Jezebel played god
Her husband came home sulking because he had tried to negotiate a fair deal with Naboth to own a vineyard which Naboth inherited
Naboth was not cowered by Ahab's position or economic strength
Naboth simply told Ahab the vineyard was inherited and cannot be sold
Ahab didn't like Naboth's response
Jezebel decided to do something about it
The law of God which was made for the good of the people was twisted by Jezebel
She got people to accuse Naboth of Blasphemy and killed him
She did it without any remorse
That is the way those who do not
know God behave
When they see an advantage, they take it
It doesn't matter what God wants
Their conscience has not been tuned to think "above" and "Godly"
They only think of self and present pleasure
The same applies to Doeg the Edomite during the days of King Saul
He saw David
at the city of Nob
He saw David interacting with the priest of Nob
He saw the priest give David Goliath's sword
but he doesn't know
He lacked "divine consciousness"
All he saw was a criminal, a fugitive being harbored by the good people of Nob
He told King Saul this
Saul went to
Nob
Saul told his soldiers to kill the priests
Saul's soldiers feared God and said NO
David had obviously lied to the priest of Nob & told him he came in the name of the king
The king was just being paranoid
Saul turned to Doeg the Edomite
Doeg the Edomite killed all the priests
and their family members
He did it without any restraint because he doesn't know God
There are many characters who do not know or regard God
They do things just for their selfish interests
They can sleep with anybody, lie against anybody, kill anybody, hatch devious plots
This is
why it is dangerous to be friends with those who have no regard for God
Especially if you know god and desires to please him
The knowledge of God brings us into an awareness of the things that please him
We strive to please Him daily in everything we do
but a godless person has
no qualms
Like Potiphar's wife, like Delilah,
Like Judas, Like Alexander the coppersmith
beware of aligning with godless people
Beware of positioning yourself against God
Remember how Samuel mourned when Saul
started misbehaving?
That is how those who know God and his ways mourn
when they see those who ought to know better
lose their godly ways to the common-sense path of man
I am always going to align with God
I will stand with him and for him
I will carry him on my head and in my heart
I am for Jesus, I am in Jesus and Jesus is my life
Now and always

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