DAD'S RAMBLINGS – Complicity
I Kings 21:8
"And [Jezebel] wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth."
Jezebel hatched a plan to kill Naboth using other people to do the crime (verses 9-14). A cursory reading of the account seems to leave the impression that Ahab was ignorant of this conspiracy against Naboth, until you come to verse 19, when it becomes apparent that Ahab was aware of it. "Then God told Elijah to go to Ahab and say, 'Thus says the LORD: "Have you murdered and also taken possession?" ' " Ahab was complicit and accountable because, even though Jezebel and others did the dirty work, he was aware of it, and by his silence condoned it. If I do not speak out against evil that I am aware of, I am as guilty as those who do it. Lord, give me the courage to speak out against sin.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Condoning evil by my silence makes me a party to it by association.
Have a "speaking out" day. Love you.
I Kings 21:8
"And [Jezebel] wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth."
Jezebel hatched a plan to kill Naboth using other people to do the crime (verses 9-14). A cursory reading of the account seems to leave the impression that Ahab was ignorant of this conspiracy against Naboth, until you come to verse 19, when it becomes apparent that Ahab was aware of it. "Then God told Elijah to go to Ahab and say, 'Thus says the LORD: "Have you murdered and also taken possession?" ' " Ahab was complicit and accountable because, even though Jezebel and others did the dirty work, he was aware of it, and by his silence condoned it. If I do not speak out against evil that I am aware of, I am as guilty as those who do it. Lord, give me the courage to speak out against sin.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Condoning evil by my silence makes me a party to it by association.
Have a "speaking out" day. Love you.
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