Naboth Owned A Vineyard 1 Kings 21 1

Naboth Owned A Vineyard 1 Kings 21: 1, 2

1 Kings 21: 3 • Obeyed Mosaic Law- Leviticus 25: 23 -28 • Numbers 36: 7 “not change hands from tribe to tribe” • Daniel 1: 8 “purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself” • Luke 16: 10 “faithful in least faithful also in much”

Impact on Ahab • 1 Kings 21: 4 “sullen & displeased” Jezebel’s Point of View • 1 Kings 16: 31; 18: 19 Worthless Men • 1 Kings 21: 10 Silence • 1 Kings 21: 13

The Confrontation • 1 Kings 21: 18 “there he is in the vineyard of Naboth” • 1 Kings 21: 19 “Have you murdered & also taken possession? ” • 1 Kings 21: 27 -29 • 1 Kings 22: 38 • 2 Kings 9: 25, 26

Who is Confronted? • Not Jezebel! • WHY was Ahab confronted? • He was expected to Lead & he did nothing but follow, and became a silent collaborator

Who is the Trouble Maker? • 1 Kings 18: 17 “troubler of Israel” to Ahab’s enemy (1 Kings 21: 20)! • Matthew 7: 1 -3 speck vs. plank • Luke 19: 21, 22 “ I feared you, because you are an austere man. ”

The Fatal Choice • 1 Kings 21: 20 “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD: ” • Romans 6: 13, 16 “slaves of sin leading to death” • Jezebel would not escape!

“I am Weak” • 1 Kings 21: 25 “no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness” Brief Humbling • 1 Kings 21: 27 • 2 Peter 3: 9 “not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance”