BBD 08.24.05 Heed the Warning
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08.24.05
Heed the Warning
Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you,
O troubler of Israel?" And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you
and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of
the LORD and have followed the Baals. Now therefore, send and gather all
Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal,
and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." So
Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together
on Mount Carmel. And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will
you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if
Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word. - 1 Kings
18:17-21.
Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation,
drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you
unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the
face of the whole earth. - Luke 21:34-35.
About ten years ago, I received a speeding ticket and it wasn't my first. My
first and only other speeding ticket I received was when I was seventeen
years old and late for a date. Ten years ago, I was driving along and a few
cars came by flashing their lights but I knew that I was driving the speed
limit and I could not see any immediate road hazard. So, oblivious to any
need to slow down I continued on until a highway patrolman appeared in his
patrol car and immediately turned on his lights and pulled me over. I told
him I thought that I was doing the speed limit and his response was "not
here." As in, the speed limit is lower here. I had somehow missed the sign
signaling the change in speed limit. At that point, I was wishing that I had
heeded the warnings of all those passing cars flashing their lights at me.
But it was too late.
The false prophets of Baal and Asherah were brought together along with the
children of Israel on Mount Carmel by King Ahab at the request of Elijah who
was following God's instructions. There on Mount Carmel the great contest
between the false gods and the one true God took place. We know the result
and that result was that the false gods were unable to do anything. However,
the one true God was able to burn up the offering in a terrifying
demonstration of His power. Elijah asked the people "How long will you
falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal,
follow him." Another translation says "waver between two opinions".
After the fire of God fell from Heaven upon the offering of Elijah, burning
it all up even the water, it much have looked very foolish to the people
that they had ever believed in the false gods. It must have, then, looked
foolish that they had ever wavered between those false gods and the one true
God who was and is the creator of Heaven and earth and everything else.
The Bible warns that there is a day of reckoning coming for every person.
The Bible warns, "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with
dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close
on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on
the face of the whole earth."
Have you been wavering between obedience in serving your Lord and the
allurements of the world, the flesh, and the devil? Are you "weighed down
with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life"? Heed the warning
because there is a day of reckoning that is fast approaching.
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