KS: Alright everybody, happy week three of our “Trustworthy” Online Bible Study.
My name is Kendra. I’m here with Lysa and Joel and before we get into this week's content
and what we’re going to talk about today, we have some people that this is their first
study they’ve ever done, and some have done maybe every Online Bible Study. So, from one
end of the spectrum to the other. What would you say to people doing this Bible study to
cheer them on, to keep going? This is kind of where we see people, maybe get a little
behind.
LT: I would say even if you are behind start where we are and keep going. So, don’t feel
like you need to go back and recapture the lessons now. Let’s just start right here
where we’re at. Keep going and get that sense of momentum in your study of these kings.
It’s worth it. There are so many good lessons ahead, you’re not going to want to stop
now.
KS: Okay, that’s good. It makes me excited. Joel do you have any advice? Any encouragement
from Joel over here?
JM: Stick with it because what you’re going to learn the next couple of weeks are things
that I wish everybody had the opportunity to learn, but sadly these are the books of
the Bible that are not looked at often. What you will find are some amazing principles
that will be able to be applied to your life like today, not some day like Lysa always
says. This is something that you can take away today.
LT: Also, if you’ve ever thought oh, I should go to the Holy Land and yet, maybe financially
you haven’t been able to or your time hasn’t allowed you to, all the videos that we’re
highlighting during Online Bible Study we filmed in the Holy Land. So that’s a great
way to enjoy the Holy Land and learn from all these different kings on location where
significant things happened in the life of these kings. You get to actually see it. It’s
like having a true picture in your mind of the scene and the setting where this actually
occurred. I can’t think of a more valuable investment of time than to participate in
this right now.
KS: That’s awesome.
JM: Plus while you all are having coffee with your girlfriends, you’re going to learn
some epic names of some kings. So, you’re going to sound like Hebrew scholars.
KS: That’s true. Like llast week?
JM: You’ll even know how to pronounce them.
KS: We learned Jehaboam and Rehoboam?
LT: Jeroboam.
KS: Dang it.
LT: You were very close. You are trying to combine this week and last weeks.
KS: I’m really focused on this week.
JM: Yeah.
LT: So why did you say Jehaboam? You know it’s Jeroboam because this week it is Jehoash.
KS: Jehoash.
JM: Yeah.
KS: Yes. Okay and then Ahab.
LT: That’s right.
JM: Yeah.
KS: Okay you all that’s right.
LT: Okay, who is married to…….
All: Jezebel.
KS: We got this.
LT: Very interesting.
KS: I can’t wait. What are we going to learn from these kings this week? What are we digging
into? What do you have to say?
LT: Well, I will start with Ahab. I will let you do Jehoash.
JM: Jehoash. Yes.
LT: There’s a reason I’m leaving that to you. So I will start with Ahab. So Ahab
is married to Jezebel, and I think one of the most interesting things we’re going
to look at this week is how Ahab really allowed his heart to be influenced and led astray
by this woman that he’s married to named Jezebel. I think there’s a lot of misconceptions
about Jezebel. I’ve heard lots of teaching about her, but I think this week we’re going
to go straight into the text so that we have a very biblical understanding of what it was
that Jezebel did that was not so great.
KS: Okay.
LT: What effect did it have on Ahab, and also I think we’re going to find that Ahab got
something in his mind that he felt that he must have. When he went after it and didn’t
get it, he came back and was pouting on his bed.
KS: Been there.
LT: Jezebel came to him and said, “What’s your problem? You’re king.”
JM: Yeah and your pouting.
LT: Like why are you pouting? And if you don’t know how to go out and get this, I do. So
just to see the way that sometimes we want something and it’s not the best that we
get it. I think this week it will be a very stark lesson in why is that, and how we must
be careful of the voices that are speaking into our lives. Sometimes the voices that
encourage us to do things that are outside of the will of God are voices that we may
need to consider not allowing to speak into the wisdom of our life. That doesn’t mean
that we cut people out completely.
KS: Yeah.
LT: It means we’ve got to have a real discernment of the people who are speaking wisdom into
our life and the people who are just speaking into the wants of our life.
KS: That’s good.
LT: There’s a big difference between those and so I think this week will be a great lesson
on that. All right now.
JM: All right.
KS: Here we go.
LT: Joel tackling King Jehoash.
JM: There’s a lot of epic people with the name that starts with a J. So, we got Jehoash.
But then one of the things that you’re going to find in this week is a name of a gal, an
aunt, by the name of Jehosheba.
LT: Not to be confused with Jehoiada.
JM: Who is the priest.
LT: Right.
JM: All the J’s. I think it’s really important because sometimes we’re so used to having
that name that’s just consistently repeated all the way throughout scripture, but we have
one instance of this one incredibly brave person who really sets the trajectory of her
nephew towards a path of righteousness, towards a path of loving the Lord. What I’m really
excited about for this lesson is for us to really consider how important our environments
are. We will find out that when we are intentionally placed in an environment that honors God,
that loves God, we see the good works of God all around us, it directly impacts how we
think and how we act. We see one of the few very great good kings in Jehoash. We also
see that even the good kings, this is a common theme, even the good kings have some areas
that they could not fully give over all of their trust to the Lord and led them into
a place that we wish maybe it wasn’t there, but it is, and there’s something we can
learn from it.
LT: I think it’s also important if you’ve ever had that feeling like I’m a very behind
the scenes person, I’m not upfront, my day consists of getting up, going to work, going
to the grocery store, cooking, cleaning and then you know answering a few emails and going
to bed. It’s like, does my life really matter in the context of the grand story of God.
Or maybe your life looks more like you get up and you’ve got kids to take care of and
you’ve got carpools to run and homework to help with. I think sometimes those mundane
activities can start to feel like, do I even matter.
JM: Right.
LT: But I think we see something this week that’s very important and I know for me
it was incredibly encouraging, and it’s this woman that is instrumental in Jehoash’s
life that made an investment. Like you said, we only get to hear “did you say” one
time?
JM: One time.
LT: One time. But her influence and her impact, though her life was very daily, but her influence
or impact was so incredibly significant because of the connection that she helped make inside
of Jehoash’s heart to be obedient to God.
JM: Yeah.
LT: I think that’s going to be a really profound lesson. We’ve sort of got these
two women in this week that are juxtaposed.
JM: Yeah.
LT: One who is drawing a king’s heart into being obedient to the Lord and one who is
drawing a king’s heart away from being obedient in the Lord. I think it’s a very important
week to look at.
KS: Well you guys set us up so nicely. I know I’m excited for the contrasting women, to
see how it all plays out. Thank you both so much and you all were excited for you to dig
into week three. We know there’s a lot to get to, so we’re excited to let you all
do that. We have saying around here. We’ve been saying it for three weeks now and we’re
excited for you to learn it as well.
LT: Let’s do it this way this week. You start it Joel, I’ll do the middle part and
you do the last part.
KS: Perfect.
LT: Ready.
JM: When you know the truth...
LT: You live the truth...
KS: It changes…
All: Everything.
KS: Bye you all, have a good week.
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