try to bring him to
Christ. However, this does not mean that we are to compromise with sin!
God
allowed Jehoshaphat to go through this experience with Ahab because God was
going to teach him a lesson from this.
We
fall into the error of criticizing others because they are not as separated
from sin as we think they should be. You and I must give an account for our
life to the Lord Jesus Christ, He is my master. You are not. In the same way, I
am not your master.
Jehoshaphat
appointed judges and told them to be careful in their judgments.
When
a godless man sits on the judge’s bench, he does not feel a responsibility to
God. He is a dangerous judge because he is subject to all the vices. He is apt
to make a wrong judgement. He is also apt to show respect of persons and may be
led to take a bribe.
Jehoshaphat
learned his lesson and began to organize everything in his life around God.
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Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference
Commentary.
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