2Kings 1:3
The Context: In the Bible there are two kings named Ahaziah. One in the the Northern Kingdom of Israel and one in the Southern kingdom of Judah. The Northern Kingdom of Israel had no (as in zero) good Kings. Not even one King of Israel obeyed and followed God. This Ahaziah, when faced with life threatening fall sent for help from Baal-zebuc, the god of Ekron. God sent a message through Elijah the prophet that Ahaziah would die from his injury. Read the story in 2Kings 1, it borders on humorous if it were not a tragic demonstration of the results of rejecting the True God of the Bible.
God asks us: “Is is because there is no God in your life that you are inquiring of the false gods worshipped by others?”
Ponder:
? What are some of the gods that people around us worship, serve, and seek help from?
? What sorts of expectations do people have of these gods?
? How well do these gods deliver what people want and need?
? How does the New Testament statement that people “worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator” (Romans 1) illustrate this story of Ahaziah?
? Reading the Old Testament, what are the consequences of inquiring false gods?
