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II Chronicles 17:13 NKJV:
He had much property in the cities of Judah; and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.
It says “much property” so there must have been many things to do.
We too don’t have much free time everyday, but we should look up to the Lord and think about what we need to do, and what we have to do.
You should prepare to share the Word and pray for your family’s salvation.
We are being transformed into the image of Christ every day, this year more than last year, next year more than this year, and tomorrow more than today.
Until now, I was not able to forgive to this extent, but now I can forgive.
I could only believe to this extent, but now I can believe even more than that.
We would like to trust God more and more, and to always be in contact with the Word and worship God in order to spread the image and fragrance of Christ.
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Jehoshaphat’s national power grew.
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Jehoshaphat’s national power grew.
II Chronicles 17:14-19 NKJV:
These are their numbers, according to their fathers’ houses. Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; and next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; and next to him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield; and next to him was Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand prepared for war. These served the king, besides those the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Benjamin was Joseph’s younger brother’s tribe.
They were skilled in archery. There were many direct subordinates of many kings.
Jehoshaphat was such a man, but there were times when God was angry with him.
What had gone wrong in this man who had expanded his country and taught the Bible?
II Chronicles 18:1 NKJV:
Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.
Ahab was not the king of Judah, but of Israel.
It was Ahab whose wife tried to kill Elijah.
In other words, he made an alliance with the nation of Israel, an idolatrous people.
His son married Ahab’s daughter, and they became in-laws relationship.
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II Chronicles 18:2 NKJV:
After some years he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria; and Ahab killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.
Ahab welcomed King Jehoshaphat and asked him to join him in battle.
II Chronicles 18:3 NKJV:
So Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth Gilead?” And he answered him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.”
Jehoshaphat’s beloved son married to Ahab’s daughter, and they became related by marriage, so he said, “I am as you are”.
They were not the same thing, but there are those who believe in the true God and those who worship idols.
We must be careful.
Of course, we also need to cherish our relatives in some ways, but we must cherish God the most.
Those who are going to enter into in-law relationships in the future should be careful.
Even if you are living a good Christian life, if you become in-laws through marriage to idols, you will end up having to make many compromises.
So, I think it’s important to really think clearly about what kind of family you want and how your family will be and what God wants.
Many people in Japan are not Christians, so if you are married to a non-Christian, please pray for them and guide them to become a Christian.
When you get married, I want you to be ones who are blessed in all ways and ones who are pleased.
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II Corinthians 6:14-16 NKJV:
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
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II Corinthians 6:14-16 NKJV:
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”
There is no accord between Christ and Belial=the wicked one.
Jehoshaphat believed in the true God, so having a marriage alliance with Ahab, who worshipped idols, would cause problems later.
It was okay up to Jehoshaphat, but problems arose after that.
When we have a marriage alliance, we should be careful.
God will surely hear and answer your prayers.
Without compromising, first of all, you pray that you will meet Christians, and your children will find someone who is suitable for them to marry.
God is not pleased with you becoming one with evil.
Of course, all of these people will be saved, so it is not the person who is evil, but the spirit in which they believe that is evil.
However, if we do not tell them this, they will not be saved, so now we think of ourselves as being sent to save them, and we show them that we truly believe in the true God.
I am also related by marriage, so I take that into consideration.
However, as a Christian, I cannot compromise on this point, but I can compromise on the other point, and if I am sincere with these people, it will be clear for them to understand.
Jehoshaphat said to Ahab, “I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.”
But Jehoshaphat did not forget to listen to the word of God.
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II Chronicles 18:4 NKJV:
Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the Lord today.”
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II Chronicles 18:4 NKJV:
Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the Lord today.”
King Ahab of Israel gathered prophets.
I don’t know if those prophets were a real prophet or a prophet of another religion, but I think they were probably idolatrous prophets.
II Chronicles 18:5-6 NKJV:
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “Go up, for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?”
The 400 prophets that Ahab gathered told him to go to war, but Jehoshaphat must have wondered if there were any other true prophets.
Normally, 400 people would have been enough, but I think he felt that they were not prophets of the Lord.
Then it turned out there was one other prophet.
II Chronicles 18:7 NKJV:
So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”
When he asked if there were any other prophets, he replied that there was Micaiah.
King Ahab of Israel worshipped idols, so naturally the prophets of Lord could not give good prophecies.
That is why he hated Micaiah the son of Imla.
But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”and called for Micaiah.
II Chronicles 18:8-9 NKJV:
Then the king of Israel called one of his officers and said, “Bring Micaiah the son of Imla quickly!” The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
Four hundred prophets were prophesying.
A man named Zedekiah came, did the elaborate work of making iron horns.
II Chronicles 18:10 NKJV:
Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.’ ”
Making horns of iron is not easy, but if you make such horns and they are different from God’s Word, there is no point in making them.
He wanted to show what he had prepared.
Other prophets said similar things.
II Chronicles 18:11 NKJV:
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.”
All the prophets said to go against it, because the enemy would be delivered into the king’s hand, but what did Micaiah say?
II Chronicles 18:12 NKJV:
Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Therefore please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak encouragement.”
They tried to talk to him like this beforehand, but prophets especially in old times, were not supposed to say what the Lord has not said.
Previously, Nathan spoke clearly to David.
When David asked, “who has done this terrible thing?”Nathan said to David, “You are the man!”if God tells you to say it, you must say it.
What would Micaiah, who only had eyes for God, have said when asked to say good things like everyone else?
When you someday become a prophet, you might look at a person and how they look and think that it’s okay to make happy prophecies because they look rich and happy, but that’s not right.
It’s about whether God is saying or not.
Of course, there are somethings you won’t know until you experience them, but speaking what you believe to be coming from God is a correct prophecy.
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A long time ago, a woman came to me asking me to prophesy, and I said, “I don’t know if what I see is correct, but it is shown to me so I tell you. If it’s correct, please take it. I can see the land.”
Then, in a speech bubble like in a comic book, the words “Build anything you like” appeared.
When I said that, she was surprised and said, “I’m a housewife, so I thought you would prophesy about an ordinary for housewives. But you didn’t say anything like that. Actually, I’m a real estate agent in Hawaii. Japanese towns are always built around temples, but I wanted to do real estate to build a Japanese town in Hawaii with a church at the center. I was surprised when you told me about the land.”
I won’t know if it’s correct until I say it.
But I have to say it as it comes.
Also, there was a time when I felt embarrassed to prophesy this.
It was when I was serving in Okinawa.
A female pastor came and asked me to prophesy.
I said, “Sorry. Although it is a prophecy, I can only see it and I don’t know what it means, but it came so I’ll say it.” And I said, “I can see a cliff. And at the end of the cliff, I can see a white wall. And I can see a golf course over there.”
I might have said I can see the ocean also.
I didn’t know what it meant, but I saw it, so I had to say it.
Then, a month or two later, I was invited to that church/house church, and when I went, she said, “Sensei, it’s here. Do you see it?” But it was my first time there, so I had no clue.
Then she said, “Look, it’s a dead end, and there’s a white wall. It’s on high ground, isn’t it? There’s a golf driving range over there. Sensei, this is what you saw.”
I thought, “Oh, that’s good.”
We really have to say what the Lord said.
God is not here to make people feel ashamed, but even if the Lord says something harsh, you have to say what God says because it’s not something you do on your own.
However, since we are in the New Testament, I don’t think there are as many harsh prophecies as in the Old Testament.
II Chronicles 18:13 NKJV:
And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”
“whatever my God says”
If you prophesy someday, you too must do this, otherwise God will not trust you.
Also, those who hear you will think that your prophecies are unreliable.
We speak exactly as the Lord tells us.
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The 400 men told them to attack, but Micaiah said he would answer exactly as the Lord told him.
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The 400 men told them to attack, but Micaiah said he would answer exactly as the Lord told him.
II Chronicles 18:14 NKJV:
Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” And he said, “Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand!”
He said to go and prosper.
What we don’t understand here is that he said, “Go and attack.”
King Ahab said this.
II Chronicles 18:15 NKJV:
So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
I think that the words “These have no master” in verse 16 were placed before verse 15.
I thought that what came after this in the story of the tradition was said first, but what does “these have no master” mean?
II Chronicles 18:16 NKJV:
Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ”
“These have no master” means that the king is gone. This is a prophecy that everyone must return safely because their master, the king, is gone.
And Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat.
II Chronicles 18:17 NKJV:
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
He said that he only speaks evil. A prophet must speak what he sees and hears. That is what Micaiah saw.
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