Ahab Complex (5) Consequences

The consequences of the Ahab/Jezebel complex are as follows.

1. Isolation
   God was not with him.

Vulnerability:Pastors can get isolated from their spiritual support.

2. Spiritual drought
   1 King 17:1.
   
   Vulnerability: Spiritual poverty.

3. Blown about like a reed
   Swaying like a reed in the water. 1 Kings 14:15
   Like sheep without a shepherd 1 Kings 22:17
   
   Vulnerability: Open to the Jezebel spirit (1 Kings 16).

4. Illness
   1 Kings 14:1; 13:6; 21:4
   Rev 2:22
   
   Vulnerability: Many sick in the church.
   

5. Depression, Suicidal
   Rev 2:22
   1 Kings 16:18; 21:4.
   
   Vulnerability: Many pastors are depressed.

6. Failure
   God began to reduce the size of Israel In those days.
   2 Kings 10:32.
   
   Vulnerability: Many churches are declining.

7. Died of Wounds
   Ahab was defeated
   1 Kings 22:35-37; 2 Kings 9:24; 8:28,29.
   He was routed. 2 Chron 13:12,15.
   God executed judgement on house of Ahab 2 Chron 22:8.
   
   Vulnerability: Many pastors die of their “wounds”.

8. Humiliation
   Blood licked by dogs
   1 Kings 14:10,11; 16:4; 21:24; 22:38; 2 Kings 9:10,36.
   
   Vulnerability: When pastors fall they are usually humiliated.

The full set of notes on the Ahab Complex can be found here.