# The Man of God and The Old Prophet - The Book of 1 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 21 Nov 2023, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 92. Hear the story of a holy man who healed a king's arm but faced trouble when he didn't follow the Lord's rule about eating in a foreign land. It teaches us to stick to what's right, even when others try to convince us otherwise. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: The old prophet answered, I too am a prophet, as
[0:04] Speaker 1: you are. And an angel said to me by the
[0:07] Speaker 1: word of the Lord, bring him back with you to
[0:11] Speaker 1: your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.
[0:16] Speaker 1: But he was lying to him. So the man of
[0:19] Speaker 1: God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.
[0:23] Speaker 1: 1 Kings 13, 18 and 19. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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[1:32] Speaker 3: The man of God and the old prophet. In the
[1:36] Speaker 3: last story, we learned about how Jeroboam made golden calves
[1:40] Speaker 3: for people to worship and appointed any one priest. Also,
[1:45] Speaker 3: a man of God cried out against the altar of Jeroboam.
[1:50] Speaker 3: In this story, we learn about the fate of the
[1:53] Speaker 3: holy man from Judah who healed Jeroboam's arm, as inspired
[1:59] Speaker 3: by 1 Kings.
[2:03] Speaker 1: Hi again, this is Joya Sabler, and I'm happy you're
[2:06] Speaker 1: here for the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. In
[2:10] Speaker 1: today's story, the man of God is going to listen
[2:13] Speaker 1: to a voice that sounds a little like God's, but
[2:17] Speaker 1: the problem is, it's not. Let's see how he got
[2:21] Speaker 1: there and what a lion and a donkey have to
[2:25] Speaker 1: do with it.
[2:29] Speaker 3: An old prophet lived in Bethel. His sons told him
[2:33] Speaker 3: about what happened when the man of God came from Judah.
[2:36] Speaker 3: Their father was curious, so he asked, Which way.
[2:40] Speaker 2: Did he go?
[2:42] Speaker 3: His sons showed him the way the man of God
[2:44] Speaker 3: had taken and went to saddle the old prophet's donkey.
[2:48] Speaker 3: The old prophet found the man of God laying under
[2:51] Speaker 3: an oak tree. He invited the man of God to
[2:54] Speaker 3: his home to eat, but the man of God responded saying,
[2:57] Speaker 3: I can't go with you. The Lord told me not
[3:00] Speaker 3: to eat bread or drink water here. The old prophet replied,
[3:05] Speaker 3: I'm a prophet too. And he lied and said, An
[3:09] Speaker 3: angel of the Lord sent me to find you so
[3:11] Speaker 3: that I could feed you and give you something to drink.
[3:14] Speaker 3: The man of God believed him and went with him
[3:17] Speaker 3: to his house for a meal. While they were still eating,
[3:22] Speaker 3: the Lord spoke to the man of God through the
[3:24] Speaker 3: old prophet, saying, You have disobeyed the word of God
[3:29] Speaker 3: I told you not to eat or drink here, but
[3:32] Speaker 3: you did not keep my command. Because you did not obey,
[3:36] Speaker 3: you will die, and you won't be buried in your
[3:39] Speaker 3: family's tomb. When they finished eating and drinking, a man
[3:43] Speaker 3: of God's went on his way. While he was traveling,
[3:48] Speaker 3: a lion met him on the road and killed him.
[3:51] Speaker 3: His body lied on the road with both his donkey
[3:55] Speaker 3: and the lion standing beside it. People passed by, seeing
[3:59] Speaker 3: the body lying there and told people in town about
[4:02] Speaker 3: what they had seen. When the old prophet heard about this,
[4:06] Speaker 3: he knew it must be the man of God from Judah.
[4:09] Speaker 3: Once again, the old prophet's sons saddled his donkey and
[4:13] Speaker 3: he went out to find the body. When the old
[4:16] Speaker 3: prophet got there, the donkey and the lion were still
[4:20] Speaker 3: standing next to the body. The lion had not eaten
[4:23] Speaker 3: the dead body or even attacked the donkey. The old
[4:27] Speaker 3: prophet brought the body back home on the donkey to
[4:31] Speaker 3: bury it in his tomb. After burying the man of God,
[4:35] Speaker 3: the old prophet said to his sons, When I die,
[4:39] Speaker 3: bury me in the same tomb where the man of
[4:42] Speaker 3: God is buried. His message against the altar in Bethel
[4:46] Speaker 3: and all of Israel's idols will come true.
[4:56] Speaker 1: Well, that was kind of a bummer. The man of
[4:59] Speaker 1: God had been so strong and determined to obey God.
[5:03] Speaker 3: So what happened?
[5:06] Speaker 1: We open with an old prophet in Bethel feeling curious
[5:10] Speaker 1: about this man of God. He found him under an
[5:15] Speaker 1: oak tree and invited him to eat. But then something
[5:19] Speaker 1: else happened that's very important to notice because it's something
[5:23] Speaker 1: that could happen to you as you get older. The
[5:26] Speaker 1: man of God began listening to someone else's voice other
[5:30] Speaker 1: than God's. And the reason we know it was the
[5:33] Speaker 1: wrong voice is because he was telling the man of
[5:36] Speaker 1: God the opposite of what God had already said. So
[5:42] Speaker 1: how do we know what voices we should listen to?
[5:46] Speaker 1: For one, God has told us many things through his word.
[5:51] Speaker 1: And that's why it is so important that we read
[5:54] Speaker 1: the Bible and know what it says. God's word lasts forever.
[6:00] Speaker 1: It never changes. So you can trust everything that's in it.
[6:05] Speaker 1: But sometimes people will come along and tell you something
[6:09] Speaker 1: that sounds like what God might say. But like the
[6:13] Speaker 1: old prophet, it's a lie. Paul warns us about this.
[6:18] Speaker 1: in second timothy 4 3 when he says for the
[6:22] Speaker 1: time will come when people will not put up with
[6:25] Speaker 1: sound doctrine instead to suit their own desires they will
[6:30] Speaker 1: gather around them a great number of teachers to say
[6:35] Speaker 1: what their itching ears want to hear yep you heard
[6:39] Speaker 1: that right itching ears that just means that people like
[6:44] Speaker 1: to hear what they want to be true The man
[6:48] Speaker 1: of God wanted to eat and was hungry. So when
[6:52] Speaker 1: the prophet said, sure, you can eat, he chose to
[6:57] Speaker 1: believe it. Let's compare some things that the world tells
[7:01] Speaker 1: us lately against what God says in his word.
[7:06] Speaker 3: Ready?
[7:07] Speaker 1: Number one, the world says you should love yourself more
[7:13] Speaker 1: than anything. And put yourself first. You deserve it. But
[7:19] Speaker 1: God's word, the Bible says in Philippians 2, 1 through 3.
[7:25] Speaker 1: And I'm paraphrasing here. Don't be selfish. Think about others
[7:30] Speaker 1: and put them first. Because you know that's how Jesus
[7:36] Speaker 1: loves people. Another thing the world says, number two, is
[7:41] Speaker 1: you are enough. You can do anything. You have everything
[7:48] Speaker 1: you need and don't need anyone. God's word says in
[7:53] Speaker 1: the Bible, I am the vine, you are the branches.
[7:58] Speaker 1: He who remains in me and I in him bears
[8:03] Speaker 1: much fruit. For apart from me, you can do nothing.
[8:09] Speaker 1: You can read that in John 15, 5. The world
[8:14] Speaker 1: says any truth you want to believe is fine. It's
[8:19] Speaker 1: your own truth. God's word says in the Bible, in
[8:24] Speaker 1: John 14, 6, Jesus said to him, I am the way,
[8:30] Speaker 1: the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
[8:34] Speaker 1: Father except through me. See what I mean? Let's remember
[8:40] Speaker 1: today to listen to God's voice above all others. As
[8:45] Speaker 1: today's story ends, the man of God gets killed by
[8:49] Speaker 1: a lion in the street. The old prophet carries his
[8:53] Speaker 1: body home on a donkey and buries it. Perhaps this
[8:57] Speaker 1: old prophet understood that his bad advice brought about the
[9:01] Speaker 1: man's death. And just maybe he was more careful about
[9:05] Speaker 1: the voices he listened to from then on. Thanks for
[9:10] Speaker 1: being here today. Remember, you don't have to be worried
[9:13] Speaker 1: about which voices to listen to. God helps us know
[9:17] Speaker 1: what's true. And it's all in his word, the Bible.
[9:23] Speaker 1: Come back next time because we are back to the Kings.
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