Today, I am reading and commenting on  1 Kings 13-14.

We can learn an important lesson from the man of God who prophesied against Jeroboam’s altar.  When offered reward from Jeroboam to violate a command which God had given him, the man of God refused.  I want to note that when Jeroboam made the offer he did not know that God had commanded the man of God to turn down any such offer.  Yet, a short time later, the man of God allowed someone who claimed to be a prophet to convince him that God had given the prophet a different command than the one He had given the man of God.  The prophet claimed that God had told him to bring the man of God back to his home and feed him.  The passage tells us that the prophet lied when he said this, but even if what he said was true, it does not change the fact that God had given the man of God a different command.  We must be careful not to allow those who claim to speak on behalf of God to convince us to do that which God has commanded us not to do.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.