Lesson: God’s Call to Repentance<br>
Reading: The sorrow of the world<br>
Reference: 1 Kings 21:17-20, 25-27<br><br>
I Kings 21:17: And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,<br>
I Kings 21:18: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.<br>
I Kings 21:19: And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.<br>
I Kings 21:20: And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.<br>
I Kings 21:25: But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.<br>
I Kings 21:26: And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.<br>
I Kings 21:27: And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.<br>
(KJV)<br>