1 Kings seen from the perspective of the gospel of the water and the Spirit (III) Castos https://english-85.castos.com The First Kings Biblical Exposition series you are now listening to consists of twenty-two chapters and is divided into four volumes. This second volume covers First Kings chapters thirteen through seventeen. The content is organized by topic and divided into two sections: Biblical Exposition and Sermon. Among the teachings of countless religions, how can we discern the true gospel of life? 1 Kings chapters 13–17 show, through the false altar and the death of the man of God, through Ahab’s worship of Baal and the famine of Elijah’s day, that the standard of discernment is not a person’s position or years of experience but the word of God that He has already given clearly. This book makes clear why leaving out the baptism of Jesus and preaching only the Cross is to change God’s law of salvation. By the baptism He received from John the Baptist, Jesus took the sins of the world upon Himself; on the Cross He received the judgment of sin and died; and He rose again. Hold fast to the gospel of the water and the Spirit, unmixed with false teaching. Believe in God, who fed Elijah and the household of the widow of Zarephath even in a severe famine, and in the spiritual famine of today as well, preach this gospel to the whole world with greater faith. ● Scripture quotations used in this book are from the ‘New King James Version (NKJV)’, ‘American Standard Version (ASV)’. ● This audiobook is an original human creation based on the sermons of Rev. Paul C. Jong. To provide clear delivery and a comfortable listening experience, AI technology was employed only for the voice generation. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:53 +0000 en Copyright © 2026 Hephzibah Publishing House https://episodes.castos.com/63523b79413e35-56452255/images/English-85.jpg 1 Kings seen from the perspective of the gospel of the water and the Spirit (III) https://english-85.castos.com The First Kings Biblical Exposition series you are now listening to consists of twenty-two chapters and is divided into four volumes. This second volume covers First Kings chapters thirteen through seventeen. The content is organized by topic and divided into two sections: Biblical Exposition and Sermon. Among the teachings of countless religions, how can we discern the true gospel of life? 1 Kings chapters 13–17 show, through the false altar and the death of the man of God, through Ahab’s worship of Baal and the famine of Elijah’s day, that the standard of discernment is not a person’s position or years of experience but the word of God that He has already given clearly. This book makes clear why leaving out the baptism of Jesus and preaching only the Cross is to change God’s law of salvation. By the baptism He received from John the Baptist, Jesus took the sins of the world upon Himself; on the Cross He received the judgment of sin and died; and He rose again. Hold fast to the gospel of the water and the Spirit, unmixed with false teaching. Believe in God, who fed Elijah and the household of the widow of Zarephath even in a severe famine, and in the spiritual famine of today as well, preach this gospel to the whole world with greater faith. ● Scripture quotations used in this book are from the ‘New King James Version (NKJV)’, ‘American Standard Version (ASV)’. ● This audiobook is an original human creation based on the sermons of Rev. Paul C. Jong. To provide clear delivery and a comfortable listening experience, AI technology was employed only for the voice generation. 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By the baptism He received from John the Baptist, Jesus took the sins of the world upon Himself; on the Cross He received the judgment of sin and died; and He rose again. Hold fast to the gospel of the water and the Spirit, unmixed with false teaching. Believe in God, who fed Elijah and the household of the widow of Zarephath even in a severe famine, and in the spiritual famine of today as well, preach this gospel to the whole world with greater faith. ● Scripture quotations used in this book are from the ‘New King James Version (NKJV)’, ‘American Standard Version (ASV)’. ● This audiobook is an original human creation based on the sermons of Rev. Paul C. Jong. To provide clear delivery and a comfortable listening experience, AI technology was employed only for the voice generation. The New Life Mission shin2954@naver.com false https://feeds.castos.com/pv4ov yes <![CDATA[Preface]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:53 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559043 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/preface Dear readers, Through this book, I wish to share with you the Words of 1 Kings chapters 13 through 17. These Words record the process that began with God’s judgment on the false altar that Jeroboam had set up, and continued as the kings of northern Israel repeated the sin of Jeroboam, reaching at last the Baal worship of Ahab and Jezebel. In that dark age, God raised up Elijah, and even in the midst of drought and famine He supplied the Word of life and food. In all these events is contained an important truth: that we must not change the Word of God according to human thoughts, and that we must firmly keep the gospel of the water and the Spirit in our hearts and preach it.

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]]> full 1 false Dear readers, Through this book, I wish to share with you the Words of 1 Kings chapters 13 through 17. These Words record the process that began with God’s judgment on the false altar that Jeroboam had set up, and continued as the kings of northern Israel repeated the sin of Jeroboam, reaching at last the Baal worship of Ahab and Jezebel. In that dark age, God raised up Elijah, and even in the midst of drought and famine He supplied the Word of life and food. In all these events is contained an important truth: that we must not change the Word of God according to human thoughts, and that we must firmly keep the gospel of the water and the Spirit in our hearts and preach it.

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]]> 00:17:06 <![CDATA[Ch13_01_Biblical Exposition_Overview of the Entire Content • From the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:49 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559042 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch13-01-biblical-exposition-overview-of-the-entire-content-from-the-perspective-of-the-gospel-of-t 1 Kings chapter 13 records the event in which the man of God who came from Judah proclaimed judgment against the altar of Bethel, and the altar was split apart as the sign of that prophecy. He refused Jeroboam’s invitation according to the command of God, but on his way back he was deceived by the lie of the old prophet, disobeyed the command, and was killed by a lion. Even after seeing these events, Jeroboam did not abandon his evil way, and in the end this became the cause by which his house would be destroyed.

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]]> full 2 false 1 Kings chapter 13 records the event in which the man of God who came from Judah proclaimed judgment against the altar of Bethel, and the altar was split apart as the sign of that prophecy. He refused Jeroboam’s invitation according to the command of God, but on his way back he was deceived by the lie of the old prophet, disobeyed the command, and was killed by a lion. Even after seeing these events, Jeroboam did not abandon his evil way, and in the end this became the cause by which his house would be destroyed.

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]]> 00:36:51 <![CDATA[Ch13_02_Biblical Exposition_The Way of Obeying the Word of God to the End]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:45 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559041 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch13-02-biblical-exposition-the-way-of-obeying-the-word-of-god-to-the-end 1 Kings chapter 13 is the chapter in which the word of God’s judgment is proclaimed against the altar of Bethel that Jeroboam made. To protect his own kingship, Jeroboam set up golden calves and changed the law of sacrifice that God had ordained. Outwardly there was the form of serving God, but in reality he had changed the order of the remission of sin that God had ordained, according to his own thoughts and desires.

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]]> full 3 false 1 Kings chapter 13 is the chapter in which the word of God’s judgment is proclaimed against the altar of Bethel that Jeroboam made. To protect his own kingship, Jeroboam set up golden calves and changed the law of sacrifice that God had ordained. Outwardly there was the form of serving God, but in reality he had changed the order of the remission of sin that God had ordained, according to his own thoughts and desires.

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]]> 01:12:13 <![CDATA[Ch13_03_Sermon_What Happens If We Fellowship with Heretics？ (1 Kings 13:1-32)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:40 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559040 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch13-03-sermon-what-happens-if-we-fellowship-with-heretics-1-kings-131-32 Today’s Scripture passage is about what happens if we fellowship with heretics. King Jeroboam did many evil things before God in order to keep his kingship by himself. One of them was that he exchanged God for golden calves; another was that he ignored God’s command and changed the date of the Day of Atonement; and besides these, he destroyed the office of the Levitical priests whom God had specially established, so that anyone, even a common person, could become a priest if he volunteered. So today’s passage tells us how the wrath of God comes down on those who remain in that line of faith and on their families. We must also consider with what resolve we ourselves ought to carry on our life of faith.

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]]> full 4 false Today’s Scripture passage is about what happens if we fellowship with heretics. King Jeroboam did many evil things before God in order to keep his kingship by himself. One of them was that he exchanged God for golden calves; another was that he ignored God’s command and changed the date of the Day of Atonement; and besides these, he destroyed the office of the Levitical priests whom God had specially established, so that anyone, even a common person, could become a priest if he volunteered. So today’s passage tells us how the wrath of God comes down on those who remain in that line of faith and on their families. We must also consider with what resolve we ourselves ought to carry on our life of faith.

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]]> 00:58:01 <![CDATA[Ch13_04_Sermon_What Gospel Do You Believe in Now？]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:26 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559050 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch13-04-sermon-what-gospel-do-you-believe-in-now Today’s Scripture passage is about what happens if we fellowship with heretics. King Jeroboam did many evil things before God in order to keep his kingship by himself. One of them was that he exchanged God for golden calves; another was that he ignored God’s command and changed the date of the Day of Atonement; and besides these, he destroyed the office of the Levitical priests whom God had specially established, so that anyone, even a common person, could become a priest if he volunteered. So today’s passage tells us how the wrath of God comes down on those who remain in that line of faith and on their families. We must also consider with what resolve we ourselves ought to carry on our life of faith.

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]]> full 5 false Today’s Scripture passage is about what happens if we fellowship with heretics. King Jeroboam did many evil things before God in order to keep his kingship by himself. One of them was that he exchanged God for golden calves; another was that he ignored God’s command and changed the date of the Day of Atonement; and besides these, he destroyed the office of the Levitical priests whom God had specially established, so that anyone, even a common person, could become a priest if he volunteered. So today’s passage tells us how the wrath of God comes down on those who remain in that line of faith and on their families. We must also consider with what resolve we ourselves ought to carry on our life of faith.

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]]> 00:52:11 <![CDATA[Ch13_05_Sermon_The False Altar That God Tears Down (1 Kings 13:1-34)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:12 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559038 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch13-05-sermon-the-false-altar-that-god-tears-down-1-kings-131-34 1 Kings chapter 13 shows how God rebuked the altar of Bethel that Jeroboam had set up. In 1 Kings chapter 12, Jeroboam made golden calves to protect his own kingship and placed them in Bethel and Dan. And he told the people that there was no need to go up to Jerusalem. He regarded the temple and the sacrificial system God had ordained as obstacles to keeping his own kingdom.

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]]> full 6 false 1 Kings chapter 13 shows how God rebuked the altar of Bethel that Jeroboam had set up. In 1 Kings chapter 12, Jeroboam made golden calves to protect his own kingship and placed them in Bethel and Dan. And he told the people that there was no need to go up to Jerusalem. He regarded the temple and the sacrificial system God had ordained as obstacles to keeping his own kingdom.

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]]> 00:22:28 <![CDATA[Ch14_01_Biblical Exposition_Overview of the Entire Content • From the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:09 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559037 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch14-01-biblical-exposition-overview-of-the-entire-content-from-the-perspective-of-the-gospel-of-t 1 Kings chapter 14 records how, on the occasion of the sickness of Jeroboam’s son Abijah, the judgment to come upon Jeroboam’s house and upon northern Israel was proclaimed, and how Judah in the days of Rehoboam fell into idolatry and suffered the invasion of Egypt. Northern Israel and Judah were ruled by different kings, but both nations came to face judgment because they departed from the Word of God.

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]]> full 7 false 1 Kings chapter 14 records how, on the occasion of the sickness of Jeroboam’s son Abijah, the judgment to come upon Jeroboam’s house and upon northern Israel was proclaimed, and how Judah in the days of Rehoboam fell into idolatry and suffered the invasion of Egypt. Northern Israel and Judah were ruled by different kings, but both nations came to face judgment because they departed from the Word of God.

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]]> 00:37:03 <![CDATA[Ch14_02_Biblical Exposition_The Judgment on Jeroboam＇s House and the Corruption of Judah]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:26:04 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559036 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch14-02-biblical-exposition-the-judgment-on-jeroboams-house-and-the-corruption-of-judah 1 Kings chapter 14 is the chapter in which Jeroboam’s sin begins to be revealed as judgment on his house and on all Israel. When Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick, Jeroboam did not come before God in repentance. He disguised his wife and sent her to the prophet Ahijah, wanting only to know what would become of the child. But God already knew of that disguise, and He spoke the judgment that would come upon the house of Jeroboam.

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]]> full 8 false 1 Kings chapter 14 is the chapter in which Jeroboam’s sin begins to be revealed as judgment on his house and on all Israel. When Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick, Jeroboam did not come before God in repentance. He disguised his wife and sent her to the prophet Ahijah, wanting only to know what would become of the child. But God already knew of that disguise, and He spoke the judgment that would come upon the house of Jeroboam.

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]]> 01:41:54 <![CDATA[Ch14_03_Sermon_Do Not Fall into the Sin of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1-20)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:58 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559035 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch14-03-sermon-do-not-fall-into-the-sin-of-jeroboam-1-kings-141-20 We are considering together the portions in which the Scriptures keep testifying about Jeroboam. Jeroboam was not of the royal line; he was a man of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph’s second son. Whatever the tribe, all were the same people of Israel, but Jeroboam was the man who, before God, changed the law of God—the law of sacrifice of the temple—and switched the god he served. No one in the Scriptures committed a sin as great as Jeroboam’s. If we compare it with the sin of Judas, who betrayed Jesus in the New Testament, Jeroboam’s sin is far greater than that of Judas. Judas’s sin came out of personal weakness, but Jeroboam’s was the sin of changing the law of God and challenging God.

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]]> full 9 false We are considering together the portions in which the Scriptures keep testifying about Jeroboam. Jeroboam was not of the royal line; he was a man of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph’s second son. Whatever the tribe, all were the same people of Israel, but Jeroboam was the man who, before God, changed the law of God—the law of sacrifice of the temple—and switched the god he served. No one in the Scriptures committed a sin as great as Jeroboam’s. If we compare it with the sin of Judas, who betrayed Jesus in the New Testament, Jeroboam’s sin is far greater than that of Judas. Judas’s sin came out of personal weakness, but Jeroboam’s was the sin of changing the law of God and challenging God.

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]]> 00:35:00 <![CDATA[Ch14_04_Sermon_What End Awaits Those Who Believe like Jeroboam？ (1 Kings 14:1-20)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:53 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559034 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch14-04-sermon-what-end-awaits-those-who-believe-like-jeroboam-1-kings-141-20 God tells us what the curse from heaven is that came upon Jeroboam and his descendants. Let us look together at the words of chapter 14, verses 7 to 14. This word was spoken to Jeroboam’s wife, saying that God would put Jeroboam’s child to death and would put to death whoever belonged to Jeroboam. This was the wrath of God toward Jeroboam and those who belonged to him. Why was God so angry with Jeroboam? Because he exchanged God for golden calves and provoked the wrath of God. Even today God warns that He will bring wrath upon those who serve a golden calf as God, but they hear that warning and still refuse to turn back. Yet if they do not turn from that sin, God is the One who actually fulfills the words of curse He spoke to Jeroboam.

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]]> full 10 false God tells us what the curse from heaven is that came upon Jeroboam and his descendants. Let us look together at the words of chapter 14, verses 7 to 14. This word was spoken to Jeroboam’s wife, saying that God would put Jeroboam’s child to death and would put to death whoever belonged to Jeroboam. This was the wrath of God toward Jeroboam and those who belonged to him. Why was God so angry with Jeroboam? Because he exchanged God for golden calves and provoked the wrath of God. Even today God warns that He will bring wrath upon those who serve a golden calf as God, but they hear that warning and still refuse to turn back. Yet if they do not turn from that sin, God is the One who actually fulfills the words of curse He spoke to Jeroboam.

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]]> 00:39:43 <![CDATA[Ch14_05_Sermon_The Faith That Lost the Gold Shields and Took Up Bronze Shields (1 Kings 14:21-31)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:50 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559033 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch14-05-sermon-the-faith-that-lost-the-gold-shields-and-took-up-bronze-shields-1-kings-1421-31 1 Kings chapter 14 does not speak only of the judgment of Jeroboam in northern Israel. The latter part of this chapter shows together the sin and the shame of Rehoboam in Judah. Jeroboam changed the law of sacrifice God had ordained and set up golden calves, leading Israel into sin. But Judah was not safe either. Rehoboam reigned in Jerusalem, the city God had chosen to put His name there, yet Judah set up high places, idols, and wooden images of Asherah, and imitated the abominations of the pagans.

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]]> full 11 false 1 Kings chapter 14 does not speak only of the judgment of Jeroboam in northern Israel. The latter part of this chapter shows together the sin and the shame of Rehoboam in Judah. Jeroboam changed the law of sacrifice God had ordained and set up golden calves, leading Israel into sin. But Judah was not safe either. Rehoboam reigned in Jerusalem, the city God had chosen to put His name there, yet Judah set up high places, idols, and wooden images of Asherah, and imitated the abominations of the pagans.

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]]> 00:18:29 <![CDATA[Ch15_01_Biblical Exposition_Overview of the Entire Content • From the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:46 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559032 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch15-01-biblical-exposition-overview-of-the-entire-content-from-the-perspective-of-the-gospel-of-t 1 Kings chapter 15 records in order the reigns of Abijam and Asa of southern Judah and of Nadab and Baasha of northern Israel. Abijam, Nadab, and Baasha followed the sins of the kings before them, but Asa removed the idols and did what was right before God. Yet Asa, too, failed to remove the high places, and to resolve the war with northern Israel he used the treasures of the temple as a means of diplomacy.

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]]> full 12 false 1 Kings chapter 15 records in order the reigns of Abijam and Asa of southern Judah and of Nadab and Baasha of northern Israel. Abijam, Nadab, and Baasha followed the sins of the kings before them, but Asa removed the idols and did what was right before God. Yet Asa, too, failed to remove the high places, and to resolve the war with northern Israel he used the treasures of the temple as a means of diplomacy.

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]]> 00:40:21 <![CDATA[Ch15_02_Biblical Exposition_The Lamp of David and the Sin Revealed in the Age of the Kings]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:36 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559031 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch15-02-biblical-exposition-the-lamp-of-david-and-the-sin-revealed-in-the-age-of-the-kings 1 Kings chapter 15 shows how the next generation of the divided kingdom was evaluated before God. Abijam king of Judah belonged to the lineage of David and reigned as king in Jerusalem, but his heart was not like the heart of David. He followed the sins of his father and was not perfect before God. This shows that the lineage and outward form of faith cannot make a person righteous.

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]]> full 13 false 1 Kings chapter 15 shows how the next generation of the divided kingdom was evaluated before God. Abijam king of Judah belonged to the lineage of David and reigned as king in Jerusalem, but his heart was not like the heart of David. He followed the sins of his father and was not perfect before God. This shows that the lineage and outward form of faith cannot make a person righteous.

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]]> 01:40:22 <![CDATA[Ch15_03_Sermon_God＇s Curse on Those Who Have Become Heretics (1 Kings 15:25-34)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:29 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559030 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch15-03-sermon-gods-curse-on-those-who-have-become-heretics-1-kings-1525-34 The name of Jeroboam’s son was Nadab. He succeeded his father, became king of Israel, and came to rule the nation, but he was assassinated by his own subordinate, and his family, too, was wretchedly massacred. King Nadab’s faith was exactly like the conduct of his father Jeroboam, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, and so the history of death continued.

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]]> full 14 false The name of Jeroboam’s son was Nadab. He succeeded his father, became king of Israel, and came to rule the nation, but he was assassinated by his own subordinate, and his family, too, was wretchedly massacred. King Nadab’s faith was exactly like the conduct of his father Jeroboam, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, and so the history of death continued.

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]]> 00:57:54 <![CDATA[Ch15_04_Sermon_We Must Cast Away Idols with a Perfect Heart before God (1 Kings 15:1-24)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:25 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559029 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch15-04-sermon-we-must-cast-away-idols-with-a-perfect-heart-before-god-1-kings-151-24 1 Kings chapter 15 shows the reigns of Abijam and Asa, kings of southern Judah. This chapter is not simply a historical summary recording the deeds of two kings. It shows how, after Solomon’s corruption, the southern and northern kingdoms were divided, and how the sin of departing from God, passing through the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, was carried on to the next generation. At the same time, it shows Asa, who even in that dark stream tried to set his heart upright before God.

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]]> full 15 false 1 Kings chapter 15 shows the reigns of Abijam and Asa, kings of southern Judah. This chapter is not simply a historical summary recording the deeds of two kings. It shows how, after Solomon’s corruption, the southern and northern kingdoms were divided, and how the sin of departing from God, passing through the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, was carried on to the next generation. At the same time, it shows Asa, who even in that dark stream tried to set his heart upright before God.

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]]> 00:19:22 <![CDATA[Ch16_01_Biblical Exposition_Overview of the Entire Content • From the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:15 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559027 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-01-biblical-exposition-overview-of-the-entire-content-from-the-perspective-of-the-gospel-of-t 1 Kings chapter 16 records the destruction of the dynasty of Baasha and the changes of kingship in northern Israel that continued through Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab. The kings kept being replaced through treason and war, but the golden-calf worship Jeroboam had made did not disappear. Especially in the days of Ahab, the worship of Baal and Asherah spread on a national scale, and the evil of northern Israel grew still worse.

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]]> full 16 false 1 Kings chapter 16 records the destruction of the dynasty of Baasha and the changes of kingship in northern Israel that continued through Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab. The kings kept being replaced through treason and war, but the golden-calf worship Jeroboam had made did not disappear. Especially in the days of Ahab, the worship of Baal and Asherah spread on a national scale, and the evil of northern Israel grew still worse.

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]]> 00:38:14 <![CDATA[Ch16_02_Biblical Exposition_The Successive Sins of the Dynasties of Israel and the Appearance of Ahab]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:11 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559026 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-02-biblical-exposition-the-successive-sins-of-the-dynasties-of-israel-and-the-appearance-of-aha 1 Kings chapter 16 shows, through the replacement and judgment of the kings of northern Israel, that even when the dynasty changes, if there is no return to the truth God has ordained, the stream of sin is not cut off. Baasha became the instrument that destroyed the house of Jeroboam, but he himself did not turn back from the sin of Jeroboam. He struck the house of Jeroboam yet followed the way of Jeroboam just as it was, and God said that He would judge his house like the house of Jeroboam.

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]]> full 17 false 1 Kings chapter 16 shows, through the replacement and judgment of the kings of northern Israel, that even when the dynasty changes, if there is no return to the truth God has ordained, the stream of sin is not cut off. Baasha became the instrument that destroyed the house of Jeroboam, but he himself did not turn back from the sin of Jeroboam. He struck the house of Jeroboam yet followed the way of Jeroboam just as it was, and God said that He would judge his house like the house of Jeroboam.

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]]> 01:39:41 <![CDATA[Ch16_03_Sermon_He Has Delivered Us from the Sin of Jeroboam and Made Us Follow the Gospel， Not Personal Greed (1 Kings 16:1-7)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:25:04 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559025 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-03-sermon-he-has-delivered-us-from-the-sin-of-jeroboam-and-made-us-follow-the-gospel-not-pers I preached on this Word last time as well. Today I want to continue looking at 1 Kings chapter 16. Starting from verse 1, the successors of Jeroboam appear one after another. Jeroboam becomes king, then a man under him becomes king in turn; a son becomes king, and then a subordinate rises in rebellion and a soldier becomes king. In this way treason repeats itself without ceasing.

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]]> full 18 false I preached on this Word last time as well. Today I want to continue looking at 1 Kings chapter 16. Starting from verse 1, the successors of Jeroboam appear one after another. Jeroboam becomes king, then a man under him becomes king in turn; a son becomes king, and then a subordinate rises in rebellion and a soldier becomes king. In this way treason repeats itself without ceasing.

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]]> 00:35:45 <![CDATA[Ch16_04_Sermon_Do Not Mix with the False Ones (1 Kings 16:29-33)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:53 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559024 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-04-sermon-do-not-mix-with-the-false-ones-1-kings-1629-33 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles are the Scriptures that record the faith and history of the people of Israel, our ancestors in the faith—that is, of the kings of south and north. As it says, “Are they not written in the book of the chronicles” (1 Kings 16:5), they set down how the kings of the people who believed in God lived. So when we read these Scriptures, we can gain lessons about what we must learn, what we must avoid, and what we must believe.

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]]> full 19 false 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles are the Scriptures that record the faith and history of the people of Israel, our ancestors in the faith—that is, of the kings of south and north. As it says, “Are they not written in the book of the chronicles” (1 Kings 16:5), they set down how the kings of the people who believed in God lived. So when we read these Scriptures, we can gain lessons about what we must learn, what we must avoid, and what we must believe.

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]]> 00:51:36 <![CDATA[Ch16_05_Sermon_God＇s Curse That Comes upon Those Who Rebuild the City of Jericho (1 Kings 16:29-34)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:48 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559023 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-05-sermon-gods-curse-that-comes-upon-those-who-rebuild-the-city-of-jericho-1-kings-1629-34 In the northern nation of Israel, Ahab the son of Omri became king. This Ahab, who ruled northern Israel from Samaria for twenty-two years, did more evil than all who were before him. He regarded following the sin of Jeroboam as rather a trivial thing; he took as his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, served and worshiped Baal, set up an altar for Baal, and made a wooden image of Asherah. And so, the Word testifies, he provoked the anger of the LORD God of Israel more severely than all the kings of Israel in their generations.

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]]> full 20 false In the northern nation of Israel, Ahab the son of Omri became king. This Ahab, who ruled northern Israel from Samaria for twenty-two years, did more evil than all who were before him. He regarded following the sin of Jeroboam as rather a trivial thing; he took as his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, served and worshiped Baal, set up an altar for Baal, and made a wooden image of Asherah. And so, the Word testifies, he provoked the anger of the LORD God of Israel more severely than all the kings of Israel in their generations.

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]]> 00:22:25 <![CDATA[Ch16_06_Sermon_Even If You Build Samaria， If You Set Up an Altar for Baal， It Is an Evil Kingdom before God (1 Kings 16:1-34)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:41 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559022 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch16-06-sermon-even-if-you-build-samaria-if-you-set-up-an-altar-for-baal-it-is-an-evil-kingdom-b The latter part of 1 Kings chapter 16 shows the age of Omri and Ahab. Omri seized the kingship as a strong force within northern Israel, and he bought the hill of Samaria and built a city. In human history Omri can look like a politically important king. He established a new capital and set the foundations of the kingdom in order. But the Scriptures evaluate him as an evil king before God. He did worse than all who were before him and walked in all the ways of Jeroboam.

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]]> full 21 false The latter part of 1 Kings chapter 16 shows the age of Omri and Ahab. Omri seized the kingship as a strong force within northern Israel, and he bought the hill of Samaria and built a city. In human history Omri can look like a politically important king. He established a new capital and set the foundations of the kingdom in order. But the Scriptures evaluate him as an evil king before God. He did worse than all who were before him and walked in all the ways of Jeroboam.

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]]> 00:23:18 <![CDATA[Ch17_01_Biblical Exposition_Overview of the Entire Content • From the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:28 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559051 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch17-01-biblical-exposition-overview-of-the-entire-content-from-the-perspective-of-the-gospel-of-t 1 Kings chapter 17 records how, in the age when Ahab and Jezebel were spreading Baal worship, Elijah appeared and proclaimed a drought, experienced God’s provision at the Brook Cherith and at Zarephath, and brought the dead son of the widow back to life. This chapter shows that the One who rules over rain and food and life is not Baal but the living God, and that when we believe and follow the Word of God, that Word is fulfilled just as it is.

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]]> full 22 false 1 Kings chapter 17 records how, in the age when Ahab and Jezebel were spreading Baal worship, Elijah appeared and proclaimed a drought, experienced God’s provision at the Brook Cherith and at Zarephath, and brought the dead son of the widow back to life. This chapter shows that the One who rules over rain and food and life is not Baal but the living God, and that when we believe and follow the Word of God, that Word is fulfilled just as it is.

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]]> 00:37:15 <![CDATA[Ch17_02_Biblical Exposition_God Who Revealed Unfailing Grace and Life]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:14 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559019 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch17-02-biblical-exposition-god-who-revealed-unfailing-grace-and-life 1 Kings chapter 17 is the chapter in which God raises up Elijah in the deep darkness of the days of Ahab. Ahab had brought the worship of Baal and Asherah into northern Israel, and the hearts of the people had drifted still further from the law of sacrifice and the way of salvation God had ordained. In such an age God had Elijah proclaim that for years there would be neither rain nor dew. This was God’s rebuke, revealing that Baal is not a god who gives rain and abundance but a vain idol.

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]]> full 23 false 1 Kings chapter 17 is the chapter in which God raises up Elijah in the deep darkness of the days of Ahab. Ahab had brought the worship of Baal and Asherah into northern Israel, and the hearts of the people had drifted still further from the law of sacrifice and the way of salvation God had ordained. In such an age God had Elijah proclaim that for years there would be neither rain nor dew. This was God’s rebuke, revealing that Baal is not a god who gives rain and abundance but a vain idol.

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]]> 00:52:27 <![CDATA[Ch17_03_Sermon_God Turns Heretics Around and Brings Them Back (1 Kings 17:17-18:46)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:10 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559018 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch17-03-sermon-god-turns-heretics-around-and-brings-them-back-1-kings-1717-1846 Today we have read much of the Word of God, so I will share the message in due measure. These days we are preparing several business ventures to support the work of preaching the gospel. Many of you are worn out and unwell from all the work. We must take good care of our health for the Lord’s sake. A car lasts long if you oil it, polish it, tighten it up, and take it often to the shop, but otherwise it is soon dragged off to the junkyard; in the same way we must look after our bodies well and serve the Lord for a long time. It is not that we are afraid of sickness; it is for the Lord’s sake.

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]]> full 24 false Today we have read much of the Word of God, so I will share the message in due measure. These days we are preparing several business ventures to support the work of preaching the gospel. Many of you are worn out and unwell from all the work. We must take good care of our health for the Lord’s sake. A car lasts long if you oil it, polish it, tighten it up, and take it often to the shop, but otherwise it is soon dragged off to the junkyard; in the same way we must look after our bodies well and serve the Lord for a long time. It is not that we are afraid of sickness; it is for the Lord’s sake.

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]]> 00:32:39 <![CDATA[Ch17_04_Sermon_Let Us Prepare a Greater Vessel of Faith (1 Kings 17:8-16)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:05 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559017 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch17-04-sermon-let-us-prepare-a-greater-vessel-of-faith-1-kings-178-16 Today I want to share the Word along the same lines as yesterday. These days a long winter lies before us. In this time when the world is hard and livelihoods are pinched, I keep in my heart the question of how we are to pass through this season, and whenever I meet the workers we discuss it together and gather wisdom. This morning, too, we went about together, settled several things to be done in the days ahead, and set our hearts to bear these works by faith.

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]]> full 25 false Today I want to share the Word along the same lines as yesterday. These days a long winter lies before us. In this time when the world is hard and livelihoods are pinched, I keep in my heart the question of how we are to pass through this season, and whenever I meet the workers we discuss it together and gather wisdom. This morning, too, we went about together, settled several things to be done in the days ahead, and set our hearts to bear these works by faith.

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]]> 00:22:38 <![CDATA[Ch17_05_Sermon_God Who Brings Dead Life Back to Life (1 Kings 17:1-24)]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:01 +0000 The New Life Mission https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71237/episode/2559016 https://english-85.castos.com/episodes/ch17-05-sermon-god-who-brings-dead-life-back-to-life-1-kings-171-24 1 Kings chapter 17 shows how God dealt with the Israel of Ahab’s days. Ahab counted it a light thing to follow the sin of Jeroboam, and brought the worship of Baal and Asherah deep into Israel. The nation that ought to have served God left God and became a nation serving idols. So God sent Elijah and had him proclaim that no rain would fall.

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]]> full 26 false 1 Kings chapter 17 shows how God dealt with the Israel of Ahab’s days. Ahab counted it a light thing to follow the sin of Jeroboam, and brought the worship of Baal and Asherah deep into Israel. The nation that ought to have served God left God and became a nation serving idols. So God sent Elijah and had him proclaim that no rain would fall.

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