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"They make a king glad with their wickedness"

Text: Hosea 7:3

DEADLY INFLUENCE

Influence can go both ways. The king can influence his subjects for either good or bad. His courtiers can also influence him for the better or for the worse.

“They make a king glad with their wickedness,
And princes with their lies.”
Hosea 7:3

1. “They make a king glad with their wickedness”

a) The king is usually surrounded by the following:

i) The advisors or counsellors

ii) The ministers

iii) The priests

iv) The prophets

b) Many of the above were:

i) Self-serving

ii) Ungodly

iii) Avaricious

c) Making the king glad with their wickedness:

i) Deception

ii) Cunning

iii) Deadly plots

iv) Falsehood (false reports of the real state of the kingdom)

2. “And princes with their lies”

a) Flattery

b) Distraction

i) Entertainment

ii) Women

c) Bribery

3. Consequences

a) Neglect of the kingdom.

b) The courtiers enriched themselves at the expense of their poor victims.

These problems have always plagued many kingdoms and have brought them down to destruction!