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 Teenagers on up to their class and we'll go and take your Bible throw to the book of 1 Kings tonight.

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 1 Kings as we look here in the Word of God a little bit here this evening.

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 Got some handouts for everybody here.

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 As we're going to continue on looking at transitions and the things that happen along the way.

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 And the one thing we can learn tonight as we're going to be looking through is I want you to understand

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 that when it comes to transitions there's always a second thing we're going to see here tonight too

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 and that's good counsel in the midst of transitions.

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 You know we're going to look here tonight at the transition as it begins to take place here

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 with the children of Israel and the kingdoms as they are separated just as God showed forth

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 and God declared that that was going to be the case and how that was going to come about in that.

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 And so we know at the death of Solomon it naturally leads to the declaration when one king passes

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 it's a natural declaration that there's going to be a new king.

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 That there'll be a new one that sits on the throne.

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 And we know this was his one that was assumed to be Jeroboam which would have been accepted to the throne.

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 There was never a challenge recorded in scripture here of challenging him about the throne.

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 And when it comes to Solomon one of the things that's interesting for a guy with 700 wives and 300 concubines

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 you only have three children listed in the scripture.

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 He has his son Jeroboam or excuse me Rehoboam.

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 Get the right Boam going.

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 I don't know what they were thinking.

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 They need to get it.

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 I need to name him like Jerry and Bob or something to help keep them separate you know.

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 But his son Rehoboam is the only son mentioned in scripture.

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 We also have two of his daughters mentioned that married two of his leaders that he had out over the districts.

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 And so it's interesting that to me anyways that you have somebody that had that many wives and things

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 and you only have three children that were made note of in scripture.

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 And why we don't know but we know that there was definitely no problem with Jeroboam being the one that was to assume the throne.

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 There was no conflict about that portion of it.

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 There was nobody arguing about it.

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 It was just stated that and Jeroboam or excuse me Rehoboam ruled in his stead the Bible tells us.

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 I mean it's just very clearly there with that.

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 And as Jeroboam excuse me as Rehoboam assumes the throne of Solomon upon his death

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 that would later we're going to find that he assumed the throne.

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 But also tonight as we begin looking at this transition

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 he sat upon the throne as one that was going to be installed as king.

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 Because you know we know from history that oftentimes when a king would die

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 the next one would be honored as king.

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 But they would have a coronation ceremony you might say

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 where they actually validate all that with a ceremony and a gathering.

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 And the people would all be in agreement with what was going on.

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 And we're going to see tonight this taking place

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 because he was going to be crowned as king there in a city called Shechem.

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 And the children of Israel would acknowledge and accept their kings like this.

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 You know one of the things you'll notice throughout the scripture

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 David, Solomon, and Rehoboam

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 all three of those we have examples of the people gathering

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 to validate them as their king.

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 In other words they were the king but the people kind of put the stamp on it

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 and said we will follow you.

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 A little different than a lot of kingdoms

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 because if you study history a lot of kingdoms are just like

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 I am so you will.

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 But the interesting thing you find about Israel

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 is Israel the elders always gathered

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 to kind of put a stamp of approval saying we will follow.

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 We will follow the king.

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 And we're going to see that as this plays out here

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 as the elders would gather.

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 And we find that these things were taking place.

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 And while Solomon

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 had passed

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 and Rehoboam was the acting king

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 as they come here to Shechem

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 where we're going to pick up here tonight

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 is where he was going to be acknowledged

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 by all Israel.

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 So look here in 1 Kings chapter 12

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 as we pick up here

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 and we'll read through the first five verses here

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 as we get started here tonight.

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 And it says

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 And Rehoboam sent to Shechem

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 for all Israel were come to Shechem

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 to make him king.

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 And it came to pass

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 that Jeroboam the son of Nebat

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 who was yet in Egypt

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 heard of it

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 for he was fled

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 from the presence of King Solomon

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 and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt.

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 And they sent

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 and called him

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 and Jeroboam

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 and all the congregation of Israel

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 came

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 and spake unto Rehoboam

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 saying

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 Thy father made our yoke grievous.

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 Now therefore make thou

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 the grievous

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 make thou the grievous service

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 of thy father

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 and his heavy yoke

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 which he put upon us

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 lighter

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 and we will serve thee.

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 And he said unto them

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 depart yet for three days

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 and then come again to me

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 and the people

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 departed.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father

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 as we take a few moments tonight

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 as we look into your word

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 Lord

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 to see this transition

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 and Lord

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 even the importance

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 and the dynamic

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 of sound counsel

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 in the midst of transitions

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 and being able to look

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 for the right things

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 when it comes to counsel

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 and the desire

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 of what we would have

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 as we make wise decisions

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 Lord

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 not selfish decisions

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 but wise decisions

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 in what you would have for us

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 Lord

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 and we just ask all these things

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 in your precious name

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 Amen.

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 You know

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 so we see here

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 they've come to an interesting place

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 here to gather together

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 because they came to the city

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 called Shechem

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 Now this is a city

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 that you'll find

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 throughout the scripture

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 Shechem is mentioned

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 a lot of different times

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 and it was really

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 a very important place

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 for the children of Israel

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 Shechem wasn't a strange place

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 to them

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 you might say as a people

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 but it was a very important place

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 When you read the scripture

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 there was many things

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 that took place here

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 at this place

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 called Shechem

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 Shechem was the place

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 that God met with Abraham

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 when he came into the land

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 In Genesis chapter 12

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 Shechem was the place

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 that God met with Abraham

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 and Abraham built an altar

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 unto the Lord

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 at Shechem

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 It started right there

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 at Shechem

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 you might say

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 I mean that's where God

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 had met with Abraham

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 as he came out

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 of Ur of the Chaldees

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 he met him at Shechem

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 when he spoke to him

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 in the land

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 and so we find that

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 we find that Jacob

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 you know

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 Abraham

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 Jacob

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 here Jacob is

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 in Genesis chapter 33

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 he buys land

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 at Shechem

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 for his residence

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 he gave him a home

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 and the Bible tells us

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 in Genesis 33

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 that he built an altar

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 you find that

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 when the children of Israel

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 come back up

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 out of Egypt

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 that they bury

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 somebody very important

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 in Shechem

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 who can tell me

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 who that is

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 this is your Bible

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 trivia question

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 Joseph

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 Joseph

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 bones of Joseph

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 were brought up

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 out of Egypt

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 and buried

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 at Shechem

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 you find Shechem

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 is a very

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 important place

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 to them

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 because

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 here at Shechem

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 is also

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 when Israel

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 got ready

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 to

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 they got into

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 the land

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 and here at Shechem

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 they had

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 rededicated themselves

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 to the Lord

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 saying we will

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 serve the Lord

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 there in Joshua

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 chapter 24

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 you'll find

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 they made a

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 dedication

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 to the Lord

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 here

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 around Shechem

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 here

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 as Israel

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 dedicated them

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 Shechem

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 was also

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 another

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 interesting city

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 here's another

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 Bible trivia

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 question for you

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 so you can see

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 what was

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 what was

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 unique and

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 special also

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 about the

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 city of Shechem

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 it had a

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 special place

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 within all

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 the cities

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 of Israel

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 it was a

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 city of refuge

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 in other

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 words

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 the city

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 of Shechem

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 belonged

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 specifically

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 to the

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 Kohathites

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 it was

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 given unto

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 them

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 in a

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 city

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 of refuge

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 I think

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 this is

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 important

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 that they

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 met here

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 because

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 we'll find

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 as we look

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 through here

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 I think

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 that's the

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 reason that

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 Jeroboam

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 was able

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 to meet

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 there

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 at Shechem

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 was because

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 it was a

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 city of

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 refuge

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 we don't

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 have time

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 to study

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 that out

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 tonight

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 but if you

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 go back

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 and look

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 to see

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 there were

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 certain

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 restrictions

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 placed upon

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 a city

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 of refuge

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 there are

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 certain

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 things

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 if somebody

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 one of the

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 things that

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 would happen

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 at a city

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 of refuge

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 if somebody

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 accidentally

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 killed somebody

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 you know

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 as they talk

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 about in the

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 scripture

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 you know

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 somebody's out

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 chopping wood

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 and they're

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 trying to get

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 their job

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 done

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 and suddenly

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 the axe

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 head breaks

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 and the axe

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 flies off

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 head flies

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 off

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 and kills

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 somebody

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 with no

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 intention

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 or no

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 malice

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 a person

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 could flee

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 to the city

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 of refuge

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 and they

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 would have

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 to stay

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 there once

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 they proved

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 it was an

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 accident

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 and the

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 family could

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 not take

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 vengeance

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 for their

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 lost loved

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 one

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 it was a

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 place of

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 refuge

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 it was a

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 place of safety

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 it was a

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 place that

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 God designed

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 that's just

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 one of the

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 few things

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 in the land

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 that you'll

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 find about it

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 but also

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 Shechem was

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 in the land

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 of Ephraim

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 it was

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 given to

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 Joseph's son

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 this particular

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 area around

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 Shechem and

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 Shiloh

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 we talked a

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 little bit

00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:04.040
 about that

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 last week

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 but we

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 know we

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 don't know

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 specifically

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 it doesn't

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 say why

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 they were

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 at Shechem

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 but I

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 think that

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 being a

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 city of

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 refuge is

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 probably a

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 pretty good

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 reason

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 that they

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 were there

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 because when

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 Jeroboam

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 comes

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 why was

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 Jeroboam

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 down in

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 Egypt

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 do you

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 remember from

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 a few weeks

00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:22.820
 ago why did

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 Jeroboam have

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 to go to

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 Egypt

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 yeah because

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 Solomon was

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 going to

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 do what

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 kill him

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 because he

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 was trying

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 to usurp

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 the throne

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 so he's

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 on the

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 run

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 and so it

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 would make

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 sense that

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 somebody on

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 the run

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 would meet

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 at least for

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 counsel or

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 protection in a

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 city of refuge

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 because you

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 couldn't touch

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 anybody in a

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 city of refuge

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 without all the

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 elders getting

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 together kind of

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 like a court

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 trial and

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 acknowledging those

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 things

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 in other words

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 it wasn't just

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 it was a place

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 that this

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 who could offer

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 protection to

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 Jeroboam in the

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 midst of all this

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 and so we

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 find here that

00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:01.639
 if we look

00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:02.179
 back at our

00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:02.919
 text notice

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 here that they

00:11:03.939 --> 00:11:04.579
 gathered at

00:11:04.579 --> 00:11:05.120
 Shechem to

00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.899
 make him king

00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:06.519
 verse 2

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 and it came

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 to pass when

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 Jeroboam the

00:11:08.939 --> 00:11:09.620
 son of Nebat

00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:11.240
 who was yet

00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:11.980
 in Egypt

00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:12.699
 heard it

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 you know

00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:15.179
 verse 3

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 and they sent

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 and called him

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 in other words

00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:17.860
 the children of

00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:18.340
 Israel the

00:11:18.340 --> 00:11:19.799
 leaders sent

00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:20.279
 down to

00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.100
 Egypt and

00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:21.639
 said hey

00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.879
 Solomon has

00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:24.579
 died and

00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:25.480
 Jeroboam now

00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.399
 returns back

00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:26.919
 into the land

00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:27.519
 because remember

00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:29.079
 Solomon began

00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:29.699
 to reign

00:11:29.699 --> 00:11:30.399
 immediately

00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:30.939
 but he

00:11:30.939 --> 00:11:32.220
 wasn't placed

00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:33.120
 officially you

00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:33.740
 might say

00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:34.259
 until they

00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:34.860
 came to the

00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:35.500
 to the

00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.360
 coronation of

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 the king

00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.079
 you know

00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:37.299
 and the

00:11:37.299 --> 00:11:37.720
 people's

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 approval

00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.159
 you know

00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.919
 and so this

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 is what we're

00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:40.819
 seeing that

00:11:40.819 --> 00:11:41.819
 transition that

00:11:41.819 --> 00:11:42.240
 was taking

00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:42.799
 place we

00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:43.059
 know it

00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.439
 didn't just

00:11:43.439 --> 00:11:44.220
 happen overnight

00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:45.620
 in other words

00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:46.000
 there was some

00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:46.980
 time period here

00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:47.779
 in preparation

00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:48.579
 and the things

00:11:48.579 --> 00:11:49.600
 going on

00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:50.480
 preparing for

00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:50.659
 it

00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:52.699
 and so we're

00:11:52.699 --> 00:11:53.360
 we're seeing

00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:53.960
 here that this

00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:54.860
 is happening

00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:55.579
 and and

00:11:55.579 --> 00:11:56.679
 Jeroboam comes

00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:57.419
 up because he

00:11:57.419 --> 00:11:57.839
 was of the

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 children of

00:11:58.339 --> 00:11:58.739
 Ephraim

00:11:58.739 --> 00:11:59.359
 because remember

00:11:59.359 --> 00:12:00.039
 Jeroboam's

00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.139
 job he was

00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:01.939
 head over the

00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:02.479
 house of

00:12:02.479 --> 00:12:04.159
 Joseph you

00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:05.439
 know Ephraim

00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:06.239
 and Manasseh

00:12:06.239 --> 00:12:07.479
 and so we see

00:12:07.479 --> 00:12:08.259
 this connection

00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:09.179
 coming in and

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 and we

00:12:09.839 --> 00:12:10.679
 understand that

00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:11.539
 he had had

00:12:11.539 --> 00:12:12.179
 been met

00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:12.799
 there by the

00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.120
 prophet Ahijah

00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:14.979
 and proclaimed

00:12:14.979 --> 00:12:15.620
 that he would

00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.879
 have a kingdom

00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.659
 of ten of the

00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.939
 tribes that we

00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:19.459
 talked about

00:12:19.459 --> 00:12:20.259
 last week and

00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:21.679
 even take ten

00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:22.459
 of them from

00:12:22.459 --> 00:12:23.740
 Rehoboam and

00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:25.159
 and but we

00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.779
 find here that

00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:26.460
 the people had

00:12:26.460 --> 00:12:27.060
 gathered they

00:12:27.060 --> 00:12:27.879
 knew all these

00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:29.440
 things they knew

00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:30.180
 what God had

00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:30.700
 said but the

00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:31.259
 people still

00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.259
 gathered together

00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:33.860
 and you know I

00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.460
 think it's probably

00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.600
 just like us today

00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.659
 I think they

00:12:36.659 --> 00:12:37.879
 gathered even

00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.580
 though they knew

00:12:38.580 --> 00:12:39.019
 what would have

00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:39.980
 been prophesied

00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:40.919
 they gathered out

00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:41.700
 of many reasons

00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:42.460
 that you could put

00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.120
 in there one is

00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.840
 loyalty hey this is

00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:45.720
 our people this is

00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:46.740
 where we belong this

00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:48.000
 is this is family

00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.919
 there's a loyalty

00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.940
 that plays in there

00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:51.400
 may have been

00:12:51.400 --> 00:12:53.360
 patriotism you

00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:54.140
 know or you get

00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:54.760
 the other side of

00:12:54.760 --> 00:12:55.320
 the coin you get

00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:56.180
 sometimes people just

00:12:56.180 --> 00:12:57.100
 don't like change

00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:59.880
 you know they like

00:12:59.880 --> 00:13:02.100
 the status quo you

00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:03.960
 know don't rock the

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.800
 boat you know any of

00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.680
 those things or other

00:13:08.680 --> 00:13:09.720
 things but we do know

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.620
 that the people all

00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:13.240
 gathered together under

00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:14.500
 the understanding that

00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.100
 they were going to

00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:18.220
 crown Rehoboam as the

00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:19.880
 new king over all the

00:13:19.880 --> 00:13:20.800
 tribes that was their

00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.559
 intention but we know

00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:24.459
 that God had already

00:13:24.459 --> 00:13:25.319
 said what that he was

00:13:25.319 --> 00:13:26.019
 going to take ten

00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:29.779
 tribes away but we

00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:30.639
 find those tribes

00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.079
 still meeting to honor

00:13:32.079 --> 00:13:35.439
 Rehoboam so let's take

00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:36.439
 a look here tonight at

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:38.179
 what's going on here as

00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:39.259
 we look through this and

00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:40.439
 we find that they came

00:13:40.439 --> 00:13:41.879
 for one thing was to

00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.240
 address the grievances

00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.959
 that they had with

00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:46.399
 Rehoboam's father

00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.000
 Solomon to redress

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.039
 grievance you know and

00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.799
 that that happens you

00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.539
 know and we're going to

00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.599
 look at this grievance

00:13:54.599 --> 00:13:55.679
 or this complaint here

00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.539
 tonight that's the first

00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:56.980
 one we're going to look

00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.459
 at the complaint that

00:13:58.459 --> 00:14:00.659
 they made and I think we

00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.779
 can all relate to their

00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:04.939
 complaint you know when

00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.980
 we look at what's going

00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:07.579
 on because look here in

00:14:07.579 --> 00:14:09.299
 verse four it says thy

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.819
 father made our yoke

00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:13.439
 grievous now therefore

00:14:13.439 --> 00:14:14.639
 make thou the grievous

00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.860
 service of thy father and

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:17.480
 his heavy yoke which he

00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.060
 put on us lighter and

00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:21.460
 notice what they say we

00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:24.320
 will do what serve thee

00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:27.720
 that's the reason I think

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:29.100
 they came wanting the

00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:31.279
 status quo or loyalty or

00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.340
 whatever they were even

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:33.500
 though they knew what had

00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:35.960
 been said to Jeroboam at

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.340
 least the children of all

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.420
 Joseph Ephraim and

00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:39.720
 Manasseh because Jeroboam

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.259
 was their leader and he

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.620
 tried to overthrow Solomon

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.700
 so you know the word was

00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:45.740
 out of what the prophet

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:48.740
 had told him you know we

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.740
 understand that that

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.600
 would have been known but

00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.740
 they still all came and

00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.540
 said hey address the

00:14:54.540 --> 00:14:56.420
 grievances and we will

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:59.060
 serve you we'll stick with

00:14:59.060 --> 00:15:01.400
 you we'll stay with you if

00:15:01.400 --> 00:15:02.879
 you address the grievances

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:06.060
 and so we see here that

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:08.379
 this yoke was grievous put

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:10.840
 on by Solomon what was it

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.700
 it was as many projects

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:13.740
 projects which meant they

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:15.259
 had a need for money and

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:17.780
 manpower to complete you

00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.440
 know there's really no

00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.580
 difference today is there I

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.720
 mean if we have projects

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.860
 and things going on it

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:25.120
 takes money and manpower and

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.020
 it's going to take it's

00:15:26.020 --> 00:15:27.980
 going to cost people there

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.040
 was a levy there was going

00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:32.879
 to be a tax you know the

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.840
 one thing we know is it

00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:38.540
 hasn't changed amen you're

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.560
 going to get taxed there's

00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:40.680
 going to be a levy to build

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:42.079
 things for for the

00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:43.219
 government and all those

00:15:43.219 --> 00:15:44.359
 things that's just part of

00:15:44.359 --> 00:15:45.399
 what's going to take place

00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.219
 it's what's going to

00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:49.219
 transpire as we look at

00:15:49.219 --> 00:15:50.699
 these things and it was

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 not their forefathers that

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 had been had not been

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 warned about this I mean if

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 you think about when they

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 got ready to set up the

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 king if you we won't take

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 time to read tonight but

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 first Samuel chapter 8 where

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 Saul the people are calling

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 for a king before Saul gets

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 put in and Samuel comes and

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 says hey let me tell you

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 what God tells you and some

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 of the things he says

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 there's going to be heavy

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 taxes there's going to be a

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 big demand on your goods and

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 there's going to be a big

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 demand on your children and

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 your families because a king

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 is going to take your money

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 he's going to take your

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 goods he's going to take your

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 family and he's going to put

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 them into his service they

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 were warned way before this

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 exactly what was going to

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 happen and that this was how

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 it was going to come together

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 there in first Samuel chapter

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 eight and but this specific

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 levy or yoke placed by

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 Solomon we find take a look

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 back a few chapters go to

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 first Kings chapter four

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 tonight first Kings chapter

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 four because what would

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 happen is Solomon had 12

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 officers over Israel which

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 provided victuals for the king

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 in his household and each man

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 his month in a year made

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 provision in other words

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 each group that was under

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 the taxing authority said

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 here is your month to

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 provide everything that's

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 needed for everybody to eat

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 and consume and all the

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 things that were needed we're

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 going to call up and this is

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 what you're going to be doing

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 but we see here that he also

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 Solomon raised a levy of

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 people first Kings chapter five

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 just over a page there in your

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 Bible and verse 13 it says in

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 King Solomon raised a levy out

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 of all Israel and the levy was

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 30,000 men in other words

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 Solomon sent out and said hey

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 we're going to get together and

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 we're going to take 30,000 young

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 guys that are healthy in the

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 prime of their life and we're

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 going to take them and they're

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 going to we're going to put them

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 into service and we're going to

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 put these men are going to serve

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 the king but in this they also

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 collected heavy taxes and

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 tribute to support the projects

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 you know and I tell you what one

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 thing we know is that Rehoboam had

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 quite a bolsterous proud spirit

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 about him because we'll look a

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 little later even after the people

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 all left and said we're not we're

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 going to set up our own king he

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 sends out the tax collector to go

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 collect money we'll look at that

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 next week we'll find out it didn't

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 end so well for the tax collector

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 that's one of those things that

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 talk about rock and a hard place

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 he had to go do his job because

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 the king sent him knowing that it

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 probably wasn't going to go over

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 very good that's a true old

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 fashioned rock and a hard place

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 amen matter of fact we find it

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 cost him his life trying to collect

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 the taxes sent out because Rehoboam

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 said hey go collect it from him

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 they owe it so we see here the

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 conflict and as we see this that

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 Rehoboam looks at the individuals

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 and says well go away for three days

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 and come back and I'll have an answer

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 for you so as we look at this what

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 what are the people asking of Rehoboam

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 they're not telling him to remove all

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 this from them they said to do what

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 make it lighter in other words the

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 burden is too great and we know

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 under your father it was like this

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 but now you have an opportunity to

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 make a change you have an

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 opportunity to do things a little

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 different you have an opportunity to

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 to do things that were going to be

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 beneficial for the people as a whole

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 and we're going to see here that the

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 the counsel that he gets because

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 we're going to spend a lot of time

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 here tonight talking about the counsel

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 that Rehoboam gets but also his

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 response to that counsel because this

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 is where it meets the road for us

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 because when we come in times of life

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 of transition and things of having to

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 make a decision what direction are we

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 going to go we need to understand what

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 part does counsel and sound counsel play

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 into that and how does that look in our

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 life here because let's pick up here in

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 verse 6 and it says in King Rehoboam

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 consulted with the old men that stood

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 before Solomon his father while he yet

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 lived and said how do you advise that I

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 may answer this people so what does

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 Rehoboam do Rehoboam calls together the

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 counselors that his dad had before him

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 and he says hey guys here's the

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 situation you heard what was going on

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 what do you say I should do what's your

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 advice because you know what how are we

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 going to handle this you know how are we

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 going to deal with that and and really

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 that's where counsel comes in when it's

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 like hey there's two different directions

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 to go which one is the right one how do

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 we deal with this situation or the

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 specifics even in our own life and we're

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 going to see here what he do this Rehoboam

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:08.759
 was very smart in because he did what all

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:11.000
 us ought to do if you don't sure what to

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 do or you need to make sure you're

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 thinking correctly because counsel does

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 two things counsel helps us to get

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 guidance but counts good counsel also

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:24.140
 make sure that we're thinking correctly

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 because sometimes what we desire is not

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 what we ought to desire good counsel

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 helps us make sure we're thinking and

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 seeing things properly have you ever

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 heard somebody you go talk to them and

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 they and they'll start pointing out

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 things and you're like huh hadn't thought

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 about that that's sound counsel it's

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 making you process all the elements that

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 are going to be involved all the things

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 that are a part of it and it's not to be

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 entered into lightly but we find here that

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 was a solid decision to seek the advice of

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 others you know look over the book of

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 Proverbs Ramon it's interesting Proverbs

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:06.440
 was written by Rehoboam's dad you know

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:10.140
 Solomon penned the Proverbs and let's look

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 back and see what Solomon his father told

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 him you know and you'll find in Proverbs

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:20.480
 that Solomon charges his son to follow

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 sound counsel as you read through Proverbs

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 but notice here in chapter 11 in verse 4

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 notice what the Word of God tells us it's

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 where no counsel is the people fall but in

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 the multitude of counselors there is safety

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 we're going to look here tonight at getting

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:43.379
 counsel because sometimes we go for

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:46.900
 counsel for the wrong reasons or we seek

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 out the wrong counsel and we're going to

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 look at this a little bit as we go through

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 here because notice he seeks the opinion

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.559
 of the old men that stood with Solomon and

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 he asked him a good question how do you

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 advise that I may answer this people

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 now I don't know about you but that's a

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:07.519
 good question to ask counselor if you're

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:09.579
 going for counsel how should I what's your

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 well how are you thinking I should answer

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 this you know what's what's your input

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 what's the details that I need to to have

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:19.259
 you know to get a right perspective because

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:21.799
 what counsel does is help us get the right

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 focus on the right things and to grab a hold

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 of that and we see here verse 6 he asked

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:30.460
 that question how do you advise that I may

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 answer this people and it says and they

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:37.980
 spoken to him saying now notice what they

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:40.839
 tell him here because they as they were

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:43.579
 there these were men they were aware what

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:46.019
 had been told Solomon remember they were

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.899
 told before Solomon was told that the

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:50.159
 kingdom was going to be taken from him if

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:52.040
 this is Solomon's counselors they already

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:55.200
 knew this stuff that would had gone on they

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.000
 were aware of it but I want you to see

00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:00.160
 their answer was not a bad answer because

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:03.160
 they're telling Rehoboam it says hey humble

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:07.540
 yourself lighten the taxes and these people

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:11.000
 will serve you notice how they respond to

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:13.759
 him he says and verse 7 and they spake unto

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:16.460
 him saying if thou will be a servant unto this

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:19.799
 people this day and serve them and answer

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 them and speak good words to them that they

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:27.960
 will be thy servants forever you know the

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:30.460
 counsel you get is important and you

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.079
 definitely want to have the counsel you

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:36.700
 want to have wise counsel you know take a

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:38.039
 look in the scripture go to Proverbs

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.460
 chapter 19 Proverbs chapter 19 because you

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.079
 know the Bible has a ton to say about getting

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:47.319
 good counsel and what kind of counsel should

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:50.119
 we listen to and why should we listen to

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:52.839
 it but Proverbs chapter 19 here in verse

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:55.259
 20 notice what the Word of God says it

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.919
 says hear counsel and receive instruction

00:24:57.919 --> 00:25:02.960
 that thou mayest be wise in thy later end you

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.919
 know that's some good good stuff to absorb

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:10.179
 right there good counsel helps make you

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:15.560
 wiser and smarter helps you understand what's

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:19.100
 going on now notice verse 21 there are many

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:21.880
 devices in a man's heart nevertheless the

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:25.640
 counsel of the Lord that shall stand you know

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.220
 one of the things you'll find is that

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:29.980
 oftentimes when it comes to counsel we're

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:32.240
 going to look here at this here but notice

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:35.640
 Solomon's counsel counselors that he had of

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:38.200
 his dad the old men they referred to in

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.860
 other words they've been seasoned around a

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:41.340
 little bit you know they'd they'd been

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:43.960
 seen the things going on they'd seen the

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:46.100
 the struggle of the people they'd seen

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:48.440
 basically the schism that had been caused

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.960
 between the people because of the levy the

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.920
 weight that was upon them and the

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:55.200
 extravagance and also the excess of

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.340
 Solomon when you read about Solomon think

00:25:57.340 --> 00:26:02.640
 about what was spent in Solomon's palace and

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.559
 all those things when people would travel from

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.399
 afar just to see the wonders of Solomon's

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:11.559
 palace the Bible tells us that he had gold

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:15.179
 shields lining the area around the throne

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:22.119
 battle shields in solid gold now I don't know

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:26.679
 who would think that's extravagant I mean

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:29.679
 that was Solomon in all his glory and

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:33.140
 splendor people would travel just to hear his

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:35.519
 wisdom and just to see the glory of his

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:41.320
 kingdom and all these things and and we find

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:45.860
 this extravagant and excess of his father put an

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:49.840
 attitude upon Rehoboam because really he lived if

00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:52.200
 his dad was living like that you can imagine his

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.680
 son was living pretty well

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:58.299
 Rehoboam probably had the easy life man it's

00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:02.620
 just hanging out you know always just doing what

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:04.060
 you want to do whenever you do it somebody

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:05.880
 brings you something when you need it you know

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:10.140
 you have everything that you need because of the

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.860
 extravagance and when you understand when you

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:15.920
 read through the book of Ecclesiastes this young

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:18.860
 man would have grown up in the midst of Solomon

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:21.360
 doing all the things he talks about in Ecclesiastes

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:24.939
 all the things that he sought with wisdom and

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:29.119
 women and money and everything looking for joy and

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:35.539
 satisfaction in life Rehoboam would have seen Solomon

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:37.359
 through that stage of his life

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:42.219
 it would have had an impact on how he thought

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:47.500
 seeing his father do those things

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:52.940
 the choices you make impact more than you

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:58.460
 we need to understand that picture

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:03.380
 of why Rehoboam was that like he was

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:06.559
 he was influenced by his father

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:11.740
 how do you know that because that's normal

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:18.120
 that's how it works parents influence children

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:22.660
 the choices you make the priorities you make the

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:26.740
 things that you put forth impact the generation that

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.420
 follows you

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:34.140
 but notice here the old men knew something very

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:37.180
 important because notice the advice that they

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:42.039
 give Rehoboam simply summed up this it said they're

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:44.180
 basically telling Rehoboam this he says humble

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:47.259
 yourself to serve them in other words get off your

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:50.560
 high horse and consider the purpose that you really

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:53.160
 are as king and that is for the benefit of the people

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:59.140
 to watch over to protect and to to guide and to to move

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:01.200
 the nation in a direction

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:05.779
 you know these men would have been witnesses for

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:08.940
 for themselves to the burden that was upon the people

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:13.700
 notice here their advice was not to be arrogant but to be

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.080
 gracious

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:19.819
 they said hey if you're gonna if you would humble yourself these

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.279
 people would serve you forever

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:29.519
 look over to Proverbs chapter 16 for a moment

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:35.099
 Proverbs chapter 16 verse 18 who's got that one for me tonight

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:38.039
 Proverbs 16 18 got that Ethan

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:46.920
 think about that pride goeth before what

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:51.420
 destruction and a haughty spirit before fall

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:54.100
 we're gonna look here that Rehoboam had both

00:29:54.100 --> 00:30:00.640
 he had a mindset about who he was and what he was expecting

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:06.740
 the old man Solomon's advisors look at him and say be a servant

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:10.740
 he was advised to humble himself and to think of the people

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:16.900
 really he's given him the same advice that Jesus

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:20.440
 gave us an example and encouraged us to be

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:25.240
 think about Jesus Jesus said the greatest among you will be what a

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.900
 servant

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:30.400
 think about even Jesus's example

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:34.759
 you know and what Jesus told Mark chapter 10 verse 43 says

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:39.060
 but so shall it not be among you but whosoever will be great among you

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:40.680
 shall be your minister

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.300
 that word minister is servant

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:46.839
 it's there for the benefit of somebody else

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:55.139
 you know have you considered that even political leaders have a responsibility to be good ministers or servants of the people

00:30:55.140 --> 00:31:04.700
 Romans chapter 13 and verse 4 calls him a minister of God to thee for good

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:09.720
 now I want you to understand God said that's what they're supposed to be doing

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:15.140
 but we all know that's not necessarily what they do

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:23.680
 that's no different than any other area of life we have sometimes God makes it very clear what we're supposed to be doing

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:26.480
 but yet we don't do it

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:30.680
 it's no different so we see here

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.820
 that consider the response

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:36.040
 here is really a critical point

00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:38.740
 because Rehoboam was instructed

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:42.440
 also to use good words in other words

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.339
 be careful how you address this back

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:52.539
 Proverbs 25 verse 11

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.279
 who can look that one up quick for me

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:57.059
 got that David

00:31:57.059 --> 00:32:00.339
 Proverbs 25

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.700
 11

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:12.920
 a word fitly spoken

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.160
 you know

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:16.880
 it's like apples of gold and pictures of silver

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:19.539
 I mean it's something that's beautiful and beneficial

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.759
 you know

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:23.279
 something that helps the situation

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:24.920
 you know

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.960
 but I want you to see here

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.680
 how we respond to counsel

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.940
 and the choices we make regarding counsel

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.759
 determines more than what we sometimes consider

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.460
 in the midst of something

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:38.160
 because I want you to see here

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.400
 here's the counsel that the old men gave him

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:43.480
 hey Solomon your dad was harsh

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:45.539
 he was hard upon the people

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.860
 he demanded much

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:48.900
 and the old counselor says

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.259
 hey

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:51.759
 you have a chance to make a change

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:54.120
 in a transition

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:56.779
 there's a great opportunity for change

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:59.279
 he had a choice to make

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.279
 of what he was going to do

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.139
 what he was going to go

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:03.619
 how that was going to come together

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.819
 because

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:06.539
 I want you to see here

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.920
 how he responded

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:09.339
 look at verse 8

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:11.379
 it says

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.200
 but he did what

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.440
 he forsook

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:15.559
 the counsel of the old men

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:17.619
 which they had given him

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:20.220
 and consulted with the young men

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.700
 that were growing up with him

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.319
 which stood before him

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:25.240
 now

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:27.379
 it says

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.220
 he forsook

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.639
 the counsel of the old men

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:33.439
 I want to make a statement here

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.839
 they're not wise

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.939
 because they were old

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:40.500
 that's not the reason

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:42.539
 that God puts that statement there

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.960
 because

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.759
 you can be old

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.259
 and foolish

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:50.359
 but these were men

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.779
 of sound experience

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:55.079
 and when we look at it

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.399
 I mean

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.759
 I think we can look at this today

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.440
 the advice

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.500
 the old men gave him

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.660
 was that sound advice

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.559
 was that wise advice

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.539
 I mean

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.680
 hey

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.539
 these people are mad

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.440
 these people are upset

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.279
 you better do something

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.579
 to de-escalate

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:11.519
 the situation

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.960
 you better do something

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.779
 to deal with what's going on

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:17.119
 you know

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:21.380
 I want you to understand

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.599
 though

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.079
 this very important thing

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.420
 even though age

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.380
 is not a measurement

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.119
 of wisdom

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:29.279
 we need to understand

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.859
 that we by nature

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:32.859
 sometimes reject

00:34:32.859 --> 00:34:34.079
 sound counsel

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:39.079
 we reject sound counsel

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:42.000
 just as Rehoboam did

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:44.239
 he got sound counsel

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:46.479
 and this is very important

00:34:46.479 --> 00:34:47.019
 to look at

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.139
 because notice what he did

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.239
 he got sound counsel

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:51.000
 he rejected it

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.219
 and went looking

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:53.459
 someplace else

00:34:53.459 --> 00:34:54.039
 for it

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.919
 this is something

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.619
 we can apply

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.759
 to our lives today

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:02.679
 because sometimes

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:04.019
 we get sound counsel

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.339
 and we go looking

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.099
 for somebody else

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.399
 to affirm our decision

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:13.340
 look over to Psalm

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.960
 chapter 1

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.480
 for a moment

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:21.340
 because there's two forms

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.900
 of counsel

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.480
 you'll get

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.860
 Psalm 1 1

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:27.660
 you can catch that one

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.320
 for me tonight

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:29.380
 got that

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.059
 Don

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:40.259
 okay

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.860
 blessed is the man

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.460
 that does what

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.440
 walketh not in what

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.320
 the counsel of who

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.299
 the ungodly

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:48.820
 when you boil it down

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.179
 to it

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.920
 you have two types

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.360
 of counsel

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.860
 you have good

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.659
 godly counsel

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.119
 and you have

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.000
 ungodly counsel

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:57.099
 now the variants

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.900
 underneath that

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.779
 are big

00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:01.640
 but really

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.460
 that's the essence

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.800
 of it

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.240
 either

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:05.240
 counsel that

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:06.060
 lines up with

00:36:06.060 --> 00:36:06.420
 God

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.120
 lines up with

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.740
 his word

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:09.060
 or it doesn't

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:12.400
 wise counsel

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.840
 Proverbs chapter 12

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.600
 verse 5

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:16.519
 look at the word

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.760
 of God

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.340
 the thoughts

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.940
 of the righteous

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.700
 are right

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.780
 but the counsel

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.360
 of the wicked

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.040
 are deceit

00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:24.260
 and we're going

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.019
 to see this here

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:26.360
 because Rehoboam

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.140
 didn't like the

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.900
 counsel of his

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.760
 father's counsel

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:30.220
 maybe he thought

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:31.360
 because he didn't

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.180
 receive the

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:33.880
 desired answer

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.980
 you know

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.820
 well they'd

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.720
 advise dad

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.300
 and you know

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.160
 this didn't

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.540
 you know

00:36:39.540 --> 00:36:40.300
 I'm going to

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.120
 do my own

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.460
 thing

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.720
 you know

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.220
 I want to

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:43.040
 do what I

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.820
 want to do

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:45.540
 of how I

00:36:45.540 --> 00:36:46.080
 want to do

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.580
 things

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:48.540
 because notice

00:36:48.540 --> 00:36:49.160
 here in verse

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:50.220
 8 of our

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.820
 text it says

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.400
 which when they

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.220
 had given him

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.940
 and consulted

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.580
 with the young

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.540
 men that were

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:55.360
 growing up with

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.100
 him which stood

00:36:56.100 --> 00:36:56.900
 before him

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.280
 in other words

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.180
 he rejected

00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:00.200
 what was said

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.420
 before seeking

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.079
 the counsel

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.639
 of the young

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:02.940
 men

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.099
 in other words

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.940
 he got sound

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.599
 counsel and said

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.360
 I don't like

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.920
 that I'm going

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.280
 to look for

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.920
 something else

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:16.059
 let's put it

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.380
 in a little

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:18.300
 different situation

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.940
 of presentation

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.599
 here for a

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:19.780
 moment

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.360
 I'll put it

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.700
 this way

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.320
 he didn't like

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.820
 the counsel

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.300
 so he went

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.039
 shopping for

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.360
 some of the

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.840
 counsel he

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.180
 liked

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:33.260
 the problem

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.900
 of advice

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.400
 shopping

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.800
 is no different

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.400
 today than

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.820
 it was in

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.240
 days of

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.700
 Rehoboam

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:40.940
 matter of fact

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.440
 I think it

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.800
 might be

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.140
 more prevalent

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.700
 today

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:45.320
 than it was

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.160
 in his day

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:48.280
 because of

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.240
 our communication

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:54.699
 but I want

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.279
 you to see

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.719
 here

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:57.319
 that the

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.819
 young men

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.119
 that had

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.559
 grown up

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.459
 about Rehoboam

00:37:59.459 --> 00:38:00.039
 spoke

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.899
 what he

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.659
 wanted to

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.039
 hear

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:03.199
 even though

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.839
 the counsel

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:04.759
 was opposite

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.319
 of the old

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:05.699
 men

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.000
 because notice

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:08.299
 what it

00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:08.819
 tells us

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.119
 here in

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.659
 verse 9

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:09.939
 and he

00:38:09.939 --> 00:38:10.359
 said unto

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.739
 them

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.799
 what counsel

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.259
 give you

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.599
 that I

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.099
 may answer

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.639
 this people

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.899
 who had

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.439
 spoken to

00:38:14.439 --> 00:38:14.559
 me

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.879
 saying

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.599
 make

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:15.839
 the

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.119
 yoke

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.559
 which my

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.879
 father

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.299
 did put

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.820
 upon us

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.180
 lighter

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.980
 and the

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.460
 young men

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.700
 that were

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.220
 growing up

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:20.660
 with him

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.220
 spake unto

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.440
 him

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.780
 saying

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:23.260
 thou shalt

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.960
 thus speak

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.400
 unto this

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.840
 people

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.720
 that spake

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.180
 unto thee

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.500
 saying

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.160
 thy father

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.660
 made your

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:29.260
 our yoke

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.660
 heavy

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.820
 but thou

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:32.500
 but make

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.000
 thou it

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.320
 lighter

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.080
 for us

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:35.060
 thus shalt

00:38:35.060 --> 00:38:35.480
 thou say

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.019
 unto them

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.519
 a little

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.000
 finger

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.480
 shall be

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.780
 thicker

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.220
 than my

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:38.760
 father's

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.180
 loins

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:40.140
 and now

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.480
 whereas

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.220
 my father

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.460
 did

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.880
 laid you

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.340
 with heavy

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.680
 yoke

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.340
 I will

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.880
 add to

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.080
 your

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:44.360
 yoke

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.039
 my father

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.420
 hath

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.019
 chastised

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.340
 you with

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.700
 whips

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.500
 I will

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.159
 chastise

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.379
 you

00:38:48.379 --> 00:38:48.579
 with

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.199
 scorpions

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:51.899
 that's

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:52.219
 the young

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.419
 man

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:52.899
 advice

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:55.559
 put them

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:55.879
 in their

00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:56.379
 place

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:59.679
 that's

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.059
 really the

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.399
 advice

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.779
 the young

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:00.980
 men

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.359
 gave

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:03.599
 be proud

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.439
 be arrogant

00:39:04.439 --> 00:39:05.919
 be self

00:39:05.919 --> 00:39:06.339
 centered

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.960
 be self

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.480
 focused

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:10.259
 the old

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.779
 men said

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.079
 humble

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.739
 yourself

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:14.039
 and serve

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.480
 the people

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.159
 the young

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.740
 men said

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:18.400
 you have

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.840
 a right

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:20.559
 you can

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.199
 do this

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.460
 it's your

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.940
 right to

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.460
 do that

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:28.099
 you know

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.559
 the problem

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.059
 is

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:34.460
 that this

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.199
 was exactly

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:36.000
 what

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.519
 Rehoboam

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.940
 wanted to

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.139
 hear

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:41.000
 he went

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.480
 advice

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.960
 shopping

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:44.719
 and found

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.000
 what he

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.319
 wanted

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:47.739
 today

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.519
 often times

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.779
 even

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.299
 believers

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.679
 will go

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.039
 advice

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.440
 shopping

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:54.859
 because

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.159
 today

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.759
 with the

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:57.119
 great invention

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.839
 of Al Gore's

00:39:57.839 --> 00:39:58.199
 internet

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:59.379
 some of you

00:39:59.379 --> 00:39:59.799
 will get that

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.079
 joke

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.359
 if you've

00:40:00.359 --> 00:40:00.679
 been around

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.000
 a while

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:05.599
 but the

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.980
 internet

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.619
 is a

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.920
 just a

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.380
 massive

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.800
 amount

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:08.940
 of

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.559
 information

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:14.539
 and today

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.119
 in that

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.780
 often times

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.019
 even

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.639
 Christians

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.559
 will look

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.199
 to Google

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.639
 for an

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:18.980
 answer

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.239
 instead

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.460
 of the

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.739
 Bible

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:23.780
 what did

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.420
 somebody else

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.880
 have to say

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.380
 about it

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:27.699
 you know

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:28.059
 what you'll

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.480
 find

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.159
 if you

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.559
 Google

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.420
 what you're

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.000
 looking for

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.519
 you'll find

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.940
 somebody

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.400
 that will

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.639
 agree

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.200
 with you

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:37.639
 you'll

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:37.900
 find

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.159
 if you

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.460
 search

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.880
 long enough

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.119
 you'll

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.360
 find

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.960
 somebody

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.559
 that holds

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.740
 your

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.099
 thought

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.039
 on it

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:47.240
 doesn't

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.700
 make it

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.900
 wise

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.039
 doesn't

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.380
 make it

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.700
 smart

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:51.019
 but you

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.460
 feel better

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.720
 because

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.059
 somebody

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.440
 agrees

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.880
 with you

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:56.559
 when we

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:56.700
 go

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.200
 advice

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.659
 shopping

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.059
 we get

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.480
 in trouble

00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:03.740
 you know

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:04.000
 one thing

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.380
 I've said

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.760
 for many

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.119
 years

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.579
 a true

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.099
 friend

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:07.199
 is one

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.480
 who will

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.820
 tell you

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.179
 what you

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.639
 need to

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.820
 hear

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.199
 not what

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.500
 you want

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:09.840
 to hear

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.159
 somebody

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.480
 that's

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.960
 really your

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.280
 friend

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.760
 will tell

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.199
 you what

00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:14.699
 you need

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.240
 to hear

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:16.059
 and not

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.480
 just what

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.880
 you want

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.280
 to hear

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:20.780
 and we

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.120
 need

00:41:21.120 --> 00:41:21.540
 friends

00:41:21.540 --> 00:41:22.120
 that speak

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:22.580
 that into

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:23.160
 our life

00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:23.460
 that we

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.740
 have a

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.300
 relationship

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.720
 with

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.600
 that have

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.680
 the power

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.280
 and ability

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.920
 to speak

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.400
 that into

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.900
 your life

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.120
 in the

00:41:29.120 --> 00:41:29.620
 right way

00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:32.019
 because that's

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.580
 different from

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:33.060
 the one who

00:41:33.060 --> 00:41:33.500
 just wants

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.900
 to be the

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:34.460
 smart aleck

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.840
 that comes

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.100
 up and

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:35.380
 tells you

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:35.620
 what you

00:41:35.620 --> 00:41:36.080
 ought to

00:41:36.080 --> 00:41:36.320
 do

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:38.120
 if you're

00:41:38.120 --> 00:41:38.280
 going to

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.480
 have

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.000
 counsel

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.360
 that they're

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.880
 talking about

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.019
 here

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.360
 there needs

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.560
 to be

00:41:40.560 --> 00:41:40.680
 a

00:41:40.680 --> 00:41:41.300
 relationship

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:43.640
 there needs

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.000
 to be a

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.340
 trust

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:44.860
 saying I

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.340
 know this

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:45.960
 person well

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.380
 enough

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.660
 to know

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:48.140
 what they're

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:48.780
 telling me

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.280
 is not

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.740
 out of

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.920
 spite

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.720
 or meanness

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.019
 or just

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.400
 trying to

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:53.059
 be angry

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:55.059
 or just

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.640
 trying for

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.140
 some other

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:56.800
 means of

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.579
 selfish means

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:57.860
 of their

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.140
 own

00:41:58.140 --> 00:41:58.880
 when they

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.320
 come and

00:41:59.320 --> 00:41:59.760
 speak to

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.119
 me they're

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.640
 speaking to

00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:00.940
 me from

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.340
 a place

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.660
 that say

00:42:01.660 --> 00:42:02.280
 hey I

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:02.820
 love you

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.059
 and I

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.460
 need you

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.900
 to know

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.420
 what God

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.000
 says about

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.440
 this

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:13.220
 Rehoboam

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:15.640
 did exactly

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.319
 what many

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.779
 people do

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.159
 today

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.000
 he wouldn't

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.339
 advise

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:19.799
 shopping

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:25.779
 it'll be

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.219
 okay

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:28.639
 somebody

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.139
 agrees

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.039
 with me

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:32.739
 remember we

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:33.000
 ought to

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.519
 walk not

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:33.779
 in the

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:34.400
 counsel of

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.639
 the

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.879
 ungodly

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:40.440
 we need

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.660
 to be

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.099
 careful

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.599
 in these

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.039
 things

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.760
 because today

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.340
 with social

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:45.119
 media and

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.480
 internet

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.840
 you don't

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.140
 have to

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.720
 look long

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.240
 before you

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.519
 definitely

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.360
 find somebody

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.720
 who knows

00:42:50.720 --> 00:42:52.480
 and agrees

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.160
 with you

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:55.119
 but the

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.640
 question is

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:56.059
 we need to

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.840
 not measure

00:42:56.840 --> 00:42:57.220
 it is there

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.680
 somebody that

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.220
 agrees with

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:58.480
 me how

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.780
 does it

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.240
 measure

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.960
 according to

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.320
 God's

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.599
 word

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:05.699
 Micah

00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:06.460
 chapter 6

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:06.960
 dealt with

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.380
 that and it

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:07.880
 tells us what

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.219
 we're supposed

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.699
 to do that

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.539
 which justly

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.980
 rightly and

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.699
 humbly before

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.079
 God

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:13.539
 that's our

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.299
 responsibility

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:17.059
 you know it

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.579
 gives us a good

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.460
 parameter to hang

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.079
 everything else

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.380
 from

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:24.000
 to do good

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.860
 before God

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:25.259
 you need to

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.739
 make sure it's

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.579
 just it's

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:28.079
 right and

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.440
 you're doing

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:29.079
 it humbly

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:34.239
 Micah

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:34.480
 6

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.679
 8

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:36.099
 Micah

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.319
 6

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:36.539
 8

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:40.259
 we need to

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.860
 be careful we

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.639
 don't follow

00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:42.500
 the internet

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.059
 expert

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:47.779
 and that's

00:43:47.779 --> 00:43:48.159
 dangerous

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.619
 today

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:52.500
 I couldn't

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.960
 even if I

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:54.039
 we'd have a

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.639
 new building I

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:54.920
 think if I

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:56.400
 had a dollar

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.960
 for every time

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.500
 I heard this

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:58.440
 well I looked

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.880
 up on the

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.460
 internet and

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.700
 this guy said

00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.160
 this

00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:03.740
 you know

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:05.140
 we have more

00:44:05.140 --> 00:44:06.059
 YouTube experts

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.420
 than we know

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:06.780
 what to do

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.000
 with

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:12.820
 look over to

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.160
 Proverbs

00:44:13.160 --> 00:44:14.079
 chapter 19

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:20.940
 Proverbs

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.740
 chapter 19

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:22.079
 look there

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.660
 at verse 20

00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.220
 we read this

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:23.619
 just a little

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.260
 bit ago but

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:26.220
 this plays

00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:27.099
 back right in

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:30.380
 Proverbs 19

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:31.039
 20 says

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.920
 hear counsel

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:33.259
 and receive

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.099
 instruction

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:35.319
 that thou

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:35.880
 mayest be

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.679
 wise in

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:37.179
 thy latter

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.579
 end

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:38.739
 there are

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.559
 many devices

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:40.319
 in a man's

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:40.519
 heart

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:40.860
 nevertheless

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.639
 the counsel

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.000
 of the

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.299
 Lord

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:43.400
 that shall

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:44.259
 stand

00:44:44.259 --> 00:44:46.639
 when we're

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.199
 measuring

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:48.000
 counsel that

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.639
 people give

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.139
 us we need

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:50.099
 to filter it

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:51.019
 through the

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.319
 word of

00:44:51.319 --> 00:44:51.659
 God

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:53.420
 we need to

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.900
 filter it

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.240
 is what

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.460
 they're

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.039
 telling me

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.380
 is there

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:56.079
 a conflict

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:57.519
 in the

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:57.820
 word of

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.099
 God

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:59.500
 does it

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.160
 conflict or

00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:00.660
 get caught

00:45:00.660 --> 00:45:01.079
 up on

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.700
 something in

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:02.059
 God's

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.320
 word

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:04.900
 because if it's

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.519
 caught up on

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:06.099
 the things in

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.639
 God's word

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:06.960
 there's a

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.340
 problem

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:10.579
 and we all

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:11.180
 need to do

00:45:11.180 --> 00:45:11.720
 that you know

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.380
 the young men

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:13.059
 affirmed the

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:14.019
 ideas of

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.639
 Rehoboam

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.940
 in not only

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.920
 maintaining the

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:18.000
 levy but

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.800
 basically they

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.680
 said don't

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:20.420
 just you know

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.280
 these people have

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:22.000
 more to give

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:22.760
 just take more

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.200
 from them

00:45:23.200 --> 00:45:25.660
 increase it

00:45:25.660 --> 00:45:31.680
 now as we

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:32.200
 look at this

00:45:32.200 --> 00:45:32.580
 we're going to

00:45:32.580 --> 00:45:33.200
 see that there

00:45:33.200 --> 00:45:34.220
 was a cause

00:45:34.220 --> 00:45:35.560
 that the ten

00:45:35.560 --> 00:45:36.400
 tribes left

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:41.640
 you know when

00:45:41.640 --> 00:45:42.320
 you read this

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:42.920
 and as I read

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.480
 that I'm like

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:44.480
 you know I

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.980
 think I probably

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.860
 agree with the

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:46.560
 ten tribes right

00:45:46.560 --> 00:45:47.140
 here you know

00:45:47.140 --> 00:45:48.420
 here's a guy

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:49.440
 supposed to set

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:50.000
 up to be your

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.600
 king and all

00:45:50.600 --> 00:45:51.100
 he's looking out

00:45:51.100 --> 00:45:51.500
 as far as

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:51.860
 his self

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.260
 interest

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:58.240
 but I want

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:58.720
 you to see

00:45:58.720 --> 00:45:59.140
 here that

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.760
 after three

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:01.200
 days they

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:02.060
 reconvened to

00:46:02.060 --> 00:46:02.740
 hear the king

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:04.300
 and an answer

00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.920
 was given

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:06.120
 notice as we

00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:06.560
 look down

00:46:06.560 --> 00:46:07.200
 through here

00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:10.120
 verse 12

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:11.040
 so Jeroboam

00:46:11.040 --> 00:46:11.520
 and all the

00:46:11.520 --> 00:46:12.100
 people came

00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:13.260
 to Rehoboam

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:14.060
 the third day

00:46:14.060 --> 00:46:14.700
 as the king

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.220
 had appointed

00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:16.020
 saying come to

00:46:16.020 --> 00:46:16.640
 me again the

00:46:16.640 --> 00:46:17.180
 third day

00:46:17.180 --> 00:46:18.140
 and the king

00:46:18.140 --> 00:46:18.880
 answered the

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:20.060
 people notice

00:46:20.060 --> 00:46:21.600
 this roughly

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.599
 and forsook

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.440
 the old men's

00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:26.239
 counsel that

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:26.699
 they gave

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:26.940
 him

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:29.179
 he spoke to

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:29.779
 them roughly

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:31.259
 and spake to

00:46:31.259 --> 00:46:32.079
 them after the

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.719
 counsel of the

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:33.199
 young men

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.759
 saying my

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.460
 father made

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:34.860
 your yoke

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.519
 heavy and I

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:36.519
 will add to

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.199
 your yoke my

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:37.980
 father also

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.940
 chastise you with

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.480
 whips but I

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:40.339
 will chastise you

00:46:40.339 --> 00:46:41.139
 with scorpions

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:42.420
 wherefore the

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.139
 king hearkened

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.900
 not unto the

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:45.199
 people for the

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:46.420
 cause was from

00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:47.259
 the lord that he

00:46:47.259 --> 00:46:48.579
 might perform his

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.779
 saying which the

00:46:49.779 --> 00:46:50.699
 lord spake by

00:46:50.699 --> 00:46:52.559
 Ahijah the

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.779
 Shilonite unto

00:46:53.779 --> 00:46:55.079
 Jeroboam the son

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.739
 of Nebat

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:57.319
 so I want you to

00:46:57.319 --> 00:46:57.940
 understand this

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.879
 didn't catch God

00:46:58.879 --> 00:47:02.019
 off guard but God

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.859
 allowed the very

00:47:02.859 --> 00:47:04.079
 nature of man to

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.859
 play things out

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:10.640
 this word roughly

00:47:10.640 --> 00:47:11.039
 though is

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:11.539
 interesting

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:14.280
 because when you

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:14.860
 read that you

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.539
 think he was just

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:16.260
 gruff with them

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.980
 you know or very

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:19.420
 loud or angry

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:23.019
 but the Hebrew

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.940
 word here is the

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.760
 same word that

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:25.680
 God uses to

00:47:25.680 --> 00:47:26.300
 describe the

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:26.940
 children of Israel

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.800
 as being stiff

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:28.860
 necked

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:36.840
 other places this

00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:38.019
 word is translated

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:39.780
 as stiff necked

00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:41.280
 hard hearted

00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:42.940
 and obstinate

00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:49.680
 so when he said

00:47:49.680 --> 00:47:50.360
 that he spoke

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:50.940
 roughly

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:52.579
 now do you get a

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:53.160
 different picture

00:47:53.160 --> 00:47:56.220
 he wasn't just

00:47:56.220 --> 00:47:57.640
 loud to them

00:47:57.640 --> 00:47:58.680
 he was arrogant

00:47:58.679 --> 00:47:59.960
 and bolsterous

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:01.199
 to say you

00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:02.099
 have to submit

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.579
 to me

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:04.619
 and because you

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.559
 said this I'm

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.139
 going to extract

00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:06.819
 even more

00:48:06.819 --> 00:48:14.559
 you know we

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.480
 need to listen

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:16.359
 to the right

00:48:16.359 --> 00:48:16.759
 counsel

00:48:16.759 --> 00:48:18.500
 we're going to

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.399
 see the impact

00:48:19.399 --> 00:48:20.299
 of this counsel

00:48:20.299 --> 00:48:22.159
 as it plays out

00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:23.519
 here in this

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:24.199
 transition

00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:25.799
 because we're

00:48:25.799 --> 00:48:26.460
 watching this

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.519
 important transition

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:28.299
 of where Israel

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:29.000
 goes from the

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:29.980
 12 tribes

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:31.760
 bonded together

00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:33.840
 to being

00:48:33.840 --> 00:48:34.920
 separated by

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:36.420
 10 and

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:37.240
 ultimately by

00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:39.220
 two because

00:48:39.220 --> 00:48:39.560
 we're going to

00:48:39.560 --> 00:48:40.060
 see here a little

00:48:40.060 --> 00:48:40.740
 later the tribe

00:48:40.740 --> 00:48:41.300
 of Benjamin

00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:41.860
 goes with

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:44.320
 Judah and

00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:44.780
 there'll be some

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.560
 reasons behind

00:48:45.560 --> 00:48:46.019
 that I think

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:46.600
 we'll talk about

00:48:46.600 --> 00:48:47.100
 a little later

00:48:47.100 --> 00:48:47.720
 that was part of

00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:48.420
 the other problem

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:49.940
 that Solomon

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:51.160
 did but I want

00:48:51.160 --> 00:48:51.800
 you to understand

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.980
 that we need to

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:54.080
 listen to godly

00:48:54.080 --> 00:48:55.680
 counsel both

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:56.819
 first from the

00:48:56.819 --> 00:48:57.639
 word of god

00:48:57.639 --> 00:48:58.859
 and also the

00:48:58.859 --> 00:48:59.879
 wise counselors

00:48:59.879 --> 00:49:00.659
 that god makes

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.299
 available for

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.519
 you

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:05.119
 you need to

00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:06.199
 use those

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:07.359
 things that

00:49:07.359 --> 00:49:08.039
 god has given

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:09.119
 and we'll

00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:09.859
 close on this

00:49:09.859 --> 00:49:10.039
 thought

00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:10.399
 turn over to

00:49:10.399 --> 00:49:11.039
 psalm 33

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:11.679
 for a moment

00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:14.239
 psalm 33

00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:15.739
 look here at

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:16.319
 verse 10

00:49:16.319 --> 00:49:25.719
 because god's

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:26.159
 word is

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:27.059
 beneficial even

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.799
 for us today

00:49:27.799 --> 00:49:29.939
 notice what he

00:49:29.939 --> 00:49:30.639
 tells us here in

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:31.179
 verse 10 of

00:49:31.179 --> 00:49:31.799
 psalm 33

00:49:31.799 --> 00:49:32.339
 he says the

00:49:32.339 --> 00:49:33.119
 lord bringeth the

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:33.759
 counsel of the

00:49:33.759 --> 00:49:34.299
 heathen to

00:49:34.299 --> 00:49:34.599
 not

00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:36.139
 he maketh the

00:49:36.139 --> 00:49:37.000
 devices of the

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:37.819
 people of none

00:49:37.819 --> 00:49:38.259
 effect

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:40.380
 the counsel of

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:41.420
 the lord standeth

00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:42.080
 forever the

00:49:42.080 --> 00:49:42.760
 thoughts of his

00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:43.440
 heart are to

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:45.740
 all generations

00:49:45.740 --> 00:49:49.160
 you know tonight

00:49:49.160 --> 00:49:49.580
 I want to

00:49:49.580 --> 00:49:50.240
 encourage you to

00:49:50.240 --> 00:49:50.940
 consider where

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:51.420
 you get your

00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:51.820
 counsel

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:54.940
 because when

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.680
 things come up

00:49:55.680 --> 00:49:57.120
 in life we

00:49:57.120 --> 00:49:57.700
 need to look to

00:49:57.700 --> 00:49:58.220
 the word of

00:49:58.220 --> 00:49:58.920
 god and we

00:49:58.920 --> 00:49:59.580
 need to look

00:49:59.580 --> 00:50:00.940
 and seek

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:02.240
 godly

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:03.300
 counsel

00:50:03.300 --> 00:50:06.620
 not go

00:50:06.620 --> 00:50:07.539
 advice

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.360
 shopping

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:12.060
 but be able

00:50:12.060 --> 00:50:12.660
 to hear what

00:50:12.660 --> 00:50:13.080
 we need to

00:50:13.080 --> 00:50:14.980
 hear to

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.720
 live godly

00:50:15.720 --> 00:50:17.360
 to do good

00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:17.980
 in god's

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:18.600
 eyes to do

00:50:18.600 --> 00:50:19.300
 just and

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:19.680
 right

00:50:19.680 --> 00:50:22.960
 that's how

00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:23.620
 that happens

00:50:23.620 --> 00:50:24.560
 is by following

00:50:24.560 --> 00:50:26.200
 god's word