A Man Standing Tall Against Evil

“A Man Standing Tall Against Evil”

Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / March 23, 2025

Text: I Kings 21

Proverbs 29:1 – “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy.”

Hardening his neck = to hear and not respond

Three Biblical Examples

1. Sodom and Gomorrah

2. Herod Agrippa

3. The Nation of Judah

There are four main characters in our story

1. Ahab – the wicked king

2. Jezebel – the vile wife of the king

3. Elijah – the prophet of God – a man standing tall against evil

4. Naboth – the devout humble farmer of Israel

I. THE PAIN OF NABOTH

Read I Kings 21:1-2

II. THE POUTING OF AHAB 

Read I Kings 21:4,7

“Wicked people always have wicked plans”

III. THE PLOT OF JEZEBEL

Read I Kings 21:8-10

Read I Kings 21:15-18

IV. THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF ELIJAH

Read I Kings 21:19-25

Read II Kings 9:35

“And they went to bury her but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands”

There is always an end to God’s patience

V. THE PRINCIPLES FOR US

Four Principles to Remember

A. THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE

B. THE VANITY OF COVETOUSNESS

C. THE VALUE OF COMPASSION

D. THE VALIDITY OF CONDEMNATION