Dead For Disobedience

Dead For Disobedience 

I Kings 13:23-24 NKJV

[23] So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back. [24] When he was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the corpse. 

Paul attempts to explain to us why we are taught somethings in the old testament. "  Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come". Bill Stocham in a devotional submission of August,2020 points out somethings the people of Israel did: " committed sexual immorality, tempted Christ, and grumbled against God"( 1Cor.10:11 ).  Then God visited them with deadly consequences. Stocham emphasis  Paul's statement that these were written as object lessons to stop our repeating the same mistakes. Have that in mind as we examine this vignette today. By going back to eat in the place he was forbidden by God, this Man Of God diobeyed God. Disobedience attracts consequences.

Charles Stanley points out four ways we are likely going to disobey God. 1. Neglecting to obey God's command. 2. Actively pursuing what God forbids. 3. Doing what the Lord says in a wrong manner. 4. Insisting on our own agenda. Our disobedience will not only affect us, but it will affect others. The irony is that others will find it out eventually. Please don't die by disobedience. The dead of that Man Of God was enough. Good morning