MISUSE OF POWER (10 OF 11)
Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-16
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Misuse of Power (10 of 11)
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 21:1-16
One of the most well known quotes is: ''Absolute power corrupts absolutely.'' Absolute monarchies are those in which all power is taken by the king or ruler. Roman emperors declared they were gods and Napoleon Bonaparte declared he was emperor.
John Acton was an English politician, historian and writer.
In a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887 he wrote,
''Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Great men are almost always bad men.''
People use their position and power for their own selfish desires
because of their sin nature. The more powerful a person is the more evil they can do because of their control and influence.
Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked rise, people hid themselves.
Proverbs 29:2 When the wicked rule, the people groan.
UNFULFILLED DESIRE :1-4
Desire :1-3
Naboth - Heb. fruit or produce. His parents may have named him fruit because of the vineyard which belonged to their family.
Jezreel - was a town 20 miles north of the capital of Samaria.
King Ahab was a builder and had built a delightful summer place in the valley there which was surrounded by vineyards. It was
unique because it was the first palace inlaid with ivory.
:2 Ahab wanted the vineyard because it would be convenient for him to use being next to his palace. Ahab offered to give Naboth
a different vineyard or to buy the property from him.
:3 Ahab's offer seemed reasonable so he was surprised by Naboth's answer that he would not sell this piece of land.
Naboth understood that if he sold his land to the king it would
never be returned to his family and therefore their inheritance
from the Lord would be lost forever.
Each family was given a piece of property in the Promised Land as their inheritance from the Lord. The land was passed down from father to son generation after generation as their inheritance.
Lev. 25:23 The land ...
Series: Standing for the Truth
Stephen Whitney
I Kings 21:1-16
One of the most well known quotes is: ''Absolute power corrupts absolutely.'' Absolute monarchies are those in which all power is taken by the king or ruler. Roman emperors declared they were gods and Napoleon Bonaparte declared he was emperor.
John Acton was an English politician, historian and writer.
In a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887 he wrote,
''Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Great men are almost always bad men.''
People use their position and power for their own selfish desires
because of their sin nature. The more powerful a person is the more evil they can do because of their control and influence.
Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked rise, people hid themselves.
Proverbs 29:2 When the wicked rule, the people groan.
UNFULFILLED DESIRE :1-4
Desire :1-3
Naboth - Heb. fruit or produce. His parents may have named him fruit because of the vineyard which belonged to their family.
Jezreel - was a town 20 miles north of the capital of Samaria.
King Ahab was a builder and had built a delightful summer place in the valley there which was surrounded by vineyards. It was
unique because it was the first palace inlaid with ivory.
:2 Ahab wanted the vineyard because it would be convenient for him to use being next to his palace. Ahab offered to give Naboth
a different vineyard or to buy the property from him.
:3 Ahab's offer seemed reasonable so he was surprised by Naboth's answer that he would not sell this piece of land.
Naboth understood that if he sold his land to the king it would
never be returned to his family and therefore their inheritance
from the Lord would be lost forever.
Each family was given a piece of property in the Promised Land as their inheritance from the Lord. The land was passed down from father to son generation after generation as their inheritance.
Lev. 25:23 The land ...
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