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 As we continue looking in our series here talking about transitions and as the children of Israel

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 transitioned from a united kingdom to a divided kingdom as God had put forth because of

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 the sin of Solomon and we're going to see here as this kingdom had stood for a 120 years under

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 Saul and David and Solomon and we see that was divided in the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam

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 and as we saw those things come to play just as God had prescribed to that and the kingdom

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 separated you know it was not just a political fracture you might say but it was also a religious

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 and spiritual fracture that happened within the kingdom and we're going to see that as we're

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 going to look tonight and from chapter 12 we saw that Jeroboam had established a religion

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 of his own.

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 We saw that Jeroboam had set up an altar, he had set up his own priesthood, he had set up

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 all those things that pertain to his religion.

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 Remember he had the two golden calves that he made and he established those and he put

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 one at Dan and the other one at Bethel and he established his time frame and the feast

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 that he was going to promote and those things and remember he also replaced the Levites as

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 priests and put in those that he wanted.

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 And instead of what God prescribed he did what he wanted to do.

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 And so we saw Jeroboam doing these things and we're going to pick up tonight and see God's

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 response to Jeroboam and what took place in that because if you remember God told Jeroboam

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 what?

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 He said, Jeroboam if you will follow me I will establish you a kingdom like unto David.

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 And we talked about that.

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 That was a pretty powerful promise that God made to Jeroboam.

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 He said, Jeroboam hey if you do follow me and keep my commandments I will establish you

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 a kingdom as sure as David's kingdom.

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 And we understand that the kingdom of David is still being fulfilled today as we're going

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 to see here and understand.

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 But we saw that the Levites were replaced.

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 And this caused something in the land of Israel because we saw, you know we talk a lot about

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 migration today and people moving.

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 Well it caused a mass migration in Israel when all this took place.

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 Because we saw there earlier and you can look over into the book of 2 Chronicles, keep your

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 finger there in 1 Kings.

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 But 2 Chronicles we're going to look over here for a moment because we need to understand

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 and get back here a little bit in our thoughts on this.

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 But we see in 2 Chronicles chapter 11 in verse 13 it says,

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 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their

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 coasts.

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 And for the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem.

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 For Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office under the

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 Lord.

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 In other words, Jeroboam did what?

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 He shut down the worship to the Lord.

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 He shut down those things of worshiping the Lord.

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 In verse 15 it says,

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 And he ordained him priests for the high praises and for the devils and for the calves which

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 he made.

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 And so we know that he had in chapter 12 there of 1 Kings that he had established himself

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 as even the priest of his new kingdom, of the new things he wanted.

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 And so as we find here, we're going to pick up tonight in 1 Kings chapter 13 in verse

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 1 here tonight.

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 And we see here it says this,

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 And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel.

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 And Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense and he cried against the altar the word of the

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 Lord and said,

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father, as we look here tonight, Lord, as we take a few moments to look into

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 your word, Lord, as we see the importance of this picture that we're going to see here

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 in this chapter here tonight, Lord, of even the application for us today, not only of just

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 practical daily things, Lord, but also just a warning even to us also to understand the

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 importance of having these things in perspective.

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 And so, Lord, as we look at these things tonight, pray just challenge and courage and strengthen

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 as we're here in your word here this evening, Lord.

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 And we just give you all the praise in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So we see here something very important here because 1 Kings chapter 13 brings out a very

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 new individual on the scene.

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 And he's referred to as just the man of God.

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 The man of God from Judah comes to Shiloh where Jeroboam is worshiping his new calf that

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 he had built and with his new priests and he's there performing those things.

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 And so the man of God that brought the message reveals something important here.

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 And he reveals to us to stand in obedience.

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 You know, we need to understand that we need to stand in obedience to the Lord.

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 Because I want you to understand this would not have been an easy thing for him to do when

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 the Lord came to him and said, hey, I want you to go up to Shiloh.

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 And this Jeroboam, the king, just made a new religion that cast me out.

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 And I want you to go to confront him.

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 Now, when you think about that for a moment, that doesn't sound too enticing, does it?

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 You know, to have the Lord tell you, hey, this is what I want you to do.

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 I want you to go upset the king that's already struggling in establishing his kingdom.

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 I'll know about you, but that's not the one that you volunteer for.

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 But we find that the Bible tells us that God came to this individual.

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 We don't know who he is.

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 The Bible doesn't reveal his name.

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 We know nothing about him as an individual except for his description.

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 He was a man of God.

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 When it comes to Scripture, that's probably about the best phrase you can have for you.

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 You know?

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 That when God writes about you, he says, here's a man of God that's willing to go up and be obedient

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 unto what I've said.

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 And so we're going to see here this stand of obedience here first because Jeroboam, remember,

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 he had chose to turn away from the promise that God had made him.

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 Instead of trusting in God, he trusted in who?

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 He trusted in himself.

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 He trusted in his advisors.

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 He tried to do things his own way because, remember, why did he set up a new religion?

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 Because he didn't want the people going back to Jerusalem.

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 He didn't want them to go where they would continue to worship God the way that God had

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 instructed.

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 Instead, he forgot that God told him it'll be okay.

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 You know, we get in trouble oftentimes because what God tells us to do doesn't match up with

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 what our mind or the world tells you that looks good.

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 Because logically speaking, to send your people to another nation to worship is probably not

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 a good move.

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 But God said it was going to be okay if he trusted him.

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 But Jeroboam instead turned his back on God, which brings this clear and quick rebuke from

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 the man of God that comes.

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 He came from Judah, which reveals that he stood for the Lord.

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 How do we know this man also definitely stood for the Lord?

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 Because he wasn't in Israel because those that trusted the Lord, those that wanted to serve

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 the Lord migrated where?

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 Second Chronicles tells us what happened, doesn't it?

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 It says all the priests and the Levites and others that wanted to serve the Lord moved to

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 Judah, moved around Jerusalem.

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 And it made an impact even within their society.

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 Notice here in verse 1, it says,

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 Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah, notice that next phrase, by the word of the

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 Lord.

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 He arrives at Bethel to deliver a message to Jeroboam about Jeroboam and the altar that he

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 had made.

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 And he cries not against Jeroboam, which is interesting here because he doesn't directly

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 confront Jeroboam, he cries under the altar that's being sacrificed on.

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 And we're going to see here that God uses this as an illustration and uses this to make

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 his point because in doing so, we're also going to see very clearly that Jeroboam understood

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 what was happening.

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 By Jeroboam's response, he understood exactly what was taking place.

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 He understood what was happening because we're going to see here.

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 Notice in verse 2 again where he says,

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 O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David,

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 Josiah by name, and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burnt incense

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 upon thee.

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 Now you think about, here's a man of God, he's going to go and he's going to declare unto Jeroboam

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 and he's bringing a message and it's so clear and it's so concise because I want you to understand

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 he says that there's going to be this one born in the lineage of David by the name of Josiah.

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 Now if you're a history buff, this is interesting because it's 300 plus years before Josiah shows up.

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 God names him by name that Josiah, the king of Judah, will come and break down and destroy

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 this altar and even burn the priest's bones upon it to do away with it.

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 And we find here that he's very clear with that.

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 And let's go over and just take a quick look.

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 Look over in 2 Kings for a moment because 2 Kings chapter 23 is where this takes place

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 and is recorded for us over here in 2 Kings chapter 23 and down in verse 15.

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 And we see this and the Bible tells us this, it says,

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 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat

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 who made Israel to sin hath made both the altar and the high place he break down,

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 burned the high place and stamped it small to powder and burned the grove.

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 And Josiah turned himself and as Josiah turned himself he spied the sepulcher

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 where there was a mount and sent and took the bones out of the sepulchers

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 and burned them upon the altar and polluted it according to the word of the Lord

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 which the man of God proclaimed who proclaimed these words.

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 So in other words it was fulfilled exactly as the man of God described it was going to take place.

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 It was laid out in detail for them.

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 And we see also though that there was also an immediate sign that was going to be given.

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 Because, you know, as people what do we do?

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 When somebody comes and, if somebody would come and make a statement like that

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 what would be your response?

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 I mean you would look at them like, okay, you know,

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 how does this impact me right now?

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 You know?

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 And oftentimes that's the way we think.

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 But God wanted to get his attention because here we find,

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 as you read on down through here,

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 in verse 3 it says,

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 He gave a sign the same day saying,

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 This is a sign which the Lord has spoken.

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 Behold, the altar shall be rent and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

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 In other words he says,

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 Just so you know I'm serious,

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 the altar is going to break apart here in a few minutes

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 and all the ashes in the altar are going to fall out.

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 Now because you've got to stop and consider,

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 what were altars made of?

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 Stones.

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 So the idea of it just suddenly falling apart

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 and all the ashes falling out of it

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 was kind of another one of those things.

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 Like, okay, really?

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 I mean you could look at Jeroboam

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 was probably looking at the man of God saying,

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 Hey, you're done dude.

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 This is just foolishness.

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 Because notice Jeroboam's response to this.

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 Because in verse 4 it says,

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 And it came to pass when King Jeroboam

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 heard the saying of the man of God

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 which cried against the altar at Bethlehem

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 and he put forth his hand from the altar

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 saying, Lay hold of him.

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 Now I want you to see what happened here

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 because when he points to the man of God

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 the Bible tells us that his hand dried up

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 and he couldn't draw it back.

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 Do you think God has attention about now?

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 I think it's pretty clear he had his attention.

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 So the altar, but I want you to see here,

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 verse 5, it says,

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 And so we see here that God is making it very clear

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 of what's happening.

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 When Jeroboam points to say,

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 Arrest him,

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 his hand dries up and he can't draw it back.

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 Well, when we read through here,

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 you'll find that it changed Jeroboam's attitude

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 a little bit.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but that would probably get your attention

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 and my attention too.

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 And he cries out to the man of God

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 and says,

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 Plead with your God to heal me.

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 Now I think this is important

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 when the man of God is being obedient

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 to the things of God.

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 I think there's some things we can learn here

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 because we're going to see here

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 the man of God's reply to him.

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 Look at verse 6,

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 And the king answered and said unto the man of God,

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 Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God.

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 Now that's important too

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 because Jeroboam didn't say,

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 My God.

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 He said, Thy God.

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 God had sent a prophet to him earlier

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 directly telling him what was going to happen

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 if he made a choice to follow God.

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 And we can see here that Jeroboam made a choice.

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 His choice was to reject God.

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 But he still understood that God

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 had some power behind what he was saying.

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 Notice here.

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 And it says,

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 And pray for me that my hand may be restored me again.

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 Now I want you to see here

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 as an obedient believer,

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 as an obedient person of the Lord,

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 there's always something we're going to see here

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 attached to obedience.

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 Because sometimes we can be brutal in obedience.

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 We can be so thus saith the Lord

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 we miss the other side of the equation.

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 Because I want you to see something here

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 very important is the man of God

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 didn't mock Jeroboam.

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 He didn't tell him he deserved what he got.

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 He had mercy

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 upon him.

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 The Bible tells us that he humbly pleaded with God

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 to heal Jeroboam.

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 He had mercy

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 that was there.

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 When we realize

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 that the spirit of the man of God

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 and the spirit of God's people today,

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 we need to understand

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 that while he came with authority from the God

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 to proclaim judgment upon the altar

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 of rebellion,

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 he also came humbly and compassionately

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 towards them also.

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 In other words,

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 the man of God's heart

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 wasn't hard towards Jeroboam,

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 even though he had a hard message.

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 He had compassion upon him.

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 Because when you consider,

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 the man of God

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 could have very easily

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 turned around and walked away.

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 But I think it's important

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 to see that God is always merciful.

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 God holds us to account,

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 but God is also merciful.

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 And he wants his people to have mercy.

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 And mercy upon him.

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 And we see here this,

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 he came humbly and compassionately.

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 And when Jeroboam desired mercy and healing,

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 the prophet mercifully besought the Lord.

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 The Bible says that he prayed.

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 You know, remember back over in James chapter 5,

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 remember what James 5, 16 tells us?

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 It tells us this.

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 It says,

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 Confess your faults one to another

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 and pray for one another

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 that you may be healed.

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 And the effectual fervent prayer

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 of a righteous man availeth much.

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 That verse plays out here very clearly.

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 The righteous fervent prayer

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 and availeth much before God.

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 This man of God, when he prayed,

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 we're going to see here

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 that God healed Jeroboam.

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 So this is quite a lot of stuff going on here.

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 As God is dealing with Jeroboam

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 and he's understanding the dynamic here

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 of what's happening.

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 You know, look over in the scripture.

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 Turn to Proverbs chapter 16 for a moment.

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 Because we need to always remember

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 that God tells us that we have authority and truth,

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 but we also have to always make sure

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 that we understand that God is also merciful,

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 that God is gracious.

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 And how this balances.

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 Look here in Proverbs 16, verse 5.

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 It says,

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 You notice that mercy and truth are put together.

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 In the New Testament,

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 you find that to speak the truth in love.

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 You know?

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 When you preach and teach the truth of God's word,

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 it makes people uncomfortable sometimes.

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 When you preach about sin,

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 that people, their sin has separated them from God,

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 it's going to create a conflict.

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 That's truth.

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 But we also need mercy.

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 The right spirit and the right attitude

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 behind it.

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 It makes an amazing difference.

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 You know?

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 Think about 2 John chapter 1.

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 When the apostle John is writing here,

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 he says,

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 Grace be with you.

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 Mercy and peace from God the Father

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 and from the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of the Father.

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 And notice the last part of that verse

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 in chapter 1, verse 3.

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 It says,

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 In truth and love.

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 The reality of love.

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 Love is not overlooking.

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 Love always needs to be attached to truth.

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 And truth needs to be attached to love.

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 Because God wants us to know the truth

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 because He loves us.

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 When we understand that picture

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 to speak the truth in love

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 as Ephesians 4 tells us,

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 we find here that this individual,

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 this man of God,

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 when he prayed,

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 Jeroboam,

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 his prayer was answered,

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 his hand was restored.

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 And, you know,

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 when you think about it,

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 it must have been something to see

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 that day at the altar.

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 When he comes in and screams,

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 oh, altar, altar,

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 and gives all this,

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 that declaration,

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 Jeroboam points at him,

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 his hand dries up,

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 and then he pleads with him

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 to pray for him,

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 and his hand's healed.

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 The altar has split open,

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 all the ashes have fallen out.

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 Because this is where this chapter

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 records some things

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 that are interesting,

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 and it sums up at the end.

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 But I want you to understand

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 that if you're going to be

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 a man of God,

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 if you're going to be

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 a person of God,

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 the one thing we can take

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 from this tonight

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 is to understand

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 that we need to stand

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 in obedience

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 to the Word of God.

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 The man was willing to go

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 and to do what God

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 had told him to do,

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 but also to stand on truth.

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 Notice here with me,

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 verse 7,

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 And the king said unto

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 the man of God,

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 Come home with me,

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 and refresh thyself,

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 and I will give thee a reward.

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 And the man of God

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 said unto the king,

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 If thou wilt give me

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 half thine house,

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 I will not go in with thee,

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 neither will I eat bread,

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 nor drink water in this place.

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 For so I was charged me

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 by the word of the Lord,

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 saying, Eat no bread,

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 or drink water,

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 nor turn again

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 by the same way

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 that thou camest.

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 So he went another way,

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 and returned not by the way

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 that he came to Bethel.

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 This man of God

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 was willing to stand

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 on the truth of God.

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 In other words,

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 he said,

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 Yes, I know that God healed you,

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 and I don't think

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 there was anything wrong

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 in Jeroboam saying,

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 Hey, I want to thank you

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 for doing something good for me.

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 But I want you to see

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 the picture of the man of God

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 had already been told what?

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 Very direct information,

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 hadn't he?

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 He said,

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 You're not to eat

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 when you go up there,

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 you're not to drink,

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 and you're not to go

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 the same way.

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 In other words,

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 basically,

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 I don't want you

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 to have any social contact

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 that you're going

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 back and forth here.

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 You need to be separate

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:51.039
 from what's happening.

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.920
 And the man of God,

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 I want you to see here,

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 probably was looking

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 wore out,

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 because by the time

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 you walk up someplace

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 and you haven't eaten

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 and you haven't drank

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 any water,

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 it starts to show,

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 and I think Jeroboam

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 was just trying to be

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:05.460
 repaying kind,

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.099
 you know.

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.259
 But I want you to understand,

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.579
 as we're going to look here,

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.779
 it's more important

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:14.359
 to stand on the truth

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 than it is

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.920
 for our own luxury.

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 Because sometimes

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 we have a tendency

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 of saying,

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.200
 well,

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.379
 that sounds pretty good.

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 We'll bend the rules

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.000
 a little bit.

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.940
 Instead of standing

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.700
 on truth,

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:29.039
 the offer to refresh

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.019
 at the king's home

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.039
 and receive a reward

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.859
 definitely would have been

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.579
 a temptation.

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:36.039
 You know,

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.279
 the prophet replied,

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.639
 though,

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.240
 his reply was

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.079
 one of principle

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.799
 declaring that

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.799
 he must stand

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.679
 on the truth

00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.740
 of the word

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.480
 of the Lord,

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.639
 because the Lord

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.399
 had commanded him

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.419
 to travel directly

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.179
 to Shiloh

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.199
 and return to Judah

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.980
 another way,

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.099
 neither eating

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.699
 or drinking

00:22:52.699 --> 00:22:53.579
 along the way.

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.819
 You know,

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.819
 I want you to understand,

00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:57.000
 to stand in truth

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.699
 is a choice

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.319
 that you make.

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 Look over in the Old Testament,

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.639
 go to Psalm 119

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.300
 for a moment.

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.320
 Psalm 119

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.180
 in verse 30,

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.840
 because you see here

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.820
 in Psalm 119

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.520
 verse 30,

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:10.920
 it says,

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.740
 I have chosen

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:14.300
 the way of truth.

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.540
 Thy judgments

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:16.640
 have I laid

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.460
 before me.

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.180
 You know,

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.740
 I have chosen

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:23.360
 the way of truth.

00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:25.700
 To stand in truth

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.420
 is a choice

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.060
 that we make.

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.460
 It's a conscious choice.

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.600
 It doesn't happen

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.360
 by accident.

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:33.019
 You know,

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.479
 when you understand

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:35.719
 that to walk

00:23:35.719 --> 00:23:36.759
 in the right way

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.699
 was important.

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 And why was this important?

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.939
 I think God's laying

00:23:40.939 --> 00:23:41.719
 another principle

00:23:41.719 --> 00:23:42.419
 out for us.

00:23:42.479 --> 00:23:42.759
 Look over

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.379
 in the New Testament

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.740
 for a moment.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.459
 Go to Ephesians

00:23:44.459 --> 00:23:45.279
 chapter 5.

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.819
 Because I want you

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.319
 to understand,

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:49.919
 Jeroboam had rejected

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.959
 the things of God.

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.559
 God had offered him

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.059
 many blessings,

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.859
 you might say.

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.259
 And Jeroboam said,

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.079
 I don't care.

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.859
 Notice here

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.759
 in Ephesians 5,

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.799
 look down at verse 11.

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 It says this,

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.220
 have no fellowship

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.220
 with the unfruitful

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.159
 works of darkness,

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.440
 rather reprove them.

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.899
 God was setting

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.759
 a standard here.

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.180
 He says,

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.879
 man of God,

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.759
 you don't go

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.319
 hanging out

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.039
 with people

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.659
 who are totally

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:17.159
 against the things,

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.139
 especially ones

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.759
 that know

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.740
 who I am

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.200
 and what I've

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.859
 promised to them.

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.859
 The unfruitful

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.980
 works of darkness,

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.099
 the man of God,

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.579
 was not tainted

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.919
 by the false worship

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.720
 that was happening

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.480
 in Shiloh.

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.680
 You know,

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.240
 the priests

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.980
 and the Levites

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.460
 and others

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.519
 that trusted the Lord

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.680
 had already

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.120
 removed themselves

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:37.200
 from Israel.

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:40.080
 Now this is important

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.680
 as we're going to look

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.160
 a little later

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.940
 in this chapter

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.820
 because the next

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:44.320
 individuals that we find

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:46.000
 are going to cause

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.519
 a little bit

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.480
 of question here

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:50.740
 of why are they there?

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.700
 Because you know what?

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.500
 Believers can

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.600
 compromise ourselves.

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.620
 It doesn't make you

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.300
 unsaved,

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.740
 but you can compromise

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.659
 your testimony,

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.700
 you can compromise

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.619
 truth,

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.759
 you can compromise

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.879
 all sorts of things

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.779
 and look over

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.079
 the news.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.159
 Go to 2 Corinthians

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.899
 chapter 6

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.460
 for a moment.

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.740
 2 Corinthians

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.740
 chapter 6

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.559
 and we see here

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.119
 in 2 Corinthians

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.000
 chapter 6

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.599
 in verse 16

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:16.079
 because notice

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:17.019
 what Paul's telling

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.919
 those at the church

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.440
 at Corinth.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.059
 He tells them this,

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.460
 he says,

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.279
 in what agreement

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.039
 hath the temple

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.159
 of God with idols?

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.220
 Think about this

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.039
 man of God

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.000
 standing before

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:27.700
 Jeroboam's golden calf.

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.839
 Jeroboam wanted

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.519
 to be identified

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.720
 with the golden calf

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.640
 and the man of God

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:32.980
 said,

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.700
 God told me

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.339
 I should not be

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.579
 associated with your idol.

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.400
 He was going to be

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.140
 very careful

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:40.140
 about disassociating

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.079
 with that idol.

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.440
 Notice what he says,

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.319
 for you are the temple

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.240
 of the living God

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.980
 for as God has said,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.920
 I will dwell in them

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.640
 and walk in them

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.559
 and I will be their God

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.680
 and they shall be my people.

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.420
 Look at verse 17,

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.240
 wherefore come out

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.240
 from among them

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.400
 and be ye separate

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.200
 saith the Lord

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.940
 and touch not

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.940
 the unclean thing

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.800
 and I will receive you.

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.240
 Now I want you

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.600
 to understand

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.720
 the principle here

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.680
 was what the priests

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.340
 and the Levites

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.039
 had already done.

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.700
 Those that wanted

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.580
 to follow the Lord,

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.120
 what did they say?

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.620
 We're not going

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.759
 to worship your idol.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.539
 You're not going

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.019
 to tell us

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.460
 we can't worship God.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.860
 We're going to go

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:15.400
 separate from you

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.000
 to the place

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.300
 that we can worship God.

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:20.619
 A conscious choice

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:22.599
 that was made

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.359
 and this principle

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.859
 still applies today

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:27.180
 as we must be principled

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.019
 in our walk

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:30.180
 and stand in truth,

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.639
 relying on the Lord

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.319
 to guide

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.419
 and to direct us

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:34.339
 along the way.

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.779
 Because remember,

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.579
 God had given him

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.899
 very great directions,

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.299
 didn't he?

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.399
 He said,

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.980
 this is what you're going

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.299
 to do.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.480
 This is what you're going

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.839
 to say.

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.000
 This is how you're going

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.299
 to do it.

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.539
 He had all the details

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.500
 laid out for him.

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.700
 You know,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:48.019
 God does that for us

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.759
 if we allow it.

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.539
 Look over to the book

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.640
 of Proverbs for a moment,

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.819
 Proverbs chapter 3.

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:52.960
 You know,

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.039
 a very familiar verse,

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.220
 but I want you to see

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.720
 this verse in application.

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.140
 Because so far,

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.119
 this man of God

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.339
 is doing a pretty good job.

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.200
 You know,

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:03.359
 he's standing in obedience,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.940
 he's standing on truth.

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.559
 Proverbs 3 verse 5 says what?

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.480
 Trust in the Lord

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.079
 with what?

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.039
 All thine heart

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.359
 and lean not unto thine

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.919
 own understanding.

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:17.079
 That's a key part

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.599
 of that verse

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:19.259
 oftentimes we brush over.

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:20.579
 Lean not unto what?

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:22.979
 Thine own understanding.

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.399
 What gets us in trouble

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.639
 when we start replacing

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.559
 God's wisdom

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.279
 with our wisdom

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:29.500
 and how we understand

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.339
 things to be

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.399
 instead of what God

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.659
 has said.

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.839
 And look at verse 6.

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.659
 In all thy ways

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.399
 acknowledge him

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.159
 and he'll do what?

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.959
 Direct thy paths.

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.299
 In other words,

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.699
 God had a path

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:43.039
 for this man of God

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.839
 to safely get

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.079
 up to Shiloh

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.980
 to do what he was told

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.779
 to do in truth,

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.639
 to be obedient,

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.619
 to do what he was supposed

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.159
 to do,

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.839
 and to get back home

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.940
 and be untainted

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.220
 by all that was going on.

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:59.180
 That was God's plan.

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.440
 But I want you to understand

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.460
 the man of God

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:03.019
 forgot a very important thing,

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.599
 that third thing

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.579
 we're going to look at tonight,

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.259
 because he needed

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.579
 to stand in faith.

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.839
 because you can know

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.679
 the truth,

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.240
 but faith is taking

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:14.559
 truth and putting it

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.159
 into action,

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:17.879
 is acting upon it.

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.059
 That's the difference

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.099
 because James tells us,

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.619
 he that knoweth

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.159
 to do good

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.879
 and doeth it not

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.679
 to him it is sin.

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.119
 You know,

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.319
 that's an interesting statement

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.619
 when you stay that verse out.

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.179
 In other words,

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.199
 it's not a verse

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.740
 of ignorance,

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.699
 it's a verse

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.579
 of willing choice.

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.819
 Because he didn't say

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.460
 in James,

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.740
 you know,

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.000
 well,

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.079
 if you didn't know

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.679
 it was good

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.619
 but you should have done it,

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.079
 it's sin,

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.419
 it said,

00:28:36.479 --> 00:28:36.579
 no,

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.019
 if you know

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.899
 you should do

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:40.319
 and you choose not to,

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.279
 now it's a problem.

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:43.479
 It became a problem

00:28:43.479 --> 00:28:44.459
 because you already knew

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:45.359
 what you were supposed to do.

00:28:46.479 --> 00:28:47.659
 You weren't operating

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.259
 in ignorance.

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.500
 You're operating

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.479
 in a matter of lack

00:28:51.479 --> 00:28:52.019
 of faith,

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.419
 of saying,

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.279
 I know what God

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.099
 has for me to do

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.179
 and I choose not to do it.

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:56.919
 But to stand in faith

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.719
 is important.

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:59.319
 Because notice here,

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.059
 the man of God

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.000
 had begun his journey

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.099
 back towards Judah,

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.599
 stops to rest

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.739
 under an oak tree,

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.120
 and, you know,

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.079
 God didn't tell him

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.700
 he couldn't stop

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.460
 and take a break

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.259
 and I think, you know,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.819
 I don't think there was

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.960
 anything wrong necessarily

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.099
 with what he was doing.

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.319
 You know,

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.160
 he was probably tired

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.279
 and traveling, you know,

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.880
 to stop and take a little break

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.500
 under the tree

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:19.259
 and enjoy the shade

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.839
 for a moment.

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.859
 But I want you to see

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.900
 what takes place.

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.019
 In the rest of this chapter,

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.539
 it's apparent

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:27.039
 that we must hold fast

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:28.120
 to the Word of God

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:29.440
 and trust God

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.019
 that standing in faith,

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.900
 faith in the Word of God,

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.819
 in other words,

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.640
 will be deceived.

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:37.519
 We have to say,

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.579
 God has said it,

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.339
 therefore I need

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.539
 to take action upon it.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.519
 This is a key

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.519
 that we see here

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.960
 in this chapter

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.140
 to stand by faith.

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.680
 Now notice here with me,

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.500
 look at verse 11

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.279
 because this is

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.539
 one of these narratives

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.279
 in Scriptures

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.180
 that sometimes

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.500
 you look at and say,

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.299
 well, that's kind of

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.180
 an odd direction

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.620
 that God recorded.

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.579
 I mean,

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.160
 you think about this

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.480
 for a moment.

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.180
 The man of God

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.059
 comes from Judah.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.140
 He comes up,

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.299
 he confronts Jeroboam,

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.519
 the altar split open,

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.180
 his hand is dried up

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.220
 and then it's made whole

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.579
 and the guy takes off

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.519
 and starts heading home.

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.240
 Then we have this narrative

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.339
 of three other individuals

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.119
 that get involved,

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.399
 kind of out of no place,

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.059
 you might say,

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:19.079
 that weren't even necessarily

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:21.039
 relative to the account

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.299
 but it does come in

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:24.379
 because what takes place

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.759
 becomes common knowledge

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.759
 even to Jeroboam.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.899
 And I want you to see

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:29.079
 what takes place here

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.619
 in the rest of this chapter.

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:32.119
 Now notice in verse 11,

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.899
 Now there dwelt

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:35.000
 an old prophet in Bethel

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.219
 and his sons came

00:30:36.219 --> 00:30:37.299
 and told him

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.979
 all the words

00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.859
 the man of God

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.299
 had done

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.319
 the day in Bethel

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.539
 and the words

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.479
 which he had spoken

00:30:42.479 --> 00:30:43.259
 unto the king

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:45.019
 and they told also

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.919
 to their father.

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.879
 And their father

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.779
 said unto them,

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.559
 What way went he

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.419
 for his sons

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.119
 had seen

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.579
 that way

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.339
 the man of God

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.679
 went

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:55.039
 which came

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.319
 from Judah.

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.759
 Now,

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.180
 so we see here

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.420
 in Shiloh,

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.160
 this is another

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.660
 one of those

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.920
 things that when you

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.900
 start thinking about it

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.859
 gets pretty interesting.

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.079
 What is the old prophet

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.700
 doing still hanging out there

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.480
 when all the other

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.640
 godly people did what?

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.900
 They'd already taken off.

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.299
 Then you have

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.180
 a second question,

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.640
 What's the old prophet's

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.180
 son doing

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.839
 hanging out

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.240
 at the idol sacrifice?

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.220
 How did they have

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.259
 first-hand information?

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.200
 Well, they had to be where?

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.960
 Present.

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.480
 Compromise.

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.279
 This is a little

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.140
 side note for you.

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.320
 Your compromise

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:29.340
 will be doubled down

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.000
 by your kids.

00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:31.000
 His sons

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.080
 come and tell him.

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.300
 Others had separated

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.980
 but this man

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.340
 had kept his family there.

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.140
 He compromised

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.440
 with what was happening

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.980
 in Israel.

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.680
 You know,

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.640
 maybe he's like

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.280
 many others

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:41.920
 that remain

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.580
 where truth

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.560
 is compromised

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:45.480
 refusing to separate

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.040
 themselves

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.920
 to be identified

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.100
 with God's people.

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.640
 You know,

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.360
 things like this

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.280
 still happen today.

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.980
 It's amazing

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.020
 when you talk to people.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.180
 People will know

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.740
 the truth

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.600
 but choose

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.720
 even to go to churches

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.860
 that are counter to truth.

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.799
 That's compromise.

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.379
 Because something about it

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.019
 they just, you know,

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.779
 that makes them

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.679
 not, you know,

00:32:02.679 --> 00:32:03.939
 makes them feel uncomfortable.

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.379
 But as his sons come

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.839
 and report about the prophecy

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.299
 and the healing of Jeroboam,

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.759
 the old prophet

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.979
 asks about the direction

00:32:12.979 --> 00:32:13.799
 the man of God

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.219
 had taken

00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:15.439
 and starts out after him.

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:17.340
 And we find here,

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.600
 look down at verse 13.

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.779
 It says,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.240
 And he said to his son,

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:23.259
 Saddle me the ass

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.400
 and he saddled him the ass

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.240
 and he rode thereon

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:27.920
 and went after the man of God

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:29.519
 and found him sitting under an oak.

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.980
 And he said unto him,

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.420
 Art thou the man of God

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.500
 that camest from Judah?

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.580
 And he said,

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.120
 I am.

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.360
 And then he said unto him,

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.720
 Come home with me

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.420
 and eat bread.

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.539
 Now,

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.700
 I want you to see something here

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.920
 because the man of God

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:45.000
 gave the right reply.

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.440
 In other words,

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.600
 he knew the right information.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.680
 He tells him,

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.539
 No, I can't

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.140
 because God has told me this.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.220
 The word of the Lord

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.900
 has spoken.

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.980
 Now, this is important

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.340
 because I want you to see

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:56.420
 what takes place here.

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.700
 The response was

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.500
 the word of the Lord

00:32:58.500 --> 00:33:00.500
 that was given unto the man of God.

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.080
 He had a clear instruction

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.880
 from the Lord.

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.140
 Yet I'm going to see,

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.140
 I want you to see here

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.819
 because of a lack of faith

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:08.400
 in what God had said,

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.700
 he was deceived

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:11.480
 and it caused a problem.

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.539
 What he did,

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.160
 you might say,

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:15.220
 caused a real scene in Israel.

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.980
 As we're going to look

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.559
 at the scene

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.940
 that took place a little later,

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.460
 word would get around

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.019
 even today.

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.980
 I guarantee if you had

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.180
 this same scene happen

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.180
 at the end of this chapter,

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.960
 it would make the news.

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.019
 Social media

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.900
 would have more clips

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.500
 about this

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.960
 than you could

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.420
 even grab a hold of.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.960
 I mean,

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.259
 the word would spread quickly

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.960
 of what takes place

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.680
 from this point.

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.080
 The man of God,

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.680
 even though he was hungry

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:43.400
 he was tired,

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:45.220
 he desired water,

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.779
 he might even

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.660
 desired fellowship

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.240
 because remember

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.259
 it was an old prophet.

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.299
 We don't know.

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.539
 These two may have been

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.320
 at least familiar

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:52.039
 with one another.

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.940
 I'm not saying

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:54.299
 they were necessarily

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.160
 good friends,

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:57.440
 but if you're a man of God,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.940
 it's interesting

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.580
 as you travel

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:59.200
 you meet a lot

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.880
 of different people

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.440
 that profess to be Christians

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.340
 and serve God.

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.420
 You're familiar with them,

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.640
 but you may not really know them.

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.420
 You don't know them

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.039
 in detail.

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.000
 I want you to see

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.559
 that was this man's end,

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.739
 but I want you to remember

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.840
 above all else

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.960
 we need to trust

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.840
 the word of God

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.980
 because physically

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.500
 we will make choices

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.380
 that are contrary

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.420
 to the word of God

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.279
 if we're not going to stand

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.920
 on faith

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.880
 of what God has said.

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:24.000
 Turn over to Deuteronomy

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.079
 chapter 8 for a moment.

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.840
 Deuteronomy chapter 8,

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.500
 we look down here

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.279
 in verse 3

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:31.139
 because here

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.440
 Deuteronomy 8, 3

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.880
 it says,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.699
 and he humbled thee

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.800
 and suffered thee to hunger

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.700
 and fed thee with manna

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.980
 which thou knewest not

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.840
 neither did thy fathers know

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.560
 that he might make thee know

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:43.860
 what did he want them to know?

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.820
 That man doth not live

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.820
 by bread alone

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.880
 but by every word

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.780
 that proceedeth out

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.400
 the mouth of the Lord

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.820
 doth man live.

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.400
 Now,

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.800
 your Bible trivia question

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.340
 for the night.

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:58.000
 Where is this quoted

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.820
 in the New Testament?

00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:00.420
 When Jesus was tempted

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.100
 of the devil,

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:04.659
 Jesus in Matthew 4, 4

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.380
 quotes

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:08.039
 Deuteronomy 8, 3.

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.319
 Jesus is tired and hungry.

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.000
 He'd been fasting for 40 days

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.019
 and the devil said,

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.960
 hey, turn these stones into bread

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.159
 and we could get into that

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.400
 because would Jesus

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.000
 have a problem

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.179
 turning stones into bread?

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.400
 No.

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.940
 Wouldn't have been

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.659
 anything outside of his scope

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:27.380
 of capability

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.940
 but that wasn't the issue.

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.519
 The issue is the fact that

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.820
 physically

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:34.980
 needs to take secondary

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.719
 to spiritual.

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:39.400
 This life is going to pass away.

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.079
 We need to look at the big picture.

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.360
 The old prophet,

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.179
 notice what the old prophet does

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.920
 because this is interesting

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.860
 because this individual

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.259
 can be related with many others

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.119
 within the scripture.

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.800
 Look at verse 18,

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.900
 and he said unto him,

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:57.139
 I'm a prophet also as thou art.

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.400
 Now, I want you to notice

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.280
 this next phrase.

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:02.280
 And an angel spake unto me

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:03.179
 by the word of the Lord.

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:05.139
 It's amazing how many people

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.119
 get caught up in religions

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:08.019
 where somebody says

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:09.340
 an angel spoke unto me.

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:11.239
 And what the angel said

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.039
 was contrary

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.440
 to the things God said.

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:16.460
 Islam is built on

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.380
 what an angel said.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.719
 Mormonism is built

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.820
 on what an angel said.

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.219
 Seventh-day Adventist

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.699
 is built on what an angel said.

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.980
 The list could go on.

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.639
 In other words,

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.460
 what I want you to see,

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.420
 what's happening here

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.239
 is important for us

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:29.719
 to recognize today also.

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.119
 That it doesn't matter

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:32.039
 what somebody says

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.099
 an angel said

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:35.039
 or what kind of dream

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:36.199
 or vision they had.

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:37.639
 It matters what did God say.

00:36:37.939 --> 00:36:39.239
 What did God have to say

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.719
 about it?

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.359
 Look over in the New Testament

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.059
 for a moment.

00:36:43.479 --> 00:36:45.159
 Turn to 2 Corinthians chapter 11

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.739
 for a moment.

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:48.439
 2 Corinthians chapter 11.

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:51.360
 And I need somebody

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.099
 to read that.

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:53.079
 And then I've got another one here.

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.220
 Galatians 1.8.

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:56.019
 Get a couple of people

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.900
 to help me out here.

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.700
 Ethan, you got the first one there?

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:03.200
 Yeah, 2 Corinthians 11

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:05.059
 verses 12 through 14,

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.579
 if you would.

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.760
 And Galatians 1.8.

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.720
 Who's got that one quick?

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.599
 Matt, you got that one back there?

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:09.960
 All right.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.579
 Go ahead, Ethan.

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.579
 Yeah.

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.900
 In other words,

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.900
 the devil's a master of deceit.

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:40.019
 What's Galatians 1.8 tell us?

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.460
 Yeah.

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.500
 I want you to understand

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.599
 that this was not a one-off.

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.340
 The devil uses the same thing.

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:51.219
 But notice what takes place here.

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.480
 This prophet,

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.880
 he tells him,

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.199
 he says,

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.380
 the angel spake unto me

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.099
 and he said,

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:58.059
 to bring you back with thee

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.900
 unto thine house

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.800
 that he may eat bread

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.559
 and drink water.

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.780
 Now notice that last phrase

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.460
 of verse 18,

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.639
 but he lied unto him.

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.019
 So the man of God

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.159
 goes back with him

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.900
 to eat bread.

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.619
 Now we're running out of time

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.119
 so I'll shorten

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.179
 and condense this for you.

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:13.000
 They're sitting there

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.579
 at the table.

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.500
 They're eating

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:17.099
 and the old prophet

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:20.000
 gets a real word

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.599
 from the Lord.

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.019
 Now I want you to understand,

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:23.119
 I believe when it says

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.819
 an old prophet,

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.559
 this is a man

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:26.039
 who did know the Lord

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.019
 and who the Lord was.

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.299
 You can equate him also

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.259
 into the Old Testament

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:31.659
 to a man by the name of Balaam.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:33.119
 God spoke to Balaam

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.719
 even though Balaam

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.119
 wasn't doing

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.960
 what he was supposed to do.

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.500
 I don't know

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.299
 what the connection is,

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.920
 but it seems like

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.559
 whenever this happens

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.699
 there's always a donkey around.

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.859
 But we find here

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:41.000
 that the word comes,

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.599
 the Lord actually comes to him

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:44.619
 and notice what he says

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.419
 in verse 21.

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.839
 He says,

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.980
 For as much as thou hast

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:48.119
 disobeyed the mouth

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.719
 of the Lord

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.879
 and hast not kept

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.539
 the commandment

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.519
 which the Lord thy God

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.279
 commanded thee,

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:53.439
 thou but camest back

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:54.659
 and hast eaten bread

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.799
 and drunk water

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.559
 in this place

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.500
 of which the Lord

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.559
 did say to thee,

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.799
 Eat no bread,

00:38:59.919 --> 00:39:00.659
 drink no water,

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:02.759
 thy carcass shall not come

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.519
 into the sepulcher

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.239
 of thy fathers.

00:39:04.419 --> 00:39:04.919
 I bet you that

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:05.799
 made the dinner nice.

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.460
 Imagine having dinner

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.920
 with somebody

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.560
 and they stand up

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:09.840
 and say,

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.100
 Hey,

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.840
 you disobeyed God

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.680
 so you're going to die.

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:15.480
 That's a dinner conversation.

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:17.300
 The old prophet declares it.

00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.880
 The man of God

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.380
 gets up

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:22.039
 and begins to return back.

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.300
 Takes a donkey

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:26.180
 from the old prophet

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:27.140
 and sends him back

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:27.820
 towards Judah.

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.640
 Along the way,

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:33.019
 something interesting happens.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.680
 It says a lion met them.

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:36.219
 The lion kills

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.159
 the man of God.

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.199
 And this is where

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.239
 I said the spectacle

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.779
 was something

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.759
 that would make the news.

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.519
 The news

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.460
 and the spectacle

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.119
 is this.

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:44.059
 The picture

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.659
 in the scripture

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.199
 is this.

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:46.659
 You have the donkey

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.539
 standing here.

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:49.139
 You have the dead man

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.739
 of God

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.460
 and the lion

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.359
 sitting next to him.

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.739
 Now,

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.319
 I don't know about you

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.940
 but that would probably

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.599
 make the news.

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.879
 And it did

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:57.399
 in their day

00:39:57.399 --> 00:39:58.179
 because the Bible

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.980
 says as you read

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.440
 through this

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.579
 that people that saw it

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.299
 went by

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:02.500
 and went back

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.239
 into Shiloh

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:03.559
 and said,

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.059
 did you see

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.659
 what we saw

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.539
 alongside the road?

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:08.000
 There's a dead guy

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.699
 laying there

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.900
 with a donkey

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.679
 and a lion

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.739
 standing next to it.

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.739
 Sounds like the beginning

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.719
 of a really bad joke,

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.079
 doesn't it?

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:14.719
 Sadly,

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.539
 it was no joke.

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.440
 What a sight

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.320
 it must have been.

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:18.340
 So the old prophet,

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.360
 word gets back

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:20.940
 to him

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:23.860
 and he gets back

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.679
 on his donkey

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.519
 and he goes out

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.320
 and he gathers up

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.059
 the man of God,

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.619
 puts him on

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.279
 the other donkey

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:30.780
 which is interesting

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.519
 because the lion

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.200
 just sitting there.

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.380
 He takes him back

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.960
 and puts him

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.920
 in his own grave,

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.680
 his own sepulcher

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.940
 and he puts him there

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:41.980
 and he tells his son,

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.320
 he says,

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.380
 when I die,

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:46.140
 bury me next to him.

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.940
 When I die,

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:48.100
 bury me next to him

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.960
 as the old

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:50.220
 end of it,

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:51.800
 as the old prophet

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.840
 brings him back

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:54.519
 and he places

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.560
 a grave marker.

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:56.320
 Turn back over

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.000
 to 2 Kings

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.559
 for a moment.

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:58.960
 Let's go,

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.860
 2 Kings chapter 23,

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.940
 let's read the rest

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.820
 of what Josiah

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.579
 came across

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:05.940
 because there was

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.559
 a placard

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.860
 on this gravestone

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:09.139
 for over 300 years.

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.539
 Notice what it tells us

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.380
 here in verse 17,

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.840
 he said,

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:13.380
 what title is that

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:14.119
 that I see?

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.679
 And the men

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.579
 of the city

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.139
 told him

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.980
 it was a sepulcher

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.920
 of the man of God

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.960
 which came from Judah

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.980
 and proclaimed

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.760
 these things

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.579
 that thou hast done

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.380
 against the altar

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.980
 of Bethel.

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.639
 And he said,

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.519
 let him alone,

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.400
 let no man

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.360
 move his bones

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.900
 so they let his bones

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.840
 alone with the bones

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.440
 of the prophet

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.059
 that came out

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.539
 of Samaria.

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.699
 In other words,

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.820
 they had a headstone

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.360
 there that said,

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.199
 hey, this is who it is.

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.079
 Everybody else,

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.139
 when you read that account,

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.619
 that was buried there,

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.860
 their bones were dug up

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:42.179
 because they were prophets

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:44.579
 of the false idol

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.420
 and their bodies

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.139
 were burned,

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:47.119
 their bones were burned

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.860
 upon the altar

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.719
 to desecrate it.

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:51.780
 That's what Josiah did.

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:54.320
 Now, that's another one

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.540
 of the things

00:41:54.540 --> 00:41:55.280
 we don't have time

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:56.000
 tonight to get into

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.580
 all that,

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:59.740
 but that's ancient customs

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.460
 of things

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:03.260
 that we need to understand

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.780
 the picture,

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.640
 big picture though.

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.600
 What got the man

00:42:05.600 --> 00:42:06.360
 of God in trouble?

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.820
 He was obedient,

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.240
 he understood,

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:11.320
 he stood on truth,

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.220
 but he forgot what?

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:14.980
 He needed to stand in faith.

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:16.240
 He needed to trust

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:17.360
 what he knew to be true.

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:18.780
 Not because he thought

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.260
 it was true,

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:21.940
 but because God said it

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:24.680
 and got him in trouble.

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.980
 Now, let's go to the end

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.099
 of the chapter here quick.

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:28.320
 Look down at verse 33

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:29.620
 because the first part

00:42:29.620 --> 00:42:30.340
 of verse 33

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.920
 is another one

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:32.120
 of those interesting phrases.

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.620
 After this thing,

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.380
 well, what was the thing

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.240
 it's talking about?

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.640
 The whole issue at the altar,

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.780
 the story that got around

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.700
 that the man of God

00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.539
 that all that happened

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.079
 at the altar

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:45.340
 got killed by a lion

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.019
 with the donkey

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.579
 and the lion

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.319
 sitting next to him

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:48.079
 alongside the road

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:49.219
 and the word got back

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.840
 to Jeroboam.

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.420
 Look at this in verse 33.

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:53.460
 After this thing,

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.159
 Jeroboam returned not

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:56.340
 from his evil way,

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:58.259
 but made again

00:42:58.259 --> 00:42:59.460
 the lowest of the people

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:01.440
 priests of the high places,

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.299
 whosoever he would.

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.679
 He consecrated him

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.559
 and he became one

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.139
 of the priests

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.000
 of the high places.

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:09.739
 And this thing became a sin

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.199
 unto the house of Jeroboam

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:12.360
 even to cut it off

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:13.719
 and destroy it

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.759
 from off the face

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:16.179
 of the earth.

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:18.099
 Even after all this,

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:20.619
 Jeroboam said,

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.719
 God, I don't care.

00:43:21.919 --> 00:43:23.359
 He rejected God

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:25.539
 in the midst of all that.

00:43:25.759 --> 00:43:26.619
 We need to understand

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.399
 the importance

00:43:27.399 --> 00:43:29.359
 of what we see

00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:30.960
 because it's a clear,

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.259
 it's going to result

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:34.239
 in the destruction

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:36.799
 of the house of Jeroboam.

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:38.199
 We need to understand

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:38.960
 the importance

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:41.399
 of trusting God,

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.399
 to know God's word,

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.420
 to stand in obedience

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.320
 to God's word,

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:47.200
 but also to stand

00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:47.880
 in faith

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:49.700
 of what God has said,

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:52.460
 to do the things

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:53.059
 that God

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:54.579
 has declared.

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.619
 Let's pray.

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:58.240
 Heavenly Fathers,

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.300
 we come before you tonight,

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.240
 Lord, we just thank you

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.840
 for your word.

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:02.400
 Lord, help us to understand

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.680
 the importance

00:44:10.660 --> 00:44:14.740
 for your word.

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:17.460
 Amen.