Series: Youth for Jesus
Number: Vol. 8, No. 52
“Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger by the things he did, and becoming like the house of Jeroboam — and also because he destroyed it.” (1 Kings 16:7NIV)
Who did the word of the Lord come to, as we see in our opening text? It was Baasha and his house. And who was Baasha? He was the man that became king over the nation of Israel after Nadab son of Jeroboam. Now how did he become king? He became king by killing his master, Nadab. In fact, it wasn’t only Nadab that this man killed. He also killed every member of Jeroboam’s family, not leaving any one of them alive. (Cf. 1 Kings 15:25-29)
But then, what Baasha did to the house of Jeroboam was simply a fulfilment of the prophecy of a man of God, Ahijah the Shilonite. God had spoken through this prophet that He would destroy the entire household of Jeroboam. And that was because he deliberately led the whole nation of Israel into idolatry, even though he was God’s choice. So, when Nadab, his son, became king in his stead, God raised up Baasha to fulfil His word. (Cf. 1 Kings 14:14-16)
Sadly, after Baasha had become king, he began to misbehave. He too went on to commit the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. He did not turn away from it at all. Instead, he perpetuated it.But he was the one that destroyed the house of Jeroboam. And he knew that God gave him the power to destroy man’s house because of his wickedness. How come he too went ahead to commit the same acts of wickedness?Well, that is showing me that the fact that God uses me to condemn or judge an act of wickedness in someone doesn’t mean that I am not capable of committing the same act of wickedness or something worse.
No, it doesn’t mean that I am a better person. So, if I do not continually entrust myself to God in prayer and also allow His word to dwell in me and renew my mind, I may someday find myself committing the same acts of wickedness I have condemned or judged in others. Where that, then, is the case, unless God decides to show mercy, I can only expect Him to judge me the same way I have judged others. (Cf. Gal 6:1; James 2:13)
As we see in Baasha’s case, God said that one of the reasons He would wipe out his family in judgment was that he was the one that judged and destroyed the family of Jeroboam. If he had not been the one that destroyed that family in judgment, maybe he would have been spared. But God was not going to spare him because he gave himself to committing the same sins he had judged in others. Now all this is why our Lord Jesus warns us against judging others where we are yet to judge ourselves (Matt 7:1-5).
And we will do well to pay a very close attention to what He tells us about this. Otherwise, we may bring quick and sudden judgment on ourselves from God because of our ruthless judgment of others that are probably better than us in conduct or character. So, let us mind ourselves.
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