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Today's Episode: God’s Standard for Bad Behaviour. (1 Kings 15:16-16:34)

One of the remarkable things about Scripture is the way God teaches us. Because He doesn’t just give abstract principles, he gives illustrations, he uses stories, and he shows us the lives of ordinary people.

Last time, in chapter 15, God evaluated several kings by the standard of one man—David. But today, as we move into the second half of chapter 15 and on into chapter 16, something shifts. God still uses a human example—but this time, it’s not David, it’s Jeroboam, and that tells you something right away:

If David is God’s standard of faithfulness, now Jeroboam will become God’s standard of failure because his influence becomes the yardstick by which the next generation—and the next, and the next, right down tio this day, is judged….

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Today's Episode: God’s Standard of Judgment. (1 Kings 15: 1-24)

Episode Notes:

If the Bible teaches anything, it teaches this: God judges people. That’s not a popular idea today, but it is a biblical one. But if that is so, then what standard does God use when He judges? What does that look like on a human level? Suppose God chose a person—a human being, not Himself, not His Son—and said: “This is the standard, this is the life by which I will measure others.”

In the first 24 verses of 1 Kings 15, God does this. He points to a human being and says, “This is My standard”, and then He measures two kings by that standard.

Let’s look at the passage today…..

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Today's Episode: A Tale of Two Kings (1 Kings 14 1-31)

Charles Dickens once wrote one of the great classics of English literature, A Tale of Two Cities. The cities in Charles Dickens' novel were London and Paris. I’d like to borrow that title—but with a slight twist, because today’s passage could easily be called: "A Tale of Two Kings".

Because in 1 Kings 14, we meet the first two rulers of the newly divided kingdom of Israel—one in the north, one in the south. And their stories are not just historical curiosities. They are warnings. They are lessons in leadership, obedience, and consequences.

Their story is one we need to know so that we don’t repeat their mistakes….

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Today's Episode: When God Interrupts False Religion. (1 Kings 13: 1-34)

Today, we step into one of the strangest, most dramatic, and most sobering chapters in the entire book of 1 Kings. And if you’ve been following the story with us, you know exactly why this chapter matters.

Rehoboam has made foolish decisions. Jeroboam has made even worse ones. The kingdom is divided, the people are confused, and false worship is spreading like wildfire.

So, what does God do when His people drift into deception? Well, 1 Kings 13 gives us the answer, and it begins with a scene that feels almost cinematic.

The Setting: A False Altar, a False Religion, and a False Sense of Security....

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Today's Episode: How to Make Wrong Decisions. (1 Kings 12: 1-33)

Apparently, there’s some value in studying wrong decisions—because Scripture gives us some spectacular examples. And today we come to one of the clearest, almost classic cases in the entire Bible.

So, our topic today is simple:

How to make wrong decisions, but of course, before we’re done, I’ll give you three words that will tell you how to make right decisions. But first, we need to watch a man make a disastrous one.

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Today's Episode: How to Be Stupid. (1 Kings 11: 1-43)

It is one thing to have knowledge, but it's another thing entirely to have wisdom. I think we should all work at gaining wisdom, but obtaining wisdom isn't the be-all and end-all by itself. The extent of your wisdom is not the issue; it's what you do with the wisdom that counts. And that's what I want to discuss today. I’ve titled today's message "How to Be Stupid" because this chapter is a great illustration of that, if that is your aim in life….

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If you want to increase your level of knowledge, there are plenty of things you can do. You can read a book, you can study, or you can listen to podcasts and watch videos. There are endless ways to gather information these days. But wisdom is different. Wisdom is not the same as knowledge.

So how do you gain wisdom?

There are many answers to that question, but tucked away in 1 Kings 10 is a simple, practical, often‑overlooked key to becoming wise. It’s not complicated. It’s not mystical, and it’s not reserved for scholars..... And it’s something everyone of us can do.

In 1 Kings 10, the Queen of Sheba travels across the world to meet Solomon—and in the process, teaches us something profound about how to grow in wisdom….

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