I've been ignoring you hoping that some of the things I've said might "sink in".
Some of the things?
Try ALL of the things you said because we both know you posted this thread at/against me.
And it's interesting you quote 1 Kings 13:25ff and yet don't cover the whole story.
1 A man of God was sent to "Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David,
Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
1 Kings
The LORD sends a man of God to speak against evil king Jeroboam and he does. Jeroboam doesn't like it and tries to lay hold of the man of God, but the LORD dried up Jeroboam's hand. Jeroboam asks the man of God he had planned to 'lay hold of' to restore his hand and he does.
And the narrative continues:
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
1 Ki 13:7–10.
King Jeroboam wanted the man of God to go back 'home' with him to give him a reward, but he had some evil planned for the man of God and he refused to go with the king and says the LORD had warned him about going with the king (vs. 9-10.)
But wait, there's more:
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ***. So they saddled him the ***: and he rode thereon,
14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
1 Kings 13:11–17.
A twist to the story has an "old prophet" entering the narrative who found the man of God and asked him to go back to his house and "eat bread," but again the man of God refused. But look what follows:
18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.
But he lied unto him.
19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings 13:18–22.
And so, the story ends:
23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ***, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the *** stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass.
1 Kings 13:23–24.
The moral of the story? One must be careful to obey God and not man, especially when man does not say the same thing as God.
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Acts 4:19–20.
All men hate one another to one degree or another. We've gotten into this "you're worse" argument for a reason. Such things are meant to "level the ground" at the "foot of the cross".
Sorry. I don't hate in either "one degree of another." But then I don't love those who are not my true brethren, either.
I love those who
are my true brethren as commanded by the LORD. And I don't give that which is holy (God's love) to dogs (non-covenant/unbelievers.)
Do you know the LORD'S command and instruction in who His people are to love, yes or no?
You don't realize it but is has never been my purpose to promote one man over another..... All men are in need of the Grace of God. All men are equal. My battle is with the prideful. I cast down imaginations and any thought that exalts itself above the knowledge of God.
But before you can do that you HAVE TO KNOW the Word of God.
I want you to be obedient to THE ONLY MAN worth praising.
If you would understand my words as written and stop reading things into those words that are just not there or meant, then you'll come away with a better understanding of me.
Jesus Christ and treat all your brothers in Adam equal sinners in need of the same.
I have no brothers in Adam. I have brothers in Christ and that's all.
One is natural, and from below.
The other is the Lord from heaven (and above.)
You can learn a lot from me. The pride you say I have is not in me, it's in you.
I told you earlier I have no pride, but you didn't believe me.
I am not a liar. Learn to take my words at face value as written.
