_THE CHILD THAT WAS TOO GOOD TO LIVE_
‘The child shall die.’
1 Kings 14:12
Jeroboam has filled up the measure of his iniquity, and among the
things that he has to suffer this is one of the greatest—that his
child is to die. And this announcement is made to the one who can
least bear it—to the mot... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONE GOOD AMONG THE BAD_
‘In him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel
in the house of Jeroboam.’
1 Kings 14:13
I. LOOK FIRST AT THE DESCRIPTION OF ABIJAH’S PIETY.—The ‘good
thing’ in him was not any material endowment, neither was it any
moral excellence. The good thing wa... [ Continue Reading ]