The book of First Kings records the lives of the people of Israel as they lived “In the Eyes of the Lord” [11:6; 14:22; 15:5, 11, 26, 34; 16:7, 19, 25, 30; 21:20, 25, 22:43, 52].
This expression is repeated 14x in this book. We all need to ponder the theme of this book:
to live IN THE SIGHT OF GOD!
The Book in Outline Form
I. Solomon: Forty Years
A. Good Start 1-4
B. Great Choices 5-8
C. God Given fame and fortune 9-10
D. Grievous Ending 11
II. Divided Kingdom: Eighty Years
A. Reheboam Complex: forsake wisdom 12
B. Two new kingdoms, two old problems: idolatry and disobedience 13-16
C. Elijah: God’s Man stands alone 17-19
D. Ahab: the worst 20-22
There are 19 Kings [all bad] in the Northern Kingdom and 19 [8 good and 11 bad] in the Southern. As Saul, who had no heart for God; David, who had a whole heart for God, and Solomon, who only had half a heart for Him – these 38 are a mixture of all three.
FOUR GREAT TRUTHS
GLEANED FROM THIS BOOK:
I. God Keeps His Word so we should SEARCH IT DAILY.
From OTI-11 – I Kings – Living in the Sight of God (960221WE)
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