Be Responsible (1 Kings)

by Warren W. Wiersbe

Publisher:

Cook Communications Ministries

, 2002

Overview

Wiersbe's "Be" Series on the Old Testament—Practical, devotional, and concise describes the "Be" series. Each of these mini-commentaries contains a wealth of practical insight into God's Word. This resource provides commentary on the book of 1 Kings.

"A bad workman always blames his tools."

The ancient proverb rings just as true today, and it is with this challenge for personal responsibility that Dr. Warren Wiersbe begins this latest installment of his comprehensive study through the Bible. Responsibility is not a popular concept for modern sensibilities that prefer to emphasize victimization and blame-seeking. Unfortunately, finding even leaders who will take it can be difficult, to say the least.

King David knew what it meant to be a responsible leader, and so did his son Solomon … until the closing years of his reign. But out of the twenty subsequent kings who reigned in Judah, only eight could be called good kings and responsible men who sought to obey God.

Tragically, not only was there a lack of political moral leadership, but the spiritual leadership (priests and prophets) notoriously failed both God and the people.

As you follow along with Dr. Wiersbe in this study of 1 Kings, you will see over and over again the importance of moral character in leaders, as well as the tragedy of leaving God out of national affairs. Clearly the call to Be Responsible is as much a need today as it was in the age of Judah's kings.

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Product Details

• Title: Be Responsible
• Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
• Series: Wiersbe's "Be" Series

About Warren Wiersbe

Dr. Warren Wiersbe has served as Writer-in-Residence at Cornerstone College in Grand Rapids, MI. He has pastored three churches, including Moody Church in Chicago. He also served as General Director and Bible teacher for Back to the Bible Broadcast.

Contents

Top Highlights

“It’s unfortunate that too many people think of Bathsheba only as ‘the adulteress’ when it was her intervention that saved Israel from disaster at a critical hour.” (Page 12)

“No matter how much or how often His servants fail Him, God is never at a loss to know what to do. Our job is to obey His Word and get up and do it!” (Page 150)

“The Old Testament records the last words of Jacob (Gen. 49), Moses (Deut. 33), Joshua (23:1–24:27), and David (1 Kings 2:1–11).” (Page 15)

“It has well been said that the one thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history.” (Page 124)

“A crisis isn’t what makes a person; a crisis shows what a person’s made of.’” (Page 9)

Product Details

• Title: Be Responsible
• Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
• Series: Wiersbe’s “Be” Series
• Publisher: Cook Communications Ministries
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. 1 Kings › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 1 Kings › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Resource ID: LLS:BE_RESP
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-04-13T14:34:31Z

About Warren W. Wiersbe

Warren W. Wiersbe (1929–2019) was an internationally known Bible teacher and pastor. He studied at Indiana University and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.

In 2002, Wiersbe was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He was the former pastor of three churches, including The Moody Church.

For 10 years Wiersbe served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. He wrote more than 150 books, including the popular Old Testament "Be" Series and New Testament "Be" Series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies, and The Strategy of Satan.