"A Chink in the Armor"

by James Jacob Prasch

Why paying attention to our affiliations matters when it comes to our personal and public witness of Christ.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Danger of Neoptism
  3. Jehoshaphat & Ahab
  4. When Good Leaders Become Involved with Bad Ones
  5. The Enemy Within
  6. The One True Prophet
  7. God First Stops Correcting
  8. Next God Removes Leadership
  9. Finally God Sends Deception
  10. The Working of God's Judgment
  11. Riding in Ahab's Chariot
  12. The Chink in the Armor
  13. The Danger of Not Listening
  14. The Overall Working of Judgment
  15. Conclusion
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The Danger of Nepotism

Look out for nepotism. Point 1: It is a point of vulnerability. Family loyalties get in the way of doctrinal loyalties. When you see people allied by marriage, or this pastor is that pastor's cousin, or his sister is married to the pastor -- when you see family connections, look out. Anything God intends for good the devil will use for evil. God created families, He created the family structure. But you know what? Jesus said He who loves family more than Me is not worthy of Me. (Mt. 10:37)

My wife's family are Holocaust survivors, Jews from Eastern Europe who survived the Holocaust. When my wife came to believe that Jesus, Yeshua, was the Jewish Messiah, she was told, "Now you're one of them. They killed us, now you've become one of them." Family loyalties. The devil will use something God intends for good for evil if he can.

Nepotism is the first thing that can predispose a good Christian to compromise with things that he knows are wrong. But let's continue reading this sorry episode about Jehoshaphat. His name in Hebrew is Yahowshaphat (yeh-ho-shaw-fawt) – “Jehovah shall be judge” or “shall judge”.

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