Playlist: Jehu (topic)
Jehu: A Type for Today
Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. RitenbaughJehu the son of Nimshi was anointed king over Israel by a servant sent by Elisha the prophet. God had instructed Elijah to anoint Jehu to overthrow the house of Ahab and to purge Israel of Baal worship. Jehu was a flawed and brutal man who functioned as a kind of savior by destroying the house of Ahab and nearly exterminating …
An Undying Love
Sermonette by Clyde FinkleaEven though Gomer proved unfaithful, Hosea still loved her, buying her back from captivity and restoring her as his wife, just like God lovingly forgives.
A Different Kind of Savior
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJehu was anointed king over Israel to strike down the house of Ahab and purge Israel of Baal worship and the depredations wrought by Ahab and Jezebel. God directed that Jehu would kill those who escaped the sword of Hazael. Jehu conspired against Joram, drove furiously to Jezreel, and shot Joram between the arms with an arrow …
Hosea's Prophecy (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsJehu fulfilled God's prophecy on the house of Ahab through the massacre at Jezreel. The terrible massacre of the family, friends, prophets and hanger-ons of the wicked Ahab, by which Jehu ascended to the throne, was itself a horror and called for judgment too. Although God passed over Jehu himself because he was God's tool in …
Hosea's Prophecy (Part Five)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIsrael demonstrates divided loyalties, vacillating between God and the world, veering more toward the world, resembling a panting dog or a pleasure-bent prostitute.
Zeal
Sermonette byJesus warns that our zeal must exceed that of the Pharisees. Zeal involves earnestness in advancing a cause, diligence, and plowing ahead with great fervor.
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Five): Thyatira
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Thyatira epistle carries a central theme for all seven churches, namely the tendency to syncretize or mix worldly ideas with the truth of God.
Deception, Idolatry, and the Feast of Tabernacles
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughJeroboam, pragmatic and fearful, established a more convenient idolatrous festival to prevent his people from keeping the real Feast of Tabernacles in Judah.
Prepare for Your Future Now
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. ReidWe have been base and ignoble, but Christ has enabled us to be cleaned up and transformed or shaped into offspring of God to be joint heirs with Christ.
Remember the Rechabites!
Sermonette by Ted E. BowlingJonadab, who demonstrated his zeal toward God by assisting Jehu in ridding Israel of idolators, is one of the finest examples of fatherhood in the Bible.