Through the Word in 2020 - 6/8 #48 /

King Ahab was the worst of the worst. part of our reading today in 1 Kings 20:26-22:12 contains this description of Ahab: 1 Kings 21:25-26

1 Kings 21:25–26 ESV

(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)

And yet, just 4 verses later God shows remarkable compassion on this man. What are we to make of it? We’ll consider that in today’s installment of Through the Word in 2020. I’m your host Reid Ferguson.

Along with our reading in 1 Kings today, we also have Psalm 98, Mark 14:43-52 and Galatians 4:1-20. But it is God’s dealing with wicked Ahab that draws my attention today. As mentioned a moment ago, The Bible makes it abundantly clear that few within its pages lived as dissolute and sinful life in knowing rebellion against God as did this man Ahab. He was petty, petulant, egotistical, immature, greedy, foolish and spineless.