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ELIJAH REBUKES AHAB
, International Sunday School Lesson
' for May 16, 1954. '. .
Memory Selection: "Thou shalt not
covet" Exodus 20:17. n - . -
Lesson Text: I Kings 21:1-20
Our lesson for "this ?week gives us
an excellent example of the lengths to
' which .coyetousness can go to attain
; its ends, i Covetousness is such a ram
pant sin in wrf world today that the
, story of .Ahab and Naboth still is
' apropos of our times. : '
,' It seems that near to the threshing
- floor of King' Ahab was a beautiful,
well-tended vineyard. So attractive
was the vineyard to the King that he
immediately decided that this particu
lar piece of land would be more" at
tractive as an addition to his estate.
Of it he would .make a beautiful gar
' den and thus add to .his own court-
yard.-?.. v .V'.:';r'v'
And so ho made a proposition to
1 Naboth, the owner of the vineyard
It was a very reasonable offer, as
: offers go.f "Give me ; thy vineyard,
that I may have it for a garden, of
herbs, because it. is near unto my
house; and I will give' thee for it a
. better vineyard, than it: or, if it seem
good ' to thee, I will give thee the
" worth of It in money." .y ;i
Looking on Naboth's vineyard, the
king saw only a beautiful vineyard.
. However, he overlooked the fact that,
to Naboth, this piece of land-was more
than a place to grow grapes it was
' .his land, inherited from his father a
piece of land which had been in Na
both's family probably since the chil
dren of Israel had settled in the Prom
ised land, when the land had been di-
vided among the. twelve tribes and the
tribes had divided their land among
' the people in the tribes , -But
what was ' sentiment to Ahab.
, Here was a piece of land hie wanted.
; That was all that was important to
him. Naboth's reason for refusing to
. give or sell or trade the land to Ahab
was foolish In the king's sight Na
both placed his refusal on religious
grounds: "Jehovah forbid it to me,
that I should give the inheritance of
my fathers to thee." Ahab, a wor
shipper of Baal, was not interested in
"such a basis for Naboth's refusal
Therefow,-ilthugb he knew. Na
both was right in his refusal to give
up his land, became angry. He went
. "home and, like a bad little boy; went
to bed, pouting. There his wife, Jeze-
- bel, found him. Discovering the rea
son for his sulking, she decided to
take care of the matter for him.
, So, we see that covetousness, un-
r satisfied,' may lead to a worse sin
murder. After twittinir the kin about
- his frustration, she told him that she
would take over and get the -vineyard
' for him.; So She engineered a. nlnn
; to have a celebration in JeezreeL mt
Naboth in a prominent place and have
two unscrupulous men charge him
with blasphemy. Naboth could then
be stoned to death.' ", ' , -
; "The chief men of the city were will
ing to carry out Jezebel's plan. Little
did it matter to them what happened
to Naboth or hia vineyard more im-
' portant was the Queen's favor..: And
so they helped carry out Jezebel's plan
and Naboth and his family were kill
ed and Ahab1: took possession -of the
vineyard.-;; :'' ; - O:, ..-::i: f
. Ahab reckoned without God, how
ever. God's servant Elijah, was not
in Samaria at the time, but the word
of God came to him, telling him to gt
down to meet Ahab, and deliver the
warning of Jehovah to him, saying:
"Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou kill
ed, and also taken possession ? And
thou shalt spealc unto 'him', saying,
Thus: saith; the Lord, In the place
. where dogs licked the blood of Na
both shall dogs lick hy blood, even
A,h 4 cbiisence-stricken and
ingntenea, said to Elijah, "Hast thou
found me, 0 mine enemvT" . Ami pm.
Jah answered; "I have found thee: be
cause then hast sold thyself to work
evil in the sigh of the Lord." ,. , ;
This storr illustrate th f-,,ti. v
God, who is moral and ethical and
r.tousrdemands a high morality and
i-.teousness in his people." It is well
to remember, even todays that that
"J,-hmen through dishonesty
and fraud, as-wejl as by theft or vio
lence, wm, sooner f later, become 'a
1 'ability, -v ' ' . . . ' , - .
Tiether one 'wanto to admit it or
i'ut, conscience cannot be' silenced.
Corce people live as though they had
Ti conscience, but they have. The
t-viiatjuusness oi guilt is alwavs pres
ent One mry fUJ C.e CuLIIo his in.
t " f. j ptid even l.jj family,
but t.y r -ver escape God. Steal,
and you pyf-r whet you sl. Co
vet and mar;" j- i C. laivijaals
can never ft a- -7 f -n te aw
tsazz : s gar
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Tt,.- ivstlkln about mst Thsy'n
all forts of thing I can't urtdentindJ Irt
tht euut ait a ytar otf. Uto htt
autk$r, ionn't hf
' 1 with X knew -what It all means. But they
always smile when they talk about me so it
'" ssttst bo complimentary., -
Frankly, t haven't a worry la tho- world.
Uy Mamma an4 my Daddy always teem to
know what s but f or me. I'm tor they want
to do everything potsibli o make talno a won-
Nderful Hfe.
X Just hope they realise how Important It
will bo for mo ttrgo to Church School. But
of course, being the wonderful parent' they
are, they'll realise that little souls must grow
up just Uke little bodies. And they'll not only
provide for my religious training they'll set
the Christian example that a little "princess"
like me simply has to have.
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HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
C W. Doling, Pastor
Sunday School. 9:46 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:08 o'clock.
Evening Worship, 8 o'clock.
Mid-week Services, Wednesday at
8 P.M.
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CHRIST
Joe Brlekhouse. Pastor
First Sunday
11 A. M. and 8 P. M.
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W. E. Thompson, Pastor
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Sundays at 11 A. M.
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H. M. Jamieson, Pastor
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Woodland Church 11:00 A. M.
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C H. Beale, Pastor
Church School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec
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WOODVILLE BAPriST CHURCH
Harvey L. Coppidge, Pastor
Church Services on second and
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First and Third Sundays at 7:45
P. M. '
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
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James Rahenkamp, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Church Services 11 A. M., - 7:30 P. M.
Christian Endeavor, 6:30 P. M.
Prayer Service, Wednesday 7:30 P. M.
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Rev. J. D. Stoner, Pastor
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Morning Worship 11 A. M.
Evening service 8 P. M.
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D. Virgil Pike, Pagtor
Church School 10 A. M.
Morning Worship 11 A. M.
Young People's Meeting 7 P.M.
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Caleb Goodwin. Jr., Pastor
Sunday School, 10:30 A. M., every
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A. L. Chaplin, Pastor
Church School, 9:45 A. M.
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Youth Fellowship, 6:45 P. M.
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Coy S. Saunders, Pastor
Sunday School, 10:00 A. M.
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Mid-week Services, Thursday at
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Rev. Charles F. Wulf, Rector.
9:45 A. M., Church School, every
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1 Walker Perry, Pastor
2nd and 4th Sunday at 10:80 A. M.
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Sundays at 7:80 P. M.
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Rev. Vivian Evans, Pastor
Sunday School second and fourth
Sundays at 11 A. M.
: Preaching service at 8 o'clock every
first and third Sundays.
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