THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR
1 Kings 1:28-29
1 Kings
17 sermons on 1 Kings
THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR
1 Kings 2:30 — "And he said, Nay; but I will die here."
A PRACTICAL DISCOURSE
1 Kings 5:14 — "A month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home."
SOLOMON’S PLEA
1 Kings 8:53 — "For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance."
CONSULTING WITH JESUS
1 Kings 10:1 — "And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.… And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not."
“THIS THING IS FROM ME”
1 Kings 12:24 — "Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me."
A HEARER IN DISGUISE
1 Kings 14:6 — "And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings."
ABIJAH, OR SOME GOOD THING TOWARDS THE LORD
1 Kings 14:13 — "And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam."
A BAD KING’S GOOD SON
1 Kings 14:13 — "And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam."
GOD’S CARE OF ELIJAH
1 Kings 17:4 — "And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."
THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA
1 Kings 17:8 — "And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee."
THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BARREL
1 Kings 17:16 — "And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah."
OBADIAH; OR, EARLY PIETY EMINENT PIETY
1 Kings 18:12 — "I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth."
GOD’S ANSWER TO PERSISTENT PRAYER
1 Kings 18:41 — "There is a sound of abundance of rain."
HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”-84 (SONG III.), 1001, 994
1 Kings 20:11 — "And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off."
GOD OF THE HILLS AND GOD OF THE VALLEYS
1 Kings 20:28 — "And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord."
OBSERVING THE KING’S WORD
1 Kings 20:33 — "Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it."
GONE. GONE FOR EVER
1 Kings 20:40 — "And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone."