Judgment on False Worship

The Man of God Seals His Prophecy Against Jeroboam's Disobedience With His Life.
I. God's Judgment against Jeroboam's Disobedient Altar – vv. 1-10
A. The Destruction of Jeroboam's Altar Prophesied – vv. 1-3; Acts 17:11; I Cor 13:10
B. The Healing of Jeroboam's Hand Demonstrates the Truth of the Man of God – vv. 4-6
C. The Man of God Commanded Not to Eat or Drink or Travel the Same Path – vv. 7-10; Rom 1:24-27; Jude 22-23; Is 1:11-15
II. God's Judgment against the Man of God's Disobedience – vv. 11-22
A. An Old "Prophet" Follows the Man of God – vv. 11-13
B. The "Prophet" Seeks to Fool the Man of God into Violating God's Word – vv. 14-17
C. The "Prophet" Lies to the Man of God to Convince Him to Eat and Drink – vv. 18-19; Jn 10:27; Mt 7:22-23; 24:24; I Ki 19:10
D. While the Man of God is Eating, The True Word of the Lord Comes to the "Prophet" – vv. 20-22
III. The False Prophet Turns, but Jeroboam Does Not – vv. 23-34
A. The Man of God Dies for His Disobedience to God's Command – vv. 23-27
B. The "Prophet" Buried the Man of God in his Own Tomb – vv. 28-30
C. The Prophet Requests the Honor of Being Buried Next to the Man of God – vv. 31-32
D. Despite this Witness, Jeroboam Did Not Turn from This Evil (at the will of God to Destroy his house) – vv. 33-34