When I first got into ministry, I didn’t know what to do with I Kings 13. I knew God must be trying to communicate something from this story, but I couldn’t figure out what. So many things didn’t line up with my preconceptions. 

You have a couple of prophets in this story. Now, in almost every Old Testament story with a prophet of God, they are the good guy. What they do is usually the heroic or brave thing. They’re usually the one setting the example for us.

In this story, the prophets are not too brilliant. They’re great at hearing God. Not so great at the follow-through. And this story can leave us scratching our heads, wondering what the lesson was in all this. 

But as I said, it confused me when I first got into ministry and serious Bible study, because I wasn’t sure what to do with it. After a while, I think I figured out what God is saying here and what He’s saying to us today. 

So I couldn’t have been happier to get this email from Alana at my church. It said: I’d love to learn more about 1 Kings 13. It’s such an odd story. 

Totally agree. I find this story to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible. 

Turn to I Kings 13, and let’s get weird.

0:00 - Introduction

1:30 - Roscoe the Young Prophet

8:00 - Cletus the Old Prophet

17:15 - The Young Prophet’s Fate

20:30 - Next Time

22:00 - Closing Thoughts

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