What Makes A Prophet Vary Form The Path

1 Kings 13:7-10

Then the king invited the holy man, "Join me for a meal; I have a gift for you."

"The holy man told the king, "Not on your life! You couldn't pay me enough to get me to sit down with you at a meal in this place. I'm here under God's orders, and he commanded, 'Don't eat a crumb, don't drink a drop, and don't go back the way you came.'" Then he left by a different road than the one on which he had walked to Bethel."

He is zealous, sure of his orders and obeying to the letter! So, what changed his mind?

1 Kings 13:12-18

"Their father said, "Which way did he go?" His sons pointed out the road that the holy man from Judah had taken.

He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey." When they had saddled it, he got on and rode after the holy man. He found him sitting under an oak tree.

He asked him, "Are you the holy man who came from Judah?"

"Yes, I am," he said.

"Well, come home with me and have a meal."

"Sorry, I can't do that," the holy man said. "I can neither go back with you nor eat with you in this country. I'm under strict orders from God: 'Don't eat a crumb; don't drink a drop; and don't come back the way you came.'"

But he said, "I am also a prophet, just like you. And an angel came to me with a message from God: 'Bring him home with you, and give him a good meal!'" But the man was lying."

Surrendering to a peer!

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