STIRRING UP STRIFE
1 Chronicles 19
I - WORDS OF WARMTH {vv 1-2 * Psa. 133:1}
II - WOES OF WRATH {vv 3-15}
The Culprits:
A - HATRED {Prov. 10:12}
B - WRATHFUL {Prov. 15:18}
C - PRIDE {Prov. 28:25}
D - ANGRY {Prov. 29:22}
-One stirring up strife has to bring others into it {vs 7}
-We see the emotional harm {vv 4-5}
III - WAGES OF WAR
-The financial cost was high
-The human toll was high {47000 died because of words that were spoken}
-It cost friendship
-It cost you more to run your mouth than it does to run your car!
IV - WORSE FOR WEAR {vv 16-19 * James 3:6}
-Nobody was better for it
-Syrians {47,000 dead & lost freedom}
-Ammonites {lost allies & made enemies with most powerful king}
-When the wagging tongues begin to stir strife, everyone is worse for wear