PROCLAMATION
“So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. However, he did not turn away from the sins
of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, the worship of
golden calves at Bethel and Dan.” 2 Kings
10:28-29 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
After the prophet had anointed him king of Israel and
told him that The Lord wanted him to destroy all in the house of Ahab, (2 Kings
9:1-8) Jehu got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel. (2 Kings 9:16) When he got there, he killed Joram, king of
Israel, (2 Kings 9:22-24) and Ahaziah, king of Judah. (2 Kings 9:27) He also had Jezebel killed. (2 Kings 9:30-33) Jehu had the seventy sons of Ahab killed, (2
Kings 10:6-8) then he killed everyone in Jezreel (2 Kings 10:11) and all of the
relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah (2 Kings 10:12-14) and all the relatives of
Ahab in Samaria. (2 Kings 10:17) After
that he claimed that he was going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal and
summoned all of the prophets of Baal his servants and his priests, then he
ordered his guards to kill all of them. (2 Kings 10:18-25) Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel and he
demolished the temple of Baal. (2 Kings 10:26-28) However, even though Jehu was anointed king,
he was not a believer and he still worshiped the golden calves.
APPLICATION
The Lord God can use anyone, believer or non-believer,
to do the work that He wants done. Just because
He uses a non-believer to accomplish His purpose does not mean that the
non-believer will be saved. The Lord may
even reward the non-believer for doing His work, (2 Kings 10:30-31) but that
does not confer salvation onto him.
There is only one way to salvation and that is through belief in Jesus, The
Christ. (John 3:16, John 14:6, and Acts 4:12)
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