Quotes About Faith

Because of this, I will humble Davidís descendants—but not forever.í”

So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

that this is what the LORD says: ëYou are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.í” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ëSurely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.í”

And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the kingís hand was restored to him as it was before.

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ëYou must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.í”

So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.

So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”

But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ëYou must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.í”

Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ëBring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.í” The old prophet was lying to him,

but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,