1 Kings 22:19-23 (ESV Strong's)
19 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20 and the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the LORD said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the LORD has declared disaster for you.”
God uses Lying Spirits
Yes in the above passage, we have a discussion going on between the king of Israel, Ahab, and the profit of God, Micaiah. Ahab is challenging Micaiah to tell him the truth. The prophet wants to accommodate. He wants to tell the king the truth. The king had wanted to go to war and was seeking counsel as to whether or not it was from God or not. A number of false prophets had come to the king to say yes he should go to war. At this point the king invites a true prophet of God to speak truth into his life. This is where the above paragraph fits in. Micaiah Tells the king about a scene that was playing out in heaven. A number of the host of God came forward and God ask them what they should do with the king, and the King’s request. One of the host, we would assume a spirit being, volunteers to go to be a lying spirit to the false prophets. The spirit goes and enters the false prophets and tells a lie to the king. Micaiah, a true prophet of God, is sent to sort it all out. What we see in the above passage is a marvelous glimpse into how God works in regards to evil in this world. God does not create evil, but he does allow evil to do its work. And he harness is evil for his own purpose. Note:
Isaiah 45:7 (ESV Strong's)
7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and create calamity;
I am the LORD, who does all these things.
God creates calamity by removing his grace which allows evil to triumph and calamity to form. God does not have to initiate it, he just hast to remove his grace from the world and evil will take over. God will use evil to accomplish his purposes. Read the first two chapters of the book of Job as an illustration. God use the evilness of the Jewish religious leaders and the evilness and Pilate’s heart to crucify his son. God certainly can use a lying spirit to deceive the world. He just removes his grace.
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