CONFRONTATION BETWEEN A PROVOKER AND A PROPHET
Jerry Joseph
“And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art
thou he that troubleth
During the Bible period of the
divided kingdom we see that all of the kings in the
In I Kings
When we look at some of the things happening in the church today, who is the cause of the trouble? Unbelievable as it may sound, the faithful child of God as he declares, demonstrates, and defends the Truth is charged by some as being the “troublemaker.” Let us see who the real troublemaker is:
Who the Troublemaker in the Church?
1. It is the one who CONFORMS to false doctrine, not the one who CEASES it
(Romans 12:1-2; Galatians 5:19-23).
2. It is the one who COMMENDS false doctrine, not the one who CONDEMNS it
(Ephesians 6:10-17).
3. It is the one who CONDONES false doctrine, not the one who CRIES OUT
against it
(Acts
4. It is the one who CONTINUES in false doctrine, not the one who COMES
OUT of it (Romans
5. It is the one who COVERS UP false doctrine, not the one who CORRECTS it
(II Timothy 4;2-4).
6. It is the one who COMPLIMENTS false doctrine, not the one who
CENSURES it (Titus 1:9-11).
7. It is the one who is CONTENT in false doctrine, not the one who CONTENDS
against it (Jude 3).
8. It is the one who CONTRIBUTES to false doctrine, not the one who
CONFUTES it
(Ephesians
9. It is the one who CHEERS false teachers, not the one who CHECKS OUT
false teachers (I John 4:1).
10. It is the one who CHOOSES to sit at the feet of false teachers, not the one
who CALLS
the names of false teachers (II Timothy
11. It is the one who COMFORTS the false teacher, not the one who
CAUTIONS
others about the false teacher (Matthew
12. It is the one who CALLS the false teacher sound, not the one who CALLS
upon the
false teacher to speak whereof he stands (I
Peter
Following the charge by Ahab,
Elijah the prophet corrected Ahab, the provoker. “And he answered, I have not troubled
Elijah correctly directed Ahab to
the real cause of the trouble in