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 1 Kings, 1 Kings chapter 12 tonight as we continue looking at our series here talking about transitions.

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 And as the children of Israel we're experiencing a transition in leadership and as the kingdom

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 has been divided. And we see here that the people last week had made a decision

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 about who they were going to follow whether it was going to be Rehoboam or it was going to be Jeroboam.

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 And we saw that as they made that separation there we know that Rehoboam the king of Judah,

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 Solomon's son, had taken refuge there in Jerusalem and began to build his defenses. And the Bible tells

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 us that he fortified 15 cities throughout Judah and also used his wealth that his father had left

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 him because Solomon we know had great wealth and great means. And so Rehoboam had all sorts of means

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 to deal with that. And you can make a little note and read over in 2 Chronicles chapter 11 talks about

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 those cities and what he did. But this evening we're going to look at Jeroboam because Jeroboam

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 goes about things on a little smaller scale. And we're going to see that the opportunity here though

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 before Jeroboam we're going to find was really a pretty remarkable offering that God made to him.

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 I mean when you consider what God did and what God said to him and what God declared,

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 Jeroboam was at a pivotal point of making a decision what was he going to do? What direction

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 was he going to take? And how was he going to do that? Because as we know Jeroboam here does

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 some fortification but only in two cities, Shechem and Penel. And we find here that God had made a

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 promise if you remember back in chapter 11 we talked about that, that God made a promise to him that he

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 would establish him a sure house, a sure lineage just like he had for David. I mean that's, when you

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 look in the scripture that's a pretty powerful promise from God. When God said that David, and he's

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 going to establish what he told David about an everlasting kingdom to say, I'm going to put something

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 and give you a kingdom much like it. That's a pretty powerful statement, pretty powerful opportunity

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 that he had before him. To make a decision of what direction he was going to go. And it was contingent

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 though on one thing and that was very clearly his willingness to walk in the ways of the Lord right

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 in God's sight. You know, the same is true for us today. If we expect God's blessing we need to be

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 doing the same. You know, we need to be following his commands and doing what's right in the sight of

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 the Lord and not others. So really it's the same command even to us, you know. If you want God's

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 blessing you need to do what God has instructed to get that blessing. And so we're going to see here

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 Jeroboam had great, quite a blessing available to him. And upon the establishment here of the northern

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 kingdom as Israel, he faced those normal decisions as a leader. You know, becomes a new nation. There were

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 some things that every nation needs. And you know, even if you watch that display last night, you know,

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 there's two things that they always kind of mention. And the two things every nation will talk about, one is

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 security. You know, how secure is the nation? And you talk about the economy. You know, those are two physical

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 needs of every nation. And we're going to find here that that's exactly what Jeroboam focuses upon first, is

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 establishing. Because these two cities, as we're going to be looking here tonight, he wanted that

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 protection, that security, and then the economy. Because those are the two things that help open the

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 door for a place to be successful. You know, when people feel secure and have a means of resources,

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 it leads to security and just feeling like you can make progress and that you move forward.

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 And so as we see Jeroboam was preparing for these things, the physical needs of the kingdom,

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 we're going to find that he also understood the importance of a religious and worship within a

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 kingdom or a nation. You know, and we're going to look at that a little bit tonight. Take a look over

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 here in 1 Kings chapter 12. Look down at verse 25. We're going to start here tonight in verse 25. And it

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 says, then Jeroboam built Shechem in Mount Ephraim and dwelt therein and went out from thence and built

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 Penel. And so we see here, the first thing is the physical needs of the kingdom. You know,

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 he needed some things established to be able to move forward. The physical needs are that of any

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 nation. Like I said, economy and security. You know, you have to have a means of production,

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 a means of taking care of people, and a way to do it safely. And so he's, and to meet the needs

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 of the people in that. And so as we look here, Jeroboam recognized this importance. And that's

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 the reason he established and looked at these first in his kingdom. You know, we're told first

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 that he built Shechem as his capital city. You know, Shechem was a very strategic city along a major

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 trade route through which the economy things of the northern tribes would pass. But it was also

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 a place where the military traffic would flow. It was a means of getting military and security

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 where it might need to be in a quick format. And so as we see him working on that, but we notice also

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 it was located in Ephraim, and which made logical sense because what tribe was Jeroboam from?

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 Who's awake?

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 From Ephraim. You know, so it kind of makes sense. You're going to, a king is going to get around

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 where he's going to have the most security for himself too. And so we're going to see here this

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 city that he built here. And but the other thing, city he built is Penel, located on the east side of

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 the Jordan. Now if we remember, if you remember back in Numbers chapter 32, you'll find it there in

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 Numbers 32, that the other side of the Jordan, there was two and a half tribes that stayed on the

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 east side of the Jordan. You had Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh, and those were part of

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 the ten that went with Jeroboam. And so Penel is located over there. It was a city that served the

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 same purpose. It was on an economic and a place of military that he could defend for the people. It was

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 that same thing, an economy and security for the people on the other side of Jordan. So these two

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 cities made sense for this. And, you know, it was a gesture towards those on the other side of the

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 Jordan. But the fortification of these two cities solidified the tribes together in the new kingdom.

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 You know, remember I said earlier that how many cities did Rehoboam fortify? He did what? Fifteen.

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 Jeroboam does two. Now that goes back, I think, to what happened earlier. Because remember,

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 what caused the kingdom to split? What was the argument that led to the division? Taxes.

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 So I think he only fortified two cities because he didn't want to do what? Put a heavy levy or tax on

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 the people to do the rest. It's, you know, if you just saw a revolt because of it, it's probably pretty

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 smart not to say, hey guys, I know you just revolted for this, but I'm going to do the same thing and

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 increase the levy. You know, probably not a good move politically or even physically for him to be

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 able to do that. So I think he did the two cities as what was the minimum that was needed to do this.

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 And so Solomon would have left Rehoboam all these things to be able to do so much more there. And so

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 we see those physical needs of the nation. But you know, more importantly, even though those are things

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 are very important to have economy and to have security, the religious dynamic of a nation

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 has a great impact on both the economy and the security of a nation.

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 Because, you know, when we realize that God is the one who promises to provide for our needs,

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 God's the one that promises to take care of us. We need to understand the importance here as we're

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 going to look at the religious needs of the nation. Because every nation will have a religious system

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 that it gives, that it has to give direction and connection among the people. You know, one person

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 basically said it this way, he says, religiously unified people are politically unified.

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 What somebody believes religiously will impact how they connect with somebody else politically.

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 I think we see that in our nation today too, don't we?

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 You see that directly dynamic of what somebody thinks of God or who they worship or what they

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 worship impacts the political dynamic. And so we're going to see here that Rehoboam understood this,

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 the importance of the who and the what and the how a nation worships along with where they worship

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 will draw people together. And so we're going to see here this evening, we're going to look at Jeroboam

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 because Jeroboam had some considerations that he had to do. You know, Jeroboam's consideration,

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 we're going to look at first. What did he have to consider in this when it came to the religious

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 dynamic within Israel?

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 You know, look here at verse 26.

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 And Jeroboam said in his heart, now shall the kingdom return to the house of David?

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 If this people go up and do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of

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 this people turn again unto their Lord, even unto Rehoboam, king of Judah, and they shall kill me and go

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 again to Rehoboam, king of Judah. And so I want you to see here, he began making some consideration.

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 And he made this consideration, I want you to see here first within itself. Because as we look here,

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 remember we talked about God's promise that God had sent the prophet to Jeroboam and told him,

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 God said, I will give you these 10 tribes and establish you. He had a direct promise from God of what God

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 said he was going to do. In light of all these other elements and factors, Jeroboam had a promise

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 from God to say, this is what God said he would do if I'll follow him and walk with him.

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 That was the consideration that God had given.

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 But now Jeroboam here, when he's in the position, the responsibility of this position

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 had set in causing what we might say,

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 we refer to today as Jeroboam's here and he has some insecurities that are coming to the surface.

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 You know, all this stuff had been happening and all these things had established him.

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 The kingdom was starting to be established. The cities were getting built.

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 And now he had some insecurities about what was happening.

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 You know, I want you to understand today, sometimes we can let our insecurities that come up

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 in life begin to direct us instead of what God has said direct us.

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 And we're going to see this in Jeroboam here tonight because when we understand earlier,

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 the prophet Ahijah there in 1 Kings chapter 11 had revealed that Jeroboam would roll over those

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 10 tribes and liberty was given to him over there in 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 Look over there in verse 37.

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 There in chapter 11, notice what it says,

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 I want you to see here, God basically gave him a blank check of direction as long as he followed the Lord.

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 He gave him a lot of liberty

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 of leadership,

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 a lot of liberty of things

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 as long as he put those things under the context of following the Lord.

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 He said, according to all your soul desires.

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 That's a pretty big blank check.

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 God gave him and offered him so much,

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 but the direction it would take

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 was placed upon him as king.

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 And we notice here

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 that while his kingdom

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 would not be the one through which Christ would come,

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 God had promised him a great kingdom

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 and lineage if he hearkened

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 under the Lord's commands.

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 You know, the Lord of God,

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 he was to walk in the Lord's ways

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 and do right in his sight.

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 This would be his choice

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 as to the outcome.

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 You know, the same choice we have today

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 about what God has told us to do.

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 God gives us a choice in the outcome.

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 He says,

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 if you do this,

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 Jeroboam and Israel

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 were not bound to turn from the Lord,

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 but I want you to see here

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 that they made a conscious choice to do so.

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 As we're going to look here a little later,

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 you're going to find that some,

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 as the choices were made,

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 some of the tribe,

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 ten tribes,

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 actually went to Judah

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 because they said,

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 these people are not following the Lord.

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 They made a choice

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 in the direction of where they were going.

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 And we're going to see what led to that,

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 but notice here with me

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 that Jeroboam's problem was

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 in his heart.

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 Notice back over here in verse 26,

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 and Jeroboam said in where?

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 His heart.

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 Now, when the Bible talks about your heart,

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 it's the center of feelings

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 and emotion and who you are.

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 And I want you to see here

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 and understand

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 because we do the same thing sometimes

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 because in our heart,

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 those feelings come up.

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 You know, we have feelings and fears

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 that come about in life

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 as we walk through life.

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 There's things that scare you,

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 things that cause fears and insecurities.

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 You have feelings there

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 of different things.

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 And oftentimes we're going to see here

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 as he said in his heart,

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 now God knows

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 because God gave us emotions.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 we're going to see here tonight

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 the dangers of letting how you feel

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 outweigh what God has said

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 get you in trouble.

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 Because our reliance is not upon how we feel,

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 but it's by faith

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 in what God has promised to us.

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 To understand the importance

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 because as you read through

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 the prophet Jeremiah later on,

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 you'll find that Jeremiah

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 talks a lot about the heart.

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 You know, look over in Jeremiah chapter 9

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 for a moment.

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 Jeremiah chapter 9.

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 As we look here

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 in Jeremiah 9,

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 look down at verse 13.

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 Because you'll see here

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 that Jeremiah,

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 if you do a word search on heart,

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 it comes up a lot

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 in the book of Jeremiah.

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 Talking about the heart

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 and referencing the things

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 of a person's heart,

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 their center of feeling

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 and emotion.

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 It says in verse 13,

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 the Lord saith,

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 because they have forsaken

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 my law,

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 which I set before them

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 and not obeyed my voice,

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 neither walked therein,

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 but notice verse 14,

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 but they have walked

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 after the what?

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 Imagination of what?

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 Their own heart.

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 And after Balaam,

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 which their fathers taught them.

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 You know,

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 I want you to see here,

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 his heart was a problem

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 because you say,

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 why did he fear?

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 He feared the people

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 would leave him

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 and go back to Rehoboam.

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 He had a fear

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 that the people

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 were going to not only

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 go back to Rehoboam,

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 but they were going to kill him.

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 When they did it,

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 if he allowed them

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 to continue to go

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 to Jerusalem

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 to worship.

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 And so we're going to see here

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 that Jeroboam here,

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 he allowed his fears

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 and his feelings

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 to direct his choice,

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 you know.

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 And tonight,

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 I want you to consider

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 how often do we let

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 those things

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 direct our choices?

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 Our fears and feelings

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 sometimes overpower

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 trusting by faith

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 what God has said.

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 Instead of seeking out

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 and holding on

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.840
 to the promises of God,

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.100
 he let his fear

00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.880
 and his feelings

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.799
 overwhelm

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 and he began

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 to take counsel.

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 And we find here

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 that Jeroboam

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.640
 seeks counsel,

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 you know.

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.380
 We talked about that

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:39.340
 before.

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 You know,

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.779
 counsel's a good thing.

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.920
 As long as you're getting

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.720
 the right counsel.

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:46.399
 Because sometimes

00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.319
 we need to be careful

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:48.259
 because just like

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.899
 Rehoboam,

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.539
 if you remember,

00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.200
 he sought counsel,

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.220
 didn't like the counsel,

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.180
 so he went and sought out

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.160
 the counsel that he wanted

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.500
 to hear.

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.660
 You know?

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.720
 When you seek counsel,

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.639
 I encourage you

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 to go to somebody

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 who you know

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.660
 are going to tell you

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 the truth

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 and not just

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 what you want to hear

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 to affirm your choices.

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 You might be making

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.180
 the right choice,

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 but you want to know

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 that person's telling you

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 that yes,

00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.360
 this is the right,

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.400
 proper choice

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 going this direction

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 not because they're trying

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 to make you feel good

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 but because it is

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 the right direction.

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 To understand,

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 and we see this picture

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 of the counsel,

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 Jeroboam's counsel.

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 Look here at verse 28.

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 It says,

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 Whereupon the king

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 took counsel

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 and so we see here

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 instead of listening

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 to the counsel

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.019
 he'd received

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.180
 from the prophet,

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 remember the prophet,

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 Ahijah had come

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 and told him

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 what God was going to do,

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 how God was going

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 to secure his kingdom.

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 All he had to do

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.319
 was make a choice

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 to follow God.

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 To say,

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 I'm going to put God

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 and his way

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 as a priority.

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 To do the things

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 of God.

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 But the counsel

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.639
 he received

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 was definitely

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 from those

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 who desired

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 something different

00:19:00.679 --> 00:19:01.919
 from what God wanted.

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.960
 He wanted to look

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 and instead

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.419
 he wanted a secular decision

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 instead of a divine decision.

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.379
 You know,

00:19:11.419 --> 00:19:11.859
 oftentimes

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.980
 we can get caught up

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.259
 in that.

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 We want what the world wants

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 instead of what God wants.

00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:19.960
 To follow what God

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 would have

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 and we see here

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 and understand,

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:22.700
 you know,

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 think about Psalm 1.

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 I mean,

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 the psalmist starts off

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 in Psalm 1 verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Blessed is the man

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 that walketh not

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 in what?

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 The counsel of who?

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 The ungodly.

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 The two type of counsel

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 you'll receive

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 will either be

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 godly counsel

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 or ungodly counsel.

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 There's not a whole,

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.519
 the Bible doesn't make

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 any other distinctions.

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 We need to understand

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 the importance

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:52.140
 of godly counsel

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 because godly counsel

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.000
 is what's going

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.940
 to bring about

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 the right things

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 in your life.

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 Turn over to Psalm 33

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 for a moment.

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 Psalm 33,

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 we look here

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.860
 at Psalm 33

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 in verse 10.

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 It says,

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 The Lord bringeth

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 the counsel

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 of the heathen

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 to not.

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 He maketh

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 the devices

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 of the people

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 of none effect.

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 The counsel

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.640
 of the Lord

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 does what?

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 Standeth forever.

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 the thoughts

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 of his heart

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:36.279
 to all generations.

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.419
 You know,

00:20:37.439 --> 00:20:37.980
 the counsel

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.759
 he received

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:40.199
 was to keep

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 the people

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 from the heritage

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.419
 that God

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:43.619
 had given to them

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 to form a new

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.679
 or modified religion

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 to take its place.

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.299
 You know,

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.859
 one of the things

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.740
 we have today

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.779
 that you'll hear about,

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.939
 you'll see a term

00:20:53.939 --> 00:20:54.939
 floated around today

00:20:54.939 --> 00:20:56.480
 called deconstruction.

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 And you have Christians,

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 I'm deconstructing

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 my faith.

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 It's a very popular

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.560
 thing right now.

00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:09.480
 There's a lot

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.260
 of people chasing

00:21:10.260 --> 00:21:11.060
 after that.

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 This mindset

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.900
 of deconstruction,

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 it's a modern movement

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 that really,

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 I want you to understand

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 that the first premise

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 of it is not necessarily

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.340
 bad,

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 but the devil

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.520
 is in the details.

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 Because I firmly believe

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 you ought to

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 break down

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 and say,

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 why do I believe

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 what I believe?

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 That's a good

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 godly thing.

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 The problem is

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.059
 those that deconstruct

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.879
 tear down everything

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:42.200
 and reject everything

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.879
 and they look at

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:44.039
 the world's interpretation

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.379
 instead of what God says.

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.420
 That's where

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.119
 they get in trouble.

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.899
 They're trying to

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.899
 filter their faith

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.659
 through the world

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:52.159
 instead of filtering

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.740
 their faith

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.579
 through the word of God.

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.240
 And we see this,

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.420
 it's a movement

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.200
 though that seeks

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.180
 to draw people

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.559
 away from the Lord

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.940
 by presenting

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.460
 a new or modified

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.559
 truth to follow.

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.839
 In other words,

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.140
 they kind of make things

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.099
 up as they go along

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.940
 if this is what God

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.680
 really wants.

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.460
 This is direction

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.779
 God really wants

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.420
 you to be here.

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.980
 Those people are

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.259
 oppressive by telling you

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.339
 what God has said.

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.319
 You know,

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.379
 you'll find people

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.779
 in this,

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.899
 they go Bible shopping.

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.119
 Find a verse

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:27.639
 that agrees with me.

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.679
 You know,

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.319
 the problem is

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.839
 we ought to just

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.839
 take the book we have

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.119
 and say,

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:35.059
 do I agree with it?

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.819
 That's the difference

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.720
 and here we find

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:41.119
 Jeroboam,

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.919
 he's shopping

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.379
 to say,

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.639
 how do I remake,

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:46.199
 how do I break down

00:22:46.199 --> 00:22:47.240
 what we've known

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.740
 and make something new

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.559
 that's different

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:51.079
 that I can now

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.099
 be in control of?

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.079
 And deconstructionist,

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.779
 a lot of that is

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.180
 I want to be in control

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.579
 of who I am.

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.620
 Instead of saying

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.500
 I want God

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.299
 to be in control,

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.400
 His Spirit to control

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.120
 who I am.

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.620
 And so we see here,

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.420
 it's not just rethinking

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:08.079
 but we need to understand

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.319
 that we need to rethink

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.180
 things through

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.839
 the lens of Scripture

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.120
 and not through the lens

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.359
 of feelings and fears.

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:17.000
 Because oftentimes

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.200
 that's where it gets brought.

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.759
 We let our heart dictate

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.940
 instead of the Word of God.

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.240
 To understand the choice

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.599
 because look at what he did,

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.680
 Jeroboam's choice here

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.660
 that he makes.

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.859
 Look here at verse 28.

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.660
 It says,

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:33.099
 whereon the king took counsel

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.720
 and notice what he did

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.039
 after following the counsel.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.859
 And it says,

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.539
 he made two calves of gold

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:40.339
 and said unto them,

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.779
 it is too much for you

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.900
 to go up to Jerusalem.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.599
 Behold thy gods,

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.980
 so is,

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.240
 he brought thee up

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.299
 out of the land of Egypt.

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.299
 And he set the one

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.919
 in Bethel

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.399
 and the other

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:53.759
 he put in Dan.

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.559
 I want you to see

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.500
 the decision here

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:02.000
 was to prevent the people

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.379
 from going up to Jerusalem.

00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:05.619
 Now what did God

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.259
 command them?

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.119
 At this time,

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.259
 Solomon built what

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.839
 in Jerusalem?

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:08.980
 The temple.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:11.039
 The temple.

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:13.839
 Where was all the focus

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.620
 of the temple

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.559
 or all the focus

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.420
 of God's worship

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.079
 supposed to be

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.759
 from that point?

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.740
 In Jerusalem,

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.440
 in the temple.

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.860
 It's where every Jewish male

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.460
 was to go up

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.339
 three times a year.

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.680
 To worship the Lord,

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.819
 to honor the Lord.

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:36.599
 So what does Jeroboam do?

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.700
 His decision was

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.660
 to prevent the people

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.640
 from going up

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.580
 because he said

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.380
 if they go up,

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.960
 they're going to turn

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.519
 against me.

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.900
 That's a fear he had.

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.600
 But remember

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.640
 what God told him?

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:49.759
 God said,

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.100
 if you serve me,

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.100
 God basically said,

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.340
 don't worry about that

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.400
 because if they're

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.220
 worshiping me

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.940
 and you're serving

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.420
 the Lord,

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.740
 I'm the one

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.680
 that's giving security.

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.460
 I'm the one

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.819
 that's going to

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.519
 take care of that.

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.980
 It's not going

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.580
 to be a problem.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.380
 But oftentimes,

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.280
 we get caught up

00:25:07.280 --> 00:25:07.920
 in our fears

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.740
 and our feelings

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.940
 just like Jeroboam

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.540
 and it gets us

00:25:11.540 --> 00:25:12.020
 in trouble.

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.680
 And so we see here

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.780
 that he makes

00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:15.560
 this decision

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:17.240
 to go up there.

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.500
 Jeroboam's choice

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.520
 was just that,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.900
 to prevent the people

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.420
 to go

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.780
 and it would require

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:24.060
 complete reworking

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:24.860
 of the people's

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.380
 understanding of God

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.000
 and worship.

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.460
 And we find

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.220
 this same thing

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.720
 happening

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.060
 throughout history.

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.940
 We see it

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.779
 happening today.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.679
 People reconstructing

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.440
 what they want

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.119
 God to be

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.039
 and how they want

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.500
 to worship

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.119
 and where they

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.779
 want to worship

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.740
 because Jeroboam's

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.139
 choice,

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.079
 first he changed

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.859
 the focus

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.720
 of worship

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:50.000
 because our focus

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.599
 of worship

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.279
 is supposed to be

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.659
 on who?

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.319
 On Jesus.

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.839
 On Christ.

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:59.980
 On God himself.

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.440
 What's he do?

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.200
 He changes

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.099
 the focus

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.720
 of worship

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.420
 because the focus

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.420
 had been centered

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:08.360
 around the temple

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.980
 where there was

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.019
 mercy seat

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.200
 between the cherubs

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.539
 there in the

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.200
 tabernacle.

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.160
 That was the focus.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.620
 When you go

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.440
 to the tabernacle

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.779
 or you go

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.360
 to the temple,

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.740
 the focus

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.380
 of worship

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:23.259
 was on the mercy

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.220
 seat that had

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.960
 the two angels

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.259
 over it.

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.940
 That was the seat

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.500
 of judgment.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.259
 It was a place

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.440
 on the day of atonement

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.340
 that the high priest

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.059
 would come in

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.380
 and make atonement

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.000
 for sin.

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.880
 That was the focal

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.380
 point.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.120
 That sin

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.840
 would be covered.

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.380
 That sin

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.940
 would be taken

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.460
 care of.

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.259
 It was the focal

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.799
 point of those

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.240
 things.

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.759
 But notice

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.360
 what's the new

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.039
 focal point?

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.539
 Two calves.

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:56.360
 Turn back with me

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.240
 over to the book

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.920
 of Exodus

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.560
 for a moment.

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.600
 Exodus chapter

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.240
 32.

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.720
 Some of you

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.340
 might already

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:06.800
 know what's

00:27:06.800 --> 00:27:07.039
 there.

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.440
 Exodus 32,

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.180
 24.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.960
 Excuse me,

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.680
 verse 4.

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.640
 I fat fingered

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.000
 that one.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.060
 Verse 4.

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:26.140
 Verse 4.

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.840
 Stand up and

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.140
 read that.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.460
 Joe, you

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.880
 got that?

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.420
 Exodus 32,

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.820
 verse...

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.960
 No, go down

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.500
 to 24.

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.120
 I think 24

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.420
 is the one

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.720
 I want.

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.820
 Verse 24.

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:36.880
 Verse 24.

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.880
 Yeah.

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.520
 Yeah.

00:27:54.520 --> 00:27:54.640
 Yeah.

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.040
 This is back

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.980
 when Moses

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.560
 and Joshua

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.240
 were up on the

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.940
 mountain and Aaron

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.020
 was left in charge.

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:02.660
 This is one of the

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.640
 greatest tales you

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.360
 ever find in the

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.640
 Bible.

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.020
 that Aaron says,

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.640
 we just put the

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.320
 gold in and the

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.340
 calf jumped out.

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.560
 You know?

00:28:14.520 --> 00:28:15.940
 But we find here

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.980
 that Jeroboam had

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.780
 two calves,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.340
 gold,

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.240
 as their gods,

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.140
 just as Aaron

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.520
 declared.

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.440
 Now read verse 4

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.880
 for me.

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.800
 Since you already

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.220
 got it.

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:28.220
 Huh.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:46.839
 Does that sound

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.220
 familiar?

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.299
 Scripture?

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.440
 It's interesting

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.519
 that Jeroboam

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.620
 used the exact

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.120
 same.

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.680
 He quotes

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.360
 Scripture.

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.039
 Now, it's

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.960
 recorded Scripture,

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.519
 but it was

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.360
 definitely not the

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.880
 right Scripture

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.480
 to be quoting.

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.279
 Because he was

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.839
 telling them what

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.140
 they did.

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.039
 He was quoting

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.620
 what they did

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.380
 wrong, not what

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.079
 they did right.

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.620
 You know?

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.640
 The one thing

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.140
 you'll learn,

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.039
 the devil always

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.880
 deceives people

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.519
 by Scripture

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.319
 out of context.

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:21.160
 So we need

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.779
 to be careful.

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.299
 We must be

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.039
 careful not to

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.740
 be deceived

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.100
 by another

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.460
 gospel.

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:25.920
 What was

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.600
 Jeroboam

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.259
 presenting to

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.380
 them?

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.640
 He was

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.220
 presenting to

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.720
 them another

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:30.500
 gospel, another

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:33.000
 Jesus, another

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.860
 Savior, another

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.759
 way of redemption.

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.140
 He was

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.140
 presenting them a

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.920
 falsehood that

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.660
 countered the

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.880
 one that God

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.360
 would have.

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.940
 Think over in

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.579
 the New Testament

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.140
 for a minute.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.620
 Look over to

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.400
 2 Corinthians

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.680
 chapter 11.

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:50.920
 2 Corinthians

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.820
 chapter 11

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.560
 verse 3.

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.860
 We see over

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.500
 this, it

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.660
 says,

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.340
 But I fear

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.200
 lest by any

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.539
 means as a

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.259
 serpent be

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.320
 godly Eve

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.840
 through his

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:01.039
 subtlety, so

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.940
 your minds

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.700
 should be

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.860
 corrupted from

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.700
 the simplicity

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.680
 that is in

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.160
 Christ.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.640
 For if he

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.259
 that cometh

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.740
 preaches,

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.299
 notice this,

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.600
 what?

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.820
 Another

00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.299
 Jesus.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:13.099
 You know,

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:13.539
 there's a lot

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.919
 of false

00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:14.619
 religions that

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.180
 preach another

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.539
 Jesus.

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.299
 It's not the

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.039
 Jesus from the

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.339
 Bible.

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.700
 You'll find a

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.159
 lot of people

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.680
 today, they

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.200
 promote a

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.919
 Jesus that's a

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.740
 climate Jesus.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.220
 You know, you

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.859
 find him that

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:29.419
 he's a Jesus

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.139
 that just loves

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.980
 everybody and

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.559
 just accepts

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.099
 everybody.

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.859
 You'll find all

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.819
 sorts of strange

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:38.059
 Jesuses presented.

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:42.619
 notice what it

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.039
 says.

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.019
 He says,

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.720
 For if he that

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.379
 cometh preaches

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.859
 another Jesus

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.980
 whom we have

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.700
 not preached,

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.519
 or if you

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.419
 receive another

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.480
 spirit which you

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.460
 have not received,

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.279
 or another gospel

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.919
 which you have

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.700
 not accepted,

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:55.980
 ye might well

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.819
 bear with him.

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.220
 So understand

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.220
 what he's talking

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.559
 about here.

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.879
 He's talking

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.399
 about that we

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.279
 can be deceived

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.859
 if we're not

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.240
 careful.

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.440
 We live in the

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.139
 world that people

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:07.859
 get deceived by a

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.599
 false gospel,

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.039
 and you have

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.619
 people like

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.479
 Jeroboam run

00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:11.219
 around trying to

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:12.699
 control, because I

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.079
 want you to

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.259
 understand, the

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.319
 devil loves

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.379
 religion because

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.459
 religion controls

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:17.899
 people.

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.339
 That's the reason

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:24.359
 that religion that

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.419
 is of the

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.799
 scripture, remember

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.819
 Jesus gives

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.319
 liberty.

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:32.000
 The world likes

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.859
 a religion that

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.579
 keeps control.

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:37.419
 There's a

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.839
 difference.

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:40.000
 we are set

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.039
 free in Christ.

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.740
 Not to be

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.740
 entangled again,

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.419
 you know, look

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.359
 over to 1 John

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.879
 for a moment,

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.759
 1 John chapter

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.159
 4.

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.119
 1 John chapter

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.679
 4, John here

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.459
 writes here, he

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:54.000
 says this,

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.839
 beloved, believe

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.899
 not every spirit.

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.339
 You know?

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.959
 Believe not every

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:03.079
 spirit, but try the

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.899
 spirits whether they

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:05.219
 are of God, because

00:32:05.219 --> 00:32:06.479
 many false prophets

00:32:06.479 --> 00:32:07.359
 are gone out into

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.819
 the world.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.419
 Hereby we know the

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.159
 spirit of God.

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.139
 Every spirit that

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:13.240
 confesses that Jesus

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.439
 Christ is come in the

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:16.159
 flesh is of God.

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.379
 And every spirit that

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.500
 confesses not that

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.539
 Jesus Christ is come

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.479
 in the flesh is not

00:32:20.479 --> 00:32:20.979
 of God.

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.179
 And this is that

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.740
 spirit of

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.419
 Antichrist, and you

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:26.240
 have heard that it

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.199
 should come, and even

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:29.659
 now already is in the

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.059
 world.

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.099
 world.

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.480
 You know, I want you

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.259
 to understand that this

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:37.119
 spirit that worketh in

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.879
 the world is one that

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:40.440
 can deceive people very

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.779
 easily.

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.259
 The devil's subtle.

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.679
 Notice what Jeroboam did.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:49.299
 He took this and said,

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.259
 here's your two new

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.079
 gods, people.

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.839
 Here's the gods that we

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.200
 have.

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:55.839
 He changed the focus.

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:58.500
 A calf or bull is

00:32:58.500 --> 00:33:00.619
 symbolic of the gods

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.539
 that they worshipped in

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.859
 Egypt.

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.859
 Now remember, where was

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.119
 Jeroboam before he came

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.679
 back up?

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.559
 In Egypt.

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.059
 He came back up with

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.699
 this Egyptian idea, but

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:13.480
 also that was within the

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.980
 land because a bull also

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:17.139
 was one that they used a

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.500
 symbol to worship Baal.

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:23.859
 The symbol of the bull was

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:25.339
 a symbol of strength and

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.880
 fertility.

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.720
 That's the reason you'll

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.759
 find, as we talked about

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:32.460
 earlier, what did Solomon

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.559
 get in trouble for?

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.480
 Because he was

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.460
 worshipping Baal.

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.759
 And Ashtoreth.

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:49.519
 It was a symbol here, and

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.000
 we see here, so the first

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.940
 thing he did, he said, we

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.200
 need to change the focus.

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.879
 We need to understand as

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.519
 believers, and if you

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.940
 understand the word of God,

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.440
 Jesus is the focus.

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.799
 He is the one.

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.879
 But notice the second thing

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:08.059
 they did here, because they

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.300
 changed the place of

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.599
 worship.

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.219
 Changed the place of

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.579
 worship.

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.540
 Jeroboam was afraid that

00:34:15.540 --> 00:34:16.620
 the people would go up to

00:34:16.620 --> 00:34:17.700
 Jerusalem to worship, that

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.900
 they'd be drawn back to

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.500
 Rehoboam.

00:34:20.040 --> 00:34:21.600
 So he establishes two

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:23.140
 places of worship, one in

00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:24.620
 Bethel and the other in

00:34:24.620 --> 00:34:24.980
 Dan.

00:34:25.540 --> 00:34:26.200
 Now, I want you to

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:28.200
 understand here, it's

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.240
 important to note that

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.660
 these two places, why did

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.260
 he choose them?

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.380
 Well, both of them are

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.920
 places of historical

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.000
 places of religion taking

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.480
 place.

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:42.180
 Bethel, we know for

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:43.360
 sure, if you look in

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.460
 Genesis, Bethel has a lot

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.380
 of things happen there

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.280
 that were good things.

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:50.660
 Abraham and Isaac and

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:53.260
 Jacob worshiped the Lord

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.840
 in Bethel.

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:58.019
 But I want you to

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.240
 understand that there were

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.519
 no longer, that was not

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.800
 the, Bethel was not the

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.400
 central part or the central

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.840
 place.

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.760
 Where was the place?

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:08.040
 Jerusalem in the temple.

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:14.380
 But Dan was also

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.660
 interesting.

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.820
 If you study that, you can

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.700
 look a little later, you can

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.800
 read there in Judges chapter

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:21.160
 18 and read about Dan

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.980
 because Dan is where an

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.320
 individual set up his own

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:26.760
 priest and his own idol and

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:28.300
 had his own little, hired a

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.640
 couple of priests to come in,

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.740
 you know, the priests of God

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:32.800
 for hire and come in and set up

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.100
 his own little worship center.

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.420
 You know?

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:40.240
 You might say he was the

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.600
 first TV preacher, you know,

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.920
 to get people drawn in.

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:47.380
 You know, it's nothing new.

00:35:49.580 --> 00:35:51.300
 Notice what he tells us here in

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.720
 our text though, as we go back

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.740
 here to chapter 12.

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.600
 Notice what he says and he

00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:58.060
 says in verse 29, and he said,

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:09.539
 You know, the place of worship.

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.980
 I want you to understand today

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.759
 people do the same thing.

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.360
 False religions take people

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.639
 from the place they ought to be.

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.900
 Take a look over in 1 Timothy

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.539
 for a moment.

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:24.119
 Because the place, as a believer,

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.519
 we ought to be to worship

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:29.039
 is very specific in the

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.339
 scripture.

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.460
 When we understand what God

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:35.019
 says, look here in 1 Timothy

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.880
 chapter 3, look down at verse 15.

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.779
 Notice what the word of God

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.500
 tells us here.

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.940
 He says,

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.900
 But if I take long, that thou

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.159
 mayest know how they ought to

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.359
 behave thyself, where?

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:50.420
 In the house of God, which is the

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.819
 church of the living God.

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.880
 Now, I want you to understand

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.880
 because sometimes whenever we

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.559
 read that, our mind goes to our

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.019
 modern context of church.

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.460
 Wherever you see the word church,

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.820
 one thing that will help you if you

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.240
 replace it with the word assembly.

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.780
 It's ecclesia.

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.900
 It's a physical called out

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.420
 assembly.

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:12.940
 It's a presence of people.

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:17.559
 Church is not mystical.

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.800
 Church is physical.

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.800
 Church is physical.

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.800
 Church is physical.

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:24.500
 It's a gathering of people.

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:25.519
 It's not the building.

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.580
 It's not the fancy.

00:37:28.060 --> 00:37:30.019
 It's the gathering of baptized

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:32.240
 believers together, serving God

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.440
 where they are.

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.320
 But notice what it says.

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.340
 The church of who?

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.320
 The living God.

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.340
 Because you have assemblies for a

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.920
 lot of reasons.

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.280
 The pillar and ground of the

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.680
 truth.

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.779
 You know, consider what Hebrews

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:50.099
 chapter 10 tells us.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.859
 Verse 24 says this,

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:53.219
 Let us consider one another to

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:54.839
 provoke unto love and good works,

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:57.199
 not forsaking the assembling of

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.019
 ourselves together as the manner of

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:01.259
 some is, but exhorting one another

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:02.659
 so much more as you see the day

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.139
 approaching.

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:06.859
 The closer it comes to the Lord's

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:08.440
 return, the more important it is

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.379
 that we gather together because not

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:11.919
 only does it keep us focused on

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:13.480
 Christ, but it encourages one

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.780
 another.

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.980
 There's enough discouragement out

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.460
 there already.

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.699
 You know, there's enough things to

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:22.340
 cause fear and feelings all over

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.820
 the place.

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.699
 But when we come together, we can

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.280
 encourage and strengthen one

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.619
 another.

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:30.800
 Get our focus on the right things.

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:33.500
 But notice that the third thing that

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:35.179
 he did, he changed the priesthood.

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:39.000
 The next change, look here in verse

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.240
 31.

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:42.399
 It says that he made the house of

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:44.519
 high places and made priests of the

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:46.819
 lowest of the people, which were not

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:49.079
 of the sons of Levi.

00:38:50.939 --> 00:38:52.939
 He changed the priesthood.

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:55.519
 He made the priesthood out of those

00:38:55.519 --> 00:39:00.179
 that were not qualified by blood to do

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:03.000
 so because the Levites being the

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.639
 priests was kind of a blood issue

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:06.619
 because it had to do with them being

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:08.779
 born into that tribe.

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.099
 It was a family lineage.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:15.420
 You might say it's a good illustration

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.359
 of a blood lineage.

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.900
 You had to be born of one to carry

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.319
 down that.

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:21.159
 We often refer to that as a bloodline

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.679
 of people.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:26.839
 And Jeroboam said, I don't care about

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.139
 that.

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:28.159
 I'm going to set up my own.

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:35.259
 We see here that the Levites also

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:37.799
 could not worship the Lord.

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:40.599
 Notice this same parallel passage

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:42.299
 you'll find over in 2 Chronicles

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:43.019
 chapter 11.

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.239
 Take a look over there for a moment,

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:45.639
 2 Chronicles chapter 11.

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:51.319
 Because I want you to understand that

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:54.219
 chronicles and kings run parallel with

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.659
 each other.

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:58.099
 And one thing that will help you is

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:59.599
 oftentimes when you read the book of

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:02.779
 Kings, it's kind of looking from man's

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.899
 view of what's happening.

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:07.099
 Because you'll find things in Chronicles

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.819
 is kind of like God's view of what's

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.139
 happening.

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.659
 You get different details.

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:16.940
 If you want to see the picture of that,

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.480
 you can read through and you'll understand.

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:20.379
 It's interesting that in Chronicles,

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:22.859
 never mentions the sin of David.

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:26.820
 In Kings, it's mentioned as man see it,

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:28.180
 but it's not seen in Chronicles.

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:31.740
 I think a good reason for that,

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:34.160
 because Jesus said he's in God's eyes,

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:35.220
 that sin's been covered.

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.860
 Right.

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:40.340
 He says he doesn't bring those things up.

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.900
 He moves as far as the east is from the

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.220
 west.

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:46.160
 Chronicles kind of gives you,

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.880
 if you want to understand,

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:49.220
 gives us God's what God is seeing

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:50.280
 and how God's measuring.

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:53.440
 This is God's measurement.

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.760
 Look here in chapter 11.

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.280
 Look at verse 14.

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.040
 It says,

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:59.140
 For the Levites left their suburbs and their

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:01.220
 possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem.

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.580
 Now, why did all the Levites leave out of the

00:41:04.580 --> 00:41:06.200
 places that God had put them?

00:41:06.640 --> 00:41:07.180
 Because remember,

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:10.640
 their heritage was the cities of refuge

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:12.560
 within the tribes.

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:15.140
 That was what their whole heritage was.

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.540
 And they said,

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:18.119
 I don't care what my physical heritage is.

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.679
 There's a spiritual heritage that's more important.

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:23.559
 Why did they leave?

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.699
 Notice what it says.

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.159
 It says,

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:30.340
 For Jeroboam and his son cast them off from what?

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:33.659
 From executing the priest's office unto the Lord.

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.960
 He wanted to put in his own.

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.440
 He wanted to put in those that were not qualified

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.760
 to be there.

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:48.579
 The devil's no different today.

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.179
 You know,

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:51.760
 if he wants to set up a new religion,

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:53.980
 he wants to set up those that aren't qualified

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:56.559
 for places that God has put,

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:58.159
 that God has established.

00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:02.099
 You know,

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:04.079
 it's amazing as you read and look,

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:07.519
 people talk about different religious circles.

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.899
 Even in America today,

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:10.940
 they are ordaining people that are nowhere

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:13.000
 as even close to what you would call qualified.

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.379
 Totally contrary.

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:21.779
 Half of them don't even believe in Jesus as their Savior.

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:27.080
 You know,

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:28.720
 when you start looking at different things

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.440
 and what people say,

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:31.880
 you have people that qualify as chaplains today

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.900
 in different organizations

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:34.860
 that don't even believe in Jesus.

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:37.760
 But they say they're Christian chaplains.

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.180
 It's like,

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:41.200
 there's a disconnect.

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:49.800
 People ordaining women for ministry.

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.100
 You know,

00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:53.300
 that's another one that's causing all sorts of issues

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.820
 with people.

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.160
 And God says it's just settled.

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:59.160
 Just what God's Word says.

00:42:59.240 --> 00:43:01.580
 They're unqualified of those things.

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:01.820
 You know,

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:03.800
 many people follow all sorts of strange doctrines.

00:43:06.080 --> 00:43:07.100
 But I want you to see,

00:43:07.180 --> 00:43:09.940
 look at the next verse in 2 Chronicles chapter 11.

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.380
 Because remember,

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:15.320
 this is kind of God's perspective recorded for us.

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:16.740
 It says,

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:19.220
 and he ordained him priests of the high places

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:20.919
 and for the devils

00:43:20.919 --> 00:43:22.659
 and for the calves which he made.

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.980
 Jeroboam

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.719
 had made himself

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.480
 priest

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:33.739
 to his new gods.

00:43:36.919 --> 00:43:38.939
 We see this being played out.

00:43:39.459 --> 00:43:40.439
 Even Jeroboam,

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:40.759
 he says,

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.000
 well,

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.159
 I can be a priest.

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:43.480
 So he made himself a priest.

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.739
 You know,

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:45.299
 kind of patterned himself

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:46.760
 after the Egyptian Pharaoh.

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.680
 Look in verse 33.

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:52.400
 What it tells us here,

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.080
 he says this,

00:43:53.080 --> 00:43:54.740
 and so he offered upon the altar

00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:56.039
 which he had made at Bethel

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:58.380
 the fifteenth day of the eighth month,

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:59.080
 even in the month

00:43:59.080 --> 00:44:01.620
 which he had devised of his own heart

00:44:01.620 --> 00:44:03.140
 and contained a feast

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:04.640
 unto the children of Israel

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:06.160
 and he offered upon the altar

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:07.120
 and burnt incense.

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.880
 The fourth thing that he did

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:12.219
 is he changed the practice.

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:15.859
 He changed the practice.

00:44:17.259 --> 00:44:19.239
 He established new feasts

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:20.339
 to partake in.

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:24.179
 He changed what God had said about.

00:44:24.819 --> 00:44:27.799
 Remember that the feasts were given by God,

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:30.480
 each representing an important picture

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:32.779
 and the process of God's deliverance.

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:36.420
 You have the Passover,

00:44:36.580 --> 00:44:38.000
 the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:39.640
 You have the Feast of Firstfruits.

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:41.780
 You have the Feast of Weeks,

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:43.180
 also known as Pentecost.

00:44:43.560 --> 00:44:45.600
 Those are four that happened in the spring

00:44:45.600 --> 00:44:48.500
 on a set time.

00:44:50.060 --> 00:44:51.580
 God established particularly,

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:53.800
 exactly when those things

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.620
 were supposed to happen.

00:44:55.180 --> 00:44:57.060
 On the fourteenth day of Nisan,

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:59.260
 it established that the Passover

00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:00.380
 was to take place.

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.800
 He put forth,

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.680
 that was the standard

00:45:04.680 --> 00:45:05.740
 of what it was supposed to be.

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.940
 Jeroboam made his own.

00:45:08.040 --> 00:45:08.940
 You can read about those

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:10.340
 in Leviticus chapter 23.

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.600
 But then you also have

00:45:12.600 --> 00:45:14.800
 the Feast of Trumpets,

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:15.700
 the Day of the Tome,

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:17.740
 and the Feast of Tabernacle,

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.920
 which are the fall feasts.

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.880
 And three of those,

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:21.960
 the Feast of Passover,

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:23.360
 the Feast of Pentecost,

00:45:23.620 --> 00:45:25.120
 and the Feast of Tabernacle,

00:45:25.240 --> 00:45:26.460
 the Jewish men were supposed

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.519
 to go up to Jerusalem

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:29.220
 to worship on each of those feasts.

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.680
 They were to be there,

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:33.299
 and that's what Jeroboam didn't want,

00:45:33.359 --> 00:45:35.319
 so he changed the practice.

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:37.879
 He began a new system

00:45:37.879 --> 00:45:40.079
 that happened in the eighth month

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:41.559
 on the fifteenth day of the month,

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:44.179
 offering a sacrifice and feast

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:46.139
 to his new false gods.

00:45:48.819 --> 00:45:49.980
 Now I want you to understand,

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:51.460
 we see the same picture today

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.819
 because the devil loves

00:45:52.819 --> 00:45:54.399
 to get things that look religious

00:45:54.399 --> 00:45:55.980
 and look similar

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:57.159
 to distract people

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:58.919
 from what it really is.

00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:03.700
 we need to be careful

00:46:03.700 --> 00:46:05.800
 that we don't lose sight

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:07.019
 of what God has said

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:09.740
 because Jeroboam is a good morning.

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:13.180
 You've got to remember,

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:14.440
 God sent a prophet,

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.840
 a man of God,

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:17.320
 to speak directly to him

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:17.900
 and tell him

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.760
 and give him a promise.

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.300
 Have you ever heard somebody say,

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:22.619
 well, if God spoke to me

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:24.340
 or sent me a sign directly,

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:25.320
 you know, I would do it.

00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:31.200
 You're lying

00:46:31.200 --> 00:46:32.220
 because if you don't trust

00:46:32.220 --> 00:46:33.240
 what he has to say now,

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.920
 you're not going to trust

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:35.300
 even if an angel appeared to you.

00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:41.960
 But the devil always wants

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:43.800
 to mimic God's way

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:44.900
 and God's plan

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:46.100
 and changing the picture

00:46:46.100 --> 00:46:47.200
 away from God.

00:46:49.140 --> 00:46:49.780
 You know, let me just give,

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:51.400
 as we get ready to close,

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:51.960
 let me just give you

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:53.120
 a good illustration today.

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:57.279
 To the local church,

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:58.519
 God gives two ordinances.

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.980
 He gives baptism

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.880
 and the Lord's Supper.

00:47:05.339 --> 00:47:07.179
 We partake in those orders,

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:08.159
 in that order,

00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:10.880
 because somebody is saved.

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:13.159
 That's when they become

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:14.440
 a member of God's family.

00:47:17.819 --> 00:47:19.179
 They then are obedient

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:21.199
 because baptism is a picture,

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:22.199
 an outward picture

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:23.500
 of what already happened inwardly.

00:47:25.259 --> 00:47:26.460
 But some today say,

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:27.259
 well, you get baptized

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:29.239
 and that's when you get saved

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:30.779
 or that washes away your sin.

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.379
 What are they doing?

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.879
 The devil's taking a picture

00:47:33.879 --> 00:47:34.819
 that God has

00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:35.859
 and modifying it.

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:38.939
 Making people feel religious

00:47:38.939 --> 00:47:43.079
 but lost.

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:47.179
 Making them feel good

00:47:47.179 --> 00:47:49.619
 makes them settle

00:47:49.619 --> 00:47:50.559
 in their heart well

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:52.019
 but it doesn't change

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.639
 the reality.

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.139
 They're letting

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:56.079
 what's in their heart

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:57.839
 drive what they want.

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:02.079
 You take the ordinance

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.980
 of the Lord's Supper.

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.139
 Many twist it today,

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:04.500
 you know,

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:06.899
 you find you'll talk to people

00:48:06.899 --> 00:48:08.059
 and, oh, I have to,

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:08.819
 what, you know,

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.739
 why don't you do

00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:10.319
 the Lord's Supper

00:48:10.319 --> 00:48:10.899
 all the time?

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.879
 Well, the problem is

00:48:11.879 --> 00:48:13.539
 is that people get

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:14.559
 a wrong idea

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:15.379
 and a wrong thing.

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:16.740
 They say, I need to partake.

00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:18.340
 I want to tell you something,

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:19.320
 just like baptism,

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.519
 baptism of the Lord's Supper,

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.180
 neither one of them

00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:21.840
 gets you to heaven.

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:27.119
 The reason we do them

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:28.140
 is because they're a picture.

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:34.200
 There's people today,

00:48:35.140 --> 00:48:36.680
 there's people who claim

00:48:36.680 --> 00:48:37.559
 to be Baptists

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:38.220
 that say you get

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:39.420
 spiritual nourishment

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:40.420
 from the Lord's Supper.

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.800
 Talk about a little

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:43.940
 deception weaving in.

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:47.780
 There's no spiritual nourishment.

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:49.160
 It's an honor to help us.

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.900
 It's a something we do

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:52.039
 to help remember

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:55.059
 what Christ has done for us.

00:48:57.220 --> 00:48:59.039
 Just like today's Patriots Day

00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:00.500
 and we took time as a nation,

00:49:00.640 --> 00:49:01.920
 you'll see all the remembrances

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:04.200
 and the reading of the names.

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:05.019
 Why do they do that?

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:06.700
 Because they don't want you

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.099
 to forget.

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:10.380
 You might say the Lord's Supper,

00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:11.019
 the same thing,

00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:12.700
 it's something God gave to us

00:49:12.699 --> 00:49:14.879
 to help remind us

00:49:14.879 --> 00:49:17.119
 of what He's done for us.

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:20.759
 You don't need to do it

00:49:20.759 --> 00:49:21.399
 all the time

00:49:21.399 --> 00:49:21.939
 because that's not

00:49:21.939 --> 00:49:22.819
 the purpose of it.

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.879
 You know, around here

00:49:26.879 --> 00:49:27.799
 we do it once a year.

00:49:27.879 --> 00:49:29.259
 I think that's a biblical pattern.

00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:32.000
 How often did they do the feasts?

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.139
 Once a year.

00:49:36.139 --> 00:49:37.079
 We'll have more on that

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:37.839
 later sometime,

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:39.900
 but I just want you

00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:40.480
 to understand

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:41.260
 why do we do that?

00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:42.280
 Because we see a picture

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:42.880
 in Scripture

00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:45.500
 and following the pattern

00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:46.059
 of Scripture

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:46.840
 is important

00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:49.640
 in that.

00:49:51.220 --> 00:49:52.220
 Now I'm going to undo

00:49:52.220 --> 00:49:53.160
 some things here

00:49:53.160 --> 00:49:54.300
 just because I know

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:55.500
 what people hear sometimes.

00:49:56.100 --> 00:49:57.600
 If somebody does it different,

00:49:57.700 --> 00:49:58.440
 I want you to understand

00:49:58.440 --> 00:49:59.200
 that's between them

00:49:59.200 --> 00:49:59.640
 and the Lord.

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:04.460
 But when you see something

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:05.740
 and God has laid it out

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.640
 and given you a pattern,

00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:07.359
 you need to follow

00:50:07.359 --> 00:50:08.859
 what God has convicted you of

00:50:08.859 --> 00:50:12.619
 and to have a reason

00:50:12.619 --> 00:50:13.619
 for why you do it.

00:50:16.879 --> 00:50:18.099
 Let me throw this out there

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:19.259
 just as interesting

00:50:19.259 --> 00:50:21.539
 because how many people

00:50:21.539 --> 00:50:22.279
 can tell you

00:50:22.279 --> 00:50:23.460
 why you celebrate

00:50:23.460 --> 00:50:24.179
 the Lord's Supper

00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:26.639
 and what's the biblical pattern?

00:50:29.179 --> 00:50:30.239
 Most people you talk to

00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:30.799
 have no idea.

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:31.119
 They say,

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:32.400
 well, it's often as.

00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:33.579
 That's the phrase

00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:34.139
 you always hear.

00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:38.059
 Well, often as doesn't

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:38.980
 give you a pattern.

00:50:40.259 --> 00:50:41.000
 Paul's just saying

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:41.859
 when you do it.

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.299
 But we do have

00:50:45.299 --> 00:50:46.119
 a biblical pattern

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:46.639
 for the other

00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:47.420
 that we can follow.

00:50:48.279 --> 00:50:49.019
 If somebody else

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.639
 does it different,

00:50:49.759 --> 00:50:50.379
 that's between them

00:50:50.379 --> 00:50:50.799
 and the Lord.

00:50:52.099 --> 00:50:52.819
 So I want you

00:50:52.819 --> 00:50:53.619
 to just understand

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:54.420
 that's a picture

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:55.179
 that we have

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:56.900
 and we have a reason why

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:58.059
 because it's from God's Word

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:59.079
 that we have His pattern

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.839
 and His picture

00:50:59.839 --> 00:51:01.099
 and God's purpose

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.759
 behind it.

00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:03.920
 But people twist it

00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:05.100
 into a false worship

00:51:05.100 --> 00:51:06.920
 because notice

00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:08.140
 what false worship does.

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:08.640
 We'll end here.

00:51:08.700 --> 00:51:09.680
 Look back at verse 30

00:51:09.680 --> 00:51:10.220
 for a moment.

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:16.000
 And this thing

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:16.880
 became what?

00:51:18.640 --> 00:51:19.360
 A sin.

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:20.320
 Why was it a sin?

00:51:24.040 --> 00:51:24.440
 Because,

00:51:24.680 --> 00:51:25.980
 yeah,

00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:27.320
 because it was against

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:28.240
 what God

00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:30.000
 had instructed them.

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:33.820
 we need to be careful

00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:35.780
 as we go through

00:51:35.780 --> 00:51:36.599
 and we see

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:38.679
 how the devil loves

00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:40.119
 to use religion

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:42.380
 instead of a relationship

00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:43.980
 with the Savior.

00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:45.820
 Let's pray.

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:46.380
 Heavenly Father,

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:47.380
 as we come before you tonight,

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:48.159
 Lord, we just thank you.

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:49.159
 Amen.

00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:49.219
 Amen.

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:49.280
 Amen.

00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:49.340
 Amen.

00:51:49.340 --> 00:51:49.780
 Amen.

00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:50.280
 Amen.

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:50.340
 Amen.

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:50.780
 Amen.

00:51:50.780 --> 00:51:51.219
 Amen.

00:51:51.219 --> 00:51:51.280
 Amen.

00:51:51.280 --> 00:51:51.340
 Amen.

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:51.840
 Amen.

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:52.280
 Amen.

00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:52.340
 Amen.

00:51:52.340 --> 00:51:52.400
 Amen.

00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:52.420
 Amen.

00:51:52.420 --> 00:51:52.440
 Amen.

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:52.460
 Amen.