1 Kings 21:15-24

Divine Inquisition.

Ahab lost no time in reaping the fruit of Jezebel's wickedness. The next day, after the murder of Naboth and his family, we find him taking possession of the coveted vineyard (see 2 Kings 9:26 ). But in all this dark business there was an invisible Spectator, whose presence does not seem to have been sufficiently taken into the account,

I. GOD IS AN OMNISCIENT OBSERVER .

1 . He inspects all human actions .

2 . He surveys all human motives .

3 . Nothing is forgotten before Him .

II. GOD IS A SUPREME JUDGE .

1 . He makes sin bitter to the sinner .

2 . He conveys judgments in His providence . We read this principle in the denunciations uttered by Elijah.

"Go where thou slew'st my father,

That in the selfsame place thou too may'st die."

It may be read in every full and accurate history.

3 . He will finally judge the world .