Lesson 78 – Divided Kingdom – 1 Kings 16–18, Tests for True Prophets

A picture of how God rules His own. God takes authority structures, inside His kingdom, very seriously. The Southern and Northern Kingdoms compared. Human solutions, in defiance of the Word of God, collapse of their own weight. How to tell a true prophet from a false prophet. God’s plans don’t change. Jeroboam establishes a man-made religion with a biblical vocabulary. Elijah, Ahab, and Jezebel. The gospel of Baal proven feckless. Questions and answers.