PUSH YOUR SIN OUT THE WINDOW

BY Toby Sumpter

The beginning of Jehu’s reign in 2 Kings 9-10 is a wonderful example for Christians who would be free of their besetting sins. When Jehu was anointed by Elisha’s assistant, he drove his chariot furiously straight to meet Joram the son of Ahab and killed him and Azariah, the visiting King of Judah. Arriving in Samaria, he called for Jezebel’s servants to throw her out of her upper chamber window, and her blood spattered on the wall and the dogs ate her. But Jehu didn’t stop there. He immediately wrote a letter to the elders of the city asking for the heads of seventy sons of Ahab. And soon, he had secured his victory when the heads of Ahab’s seventy sons were brought to him in baskets and placed at the city gates for all to see. Finally, he gathered all of the prophets of Baal in the house of Baal and slaughtered them all. He brought out the images from the house and broke down the pagan temple.

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