Our Fire-starter comes from 2 kings 10. Our Fire-starter thought is:
deciding which worship is ok.
Fire-starter verse is verses 28-29
Here in our text we find a man by the name of Jehu. Jehu has one mission
and that is destroy the house of Ahab but then he destroys the baal
worshippers and we find in verse 28 that he destroyed Baal out of
Israel. Verse 29 is something you must see. Although he destroyed Baal
he still left the golden calves in Bethel and in Dan. Something I want
you to think about. Little sins are just as big as big sins. Telling
little white lies is just as big as telling a big fat lie. Serving Baal
and serving golden calves are just as bad as each other. Yes serving
Baal was something that Jehu saw was wrong because he destroyed that out
of Israel but the golden calves stayed In Bethel and in Dan. You may
ask, brother Justin what are you saying? Sometimes we look at sins of
others and we may be doing just as bad as everyone else but we must
consider what we are doing. Jehu saw serving Baal as being bad but
serving golden calves were not. Friend, any god other than the true God
is bad. Your television could be your god. Your work can be your god.
Your family can turn into your god and although you may look at someone
that is worshipping a false god and say they are wrong if you are
putting anything above God no matter what it is then you are worshipping
a false god. Yes! We have alot of Idol worshipping going on in America.
Yes! We must get rid of it but if we are going to get rid of idol
worship we must not get rid of the ones that don’t tempt us but the ones
that are a temptation to us. Maybe it’s lay that remote down for a while
and not spend alot of time on TV. How about put the phone on do not
disturb so you are not on it more than you have to. Yes! In moderation
we can enjoy these things but I’m afraid that’s all we talk about now a
days. It has become a god!!!! It must be taken down in our lives. The
next time you see someone worshipping a false god look at your own life
as well and see if their life is a reflection on your life. After all
why would they want what we have if there is no difference?
2 Kings 10:1-36 KJV
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent
to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that
brought up Ahab’s children, saying, [2] Now as soon as this letter
cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are
with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; [3] Look
even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his
father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house. [4] But they were
exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him:
how then shall we stand? [5] And he that was over the house, and he that
was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children,
sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou
shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in
thine eyes. [6] Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads
of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow
this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the
great men of the city, which brought them up. [7] And it came to pass,
when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew
seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to
Jezreel. [8] And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have
brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two
heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. [9] And it came
to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the
people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew
him: but who slew all these? [10] Know now that there shall fall unto
the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake
concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake
by his servant Elijah. [11] So Jehu slew all that remained of the house
of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his
priests, until he left him none remaining. [12] And he arose and
departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in
the way, [13] Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and
said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and
we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the
queen. [14] And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and
slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men;
neither left he any of them. [15] And when he was departed thence, he
lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he
saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with
thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand.
And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
[16] And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they
made him ride in his chariot. [17] And when he came to Samaria, he slew
all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. [18] And
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served
Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. [19] Now therefore call
unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests;
let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal;
whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in
subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
[20] And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it. [21] And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the
worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came
not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
full from one end to another. [22] And he said unto him that was over
the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And
he brought them forth vestments. [23] And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the
son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of
Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants
of the Lord, but the worshippers of Baal only. [24] And when they went
in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men
without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands
escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
[25] And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in,
and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of
the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the
city of the house of Baal. [26] And they brought forth the images out of
the house of Baal, and burned them. [27] And they brake down the image
of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house
unto this day. [28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. [29] Howbeit
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu
departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in
Beth-el, and that were in Dan. [30] And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because
thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and
hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine
heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
Israel. [31] But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of
Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. [32] In those days the Lord began to
cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
[33] From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon,
even Gilead and Bashan.