May 25 - The Resurrection Power – Our Redemption Of Errors

Speaker: Rev. Prince Ahinakwah-Wilson

 

🕯Theme: The Resurrection Power – Our Redemption Of Errors.

📖Text(s): 1 Kings 13:1-32, 1 Cor. 3:11

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- In a biblical context, "error" generally refers to a deviation from truth, righteousness, or divine instruction. It encompasses both moral and doctrinal missteps, often leading individuals away from God's intended path. This can include failing to follow received truths, not understanding Scripture correctly, or having a superficial understanding of the Word of God.

- A wrong action (or inaction) caused by bad judgment, ignorance, or inattention. In the Christian context, it is straying from the truth through failing to walk obediently in the truth already received or not “Correctly handling the Word of Truth” (2 Tim 2:15).

There are two important that to look at:

1. His obedience leading to the fulfilment of the delivery of God’s word -v1-2

- He executed his assignment without any problem – 6-7

- He exposed what he should not exposed about food and water – 6-9

- Temptation of error started falling

 

2. The human disobedience that led him into error-11

- There are people who are determined to take you out of the will of God for your life

- There are things – past relationships, friends, groups, old schools, what you enjoyed in the world, past glory.

 

- Why did God not send the old prophet to the King? The Lord knows those who are working for him and their faithfulness to him. God also knows that things are not going well, which is why he sent the young prophet. The word given to the young prophet was to keep him safe, but he rather went to show off how God had spoken to him

 

- There is no reasoning to be stagnant in life, no resting, no sitting

 

- Point of arrival in life

 

- The devil will never bring anything or anybody outside your circle – When the King requested and he refused, but when the prophet came to lie, he accepted. Betrayal does not come from enemies, it comes from friends. The Old Prophet used him to inform people that he was still relevant to God

 

 

How do we get into errors?             

1. Human disobedience - Num. 20:8-12 – Moses - disobedience for striking the rock rather than speaking

2, Human weakness –

- Lust – 2 Sam. 11:1- David- Beersheba -Uriah died, the son also died

- Gossip – Prov. 16:28, Eccle. 5:6,

- Pride - Num. 12:1-2, Miriam-Leprosy,  Prov. 16:18,

- Murmuring

 

3. Wrong associations -
4. Human acceptance of visions
5. When the purpose is digressed – He had a clear instruction from God to deliver 6-7

 

Consequences / Results

- Death

- Leprosy – Number 12:12-15

- Delay-  Israel's travel to the promised land was halted for 7 days due to rough talk

- Family curses –

 

- Unfinished and uncompleted assignments

- He brought him back by the way he shouldn’t have returned

- His body never return to the place he came from as the old Prophet prophesied

  

- The Old Prophet 32 For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.” left him to go and face the consequences

- Disgrace -v 26