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The Gospel According to NabothThe Gospel According to Naboth
SeriesFirst Kings
Speaker
Jon Cardwell
Broadcaster
Calvary Baptist Church
Ninilchik, Alaska
27
Recorded
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Series
Bible Text
Sermon ID
May 23, 2021
Sunday - AM
First Kings
1 Kings 21; Revelation 3:14
52521187261156
  • CONGREGATIONAL READING: 1 Kings 21:1-29 *

I. GLIMPSE OF THE HISTORICAL SITUATION

A Vineyard Stolen
- 1. Ahab wants Naboth's vineyard, vv1-2
--- a. Naboth refuses, v3
- 2. Ahab's wife intervenes & schemes, vv4-7
--- a. she writes letters in Ahab's name, vv8-12
--- b. scoundrels bare false witness against Nabob, v13
--- c. stoned to death is Naboth's fate, vv14-15
----- i. Naboth's sons also killed, 2 Kings 9:26
--- 3. Ahab takes possession of Naboth's property, v16

A Villain Condemned
- 1. the LORD's word came to Elijah the Tishbite, vv17-19
- 2. the LORD condemns Ahab through Elijah, vv20-24
- 3. the LORD'S mercy in Ahab's repentance, vv25-29

II. GLORY THROUGH PROPHETIC IMPLICATION

Jezreelite's Vineyard
- 1. Naboth's faith in the LORD
- 2. Naboth's obedience to the LORD
- 3. Naboth's death before the LORD

Jesus' Vineyard Parable
- 1. Matthew 21:33-46 (also Luke 20:9-19)

Jesus' Vineyard Parallel
- 1. faithful witness for the LORD, v3
--- a. Faithful and True Witness, Rev 3:14
- 2. false witnesses against Naboth, v10a
--- a. false witnesses against Christ, Matt 26:59-60
- 3. fiendish plot to kill Naboth, v10b
--- a. fiendish plot to kill Christ, Matt 27:1

III. GRACE FROM THIS PROFITABLE APPLICATION

A Fruitful Life for Christ
- 1. our inheritance from Christ
- 2. our faith in Christ
- 3. our obedience to Christ
- 4. our dying to self for Christ