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 1 Kings chapter 14.

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 As we've been going through here, the transitions as Israel's been walking through those things

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 as we've seen as transitioning from the stability of Saul and David and Solomon.

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 And then at the end of Solomon's reign, we learned that God had divided the kingdom

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 between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

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 And because of Solomon's sin at the end of his life,

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 and it caused God to allow the kingdom to be divided.

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 And we saw last week as we began looking here,

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 we're going to talk this week about repercussions.

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 Because your decisions always have repercussions.

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 And those things play out.

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 And we saw some of those last week even.

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 Because as we see here, as Jeroboam received a very stern warning from the prophet of Judah.

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 He had seen his hand withered and then healed.

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 The altar opened up.

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 You know, all the things being fulfilled that God had said.

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 And a warning from God to turn from worshiping those false gods and turn to him.

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 And we saw last week that was rejected by Jeroboam.

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 In other words, God did some things that, you know, have you ever read through some of these Old Testament accounts?

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 And you're thinking, why wouldn't they?

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 You know, if you saw that, wouldn't it change your mind?

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 You know what the reality is?

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 It reveals the hardness of men's hearts.

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 Even though God is gracious, God is merciful,

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 the hardness of their hearts still holds on to those things in rebellion against God.

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 And Jeroboam is a great example.

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 Because when you consider what, as we saw last week in chapter 13,

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 something very important to consider,

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 when it comes to what God was giving the example to Jeroboam of what Jeroboam ignored.

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 You know, put your finger where you are, but go back into 1 Peter.

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 Let's go to the New Testament for a moment.

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 1 Peter chapter 4.

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 Because I want you to realize that what God did here for Jeroboam was give him an example.

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 Let him see the reality of things.

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 Because 1 Peter chapter 4, look down at verse 17.

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 As we look here tonight, notice what it says.

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 For the time has come that judgments must begin where?

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 At the house of God.

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 And if it first begin at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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 Now remember, what happened last week, as we talked about there in chapter 13,

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 is you had the prophet of God that didn't obey God's word, and God judged him.

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 Judgment began at the house of God.

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 And Jeroboam saw it, witnessed it, and said,

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 if God holds his own to this account, he failed to realize that if God will hold those that are his,

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 his children to account, God will so much more hold those that have rejected him.

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 And we're going to see this play out here, because as we saw at the end of chapter 13,

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 look at that statement here that we see here.

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 Look at verse 33 of chapter 13 here back in 1 Kings.

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 It says,

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 Instead of repenting, we're going to find here that Jeroboam instead doubles down.

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 You know, the reality is sometimes we can be pretty hard-headed about the things of God,

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 of what God has told us, what God has instructed.

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 And we can be pretty hard-headed about things, and we're going to see here tonight

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 that those things have repercussions when we reject what the Lord has said.

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 It was not long after that one of Jeroboam's sons became ill.

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 Because God moved it from just somebody else outside, or even Jeroboam itself.

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 But I tell you what, if you have kids, things that happen to your children are different to you.

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 It impacts you differently.

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 When your children are struggling or things, and it became very personal to Jeroboam at this point.

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 And this is where we're going to find that it was a short time after that the prophet had seen God's prophet

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 that had come and prophesied and how God had held him to account.

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 Because you remember last week about the donkey and the lion?

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 You know?

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 And that they were there alongside the road for a while before the other old prophet came and got them.

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 And the scene that was there, and people were talking.

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 But we see here, as Jeroboam today, as we're going to begin looking at this,

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 as his child became sick, and it was a dire illness.

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 Because you say, how do you know it was a dire illness?

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 Well, number one, his child dies at the end.

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 Number two, he thought it important enough that he was going to send his wife to go talk to the prophet.

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 It tells you it was a pretty tough situation.

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 And so we're going to look here tonight, as we begin looking here,

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 that remember that Ahijah had come to him years earlier to reveal the opportunity that God had given to him.

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 How he would become, Jeroboam become king over the ten tribes of the kingdom that was going to be separated.

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 And that all the promises God gave to him, there's going to be a lasting kingdom if he would but obey him.

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 And keep his commandments.

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 That was God's simple thing.

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 He says, hey, trust me and obey me, and I will bless you.

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 Jeroboam had that there.

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 So let's look tonight, as we begin here at the inquiry that was happening,

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 as he begins to inquire at these things.

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 Look here at verse 1 of chapter 14.

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 It says,

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 And at that time,

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 Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick.

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 And Jeroboam said to his wife,

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 Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself,

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 that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam,

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 and get thee to Shiloh.

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 Behold, there is Ahijah the prophet,

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 which told me that I should be king over this people.

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 And take with thee ten loaves, and crack nails, and the crews of honey,

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 and go to him, and he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

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 And Jeroboam's wife did so,

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 and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah.

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 But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

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 So we see here, he sends his wife to make inquiry to the prophet Ahijah,

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 who had been there.

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 Jeroboam devises a plan about finding out the fate of his child.

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 You know, he was concerned, and we can say here,

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 you know, this is pretty normal parent stuff when it comes to this.

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 I mean, when you realize he was concerned about

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 what was going to be the outcome of his son.

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 But he puts in place a deception.

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 You think about the deception that he set forth.

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 As this plays out here,

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 he knows there's a man of God

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 that had the ability, because God was with him,

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 to tell him what he needed to know.

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 But instead of going, and inquiring, and returning to God,

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 what does he do? He sends his wife.

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 He doesn't just send his wife,

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 because consider what he does,

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 the deception here,

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 is that he was going to be rejected,

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 because he says,

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 I don't want anybody to know that you're my wife when you go.

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 He says, disguise yourself.

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 You know, remember, Jeroboam had rejected

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 all that God had revealed to him.

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 He had seen God's plan from Ahijah there,

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 tell him everything he needed to know

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 what was going to happen.

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 How God was going to give him the kingdom,

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 how those things were going to take place.

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 He'd seen it all come to pass.

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 All those things had been put together.

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 He had seen those things come true before him,

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 and as we see here tonight,

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 we see his response was one of deception.

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 And we understand that he had been,

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 maybe he was despondent at this point,

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 because remember,

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 what got him in trouble the most

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 was what?

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 He set up a false religion.

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 He set up his own gods.

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 Remember, he built the two calves

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 that he put at Dan and at Shiloh,

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 or at Bethel,

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 to say, here Israel, here's your gods.

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 And he set up to make offerings unto them.

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 That was the problem,

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 the reason the prophet came,

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 as we saw earlier,

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 as he met him at that altar there

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 where he was worshiping false gods,

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 and his response might have been

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 because his gods didn't answer.

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 I imagine he'd probably made many sacrifices

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 there to his gods for his son.

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 But he got to a point where he said,

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 hey, I need to do something different.

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 And he understood that there was a God in heaven

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 that might make a difference,

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 but he wasn't willing to turn to him.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 you can recognize God is there,

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 but there's a difference of turning to him

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 and trusting him

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 and having a focus upon what he has established.

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 We don't know all the backstory behind it,

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 but we do know that somehow now

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 he decides he's going to send his wife

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 to get the answer.

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 I think partly he sends his wife

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 because he knows he's under condemnation.

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 He's thinking, well, if I send my wife,

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 maybe we'll have some mercy from God.

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 You know, there's a lot of things

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 we could read into this as people

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 to understand the implications of what's happening,

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 and we can definitely empathize with Jeroboam

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 in the circumstance that he's in.

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 But he knew because of his wickedness

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 that God had placed him

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 and under condemnation

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 that things were going to happen.

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 But he sends his wife

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 and she might not get recognized.

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 And you say, why did he have her disguised?

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 Well, he said, well, maybe I can trick God.

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 If I just do this, maybe I'm in desperate need.

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 Maybe God will answer this time for something good.

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 And so we see here that he sends his wife

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 to deceive Hyjio,

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 and the account really gives a kind of a,

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 I think it's kind of like the side humor in it.

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 He disguises his wife to go to a blind man.

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 You know?

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 I sometimes like the irony contained in Scripture.

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 You know, that he says,

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 go disguise yourself and go to a Hyjian,

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 not knowing that a Hyjian couldn't see her anyways.

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 And so we see here that he also sends her with some things.

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 He sends her, you might say, with a bribe, you know.

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 He says, well, I know I need to send something.

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 So he sends his wife with this modest gift

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 to the prophet, hoping to gain a positive outcome.

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 You know, people are the same today.

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 I've been pastoring long enough that I see people show up.

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 I know when they show up that something's happened in their life.

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 Because that's the only time they show up at church.

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 They'll show up for a couple of months

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 as they work through a problem

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 or want God to resolve something for them.

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 One day I pray that they really get a,

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 God gets a hold of their heart

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 or they surrender their heart to the Lord

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 and say, I need to get serious.

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 But you know, it's no different today.

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 People treat God the same way.

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 They come and they say they're going to make,

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 they make an offering to the Lord

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 and they pray and, you know,

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 we need to get back to God.

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 And they'll show up for a few months

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 and things will get smoothed out

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 and then they'll move on down the road again.

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 And a year or so later when they show back up,

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 you say, well, yep, okay.

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 You think it in your mind,

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 but in your heart you're thinking,

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 maybe this time they'll be serious.

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 Because I want you to understand

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 that the Lord is never fooled by our actions

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 because He already knows the thoughts

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 and intents of your heart.

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 We can put on a show for everybody else,

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 but you know, God knows your heart.

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 God's the one that knows whether you're serious.

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 We can try to make outward judgments,

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 but ultimately it's up to God.

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 You know, I want you to understand

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 we just can't offer something to Him

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 to make up the difference

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 because you cannot feign your love for God by sacrifice.

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 Remember we talked about this on Sunday.

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 Look over to Mark chapter 12 again

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 where we were on Sunday.

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 Because remember the scribe that came to Jesus?

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 Remember His conclusion?

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 Here in verse 33 of Mark chapter 12,

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 notice what He says,

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 to love Him with all the heart,

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 with all the understanding,

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 with all the soul,

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 with all the strength,

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 and to love His neighbors Himself

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 is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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 The reality is,

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 if you don't love God,

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 giving to God isn't going to buy God's love.

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 You know, that's a misconception today

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 that you find with people.

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 They think if they just give enough,

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 you know,

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 if I do good things,

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 or I give enough,

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 or I do this for God,

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 that God will love me,

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 I want you to understand,

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 God loves you,

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 always going to love you right now.

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 He's already provided everything

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 that you need for you.

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 But His wife, we see here,

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 prepares herself and travels towards Shiloh,

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 and the Lord is preparing the prophet for her arrival.

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 Because this is another one of those intriguing things here.

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 Look down at verse 5 with me tonight in the text,

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 and look what it says,

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 And the Lord said unto Ahijah,

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 Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son,

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 for he is sick.

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 Thus and thus shalt thou say unto her,

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 For it shall be when she cometh then,

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 that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

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 You know?

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 So here it is.

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 God says,

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 Hey,

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 you might be trying to trick me,

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 but God says,

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 Hey, Ahijah,

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 let me tell you what's going to be going on,

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 even though you're blind and you can't see.

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 I'm going to give you some spiritual insight

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 to understand what's happening.

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 I want you to understand that

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 while she thought she was coming to plead with him,

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 the opposite was actually true.

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 Look at the end of verse 6.

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 We'll get back to this.

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 Look at that last line of verse 6 for a moment.

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 Notice what that says.

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 It says this,

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 For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

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 She came to him,

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 but the prophet says,

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 Hey,

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 I've come to you with a message

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 and tidings from God,

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 and they're heavy.

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 And we'll talk about those heavy tidings here

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 in just a moment

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 because it was some troublesome information.

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 You know?

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 This is information that I don't know.

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 I guarantee you,

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 Ahijah,

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 the prophet wasn't said,

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 Yeah, let's get him.

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 I want you to understand

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 that he was given insight into the situation

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 and he had empathy towards it.

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 It was heavy information

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 that he was about to give.

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 It was not easy information

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 about what he was going to tell her.

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 Because he was going to give some news to her,

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 and that news was,

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 Hey,

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 at the end of the day when you go home,

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 your son's going to die.

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 That's heavy information.

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 We ought not to never rejoice

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 at somebody else's peril.

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 You know,

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 consider what God's Word

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 has declared to us

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 because as a believer,

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 God guides us today.

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 God helps you understand

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 things that are going on.

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 Psalm 25 in verse 9

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 tells us this.

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 It says,

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 The meek will he guide in judgment,

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 and the meek

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 will he teach his way.

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 Psalm 73 verse 24 tells us,

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 And thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,

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 and afterwards receive me to glory.

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 You know,

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 he was here giving him wisdom

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 and understanding of the circumstance.

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 He understood the need

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 and what was happening.

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 But you see,

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 Ahijah did not respond

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 by how he might feel about the situation.

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 You know,

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 we know he had empathy

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 towards the sick child.

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 It's natural.

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 It's good.

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 But empathy never outweighs truth.

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 But you can imagine here tonight,

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 imagine the surprise.

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 Ahijah is up there

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 and he hears footsteps coming.

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 Let's look at the text here

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 as we see this.

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 Notice this.

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 It says in verse 6,

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 Now think about what happened there.

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 Because remember,

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 what's the physical ailment of the prophet?

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 He's blind.

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 Now wouldn't it have been something

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 to be the fly on the wall

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 to watch her face at that moment?

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 God used that to make a point

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 to let her know that,

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 hey, there's some seriousness here.

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 There's a reality of these things.

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 And the Lord has sent me to you,

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 he tells her.

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 You know,

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 as you think about

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 how do you deliver bad news

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 to a desperate mom?

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 Look over for a moment

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 to Proverbs chapter 24.

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 Because God gives us wisdom.

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 He promises to guide us

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 and direct us.

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 But I want you to understand

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 that no matter what happens,

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 we need to keep in mind

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 that people are still

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 human beings and people.

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 Look here in Proverbs 24, verse 17.

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 The Word of God tells us this,

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 Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth,

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 and let not thy heart be glad

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 when he stumbleth.

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 You know,

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 I think this is good words

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 for us today even.

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 Because we live in a volatile climate

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 of political dynamics

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 and people's hostilities get up

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 and it's almost like,

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 well, they deserved it.

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 Biblically,

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 we need to guard our heart

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 that we don't get

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 the wrong attitude

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 and the wrong spirit

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 about things.

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 Because somebody else's calamity,

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 we ought not to rejoice.

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 Think about what the Apostle Paul

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 said over in 2 Corinthians.

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 Turn over there,

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 2 Corinthians chapter 7.

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 You know,

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 when you read through

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 the book of 1 Corinthians

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 and 2 Corinthians,

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 Paul had to deal

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 with a lot of heavy topics.

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 You know,

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.359
 he was dealing with

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 a lot of things

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 that we're not comfortable

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 to deal with.

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 I guarantee you

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 made a lot of people

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 pretty uncomfortable

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 covering the topics

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 he had to cover.

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 And there was some repentance

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 that took place.

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 Some sincere change

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 in people's lives

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 through it.

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 Notice what it says here

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 in chapter 7

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 and verse 9.

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 He says,

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 Now I rejoice

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 not that you were made

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 sorry,

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 but that you sorrowed

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 to repentance.

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 In other words,

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 he says,

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 I took no joy

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 into seeing you suffer

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 and go through those things.

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 I rejoice

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 because you repented

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 and turned to the Lord.

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 As they went through that,

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 that's the right spirit,

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.779
 the right attitude.

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 You know,

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.059
 that they were made sorry

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 after a godly matter

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 that you might receive

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 damage by us

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 in nothing.

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 But we see here

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 as he moves on,

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.299
 notice this,

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 he says,

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.799
 I'm sent thief

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.920
 with heavy tidings.

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 What he's given to them

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 and we see the assessment

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:02.619
 that he gives.

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 Notice here in verse 6,

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:04.839
 or excuse me,

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.319
 verse 7,

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.619
 it says,

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:07.000
 Go tell Jeroboam,

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.599
 thus saith the Lord

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.480
 God of Israel,

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 for as much as I exalted thee

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 from among the people

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 and made thee prince

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 over my people.

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 Think about this,

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.539
 the assessment

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.559
 of the situation,

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.639
 he first talks about

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.500
 God's promotion.

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:20.859
 He says,

00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.079
 Hey,

00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:23.139
 go tell your husband Jeroboam

00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:23.799
 that he's there

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 because I put him there.

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.240
 You know,

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.039
 we talked about that

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 on Sunday.

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 Governments are what?

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 God is the one

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 who established government.

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 God's the one

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:33.340
 that established Jeroboam.

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 He's there

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 because God put him there.

00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.660
 God allowed him

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 to be there.

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 And he had a responsibility.

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:44.980
 He says,

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.160
 Remind Jeroboam

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.759
 who put him

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.560
 in that position.

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 And the expectation,

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.100
 look at verse 8,

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 And he rent the kingdom

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.039
 away from the house

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.460
 of David

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 and gave it to thee.

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 And yet there has not been

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:58.120
 as my servant David

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.959
 who kept my commandments

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 and who followed me

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:03.079
 with all his heart

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:05.419
 to do that only which

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.899
 was right in mine eyes.

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.839
 But thou hast done evil

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:11.339
 above all that was before thee.

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 For thou hast gone

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.639
 and made thee other gods

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.459
 in molten images

00:20:14.459 --> 00:20:15.799
 and provoked me to anger

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 and has cast me

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 behind thy back.

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.039
 You know,

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.519
 the prophet says,

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.759
 Hey,

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 go tell Jeroboam

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 and remind me

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:26.379
 of what my expectation was.

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:29.620
 God's expectation

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.340
 of Jeroboam

00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.800
 was really a lot simpler

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:33.100
 than other expectations

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.860
 on other people.

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.780
 He said,

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.720
 I simply want you

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.940
 to obey my word.

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.200
 He didn't have any

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.300
 super special thing

00:20:41.300 --> 00:20:42.580
 for Jeroboam to go do

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.580
 or he didn't have anything

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:45.460
 extraordinary for him to do.

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.840
 He says,

00:20:46.020 --> 00:20:46.900
 Trust me

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 and obey me,

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:50.020
 which is the same command

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 he gives to you and I.

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 To do those things

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 and we see here

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.319
 this expectation

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.819
 was obedience

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:57.019
 to the Lord's command

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.279
 just as David did.

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 You know,

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.039
 as we go through the kings

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 here in the different transitions,

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.160
 you'll find

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.880
 two measuring rods

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 that you're going to find

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.380
 here are the kings.

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 The first one,

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.500
 they're going to be measured

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.200
 against David.

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 Are they a person

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 with a heart

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.299
 that's towards God?

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 Are they going to be

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 Jeroboams

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:18.819
 that rejected God?

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.259
 You know,

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.100
 both those men

00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.920
 set a standard.

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 One we ought to strive for,

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 the other we ought to

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 want to avoid

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 because we see here

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:27.500
 that David did right

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.759
 in the eyes of the Lord.

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 Now,

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:32.019
 when we hear that,

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.319
 we say,

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.500
 well,

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.680
 we know David sinned.

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 Yes,

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.340
 he did.

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 But, you know,

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.279
 you ought to go read

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.059
 Psalm 51

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:39.400
 and see that David's

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 response to his sin.

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.180
 David didn't try to

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:44.660
 continue to cover it up.

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.039
 He said,

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:46.160
 I want forgiveness.

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.460
 I want you to restore

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:49.220
 the joy of thy salvation.

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 He said that he wanted

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.420
 God to deal

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.860
 with the circumstances,

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:55.400
 to deal with those things.

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 The difference was

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.200
 David sinned

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 and turned to God.

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.819
 Jeroboam sinned

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.079
 and said,

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.160
 let's go sin some more.

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.240
 That's a difference

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.880
 of direction

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:06.339
 because look at

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.360
 the end of verse 9.

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.740
 And has cast me

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.120
 behind thy back.

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.559
 Now,

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.400
 this is another one

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.140
 of those phrases

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.019
 that's interesting

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.460
 because to cast

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.720
 behind your back

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.519
 is to say,

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.759
 I want nothing

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.500
 to do with it.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.519
 It's behind.

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.799
 It's to be left behind.

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.279
 Now,

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.420
 this phrase is also

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:26.099
 used in a positive sense

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:28.299
 later on in Scripture.

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.720
 Look over to Isaiah 38

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.339
 for a moment.

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.379
 Isaiah 38

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.200
 and verse 17.

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.339
 This gives us

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.039
 the context

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.539
 for that phrase

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.079
 when it comes

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.819
 to Jeroboam.

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.000
 The context

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.779
 to Jeroboam

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.740
 is Jeroboam

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.480
 put everything

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.059
 of God

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.039
 behind his back.

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.579
 He said,

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.039
 I don't care

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.720
 for anything

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.899
 that God has done.

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.599
 I'm putting it

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.420
 behind me.

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.139
 But look here

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.099
 in Isaiah 38

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.960
 and verse 17.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.579
 The Word of God

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.859
 says,

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.420
 Behold,

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.039
 for peace

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.940
 I have had

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.639
 great bitterness,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.859
 but thou hast

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.500
 in love

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.519
 to my soul

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.079
 delivered it

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.559
 from the pit

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.200
 of corruption.

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.359
 And he's talking

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.720
 to God.

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:02.980
 He says,

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.759
 For thou hast

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.259
 cast all my sins

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.379
 behind thy back.

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:06.779
 Now,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.299
 aren't you glad

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.980
 that God,

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:10.079
 when you're saved,

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.319
 takes all your sin

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.740
 and puts it

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.579
 behind his back?

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.659
 The phrase is,

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.319
 God says,

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.440
 I'm walking away

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.400
 from those things

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.000
 that are behind.

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.180
 I have no connection

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.840
 with the things

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.500
 behind me.

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.360
 At the moment

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.080
 of salvation,

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.480
 God takes your sin

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.080
 and puts it

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.940
 behind his back.

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:26.299
 On the negative,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.299
 Jeroboam said,

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.660
 God,

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.500
 you've done all this

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.880
 for me

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.340
 and I'm putting

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:30.340
 it behind my back.

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:31.900
 It's the same phrase

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:33.240
 with the same picture,

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.380
 but one is positive

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.299
 and one is negative.

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.779
 Ezekiel 23

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.539
 verse 35

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.980
 says,

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.320
 Therefore,

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.920
 soth they

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.720
 at the Lord God

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.460
 because thou hast

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.220
 forgotten me

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.519
 and cast me

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.759
 behind thy back.

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.480
 Therefore,

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.079
 bear thou also

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.960
 thy lewdness

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.339
 and thy whoredoms.

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:48.940
 You know,

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.379
 we have a choice

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.859
 of what we're going

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.519
 to do with the things

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.960
 of God.

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.700
 We either put them

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.579
 behind our back

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:55.720
 or let God

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.460
 take our sin

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.779
 and put it

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.519
 behind his back.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.619
 And that happens

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.660
 when we come

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.180
 to the Lord

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.359
 just as David did.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.579
 You know,

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.500
 think of the New Testament,

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.220
 1 John.

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.420
 It tells us here

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.759
 in 1 John 1, 9

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.680
 a verse we use

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.319
 quite often,

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.039
 but really it's

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.119
 the application here

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.379
 of what's the decision

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.059
 you're going to make.

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.319
 It says,

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.539
 if we confess our sins,

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.079
 he's what?

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.559
 Faithful and just

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.159
 to do what?

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:17.079
 Forgive us our sins

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.939
 and to cleanse us

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:19.200
 from all unrighteousness.

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.399
 You know what that verse says?

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.240
 It's the Old Testament

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.639
 equivalent of God saying,

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:26.399
 if you confess your sins

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.679
 to me,

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.539
 I'm going to take care

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.859
 of those

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.339
 and I'm going to put

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.179
 them behind my back.

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.399
 I'm going to put them away.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.720
 But instead of wanting

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.779
 God to put his sin

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.379
 behind him,

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.619
 he says,

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.419
 I want to put God

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:34.980
 behind me.

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.059
 It's a rejection

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.480
 of the things of God

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:39.179
 and he's describing this.

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.220
 Now look at verse 10

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.360
 of God's accountability.

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.200
 Notice he says,

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.880
 therefore behold,

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.860
 I will bring evil

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.620
 upon the house

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.400
 of Jeroboam

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.860
 and will cut off

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.680
 from Jeroboam

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.640
 him that pisses

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.539
 against the wall

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.100
 and him that is shut up

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.500
 and left in Israel

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.759
 and will take away

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.259
 the remnant

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.779
 of the house

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.620
 of Jeroboam

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.700
 as a man

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:58.220
 taketh away dung

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.440
 till it all be gone.

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.240
 Him that dieth

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.039
 of Jeroboam

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.620
 in the city

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.720
 shall the dogs eat

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.319
 and him that dieth

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.860
 in the field

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.600
 shall the fowls

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.360
 of the air eat

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.479
 for the Lord

00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:11.039
 hath spoken it.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.659
 You know,

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.539
 the accountability,

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:15.179
 the judgment of God

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:16.719
 will come.

00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:18.619
 I want you to understand

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.639
 it might not be today.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.119
 Have you ever noticed

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.679
 that people try

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.659
 to brush God off

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.339
 because he doesn't

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.619
 hold them

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.519
 immediately accountable?

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.500
 God sometimes

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.799
 has immediate effects

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.379
 and sometimes

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.599
 his judgment

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.519
 is long lasting.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.740
 Now remember

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.859
 the picture last week

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.599
 that we saw

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.539
 God healed

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.379
 the wither hand

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.880
 and the altar

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.820
 was cracked open

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.380
 because he said

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.820
 that they were going

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.860
 to burn the bones

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:41.180
 of the prophets

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.480
 of the false prophets

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.740
 upon that altar later

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.680
 and God said

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.360
 first it's going

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.900
 to open up

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.560
 and all the ashes

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:47.380
 are going to pour out

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.900
 right now

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.760
 as a symbol

00:25:48.760 --> 00:25:49.500
 do you understand

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.440
 that this other

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.960
 is going to come

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.600
 to pass too

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.340
 and we saw

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.200
 we read

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.720
 that it does

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.580
 come to pass.

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.840
 It wasn't immediate

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:58.080
 but it came to pass.

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.500
 Just as God said

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.560
 to the exact person

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:01.060
 God said

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.820
 was going to do it.

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.860
 God gives them

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.720
 those things

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.000
 and we see here

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.559
 that also notice

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.220
 as we look on

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.000
 down through here

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.160
 on the text

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.339
 look at verse 14

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.100
 oh no excuse me

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.759
 verse 12

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.420
 arise thou therefore

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.980
 and get thee

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.759
 to thine house

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.720
 and when thy feet

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.660
 enter into the city

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.940
 the child shall die.

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.460
 You know

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.339
 that was some pretty

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.100
 heavy news

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.740
 for the prophet

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.180
 to give.

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.579
 You know

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.039
 as I was thinking

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.440
 about that

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.000
 I'm thinking about

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.279
 you know

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.940
 even today

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.400
 as you might

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.100
 have a doctor

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.680
 or somebody

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.100
 come in

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.360
 and have to

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.740
 give somebody

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.460
 bad news

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.759
 or even chaplains

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.160
 that come

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.559
 and have to

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.299
 knock on the door

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.900
 and say hey

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.059
 that's heavy news

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.900
 to bring to somebody.

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.060
 The prophet of God

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:35.019
 had some heavy news

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.380
 to bring

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.700
 he said

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.580
 to the mom

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.200
 of a child

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.600
 he says

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.620
 but you get back home

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.560
 when you go in the door

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:42.660
 your child's going to be dead.

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.800
 That's some rough news.

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.340
 The judgment was set

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.340
 because Jeroboam

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.220
 has set his heart

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.019
 against the Lord.

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.240
 The reality is

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.980
 is God's going to

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.900
 hold people accountable.

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.800
 Look into the New Testament

00:26:53.800 --> 00:26:54.259
 for a moment

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.720
 look into Romans chapter 1

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:58.720
 Romans chapter 1

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.720
 look at verse 32

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:02.380
 because as we study

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.920
 through this

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.539
 you'll find

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.120
 that God

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.779
 always

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.160
 holds to account.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.339
 Look at verse 32

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.579
 of Romans chapter 1

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.299
 who knowing

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.920
 the judgment

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.480
 of God

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.819
 that they

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.400
 which commit

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.980
 such things

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.579
 are worthy

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.200
 of death

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.680
 not only

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.880
 do the same

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.720
 but have pleasure

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.360
 in them

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.059
 that do them.

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.559
 God told Jeroboam

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.660
 because of his sin

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.440
 his house

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.500
 his lineage

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.980
 everything

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.579
 was going to be

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.100
 cut off.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.200
 There's going to be

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.779
 no more.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.839
 even the male

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.440
 descendants

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.119
 would be put

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.660
 to death.

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.180
 He said

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.119
 all your children

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.119
 all your descendants

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.599
 are going to be

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.180
 put to death.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.079
 This happens

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.099
 just not long

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.980
 after this

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.839
 few years

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:39.059
 his son Nadab

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.980
 is on the throne

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.940
 is overthrown

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.160
 by Beshag

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:44.940
 and Beshag

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.940
 takes all his

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.359
 children

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.000
 and kills them.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.019
 Every child

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.639
 gets killed

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.099
 and we know

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.720
 what happens

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.059
 it says

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.579
 those that are

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.619
 in the city

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.279
 are slain

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.960
 in the street

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.539
 and the dogs

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.220
 come and eat them.

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.099
 If they're slain

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.720
 in the field

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.160
 they're left

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.759
 to the birds.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.519
 That's a very

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.740
 harsh representation.

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.180
 Nobody would mourn

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.639
 for them.

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.899
 They would not

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:03.460
 be buried.

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.379
 We could talk

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.019
 a little bit here

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.920
 about just the idea

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.759
 of what God

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.299
 put forth

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.700
 as the honor

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.740
 of burying somebody

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:12.019
 to memorial somebody

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.920
 to bury them

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.599
 and to have that

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.619
 time is important.

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.319
 It talks about

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.940
 the importance

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.200
 of that person's life

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.139
 and God says

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.720
 it's going to be

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.339
 as if you weren't

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.799
 even here

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.379
 because nobody's

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.839
 going to care.

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.980
 When we understand

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.099
 that what's happening

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.680
 here that

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.660
 he tells them

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.480
 these things

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.620
 and often times

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.300
 you might read

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:29.800
 through this

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.380
 with empathy

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.759
 and say

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.660
 well why did God

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.680
 kill the little child?

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.640
 God had mercy

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.279
 on the child.

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.540
 Notice what God

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:37.440
 tells them

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.200
 through the prophet

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.600
 here.

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.200
 It says

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.220
 and all Israel

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.559
 shall mourn

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.160
 for him

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.940
 that's the child

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.960
 and bury him

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.920
 for he only

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.840
 of Jeroboam

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.340
 shall come

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.080
 to the grave

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:50.059
 because in him

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.720
 there is found

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.539
 some good thing

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.200
 toward the Lord

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.940
 God of Israel

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.500
 in the house

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.220
 of Jeroboam.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.759
 Now I think

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.559
 if you study that out

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.259
 that's God's

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.840
 having mercy

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.539
 on a child

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.220
 that wasn't able

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.980
 to make a decision.

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.019
 He was not yet

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.580
 a participant

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.420
 in the sin

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.019
 of his father

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.340
 and God had mercy

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.840
 on him.

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.580
 That's hard

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.519
 for us to grasp

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.539
 but it's a reality

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.759
 of what's taking place.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.059
 Notice verse 14

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.420
 it says

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.079
 moreover the king

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.119
 shall raise him up

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.000
 a king

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.480
 the Lord shall raise him up

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.299
 a king over Israel

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.019
 who should cut off

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.019
 the house of Jeroboam

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.500
 that day

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:19.279
 but what even now

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.299
 for the Lord

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.619
 shall smite Israel

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.359
 with a reed

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.859
 is shaken

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.960
 in the water

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.599
 and he shall

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.639
 root up Israel

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.779
 out of this good land

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.519
 and he shall give it

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.220
 to their fathers

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.599
 and shall scatter them

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.460
 beyond the river

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.819
 because they have

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.099
 made their groves

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.220
 provoking the Lord

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.839
 to anger

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.159
 and he shall give

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.860
 Israel up

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.900
 because of the sins

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.800
 of Jeroboam

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:40.100
 who did sin

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:41.200
 who made Israel

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.720
 to sin.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.180
 Now the consequences

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.000
 here we need

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.700
 to understand

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.920
 because the consequences

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.420
 the repercussions

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:49.000
 of Jeroboam's decisions

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.700
 played out

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.800
 not only in his family

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:52.040
 it affected millions

00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:52.820
 of other people.

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.100
 You know sometimes

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.519
 we think our decisions

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.600
 only affect us

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.400
 but we have to keep

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.040
 in mind that

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.660
 your decisions

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.680
 have repercussions

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.560
 that shockwave

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.320
 out way farther.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.300
 The decisions

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:04.040
 that you make

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:05.040
 the things you do

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 the consequences

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.059
 here would be

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.779
 far reaching

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:09.019
 as the ten tribes

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.159
 will ultimately

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:11.059
 be exiled

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.940
 from the land.

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:14.379
 300 years later

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.059
 you're going to find

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.859
 that God sends

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.119
 the Assyrian empire

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.480
 to put them

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.079
 in judgment

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.159
 and God tells them

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.579
 what's going to

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.220
 happen here

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:25.379
 but the entire time

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.639
 for the next 300 years

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.819
 God sends prophets

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.299
 and others

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.859
 to call them

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.460
 to repentance.

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.519
 You know what they do

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.420
 with all the prophets

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.299
 that God sends them?

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.200
 The same thing

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.039
 Jeroboam did.

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.340
 Put them behind

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.840
 their back.

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.640
 I want no part

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.940
 in it.

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.680
 I want nothing

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.559
 to do with God

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.500
 but the Assyrians

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.220
 would come

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.400
 and the kingdom

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.220
 or they're going

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.140
 to take and conquer

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.700
 the kingdom

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.400
 and take the children

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.779
 of Israel

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.680
 out of the land

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.799
 and meanwhile

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.519
 the kingdom

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.240
 in the meantime

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.580
 would have no stability.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.720
 You know when you look

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.580
 and we're going to learn

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.140
 through here

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.059
 as we look at

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:02.740
 the kings of Israel

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.140
 the northern tribes

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:06.859
 they had very few

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.839
 times of stability

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.680
 from this point.

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.940
 Their kingdom

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.259
 was always in an upheaval.

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.220
 You got people

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.519
 you got armor bearers

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:17.140
 and other military men

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.620
 in charge

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.559
 killing kings

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.440
 and setting up

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.200
 their own kingdoms

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.920
 I mean you have

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.839
 all sorts of things

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.480
 it was shaking

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.900
 in the reed

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.500
 there was things

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.579
 moving all the time.

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.299
 There was no stability

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.700
 no matter all these

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.559
 things happening

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.079
 they held on

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.220
 to the false worship

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.439
 and the abominations

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.379
 that were in the land

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.539
 before they arrived.

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.639
 Look at verse 15

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.659
 if you've never done

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:40.000
 a study on the groves

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.579
 that's a whole different

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.059
 dynamic

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:43.019
 because it wasn't

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.599
 good things

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.059
 that happened

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.720
 in the groves.

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:46.379
 We'll talk about that

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.139
 a little next week

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:48.119
 the groves had to do

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.439
 with some abominations.

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:52.079
 When God calls

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.980
 something an abomination

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.119
 it's like

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.480
 moving up the tiers.

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:58.519
 you know

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.319
 basically you're saying

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.660
 this

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.259
 there's things

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.039
 that God says

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.559
 are evil

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.160
 and then you have

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.559
 things that are

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.299
 an abomination.

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.700
 It's like

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.900
 evil magnified.

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.839
 In other words

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.000
 they're beyond

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.700
 nature

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.920
 or natural things

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.440
 that anybody

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.620
 ought to participate in.

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.700
 When you look

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.279
 at the things

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.120
 that God calls

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.940
 an abomination

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:21.920
 you know

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.599
 we see here

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:24.079
 that as he does this

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.360
 that they

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:25.660
 made their groves

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.500
 which provoked

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.700
 the Lord to anger.

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.800
 Now I want you

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.340
 to understand

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:30.240
 something important here

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.720
 because sometimes

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.340
 people say

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.200
 well God

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.440
 made them do that.

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.120
 I want you to tell you

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.600
 these people

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.340
 made a decision

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:36.019
 to do that.

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.380
 They chose

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.620
 the ramifications.

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.420
 God offered them

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.940
 mercy and repentance

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.200
 an opportunity

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.140
 to come to him.

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.000
 He offered them

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.720
 salvation

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.400
 he offered them

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.940
 grace

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.860
 instead they put

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.740
 them behind his back.

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.380
 Put them behind

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.920
 their back.

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.340
 God gave them up

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.559
 because their decision

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:58.959
 and sometimes

00:32:58.959 --> 00:32:59.619
 people say

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.079
 well God

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.740
 doesn't judge

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.679
 people immediately

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:03.619
 so we shouldn't

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.419
 have to worry about

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.759
 and sometimes

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.500
 that's people's mind

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.759
 why don't you

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.139
 put God

00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.819
 behind the back

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.220
 because it'll

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.879
 all be okay.

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.519
 They say

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.759
 God's talking

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.480
 about judgment

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.199
 and accountability

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.899
 secondary.

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.439
 Look over

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.819
 in the book

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.720
 of 2 Peter

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.359
 for a moment.

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.740
 2 Peter chapter 3.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.500
 I want you

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.939
 to see here

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.879
 this plays out

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.579
 even today

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.759
 because some

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.519
 people think

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.680
 well God's

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.019
 going to

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.920
 just give us

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.619
 a go

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.099
 we can go

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.379
 do what

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.660
 we want

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.099
 to do.

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.539
 2 Peter chapter 3

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.299
 in verse 9

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.859
 says the Lord

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.680
 is not slack

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.359
 concerning his

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.839
 promises

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.539
 as some men

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.440
 count slackness.

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:35.980
 You know

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.559
 some people say

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.960
 well God

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.539
 doesn't judge

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.139
 me right away

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.940
 so it's going

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.400
 to be okay

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.619
 and they say

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.039
 well God

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.859
 is being slack

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.319
 so God

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.240
 will let me

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.619
 by

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.779
 but they mistake

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.359
 it because

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.000
 it's that God

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.420
 is long

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.920
 suffering

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:49.500
 to us.

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.740
 Why is God

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.480
 long suffering?

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.000
 because he's

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.559
 not willing

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.099
 that any

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.819
 should perish

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:56.339
 but that all

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.779
 should come

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.339
 to repentance.

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.120
 In other words

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.680
 the reality

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.180
 is this

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.900
 why does God

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.440
 not judge

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.319
 people immediately?

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.220
 Because God's

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.620
 merciful.

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.400
 If God

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.380
 judges immediately

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.980
 we wouldn't

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.720
 have an opportunity

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.620
 to turn to him.

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.779
 God's gracious.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.679
 God's merciful

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.440
 towards us.

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:11.840
 You know

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.340
 but let's look

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.199
 at the implications

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.420
 of all this.

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.699
 Look at verse 17

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.159
 it says

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.039
 and Jeroboam's

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.840
 wife arose

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.639
 and departed

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.219
 and came

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:23.420
 to Zara

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.699
 and when she

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.420
 came to the

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.299
 threshold of the

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.679
 door

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.019
 the child

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.519
 died

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:30.920
 and they

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.659
 buried him

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.519
 and all Israel

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.400
 mourned for him

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.159
 according to the

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.859
 word of the Lord

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:36.199
 which he spake

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.940
 by the hand

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.639
 of his servant

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:39.139
 Ahijah the prophet.

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.440
 You know

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.339
 the implications

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.359
 of all this

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.920
 began to

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.480
 become a reality

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:48.740
 before his wife

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.159
 could even

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:50.079
 return and tell

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.539
 what was going

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.079
 to happen

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.880
 when she

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.519
 stepped in the

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.760
 door

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.380
 the child

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.800
 died.

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.559
 That heavy

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.280
 news that

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.300
 the prophet

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.880
 brought

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.380
 came to

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.860
 fruition.

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.599
 The first

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.119
 part of the

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.900
 prophecy was

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.519
 fulfilled

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.039
 just as it

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.320
 had been

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.840
 declared.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.659
 You say

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.059
 why would

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.719
 God do that?

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.159
 God said

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.639
 I want you

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.039
 to know

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.380
 that I'm

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.539
 going to

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.880
 do it.

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.300
 But in

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.740
 the meantime

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.400
 God's being

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.240
 merciful to say

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.719
 hey there's

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.380
 an opportunity.

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.780
 there's an

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.320
 opportunity

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.860
 there.

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.460
 There should

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.260
 be no doubt

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.119
 as to the

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.659
 other part

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.659
 being fulfilled.

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.159
 If God

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.760
 fulfilled the

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.240
 one part

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.480
 he's going

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.800
 to fulfill

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.139
 the other

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.480
 part.

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:25.920
 You know

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.539
 the reality

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.500
 comes in

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.619
 and is

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.380
 recorded for

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.719
 us over

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.179
 in 2nd

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.659
 Chronicles

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.619
 chapter 13

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.280
 where the

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.679
 king of

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:32.980
 Judah

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.699
 comes

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:36.000
 and Abijah

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.320
 and his

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.079
 people slew

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.300
 them.

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.119
 Verse 17

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.559
 in chapter

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.000
 13

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.400
 a great

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.820
 slaughter

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.340
 so fell

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.099
 down

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.559
 slaying

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.039
 of Israel

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.519
 500,000

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.420
 chosen men.

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.420
 Jeroboam

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.119
 end

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:48.300
 was soon

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.780
 after.

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.519
 Look back

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.780
 in our

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.280
 text there

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.720
 in 1st

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.059
 Kings

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.900
 and it

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.300
 says in

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.559
 verse 19

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.960
 in the rest

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.180
 of the

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.619
 acts of

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.240
 Jeroboam

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.920
 how he

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.480
 warred

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.800
 and how

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.000
 he

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.420
 reigned

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.800
 behold

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.860
 they are

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.159
 written

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.519
 in the

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.800
 book of

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:00.920
 the

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.440
 chronicles

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.700
 of the

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:01.940
 kings

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.519
 of Israel

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.519
 and the

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.159
 days of

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.820
 Jeroboam

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.180
 reigned

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.700
 were two

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.280
 and twenty

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.780
 years

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.099
 and he

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.420
 slept

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.780
 with his

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.159
 fathers

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.380
 and Nadab

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.019
 his son

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.519
 reigned

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.880
 in his

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.280
 stead.

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:11.940
 2nd

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.340
 Chronicles

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.220
 chapter 13

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.599
 and verse

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.059
 20

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.439
 tells us

00:36:15.439 --> 00:36:15.919
 that God

00:36:15.919 --> 00:36:16.459
 struck

00:36:16.459 --> 00:36:17.219
 Jeroboam

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.500
 and he

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.799
 died.

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.559
 A man

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.919
 that had

00:36:18.919 --> 00:36:19.359
 been given

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.199
 great promises

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:21.000
 but from

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.480
 God

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.359
 that God

00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:23.699
 said I'm

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:23.919
 going to

00:36:23.919 --> 00:36:24.500
 set you

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.899
 to do

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:25.699
 great things

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:25.959
 you're going

00:36:25.959 --> 00:36:26.299
 to have a

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:26.579
 kingdom

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.000
 that's going

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.179
 to be

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.759
 likened to

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.319
 David's.

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:30.320
 if but

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.680
 you will

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.220
 obey me

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.920
 and Jeroboam

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.519
 goes no

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.900
 I'm going

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.100
 to put

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.460
 you behind

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.980
 my back.

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.500
 We need

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.059
 to realize

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.580
 that God's

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:36.080
 judgment's

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.300
 real.

00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.080
 Just because

00:36:37.080 --> 00:36:37.460
 he gives

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.300
 grace today

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.840
 doesn't mean

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.200
 he's not

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.400
 going to

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.760
 hold to

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.160
 account.

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.320
 We need

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.620
 to always

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:44.340
 be mindful

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.840
 of those

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.519
 things and

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.200
 we ought

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.460
 to be

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.000
 careful that

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.300
 we don't

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.760
 put his

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.340
 promises

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.400
 and what

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.880
 he tells

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.240
 is his

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.780
 commands

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.360
 behind our

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.700
 back.

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.360
 Hopefully

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.200
 your sins

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:53.680
 are behind

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.300
 his back

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.940
 and not

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.519
 his word

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.320
 behind ours.

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.960
 Important

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.580
 lesson to

00:36:57.580 --> 00:36:58.039
 be learned

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.900
 from Jeroboam.

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.559
 Let's pray.