When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said:
“This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah. But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you. So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”
Why?
Jehoram became so worse and did evil in the eyes of the Lord for his father let him married the daughter of Ahab as his wife. So he did more evil and killed his brothers who are better than him.
Man’s idea without the blessing from the Lord may induce disaster in the near future.
Jehoram did so worse so when he died no one was sorry for him.
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人愈有權柄，愈沒有安全感。怕人造反，於是殺了他的兄弟。安全感來自神！
約沙法政治聯姻，以為用人的方法來解決問題。神仍然有憐憫，保守大衛的家持續下去。
以東、利拿侵犯，不見得是因為人的罪，但是這裏卻是因為猶大王犯了罪。
外患四起是神的審判臨到。
想要靠自己，結果什麼都沒有了，只剩下一個兒子。歷代誌中最壞的王瑪拿西，最後還是悔改了，但是約蘭最後並沒有悔改！根源在於娶了一個沒有信仰的妻子，反而被影響。約沙法當初為了國家利益，不走神的道路。以致影響兩代。到亞哈謝幾乎亡國。
信仰好是否能夠帶人信主呢?否則不能算好。人若賺得全世界，賠上自己的生命，有什麼益處呢？若不渴望神的話語怎能影響到別人呢?
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How?
Follow the Lord with all of my heart, my strength and all my mind.
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