The Disobedient Man of God

Reading Portion

I Kgs. 13:1-32

Lesson Content

1. The words of the Lord against the altar by a man of God who came from Judah unto Bethel, as king Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense (I Kgs.13:1,2).

2. The king’s anger — he stretched forth his hand to lay hold on the man of God but was unable to pull it back as it dried up (I Kgs.13:4).

3. The sign that the man of God had given and its fulfilment (I Kgs.13:3,5).

4. The king requested the man of God to pray for him. When the man of God prayed, the king’s hand was healed (I Kgs.13:6).

5. The king invited the man of God to his house. But he refused saying that he was asked by the Lord not to eat bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that he came (I Kgs.13:7-10).

6. The wiles of the old prophet in Bethel brought the man of God to the prophet’s house and made him eat and drink contrary to the word which God had spoken to him (I Kgs.13:11-19).

7. The word of the Lord that came unto the old prophet (I Kgs.13:20-22).

8. The man of God slain by a lion (I Kgs.13:23,24).

9. The old prophet brought the dead body of the man of God, buried it and mourned his death (I Kgs. 13:25-30).

10. The words of the old prophet to his sons after burying the man of God (I Kgs.13:31,32).

Moral

We must stand firm, unmoved, not yielding ourselves to any counsel that is contrary to the revelations given to us by God, no matter from whom it may come. If we are disobedient, we will not be able to attain the goal of our spiritual journey.