Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service episode sixty four.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Josh Monday. If you'ed on me,
Speaker 1: I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and Army veteran.
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving everybody. It's Thanksgiving today and we have a lot
Speaker 1: of things for us to be thankful for. Praise God.
Speaker 1: And we are in First Kings eight chapter eleven today.
Speaker 1: So we were already to First Kings chapter eleven. What
Speaker 1: a blessing. And I just want to first start out
Speaker 1: by giving some shout outs from everybody in last week
Speaker 1: on Sunday Service that commented, so MDMP twenty two, I
Speaker 1: appreciate you commenting j Con forty four to twenty. I
Speaker 1: appreciate you. I'm glad I found my teaching points as well.
Speaker 1: My brother Angela Kelly, thank you so much for commenting
Speaker 1: on Sunday Service. Great episode. Thank you, I really appreciate you.
Speaker 1: All Glory to God on that. And then on Wednesday
Speaker 1: Service we had four people comment Melanie, Melanie, I almost
Speaker 1: pronounce your name wrong too, besides a Macedonia. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1: Please forgive me I apologize. I pronounced it wrong. It happens,
Speaker 1: you know, I kept saying Macedonia instead of Macedonia, and
Speaker 1: I think it got to your OCD. I guess he said,
Speaker 1: so yeah, no worries. I apologize. I try to do
Speaker 1: my best to listen to pastors preach on the different
Speaker 1: subjects and I should have caught that. I just kept
Speaker 1: on kept on pronouncing it wrong. And I do apologize.
Speaker 1: Be another great study my cup runner over Aamen, awesome
Speaker 1: j con once again, thank you and Happy Turkey Day. Brother. Yes,
Speaker 1: today is literally Thanksgiving, so it's eight forty at night.
Speaker 1: My kids went to sleep a little bit early, and
Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to maybe do a show tomorrow
Speaker 1: night instead. But the thing about it is is I
Speaker 1: have I have a show Saturday morning on John Pounders.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys know he is from
Speaker 1: He's the co host of Midnight Ride. I'll be doing
Speaker 1: a show on with him on biblical cosmology, on on
Speaker 1: his new big podcast that he has going on. So
Speaker 1: what a blessing. Another update I have is I just
Speaker 1: jumped on Apollo the Originals podcast. He's he's got he's
Speaker 1: another big show and I did it like a full
Speaker 1: Nephelene breakdown, and also did a breakdown of the difference
Speaker 1: between like Lucifer and Satan, like are they the same biblically?
Speaker 1: Why are they the same? Or are they not the same?
Speaker 1: You know, and tune in to find out. It's a
Speaker 1: pretty interesting episode. But let me find out what John
Speaker 1: Pounders is show. It's called It's called Pounder's Quest on YouTube. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'll be there on I'll be on there on Friday
Speaker 1: morning or Saturday morning zero five thirty. I don't know
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Speaker 1: telling you, my YouTube has just been straight stagnant. I
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Speaker 1: people watching their premiers, and my premiers are getting like
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Speaker 1: have the time, check out my YouTube. But it's Thanksgiving,
Speaker 1: so let let's say a little preederal quick for everybody
Speaker 1: that's listening before we start. So, Father God, in the
Speaker 1: name of Jesus, we appreciate every single thing we have.
Speaker 1: You know, we are so blessed to have a roof
Speaker 1: over our heads and also the jobs that we have,
Speaker 1: the kids that we have, the parents that we have
Speaker 1: still alive and the ones that passed away, you know,
Speaker 1: just for blessing us with everything that we have, you know,
Speaker 1: the water that we drink, the food that we eat,
Speaker 1: and we are blessed. We are so blessed. I see,
Speaker 1: you know, I've seen some people the other day I
Speaker 1: saw that documentary, Lord, you know, I watched on people
Speaker 1: that are living in tunnels underneath Las Vegas, you know,
Speaker 1: and just struggling, and they're scared for their lives and
Speaker 1: don't and they don't have they lost their ideas, they
Speaker 1: don't even have jobs, they have no way of you know,
Speaker 1: feeling like they're lost, you know. And I know that
Speaker 1: feeling of feeling lost, and and a lot of people
Speaker 1: that are listening right now know that feeling of feeling lost. Lord,
Speaker 1: But we're thankful that we have been found by you.
Speaker 1: And what an amazing, beautiful thing. Lord. You pulled me
Speaker 1: out of the gutters of doing harmful things to my
Speaker 1: body by drinking and doing drugs and chasing women and
Speaker 1: all the stupid stuff that I used to do. And
Speaker 1: you took a wrench like me, Lord, and you saved
Speaker 1: me and everyone that's listening, I'm sure they have a
Speaker 1: testimony as well, Lord, And and I'm sure that a
Speaker 1: lot of people that are listening are so thankful for
Speaker 1: what you have done for each and every one of us.
Speaker 1: And to the atheists that don't believe you know, that
Speaker 1: are on the fence that may be listening to this
Speaker 1: right now, to the people that are in the esoteric
Speaker 1: and New Age that may be listening to this right now,
Speaker 1: understand that the Lord can help you and assist you.
Speaker 1: You know, all you got to do is lay everything
Speaker 1: down at the altar, you know, pray to God and
Speaker 1: just let him know that you want to accept Jesus
Speaker 1: in your heart and that you believe that Jesus is
Speaker 1: your Lord and Savior, that he died on the cross
Speaker 1: for you and rose again after three days. Believe that
Speaker 1: with your heart and say it out loud, and you
Speaker 1: will be saved. But you have to understand that you
Speaker 1: got to continue to read the Bible to build faith
Speaker 1: and a lot of things. But Lord, I'm not speaking
Speaker 1: to the audience so much. I am in prayer right now,
Speaker 1: but I just want people to understand what's going on.
Speaker 1: But I do appreciate God everything you do. And people
Speaker 1: that are listening that are atheists, like I said, Lord,
Speaker 1: please touch their hearts and show them that you are real.
Speaker 1: And we just want to thank you Lord. This is Thanksgiving,
Speaker 1: and this is we don't care about all the rubbish
Speaker 1: that America tries to push on us about Thanksgiving. We
Speaker 1: just want to give thanks to you, Lord, for everything
Speaker 1: that you've given to us and Jesus, you gave it
Speaker 1: all up just to come down and die on the
Speaker 1: cross for us. You know, you gave it all up.
Speaker 1: You went from being rich to poor, as it says
Speaker 1: in Second Corinthians. You know, you went from you know,
Speaker 1: you stripped your godhood just to come down and feel
Speaker 1: the emotions that we feel. Lord, we just thank you.
Speaker 1: Thankful for that. Lord, So thank you very much. And
Speaker 1: I also want to ask Lord that you assist me in,
Speaker 1: you know, my any situation that I have going on.
Speaker 1: You know what I have going on with my work
Speaker 1: and certain things that I have going on, and also
Speaker 1: everybody that's listening, you know these certain things that all
Speaker 1: these people have. I know you have a lot to do, Lord,
Speaker 1: a lot of duties to do. But we're thankful for
Speaker 1: you always assist this and helping us. Thank you. We
Speaker 1: love you and Jesus name Amen. So thank you, guys.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to do that because it is literally
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving today and I'm spending it with you. Guys. What
Speaker 1: a blessing. So let's go ahead and share the screen
Speaker 1: and pull it up. Yeah, so we are on First Kings,
Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, okay, guys, and this is gonna be you know,
Speaker 1: Solomon is mainly who we talk about in chapter eleven,
Speaker 1: and I just want to go to my notes really quick, guys.
Speaker 1: Let me do that so that way I am set
Speaker 1: from ten to eleven. Perfect. There we are, yep, all right, perfect.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about Solomon's foreign wives as many
Speaker 1: foreign wives. Okay, let me just start out with the
Speaker 1: First King's eleven intro. First Kings eleven presents the downfall
Speaker 1: of King Solomon, who, despite his wisdom so it combs
Speaker 1: to the allure of foreign God's due to the influence
Speaker 1: of his wives, not wife but wives plural. His disobedience
Speaker 1: provokes God's anger, leading to prophecies of Israel's division and
Speaker 1: the rise of adversaries against Solomon. The chapter ends with
Speaker 1: Solomon's death and the ascension of his son ray Yoboam. Okay,
Speaker 1: we gotta ray A Baum. I want to make sure
Speaker 1: I'm pronouncing things correctly on here, because man, sometimes I
Speaker 1: mess that up. But I will do my very best,
Speaker 1: you know, please give me grace. So let me just
Speaker 1: pull up this teaching point here of that properly prepared,
Speaker 1: and also my other note section here properly prepared. All right,
Speaker 1: First Kings chapter eleven, perfect, All right, guys, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for your patience and your grace, and we
Speaker 1: are now going to start First Kings Chapter eleven, Verse one,
Speaker 1: Solomon's heart turns from the Lord. Verse one says, but
Speaker 1: King Solomon loved many foreign women as well as the
Speaker 1: daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sedonians,
Speaker 1: and Hittites, from the nations of whom the Lord had
Speaker 1: said to the children of Issual, you shall not intermarry
Speaker 1: with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn
Speaker 1: away your hearts from their gods, turn away your hearts
Speaker 1: after their gods. Solomon clung to these in love. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's stop right there. We have the Moabites and Ammonites.
Speaker 1: We remember who they came from, right, They came from Lot.
Speaker 1: And when he brought his two daughters out of sodomingam Or,
Speaker 1: they went up to the mountains because they didn't want
Speaker 1: to go be seen. In what happened, Their dad drunk
Speaker 1: and they both became pregnant. One of the daughters had
Speaker 1: the Mobites, the other had the Ammonites, not the Amorites,
Speaker 1: but the Ammonites, Okay, not to be mistaken for that,
Speaker 1: that is how they were born. Okay. So then next
Speaker 1: we have the Edamites, which are eat them right, and
Speaker 1: that actually is going to be coming from if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken Esau. Okay, eat them. Let's see, eat them
Speaker 1: South traditionally believed to be Okay, so a member of
Speaker 1: the ancient people living in Edom, a region south of
Speaker 1: the Dead Sea, and Biblical times traditionally believed to be
Speaker 1: descended from Esau. Okay, just so we know that. And
Speaker 1: then also we have the Sidonians, which I have to
Speaker 1: look that up. The Sidonians. Wow, And I didn't really
Speaker 1: plan on looking all these up. But since I know
Speaker 1: the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Etomites, maybe we want to
Speaker 1: know who the Sidonians are. Who are the sedon I
Speaker 1: want to see who they come from. Sidonians in the Bible,
Speaker 1: Sidon in the Bible. Okay, So the Sidonians were the
Speaker 1: inhabitants of the ancient Sedon, a seaport of the Mediterranean Sea,
Speaker 1: and the modern Lebanon. Okay. Sidonians often depiccause of people
Speaker 1: who worship pagan deities, most notably Bail and Astaroth okay.
Speaker 1: So that's what that was the important part, Okay. So
Speaker 1: we have that they we have them most notably, most
Speaker 1: notably worshiping bail and Astaroth okay, Astoroth okay. So we
Speaker 1: want to make sure that we know that that's that's
Speaker 1: one of the reasons why. And then the Hittites, which
Speaker 1: we've talked about many times, I just want to get there.
Speaker 1: Biblical Hittites are spelled Hithites were a group of people
Speaker 1: mentioned in the Hebrew Bible under the names children of Heth,
Speaker 1: who was the son of Canaan, all right, so, and
Speaker 1: native of Heath they are. They are described several times
Speaker 1: as living in the near Canaan between the time of
Speaker 1: Abraham and the time of Ezra, so it's between two
Speaker 1: thousand BC and fifteen hundred BC, returned to the Jews
Speaker 1: from babylon exile. Their ancestor is Heth, so that way
Speaker 1: we know that that's why they're called also spelled the Heathites.
Speaker 1: The Hittites are also spelled the Heathites, so that way
Speaker 1: you guys can understand. And they're also as you as
Speaker 1: you could tell, they are actually Canaanites, right, So they're
Speaker 1: children of Heath, right, so who was the son of Canaan?
Speaker 1: So that is why God would be saying this to them.
Speaker 1: Who you want to find out who they're Who the
Speaker 1: Hittites worshiped. Let's see see what God they worship in
Speaker 1: the Bible.
Speaker 2: Who it types worshiped, Let's see. Yeah, I didn't really see.
Speaker 1: I don't want to get too deep into finding out
Speaker 1: who they worship. It's not really that important. But if
Speaker 1: they're you know, it's the most important part is the
Speaker 1: worshiping other gods. Okay, we have the Mobites, the Ammonites,
Speaker 1: the Edomites, and then we have the Sedonians, which will
Speaker 1: worshiped bail And and Astaroth. And then we have the Hittites,
Speaker 1: which came from, uh, you know, the land of Canaan.
Speaker 1: It says from the nations of whom the Lord had
Speaker 1: said to the children is what you shall not intermarry with. Right,
Speaker 1: So that's that's there. Who they who God did not
Speaker 1: want them to intermarry with, obviously because they're worshiping other gods, right,
Speaker 1: and they don't come from their line. So it says
Speaker 1: despite God's clear instruction, That's what it says. In my
Speaker 1: notes Solomon took many for wives, who led them to
Speaker 1: worship other gods. Solomon, however, loved many foreign women from
Speaker 1: the nations from which God had told them told the Israelites,
Speaker 1: you must not intermarry with them, because you will surely
Speaker 1: turn your hearts from their gods. All right, and Solomon's disobedience,
Speaker 1: Solomon has sentered from the throne the commandments and warnings.
Speaker 1: Solomon's disobedience. Despite his initial faithfulness, Solomon's heart turned away
Speaker 1: from the Lord in his later years. The primary cause
Speaker 1: of his disobedience was his marriages to foreign women. So
Speaker 1: that's the primary cause of his disobearance, disobedience, which is
Speaker 1: contrary to his command. King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women,
Speaker 1: which you just read about. You must not intermarry. Yes,
Speaker 1: Solomon's marriages led to idolatry, as he built high places
Speaker 1: for gods for his wife, such as Astrooth, Shamash, and Moloch,
Speaker 1: which you're going to read about right now. So let
Speaker 1: me just go ahead and dig into that. I don't
Speaker 1: want to get too deep into it. Let's continue to
Speaker 1: read all right. Now, we're going to be on first
Speaker 1: Kings eleven, verse three. If you're following along, and he
Speaker 1: had seven hundred wives princesses and three hundred concubines, and
Speaker 1: his wives turned away his heart. For it was so
Speaker 1: when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart
Speaker 1: after other gods, and his heart was not loyal to
Speaker 1: the Lord his god, as was the heart of his
Speaker 1: father David. From Solomon went from Astaroth, the goddess of
Speaker 1: the Sedonians. After mil Com and abomination of the Ammonites.
Speaker 1: Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord and
Speaker 1: did not fully follow the lords as did his father David.
Speaker 1: Then Solomon built a high place for Chamash, the abomination
Speaker 1: of Moab, on the hill that was east of Jerusalem,
Speaker 1: and for Moloch, the abomination of the people of Amen.
Speaker 1: And he did likewise for all of his foreign wives,
Speaker 1: who burn incense and sacrifice to their gods. So there's
Speaker 1: a big warning in the Bible to not marry someone
Speaker 1: that you're not equally yoked with. Okay, a lot of
Speaker 1: people do that, and I try to tell people that
Speaker 1: if you're not equally yoked, then you've got to make
Speaker 1: sure that you don't marry that person, or it's going
Speaker 1: to be an uphill battle for you. Okay, if you're
Speaker 1: a Christian man and you you're going let's say you're
Speaker 1: in high school and you meet this beautiful girl that's Muslim, right,
Speaker 1: you know there's gonna be I'm not saying that you
Speaker 1: shouldn't do what you want to do and if you're falling,
Speaker 1: if you fall in love with somebody, I'm not trying
Speaker 1: to control who you fall in love with anything. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you that you gotta be careful unless that that
Speaker 1: woman's is gonna convert to Christianity, unless she falls so
Speaker 1: much in love with you that you can kind of
Speaker 1: plan a seed and then God wants to assist them
Speaker 1: to turn to Christianity. But if you keep let's say
Speaker 1: it's so becomes someone's Muslim and you're Christian, for example.
Speaker 1: Or let's say somebody is Jehovah's witness and you're you're
Speaker 1: a regular Christian. Or you have someone that's Mormon and
Speaker 1: you're Jehovah's witness and you're like, I'm in love. Though,
Speaker 1: You've got to be so careful because you're going to
Speaker 1: fall into a you could fall into a major trap,
Speaker 1: you know. Uh. Solomon, for example, God is saying not
Speaker 1: to intermarry with these women, don't do it. And Solomon's like, oh,
Speaker 1: he went ahead, and he's, uh, you know, he's deep
Speaker 1: with these these women. And what's happening is they're having
Speaker 1: him worship these false gods, these Astoross and mill Comes
Speaker 1: and you know, and Bales and all these other uh,
Speaker 1: false gods. And uh that's because he's in love with
Speaker 1: these women and they're able to seduce you into doing
Speaker 1: these things. And saying that women are bad and that
Speaker 1: women also try to seduce you into worshiping their gods.
Speaker 1: What I'm saying is, when you're in love with somebody,
Speaker 1: it's hard for you not to want to please them.
Speaker 1: Like me, I'm a people pleaser, right, So I'm the
Speaker 1: type of person that's a people pleaser, like you know I,
Speaker 1: Uh so, I guess I would be. I could probably
Speaker 1: get taken advantage advantage of easily because I'm always nice
Speaker 1: and I always want to people treat people nicely, and
Speaker 1: I always get people to benefit the doubt, and and
Speaker 1: that that kind of thing can happen where you get
Speaker 1: people to benefit the doubt and then you're you're very
Speaker 1: nice to them, and then uh, they start slipping in
Speaker 1: these false gods, and if you're a people pleaser, sometimes
Speaker 1: you can fall for that. Not saying that everybody will,
Speaker 1: but it's an uphill battle because you don't want to
Speaker 1: be teaching your children Muslim teachings. You don't want to
Speaker 1: be teaching your children, you know, Mormonism or Jehovah's Witness teachings.
Speaker 1: You want to be teaching people the Word of God. Right,
Speaker 1: you want to tea be teaching your children, sorry, the
Speaker 1: Word of God. And you want you want to make
Speaker 1: sure that your wife is equally yoked with you. So
Speaker 1: if you're young and you haven't met a wife yet,
Speaker 1: make sure that you learn a lesson from this. If
Speaker 1: you're listening to this right now, learn a lesson from
Speaker 1: what King Solomon did. And obviously don't have many wives either,
Speaker 1: only have one wife. Okay, it's my pole point is
Speaker 1: this is what happens though, when you are marrying women
Speaker 1: that are not equally yoked with you. It's an uphill
Speaker 1: battle and it's very hard to change someone's mind. And
Speaker 1: if they're unequally yoked with you and you start off
Speaker 1: on the wrong foot, then it's very hard for you
Speaker 1: to gain momentum because a lot of the times their
Speaker 1: parents are a big influence on them. And if their
Speaker 1: parents our Jove is Witness or Mormons or Muslim or
Speaker 1: let's say, if you're a Christian and then your wife
Speaker 1: is Catholic, their parents have a big they might have
Speaker 1: a big influence in their religious life, you know. And
Speaker 1: what happens is they're not going to believe you. They're
Speaker 1: going to believe their parents, and then their parents it's
Speaker 1: gonna start causing a big conflict with you. So just
Speaker 1: be careful with that, if that makes sense. But soet,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and check out my notes here.
Speaker 1: We finished all the way to verse eight, so I
Speaker 1: have something on first Kings eleven six. Okay, the consequences
Speaker 1: of idolatry. Solomon's heart turned away from the Lord, leading
Speaker 1: to the worship of false God. So Solomon did evil
Speaker 1: on the side of the Lord. Unlike his father David,
Speaker 1: he did not follow the Lord completely. The consequences of
Speaker 1: idolatry is what I want to talk about. Okay. Idolatry,
Speaker 1: the worship of idols, or the elevation of anything above God,
Speaker 1: is a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, consistently depicted as
Speaker 1: a grave sin, with severe consequences. The Bible warns against
Speaker 1: idolatry and illustrates its destructive effects on the individuals and
Speaker 1: nations and the Old Testament. And the Old Testament, idology
Speaker 1: is frequently addressed as a violation for the first two
Speaker 1: commandments given to Moses. You shall have no other gods
Speaker 1: before me. You shall not make one yourself an idol
Speaker 1: Exodus twenty three through four three and four. The Israelites,
Speaker 1: chosen as God's people, were repeatedly admonished to avoid the
Speaker 1: practices of surrounding nations, which often included idle worship. Despite
Speaker 1: these warnings, the Israelites frequently fell into idology, leading to
Speaker 1: dire consequences. One of the most notable instances of idology
Speaker 1: is worship of the golden calf, has described in Exodus
Speaker 1: thirty two. Why Moses on malt Sini received the law
Speaker 1: that Israelites constructed a golden calf and worshiped it, provoking
Speaker 1: God's wrath. As a result, about three hundred I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: excuse me, about three thousand men fell by the sword,
Speaker 1: and a plague struck to people Exodus thirty two, verse
Speaker 1: thirty eight, and verse thirty five. So they got struck
Speaker 1: by the sword in verse twenty eight, and they got
Speaker 1: struck by the plague in verse thirty five. The Book
Speaker 1: of Judges further illustrates the cynical parle, the cynical pattern,
Speaker 1: silical pattern of by doolage, and its consequences. The Israelites
Speaker 1: repeatedly turned to the gods of the Canaanites, leading to
Speaker 1: oppression by foreign powers. Judges two, verses twelve to fourteen states,
Speaker 1: they forsook, They forsook the Lord, the god of their fathers,
Speaker 1: who brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped
Speaker 1: various gods of the people around them. They provoked the
Speaker 1: Lord to anger, so we handed them over to the
Speaker 1: raiders who plundered them. The prophets also spoke vehemently against idolatry. Isaiah,
Speaker 1: Jeremiah and Ezekiel, among others, warned of the impeding judgment
Speaker 1: due to the people's unfaithfulness. Jeremiah two eleven through thirteen states,
Speaker 1: has a nation ever changed its gods though they had
Speaker 1: not gods at all? But my people have exchanged their
Speaker 1: glory of useless idols. Be appalled at this, Oh, heavens,
Speaker 1: and shruddered with people with great horror, declaring the Lord,
Speaker 1: for my people have committed two evils. They have forsaken
Speaker 1: me the fountain of living water, and they have dug
Speaker 1: their own assistance broken and cisterns that cannot hold water. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I'm going over this because it's very it's very
Speaker 1: very important for us to understand this as well, that
Speaker 1: God hates idolatry. God hates the worship of other gods.
Speaker 1: And when you invite these people into your life, if
Speaker 1: you marry in or marry with somebody that does not
Speaker 1: worship the same God that we worship, what happens is
Speaker 1: God does not like it. Okay, He doesn't want you
Speaker 1: to marry someone like that, So you got to be
Speaker 1: very careful. I understand that the conditions to get married
Speaker 1: nowadays is not so much like who you worship, or
Speaker 1: you know, what religion you are, or do you believe
Speaker 1: the Bible or not. It's like not a condition that
Speaker 1: we have normally here in America. And it's not like
Speaker 1: condition that I had when I first met my wife.
Speaker 1: You know, I told her I was a Christian, you know,
Speaker 1: and at the time, obviously I was. I believe that
Speaker 1: Jesus is my Lord and Savior, but I was not
Speaker 1: following him. I was all over the place, right. But
Speaker 1: the thing is now as a man, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: forty two years old, So I am trying to tell
Speaker 1: you guys, just give you guys advice because sometimes these
Speaker 1: might be I don't know what age bracket of people
Speaker 1: that are listening to this show, but some of you
Speaker 1: might not be married yet. Some of you may be
Speaker 1: married right now, and some may be divorced. So the
Speaker 1: ones that are divorced need to take heed to stories
Speaker 1: like this, so we understand. Because idolatry is it's when
Speaker 1: you have idle worship in you. Like some people have,
Speaker 1: like really deep idle worship. It's very hard to pull
Speaker 1: them out of that. And I know that people would say, well,
Speaker 1: what do you mean idle worship? I mean, who's worshiping idols? Nowadays?
Speaker 1: They don't have Well, I mean if you go you
Speaker 1: go to some churches, there's idols all over the place. Okay,
Speaker 1: idols everywhere. And also every single day that we jump
Speaker 1: on our cell phones, we're holding an idol in our hand.
Speaker 1: It's called the cell phone. Every time we turn on
Speaker 1: the TV and we're watching sports for you know, ten
Speaker 1: hours a day that there's an idol right there. We
Speaker 1: definitely give ourselves over to idols. But specifically, the Bible
Speaker 1: is speaking about worshiping other gods, and God doesn't like it.
Speaker 1: So if you are marrying somebody that worships another God,
Speaker 1: you're going to have an uphill battle trying to get
Speaker 1: them to believe in the God of the Bible. Okay,
Speaker 1: the one that we believe in. Okay, yahweh believing in Jesus,
Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior, and believing in the Holy Spirit. Okay.
Speaker 1: So I just want to let you guys know that
Speaker 1: I'm just going to read a little bit more of
Speaker 1: these notes real quick, kind of show you a little
Speaker 1: bit what the New Testament says about idolatry, and then
Speaker 1: we'll go ahead and get back to these verses. Okay,
Speaker 1: we'll jump to verse nine. It says in the New Testament,
Speaker 1: idolatry is expanded beyond the worship of physical idols to
Speaker 1: include any form of covetousness or placing anything above God
Speaker 1: I just talked about now with the cell phones, right
Speaker 1: The apostle Paul warns the Early Church against idolatry, emphasizing
Speaker 1: the incompatibility within the Christian faith, and one Corinthians ten,
Speaker 1: verse fourteen, Paul advises, therefore, my beloved flee from idolatry,
Speaker 1: Run from idolatry, okay. Paul further explains that spiritual implications
Speaker 1: of idolatry and Romans one through twenty three, for although
Speaker 1: they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor
Speaker 1: gave him thanks to him. But they became feudle, and
Speaker 1: they're thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they
Speaker 1: claim to be wise, they became fools in exchange the
Speaker 1: glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man,
Speaker 1: and birds and animals and reptiles. All right, so what
Speaker 1: are the eternal consequences of this? The eternal consequences also
Speaker 1: emphasize and idolatry has seen in the rejection of God's
Speaker 1: rightful place in one's life. The New Testament warns idolatrys
Speaker 1: will not inherit the kingdom of God. One Corinthians six
Speaker 1: nine through ten. This underscores the seriousness to which idolatry
Speaker 1: is viewed in the Biblical narrative, serving as a cautionary
Speaker 1: teal for believers to remain faithful to God alone. That's
Speaker 1: why I'm telling you guys about this because it is
Speaker 1: vastly important. Okay, and then we're gonna go ahead and
Speaker 1: read nine through twelve thirteen, and then I have some
Speaker 1: more notes for you guys. Right, So now we're back
Speaker 1: to the Bible. Now, first Kings eleven, verse nine. So
Speaker 1: the Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had
Speaker 1: turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared
Speaker 1: to him twice. Okay, let's stop real quick. If the
Speaker 1: if the if? Yahweh okay. If God appeared to you
Speaker 1: twice once in a dream and then I don't know
Speaker 1: if the other one was in a dream. But God
Speaker 1: does say in numbers twelve verses fourth th eight that
Speaker 1: I appear to prophets and visions and in dreams. Okay,
Speaker 1: he appeared to Solomon twice. Solomon asked him for wisdom.
Speaker 1: God blessed him with wisdom. So there's actually a physical
Speaker 1: relationship happening. David, his dad knew God. He walked with God.
Speaker 1: He was a man after his own, so he knows
Speaker 1: that God is real for sure. He's not like us.
Speaker 1: But we're praying to God. You know, we never see God. Ever,
Speaker 1: he hasn't appeared to us. But we're like, you know,
Speaker 1: we'll believe in God without seeing him, like Jesus says,
Speaker 1: we're blessed because we've never seen him. But this guy, Solomon,
Speaker 1: he said that the Lord God of Israel, who had
Speaker 1: appeared to him not once but twice. Okay, he knows
Speaker 1: that God is real for sure, So you know that
Speaker 1: that that would probably make God even more infuriated. Because
Speaker 1: God blessed him with wisdom which attracted these women to him. Okay,
Speaker 1: the pharaoh's daughter was attracted to him. Well, the pharaoh
Speaker 1: married him, married, you know, Solomon and his daughter kind
Speaker 1: of gave his daughter to him. But these women are
Speaker 1: attracted him because of his knowledge. Just like shebas, She
Speaker 1: was like, wow, your wisdom is true. So the wisdom
Speaker 1: is given to him by God. Right, all glory to God.
Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden, he's turning against the
Speaker 1: Lord and he knows that God is real. So it's
Speaker 1: an even bigger problem. Let's continue verse ten. And had
Speaker 1: commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
Speaker 1: after other gods. But he did not keep what the
Speaker 1: Lord had commanded. Therefore, the Lord said to Solomon, because
Speaker 1: you have done this and have not kept my covenant
Speaker 1: my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely
Speaker 1: tear the kingdom away from you and give it to
Speaker 1: your servant. Nevertheless, I will do it in your days
Speaker 1: for the sake of your father, David. I will tear
Speaker 1: it out of the hands of your son. However, I
Speaker 1: will not tear it away from the whole kingdom. I
Speaker 1: will give one tribe to your son, for the sake
Speaker 1: of my servant, David, and for the sake of Jerusalem,
Speaker 1: which I have chosen. Right, so you see what's going
Speaker 1: on there. So it's God's judgment. As a result of
Speaker 1: Solomon's unfaithfulness, God declared that the kingdom would be torn
Speaker 1: from him since you have not kept my covenant and statues.
Speaker 1: Is what it says. And we'll talk and then you
Speaker 1: know God's judgment. You see it throughout the Bible. You
Speaker 1: know in the Old Testament. You see that the flood
Speaker 1: narrative in Genesis sixt' nine illustrates God's judgment on the
Speaker 1: corrupt world. Then we have Genesis nineteen, which is going
Speaker 1: to be soda migamorro. Then we have Exodus seven, verse
Speaker 1: twelve demonstrates God's power and judgment against Pharaoh's hard heart,
Speaker 1: ultimately leading to the liberation of the Israelites. Then we
Speaker 1: have Deuteronomy twenty eight fifteen. But if you do not
Speaker 1: obey the Lord God carefully following all his commandments and
Speaker 1: statues I'm giving you today, all these curses will come
Speaker 1: upon you and overtake you. Then there's prophetic warnings like
Speaker 1: Isaiah one, verses eighteen through twenty. Come now, let us
Speaker 1: reason together, says the Lord. Through your sins that are
Speaker 1: like scarlet, they shall be white as snow. And though
Speaker 1: they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Speaker 1: If you are willing and obedience, you will eat the
Speaker 1: best of the land. But if you resist and rebel,
Speaker 1: you will be devoured by the sword. From the mouth
Speaker 1: of the Lord has spoken. Also we have New Testament revelations.
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five thirty one through thirty three states, when
Speaker 1: the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
Speaker 1: the angels with him, he will sit on the glorious throne.
Speaker 1: All the nations will be gathered together before him. He
Speaker 1: will separate the people from one another, as he separated
Speaker 1: sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on
Speaker 1: his right and the goats on his left. We have
Speaker 1: Romans ten twelve, ten through twelve if you want to
Speaker 1: check that one out. We also have Romans two, verse
Speaker 1: six if you want to check that out. And then
Speaker 1: also the Book of Revelation provides a vivid depiction of
Speaker 1: the final judgment where the dead are judge according to
Speaker 1: their works. Revelation twenty eleven through fifteen. Okay, the conclusion,
Speaker 1: God's judgment serves as a reminder of his sovereignty, the
Speaker 1: moral order of the universe or the realm, or whatever
Speaker 1: you want to say it. It calls individuals to repentance
Speaker 1: and faith, offering both a warning to the unrepentant and
Speaker 1: assurance to those who trust in his promises. Okay, so
Speaker 1: God's judgment is all throughout the Bible, even more examples.
Speaker 1: But I just wanted to give you a few there
Speaker 1: of God's judgment, and that's what's happening to Solomon right
Speaker 1: here at this moment. So let's go over a couple
Speaker 1: things real fast. So the meaning of one Kings eleven
Speaker 1: one through thirteen is that King Solomon's excessive love for
Speaker 1: foreign wives leads to idolatry, turning his heart away from
Speaker 1: God despite prior warnings. The act of unfaithfulness broke the
Speaker 1: covenant with God and resulted in divine punishment which we
Speaker 1: talked about. God declared the king would be taken from
Speaker 1: his family, though a remnant would remain for his son
Speaker 1: to rule. Because of King David, the passage serves as
Speaker 1: a warning about how a single sin can lead to
Speaker 1: great apostasy and corruption in one's division. Idolatry through marriage,
Speaker 1: which we just read about. Okay, Solomon married seven hundred
Speaker 1: foreign instanses and took three hundred concubines, which was forbidden
Speaker 1: by God's law because those women worshiped other gods. Broken covenant.
Speaker 1: His wives turned his heart away from God, and he
Speaker 1: began to worship foreign deities like we spoke about ast
Speaker 1: ofth Milcomb and Moloch. This was a direct violation of
Speaker 1: the covenant made with his father, David. What's the consequences
Speaker 1: of said? God became angry with Solomon because he did
Speaker 1: not let the Lord, did not keep the Lord's commands.
Speaker 1: God declared that he would tear the kingdom away from
Speaker 1: Solomon's family. Because of God's promise that David the kingdom
Speaker 1: was not taken from Solomon during his lifetime. Instead, the
Speaker 1: split was prophesied to happen to his sons and one
Speaker 1: tribe to remained for him out of respect for David.
Speaker 1: And then the escalationists in Solomon's actions show how sin
Speaker 1: can escalate from toleration to justification to eventually the greater
Speaker 1: and more intense sin, illustrating the slippery slope of idolatry
Speaker 1: and corrupting nature of sin. And then what's a warning
Speaker 1: to readers? Written during the Babylonian exile, this passage was
Speaker 1: a stark reminder to the Israelite of their current suffering
Speaker 1: was a direct consequence of the unfaithfulness of their kings,
Speaker 1: particularly Solomon, which led the kingdom's downfall and their exile.
Speaker 1: It highlights that judgment comes from people, comes when people
Speaker 1: turn their hearts from the Lord. Now, let's check out
Speaker 1: verses eleven or actually fourteen, I'm sorry, fourteen, this is
Speaker 1: the first kings eleven. Verse fourteen is what I mean.
Speaker 1: Adversaries of Solomon. And let me just check what who
Speaker 1: am I gonna be at with my teaching points here?
Speaker 1: We're gonna have okay, So the Rise of adversaries here, okay,
Speaker 1: adversaries of Solomon. This is verse fourteen. Now okay, Now
Speaker 1: the lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the
Speaker 1: edom Mite. He was a descendant of the king of Edom.
Speaker 1: For it happened when David was in Edom and Joe
Speaker 1: abb the commander of the army, had gone up to
Speaker 1: bury the slane, after he had killed every male of Edom.
Speaker 1: Because for six months Joe remained in there with all Israel,
Speaker 1: until he had cut down every male of Edom. Then
Speaker 1: had Dad fled to go to Egypt. He had certain
Speaker 1: Edomites in his father's servants with them. Her dad was
Speaker 1: still a little child. Then they rose from Midian and
Speaker 1: came to Puran, and they took men with them from
Speaker 1: Puran and came to Egypt to Pharaohs, to Pharaoh, King
Speaker 1: of Egypt, who gave him a house, apportioned food for him,
Speaker 1: and gave him land. And his dad found great favor
Speaker 1: in the side of Pharaos, so that he gave him
Speaker 1: his wife, the sister of his own wife. That his sister,
Speaker 1: the sister of Queen top Penis, top Penis, top Pens.
Speaker 1: I don't know how to say it, THHPS it's a Topens,
Speaker 1: I guess it would be. Then the sister of Topens
Speaker 1: bore him Jenobath, his son whom top weaned in Pharaoh's house,
Speaker 1: and jena Bath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons
Speaker 1: of Pharaoh. All right, So the rise of adversaries is
Speaker 1: what this whole portion is about. And it says that
Speaker 1: God raised up adversaries against Solomon as a consequence for
Speaker 1: his disobedience. The Lord raised up against Solomon and adversary
Speaker 1: hadid the Edomite from the royal line of edom And
Speaker 1: just let you guys know, King Herod where to see
Speaker 1: he's an Edomite. Oh, all right, so he becomes there
Speaker 1: is a royal line in from the Edomites. Okay, Old
Speaker 1: Testament concept. Yeah, we don't really need to read, Okay,
Speaker 1: so I'll just write. I'll just give you guys some
Speaker 1: theological implications for the rise of adversaries. The rise of
Speaker 1: adversaries of the Biblical narrative underscores the reality of spiritual
Speaker 1: warfare and the necessity of reliance on God's strength and guidance.
Speaker 1: Believers are called to remain steadfast and faith trusting in
Speaker 1: God's sovereignty and an ultimate victory over all adversaries. The
Speaker 1: presence of adversaries serves as a reminder of the fallen
Speaker 1: state of the world and the ongoing battle between the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of God and the forces of darkness. Do you
Speaker 1: understand the spiritual battle that Solomon was in. Wow, he's
Speaker 1: building He's going to the highest mountain and building altars
Speaker 1: for these women. He's going through a massive spiritual battle.
Speaker 1: He's got seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines. That's
Speaker 1: a huge spiritual battle he's going through because he's inviting
Speaker 1: all of this, all of the sin into his life.
Speaker 1: You know, he's not being faithful to one woman and
Speaker 1: just staying with one woman. Can you imagine how Solomon
Speaker 1: would have been if he would have had one amazing
Speaker 1: wife that was just there for him during his kingship,
Speaker 1: and that he was depending on her, she was depending
Speaker 1: on him, and he was just leading. No, It's like
Speaker 1: he almost had too much money, too much time on
Speaker 1: his hands, having all these wives like crazy and all
Speaker 1: of them. I mean, he's juggling all these women and
Speaker 1: all this stuff, and you know he's got a gold
Speaker 1: statues everywhere. You can imagine, you know, the materialism. They
Speaker 1: just kicked in with this guy. And you know, And
Speaker 1: am I saying that I would be any different? I
Speaker 1: have no idea. I'm not judging him. All I'm telling
Speaker 1: you is because I don't know. I have no idea
Speaker 1: how it is when you have all this money and
Speaker 1: all that stuff. You know what I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: I have no clue. But in all this wisdom, you know,
Speaker 1: but he should have used that wisdom to see to
Speaker 1: make better decisions because he made some major major issues,
Speaker 1: you know, walking away from the Lord. Now that part
Speaker 1: I know I wouldn't do because I'm not doing it now.
Speaker 1: I'm not walking away from the Lord. I'm staying with
Speaker 1: the Lord. So let's see what it says here. So
Speaker 1: so we read the Rise of the Adversaries. There, let's
Speaker 1: go in and continue. We're going to be in One
Speaker 1: Kings eleven, verse twenty one. So when had Dad heard
Speaker 1: in Egypt that David rested with his fathers, and that
Speaker 1: Joe had, the commander of the army, was dead. Had
Speaker 1: Dad said to Pharaoh, let me depart, that I may
Speaker 1: go to my own country. The Pharaoh said to him,
Speaker 1: but when have you lacked with me? But what have
Speaker 1: you lacked with me that suddenly you seek to go
Speaker 1: to your own country. And he answered nothing, but do
Speaker 1: let me go anyway. And God raised up another adversary
Speaker 1: against him, res On, the son of Ilidad, who had
Speaker 1: fled from this lord from his lord, had Accyser. Had
Speaker 1: Dad is their had Dad is our king of Zoba.
Speaker 1: So he gathered men to him and became captain over
Speaker 1: a band of the raiders. When David killed those Sabah
Speaker 1: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there and reigned
Speaker 1: in Damascus. He was an adversary of Israel all the
Speaker 1: days of Solomon. Besides the trouble that had Dad caused.
Speaker 1: He adorned Israel and reigned over Syria. Okay, so we
Speaker 1: went through, Yeah, we went through fourteen through twenty five.
Speaker 1: And the main me for this is that God raised
Speaker 1: up adversaries against Solomon as a consequence of his disobedience,
Speaker 1: particularly his idology and turning away from God. The passage
Speaker 1: introduces two men as adversaries, Hadad the Edomite and Raison
Speaker 1: of Syria, who served as divine instruments to bring about
Speaker 1: God's promise judgment and ultimately contributed to the future division
Speaker 1: of the Kingdom. The core messages that obedience leads to
Speaker 1: peace and blessings, while disobedience invites opposition. Very important for
Speaker 1: us to understand. Let's read a little bit about Hadad
Speaker 1: the Edomite, a prince of Edom, escaped the masacre of
Speaker 1: his people by job and was taken to Egypt. There
Speaker 1: he was cared for and given a wife by Pharaoh,
Speaker 1: which we talked about. After hearing of David and Joab's death,
Speaker 1: he returned to Edom to reclaim his throne, become a
Speaker 1: persistent adversary to Solomon, representing an unresolved long standing attention
Speaker 1: between Israel and Edom or Jacob and Esau. That's crazy,
Speaker 1: right because Edomites are from Esau, and then Israel obviously
Speaker 1: is Jacob very interesting. Rason of Syria Rizon had been
Speaker 1: a captain under the king of Zabah. Fled after David's conquest.
Speaker 1: He gathered abandoned men to control of Damascus and became
Speaker 1: an adversary to Solomon, ruling in Aram and opposing Israel.
Speaker 1: The third adversary is introduced later in One Kings eleven
Speaker 1: and is within Israel itself, and it's Jerrebohm. He rebelled
Speaker 1: against Solomon after being told by a prophet that he
Speaker 1: would rule over ten of the twelve tribes. So what
Speaker 1: the what can we get out of this lesson? What's
Speaker 1: the lesson we should learn out of these? Well, divine consequences.
Speaker 1: God uses human human actions, even those that seem like
Speaker 1: political opposition, to carry out his will and discipline his people.
Speaker 1: The adversaries were raised up as a direct response to
Speaker 1: Solomon's and faithfulness. What else do we have? Covenancial relationships?
Speaker 1: The passage reflects the Biblical principle of covenant, where obedience
Speaker 1: is met with blessing and disobedience with consequences. Danger of prosperity.
Speaker 1: I kind of touched on that right now. Solomon's story
Speaker 1: serves as a warning against the danger of prosperity, as
Speaker 1: the king, after being blessed abundantly, become complacent in turn
Speaker 1: to foreign gods. That's what I'm saying. You got too
Speaker 1: much time when it has too much money, too much
Speaker 1: material possessions, too many women. Yeah, you're doing too much
Speaker 1: personal responsibility. The passage emphasizes that God's judgment as a
Speaker 1: result of individual choices, and that our actions have consequences
Speaker 1: that can affect future generations. Let's go ahead and continue,
Speaker 1: and let's read about Jeroboam, the one I just talked
Speaker 1: about right there, jered Boom, Jereboam's rebellion. Then Solomon's servant, Jereboam,
Speaker 1: the son of Nabat and Ephraimite from Zereda, whose mother's
Speaker 1: name was Ziah, a widow who also rebelled against the king.
Speaker 1: And this is what caused him to rebel against the king.
Speaker 1: Solomon had built Milo and repaired the damages of the
Speaker 1: city of David. His father. The man Jereboom was a
Speaker 1: mighty man of valor, and a mighty man is Gabriem,
Speaker 1: So that's interesting, and Solomon might and Solomon, seeing that
Speaker 1: the young man was industrious, made him the officer over
Speaker 1: all the labor force of the House of Joseph. Do
Speaker 1: you guys remember the labor forces. Now, it came to
Speaker 1: time when Jerreboom went out to Jerusalem that the prophet Ahijah,
Speaker 1: the Chilian knite Shiloh Knight met him on the way,
Speaker 1: and he had clothed himself with a new garment, and
Speaker 1: the two were alone in the field, and a hijab
Speaker 1: took hold of a new garment that was on him
Speaker 1: and tore it into twelve pieces, and he said to Jereboam,
Speaker 1: take yourself ten pieces. For thus says the Lord, the
Speaker 1: God of Israel. Behold, I will tear the kingdom out
Speaker 1: of the hand of a Solomon and give ten tribes
Speaker 1: to you. But he shall have one tribe for the
Speaker 1: sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem,
Speaker 1: the city which I have chosen out of the tribes
Speaker 1: of Israel, because they have forsaken me and worshiped Astaroth,
Speaker 1: the goddess of the Citians, Chamosh, the god of the Mohabites,
Speaker 1: and milk them, the God of the people of Amen,
Speaker 1: and have not walked in my ways, and do what
Speaker 1: is right in my eyes, and keep my statutes and
Speaker 1: my judgments, as did his father David. However, I will
Speaker 1: take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I
Speaker 1: have made him ruler of all days of his life
Speaker 1: for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose,
Speaker 1: because he kept my commandments of my statutes. See, keeping
Speaker 1: his commandments and his statutes is vastly important. Okay, David
Speaker 1: kept him even though he did make mistakes. Obviously, David
Speaker 1: did he kept repenting and going back to the Lord.
Speaker 1: Let's continue verse thirty five. But I will take but
Speaker 1: I will take the kingdom out of my son's hand
Speaker 1: and give it to you ten tribes, and to his
Speaker 1: son I will give one tribe. And my servant David
Speaker 1: may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the
Speaker 1: city which I have chosen for myself, to put my
Speaker 1: name over there. So I will take you, and you
Speaker 1: shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall
Speaker 1: be king over Israel. Then it shall be my statue
Speaker 1: of my commandments, as my servant David did. I will
Speaker 1: be with you and build you an enduring house as
Speaker 1: I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
Speaker 1: And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this,
Speaker 1: but not forever. Solomon therefore sought to kill Jerebaren, but
Speaker 1: Jeremom arose and fled to Egypt to Sishak, king of Egypt,
Speaker 1: and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. Wow,
Speaker 1: A lot going on here, right, So what's the meaning
Speaker 1: that we just read of First Kings eleven twenty sixty forty.
Speaker 1: Is that God angry with King Solomon for his idology
Speaker 1: declares that the kingdom will be split after his death
Speaker 1: and given to his servant Jerobom, which the pphet the
Speaker 1: prophet Ahijah meets Jerebom tears a cloak into ten pieces.
Speaker 1: As we already talked about, is presented as a consequence
Speaker 1: for Solomon's disobedience to God, which said to the kingdom
Speaker 1: being divided and Jerobom fleeing to Egypt and escape Solomon's
Speaker 1: wrath until Solomon's death. Right, so we got what's some
Speaker 1: key points for us to take divine punishment for Solomon's disobedience.
Speaker 1: The passage is a direct result of Solomon turning away
Speaker 1: from God by worshiping foreign gods through his many wives.
Speaker 1: Kingdom split. God announces that after Solomon's death, the kingdom
Speaker 1: will be divided. Jeroboam is promised to rule over ten tribes,
Speaker 1: while Solomon will rule over one tribe of Judah. Right,
Speaker 1: a Haijah prophet serves as God's messenger to Jerobom, giving
Speaker 1: him the prophecy about becoming king over the ten tribes.
Speaker 1: Jerebom was initially an official under Solomon. After receiving the prophecy,
Speaker 1: Solomon learns about it and seeks to kill him. And
Speaker 1: then obviously Jerebom was fleeing, was fleeing for his life
Speaker 1: to Egypt. And then what are the long term consequences?
Speaker 1: This prophecy directly says with the future division of the
Speaker 1: United Kingdom of Israel into the Northern Kingdom of Israel
Speaker 1: and the Southern Kingdom of Judah, which happens after Solomon's death,
Speaker 1: which we're about to read right now, So let's get
Speaker 1: into it first. Kings eleven, verse forty one. Now the
Speaker 1: rest of the acts of Solomon, that all he did
Speaker 1: and his wisdom are that they are not written in
Speaker 1: the Book of Acts of Solomon. And the period that
Speaker 1: Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years,
Speaker 1: So he reigned for forty years, Okay. Then Solomon rested
Speaker 1: with his fathers and was buried in the city of David,
Speaker 1: his father in Relboam his son reigned in his place.
Speaker 1: Now now the rest okay, So let's just see, Solomon
Speaker 1: sought to kill Drum. That's all. That's all we hear.
Speaker 1: And then it says, now the rest of the acts
Speaker 1: of Solomon, all that he did and his wisdom are
Speaker 1: they not written in the Book of Acts of Solomon,
Speaker 1: and the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
Speaker 1: Israel was forty years and Solomon rested with his fathers
Speaker 1: and was buried in the city of David, his father
Speaker 1: in rare Baum. His son reigned in his place. Okay,
Speaker 1: So Kings doesn't tell us whether Solomon repented and went
Speaker 1: back to the Lord or that the Lord still loves Solomon,
Speaker 1: or he doesn't say anything like that. So we will
Speaker 1: learn some more stuff in first Chronicles, and we also
Speaker 1: let's see the acts of the Book of Acts of Solomon. Okay,
Speaker 1: books Acts of Solomon, Acts of Solomon. I don't know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just don't know. So Solomon is lost texts Okay,
Speaker 1: So the Book of Acts of Solomon. I just want
Speaker 1: to tell you guys this because you know it says
Speaker 1: it right. There is a lost text referred to in
Speaker 1: one Kings fourteen forty one, which reads, and the rest
Speaker 1: of the acts of Solomon, and and all that he
Speaker 1: did and his wisdom that are not written in the
Speaker 1: Book of are they not written in the Book of
Speaker 1: Acts of Solomon. So in Second Chronicles nine nine thirty one,
Speaker 1: the names of the writers of the royal household recorded
Speaker 1: are given the history of Nathan the prophet, the prophecy
Speaker 1: of Haishah the Shunite, the vision of Ido the seer
Speaker 1: concerning Jerebum, the son of Nebat, the prophet in Nijah
Speaker 1: who played the role of the secretary of administrative office
Speaker 1: with King Solomon, was authored. He has authored this book.
Speaker 1: This book is reference as the prophecy of Eliza and
Speaker 1: she Knit the biblical prophets. Edo was the author of
Speaker 1: other lost texts. The Geneva Bible editor suggested that the
Speaker 1: lost it was lost during the exile of Babylon. The
Speaker 1: text is also referred to as the Book of the
Speaker 1: Annals of Solomon. Wow, very interesting. I just think it's important.
Speaker 1: I mean, it would be nice to read that. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a lost text, but maybe it does say something
Speaker 1: about Solomon, you know, coming back to the Lord. It's
Speaker 1: just you know, we read, we'll get to these books,
Speaker 1: you know, Ecclesiastes, Songs of Solomon, stuff like that, and
Speaker 1: we'll see kind of where he was at. You know.
Speaker 1: Obviously in Ecclesiastes he seemed to kind of lean towards
Speaker 1: that all this stuff that I've done is just worthless,
Speaker 1: and that worship the Lord is way more important. So
Speaker 1: it just seems in Ecclesiastes that he does, but we
Speaker 1: just don't get it here in King. So when we
Speaker 1: get to those points, when we read Chronicles and we read,
Speaker 1: you know, these different books of the Bible, I have
Speaker 1: a better idea of what happened to Solomon. You know,
Speaker 1: did he come back to the Lord? Did the Lord
Speaker 1: forgive him? You know, it's just it's kind of it's
Speaker 1: pretty deep in the hole. He's got three hundred wives
Speaker 1: and three hundred concubinings, seven hundred princesses. I think it's
Speaker 1: kind of like, WHOA, what's going on? He's pretty deep
Speaker 1: in the whole. But I don't know what ends up
Speaker 1: happening with them. But the definitely we just read right
Speaker 1: now with the Death of Solomon at summarizes Solomon's reign,
Speaker 1: noting that it lasted forty years as well as documented
Speaker 1: in the in the Lost Books of a Book of
Speaker 1: Acts of Solomon, who ended and ended with his death
Speaker 1: and burial in the city of David, with the son
Speaker 1: reybum succeeding him. The verses conclude the narrative of Solomon's life,
Speaker 1: highlighting both his great achievements and his ultimate spiritual decline
Speaker 1: due to his foreign wives would serve as a warning
Speaker 1: about the dangers of prosperity and temptation. Very important stuff.
Speaker 1: I don't really want to don't really need to read
Speaker 1: any more about that. It was really just three verses there.
Speaker 1: So now we're going to get into chapter twelve. But
Speaker 1: first let's go over some practical applications. First would be
Speaker 1: guard your heart. Be vigilant in regarding your heart against
Speaker 1: influences that can lead you away from God. Regularly evaluate
Speaker 1: relationship and commitments to ensure that they align with God's will. Amen.
Speaker 1: Obedient to God's word is another one. Prioritize obedience to
Speaker 1: God's commands, understanding that His instructions are for our protection
Speaker 1: and blessing. Amen. Repentance and restoration. If you find yourself straying,
Speaker 1: remind remember that God is merciful and ready to forgive.
Speaker 1: Turn back to Him with the repentant heart. The importance
Speaker 1: also the importance of God, the influence around yourself with
Speaker 1: people who encourage your faith and he help you stay
Speaker 1: committed to God. Uh. That's the last one on the
Speaker 1: practical applications, but it's vastly important. Do you have people
Speaker 1: around you that will help you stay committed to God. Right,
Speaker 1: There's people that I talk to that are in podcasting,
Speaker 1: and you know, like even like Biblical Hitment I was on.
Speaker 1: His name is Steven. He's the host of that show.
Speaker 1: You know, people like him or people like j T
Speaker 1: follows j C and all these other podcasters man that
Speaker 1: are following the Lord and and uh Keith from Reality
Speaker 1: Saves Jesus Saves. There's a lot of people that are
Speaker 1: brothers that I Raoul from Fundamental Podcast, a lot of
Speaker 1: brothers in Christ that are podcasting and doing their thing.
Speaker 1: You know. John Pounders, he's another one Midnight Ride his
Speaker 1: partner there. Uh. You know, there's a ton of podcasts
Speaker 1: that are doing their thing, you know. And Apollo is
Speaker 1: another one, this gentleman that was just on his show.
Speaker 1: He's doing his thing for the Lord, you know. And
Speaker 1: there's a lot of podcasts out there doing their things.
Speaker 1: So it's important to have God the influence, surround yourself
Speaker 1: with people who encourage your faith and help you stay
Speaker 1: committed to God. This podcast right right here, this Bible
Speaker 1: study we're doing, it'll help you stay committed to God. Right,
Speaker 1: It's very important. So yes, blessings right there. That's going
Speaker 1: to be practical applications. And literally we took one hour
Speaker 1: to go over one chapter, but there's a lot to it.
Speaker 1: There's forty three verses here, so there was a lot
Speaker 1: to go over. And Guys, I get long winded with
Speaker 1: some of the notes that I have, but I think
Speaker 1: it's vastly important for us to understand some of the
Speaker 1: stuff that I'm going over and not to just breeze over.
Speaker 1: We got to understand what's happening. So let's go over
Speaker 1: some additional scriptures that can we have. First one, sorry,
Speaker 1: I'm there, we go. You are here now. Deuteronomy seventeen,
Speaker 1: verse seven. He must not take many wise for himself,
Speaker 1: lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for
Speaker 1: himself large amounts of silver and gold. Deuteronomy seventeen, verse seven,
Speaker 1: seventeen seventeen. Not seven seventeen seventeen. Deuteronomy seventeen seventeen. Let's
Speaker 1: look that up real quick, because Deuteronomy seventeen, verse seventeen
Speaker 1: he talks about principles governing kings. We'll start at sixteen.
Speaker 1: It says, but he shall not multiply horses for himself,
Speaker 1: nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses.
Speaker 1: For the Lord has said to you, you shall not
Speaker 1: return that way again. Neither shall he multiply wise for himself,
Speaker 1: let his heart turn away, nor shall he greatly multiplies
Speaker 1: silver and gold for himself. Wow. Yes, Wow. When you
Speaker 1: come to the land which the Lord God has given you,
Speaker 1: it possessed it, I will say the king over me. Oh,
Speaker 1: I see, I see. He's given warnings about the king
Speaker 1: that you shouldn't do. And then we got Proverbs four,
Speaker 1: verse twenty three, which is written by Solomon, Proverbs, Wow,
Speaker 1: guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flows
Speaker 1: springs of life. Okay, next one is gonna be James
Speaker 1: one fourteen and fifteen. But each one is tempted when
Speaker 1: his own evil desires. By his own evil desires, he
Speaker 1: has lured away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived,
Speaker 1: it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is
Speaker 1: full grown, gives birth to death. Okay, very important, So yeah,
Speaker 1: very good stuff. Yeah, good stuff. I enjoyed that. I
Speaker 1: enjoyed that a lot. I literally love doing Bible studies
Speaker 1: on my day off. I'm gonna switch, I'm gonna switch
Speaker 1: doing Sunday Monday service. Monday service. My last name is
Speaker 1: Monday Wednesday service. I'm gonna literally switch it to doing
Speaker 1: it on probably Saturday nights now because it just really
Speaker 1: everything flows way better way nicer. I feel a lot
Speaker 1: better when I do the Bible study when I have
Speaker 1: the day off, so soon that'll happen. That way, I
Speaker 1: could do my very best for you guys and pronounce
Speaker 1: words correctly at least Macedonia. Well, am I thinking mah Sedonia?
Speaker 1: It's an easy one to say too. All right, all right,
Speaker 1: all right, let's see, let's see. I want to just
Speaker 1: go over intro to chapter twelve real quick. Where are
Speaker 1: you at here? You excuse me? First? King's Chapter twelve
Speaker 1: captures a crucial moment in Israel's history, the division of
Speaker 1: the kingdom. After Solomon's death, his son Raa Bauham ascends
Speaker 1: to the throne, but as arrogance and a failure to
Speaker 1: heed wise counsel lead to a nation's schism, Jerobo, once
Speaker 1: in exile, emerges as the leader of the northern tribe's
Speaker 1: further division, furthering the division by establishing false worship to
Speaker 1: consolidate his power. I am all right, let's see Jeroboam
Speaker 1: reb Boham. Okay, we got Reb Boham as well that
Speaker 1: we're going to talk about. Let me just get to
Speaker 1: my teaching points, all right, Guys, get a drink here
Speaker 1: one Kings twelve and ray Baoham rab Boam went to Shechem,
Speaker 1: for all Israel had gone to Shechem. This is a
Speaker 1: first Kings twelve, verse one, Sorry, guys. And ray Bauham
Speaker 1: went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem
Speaker 1: to make him king. So what happened? Then Jereboam, the
Speaker 1: son of the Bat heard it. He was still in Egypt,
Speaker 1: for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon
Speaker 1: and had been dwelling in Egypt. And they sent him,
Speaker 1: and they sent and called him. Then Jereboam, the whole
Speaker 1: assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rae Baoham, saying,
Speaker 1: your father made you our yoke heavy. Now therefore lightened
Speaker 1: the burdensome service of your father on this heavy yoke
Speaker 1: which you put on us, and we will serve you.
Speaker 1: So we said to them to depart for three days,
Speaker 1: then come back to me. And the people departed. Then
Speaker 1: King Rae Baoham consulted the elders who stood before his
Speaker 1: father Solomon, which he still lived while he still lived,
Speaker 1: and he said, how do you advise me to answer
Speaker 1: these people? Well, let me put this right here real quick. Sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: give me ones. I want to make sure, okay. And
Speaker 1: he spoke to them saying, if you will be my
Speaker 1: servant to these people today and serve them, answer them,
Speaker 1: and speak the good words to the servant forever? Okay,
Speaker 1: how do you advise me to answer these people? Is
Speaker 1: what he says, King ray Boham to the elders, and
Speaker 1: they spoke to him saying in verse seven, if you
Speaker 1: will be a servant to those people today and serve
Speaker 1: them and answer them and speak good words to them,
Speaker 1: then they will be your servants forever. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and stop there real quick. So ray Boham's inheritance
Speaker 1: Raboum inherits the throne from Solomon, but his leadership is
Speaker 1: immediately tested. Rae Boham went to Shechem, for all Israel
Speaker 1: had gone there to make him king one kings twelve
Speaker 1: to one, and Raeboam, the son of Solomon and grandson
Speaker 1: of David, inherited a kingdom marked by both grandeur and
Speaker 1: impending division. His inheritance was not merely a matter of
Speaker 1: wealth and territory, but also spiritual and political responsibility. As
Speaker 1: the first king of a divided kingdom of Judah, Raeboham
Speaker 1: reigned is pivotal and understanding the trajectity trajectory of Israel's history.
Speaker 1: Reaboham was born in the Davidic line, a lineage that
Speaker 1: carried a divine promise of it everlasting kingdom. The promise
Speaker 1: is rooting and rooted in God's covenant with David, as
Speaker 1: recorded in Two Samuel seven verses twelve through sixteen, where
Speaker 1: God assures David that his throne will be established forever.
Speaker 1: Raa Boham's inherance therefore was not a physical kingdom, but
Speaker 1: also a spiritual legacy tied to God's covenant covenanial faithfulness,
Speaker 1: Solomon's legacy. Ray Boham's father, Solomon, left behind the renowned wealth.
Speaker 1: We already know about his legacy. We don't need to
Speaker 1: talk about that. We just finished with his death. Ray
Speaker 1: baoham ascension to the throne is chronicled in First Kings
Speaker 1: twelve and Second Chronicles verse ten. Upon Solomon's death, Ray
Speaker 1: Boham traveled to Shechem with all Israel had gathered to
Speaker 1: make him king. The people led to Jeroboam, which we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about, okay, so, legacy and lessons ray
Speaker 1: Bohma's he serves as a pugnent reminder of responsibilities accompanied
Speaker 1: by divine blessings. His reign illustrates the consequences of forsaking
Speaker 1: God's commandments and the importance of wise and godly counsel.
Speaker 1: Ray Bohm's account is a testament to God's faithfulness to
Speaker 1: his covenant, even admits human failure and division. Okay, so,
Speaker 1: And then in One Kings twelve, verse four, the people
Speaker 1: of Israel, led by Jeroboam, requests that Rae Boham lighten
Speaker 1: the heavy burdens imposed by Solomon. Your father made our
Speaker 1: yoke heavy. Now therefore light in the harsh labor and
Speaker 1: heavy yoke your father imposed on us, and will serve you.
Speaker 1: And then in six to eleven, which were not there yet,
Speaker 1: So let me just put a mark there. Let's continue
Speaker 1: in eight, we'll read all the way to eleven. He
Speaker 1: but he rejected the advice. We're in One Kings twelve
Speaker 1: verse eight. Now, but he rejected the advice which the
Speaker 1: elders had given him, and consulted the young men who
Speaker 1: had grown up with him, who stood before him, and
Speaker 1: he said to them, what advice would you give? How
Speaker 1: should we answer the people who have spoken to me, saying,
Speaker 1: lighten the yoke which your father put on us. Then
Speaker 1: the young men who had grown up with him spoke
Speaker 1: to him, saying, thus you should speak to these people
Speaker 1: who have spoken to you by saying, your father made
Speaker 1: our yoke heavy, but you made it lighter on us.
Speaker 1: Thus you shall say to them, my little fingers shall
Speaker 1: be thicker than my father's waist. And now, whereas my
Speaker 1: father put a heavy yoak on you, I will add
Speaker 1: to your yoke. My father chastened to you with whips,
Speaker 1: but I will chasten you with scourges. So let's stop
Speaker 1: there real quick. So what is scorges? Some of you
Speaker 1: might know what scorges are and the Bible, scorge can
Speaker 1: refer to a literal whip used for punishment, or more figuratively,
Speaker 1: to a plague, a calamity, or a source of great suffering.
Speaker 1: The word comes from Latin for a whip with thongs,
Speaker 1: which is used to inflict severe pain and the Old Testament.
Speaker 1: A tool for punishment is scorge was a whip, often
Speaker 1: with multiple thongs. Okay, so it's not just a regular whip.
Speaker 1: It's a whip with multiple thongs, sometimes with metal and
Speaker 1: bone attached, used to inflict severe pain during corporal punishment.
Speaker 1: That's why it's it. So it's not just a whip
Speaker 1: that He's not just a whip that he's talking about here,
Speaker 1: it's actually a scorge, which is like a whip with
Speaker 1: looks like it has things coming off it with mettle.
Speaker 1: So it's like even a deeper punishment. Okay. So you
Speaker 1: see what happens. He's talking to the young men, you know,
Speaker 1: the prideful young men instead of the wisdom older men,
Speaker 1: and they're telling them to talk to these people, obviously
Speaker 1: in the wrong way. So let's check out what it
Speaker 1: says here. Ray Boom seeks counsel from two groups, the
Speaker 1: elders who serve Solomon and the young men who grew
Speaker 1: up with him. The elders advise them to serve the
Speaker 1: people and speak kindly to them, while the young men
Speaker 1: suggest to increase their burdens. Okay. Seeking counsel is significant
Speaker 1: theme in the Bible, emphasizing the importance of wisdom, guidance,
Speaker 1: and discernment in the life of a believer. The scriptures
Speaker 1: provide numerous examples and teachings on the value of seeking
Speaker 1: advice from God, wise individuals and the community of faith.
Speaker 1: Solomon himself, in Proverbs eleven fourteen states, for lack of guidance,
Speaker 1: a nation fall fails. Nation falls, but many counselors there
Speaker 1: is deliverance, okay. And then Proverbs fifteen twenty two says
Speaker 1: plans fall for lack of counsel, but with many advisors
Speaker 1: they succeed all right. Isaiah ninety six refers to the
Speaker 1: Messiah as the wonderful counselor, indicating that Jesus Christ embodies
Speaker 1: perfect wisdom and guidance. Believers are encouraged to seek God's
Speaker 1: counsel through prayer and the study of his word. James
Speaker 1: one to five says, if anyone lacks wisdom, let him
Speaker 1: ask God, who gives generously to all without reapproach, and
Speaker 1: will be given to him. So human counsel is important,
Speaker 1: while divine counsel is paramount. The Bible acknowledges the role
Speaker 1: of human advisors. Moses, for instance, receives wise counsel from
Speaker 1: his father and Jethro, who advised him to delegate responsibilities
Speaker 1: to capable men. And then we have Acts fifteen. The
Speaker 1: early Church sought counsel from the apostles and elders and
Speaker 1: Russeom to resolve the doctrinal dispute, demonstrating the importance of
Speaker 1: collective discernment. Sometimes you might not be You might have
Speaker 1: good discernment, but might not have discernment on a certain thing,
Speaker 1: where your brothers in Christ will have it and they'll
Speaker 1: correct you, which is very important. And then Solomon again
Speaker 1: and characteristic of wise counsel, and Solomon and thirteen Proverbs thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse twenty walk with the wise and become wise, for
Speaker 1: a companion of fools suffers harm. Then Psalms one through
Speaker 1: two contrasts the counsel of the wicked with delighting in
Speaker 1: the law of the Lord, indicating the true counsel is
Speaker 1: rooted in scripture. What's the conclusion, well, Seeking counsel is
Speaker 1: a vital practice for believers, encompassing both divine guidance and
Speaker 1: the wisdom of godly individuals. The Bible encourages a balanced
Speaker 1: approach value the insights of others, while ultimate relying on
Speaker 1: God's perfect wisdom, right, guys. So that's very important, and
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and continue reading. We're going to be
Speaker 1: going all the way to verse twenty four. Now, okay,
Speaker 1: hold on, we're going to see the kingdom divided here. Okay,
Speaker 1: we'll actually read from twelve to fifteen here, and then
Speaker 1: I have a little something on Rae Boham's decision here.
Speaker 1: But so Jeroboam and all the people came to ree
Speaker 1: Boam the third day, as the king had directed, saying,
Speaker 1: come back to me the third day. Then the king
Speaker 1: answered the people roughly and rejected the advice that the
Speaker 1: elders had given him, and he spoke to them according
Speaker 1: to the advice of the young man, saying, my father
Speaker 1: made your yoke heavy, but I will make your yoke.
Speaker 1: My father chasten you with whips, but I'll chasten you
Speaker 1: with scorches scurgeous. So the king did not listen to
Speaker 1: the people, for the turn of events was from the
Speaker 1: Lord that he might fulfill his word which the Lord
Speaker 1: had spoken to Ajah the Shilah knit to Jeroboem the
Speaker 1: son of the Bat. All right, let's stop there real quick.
Speaker 1: So ignoring the elders counsel. Ray Boham followed the advice
Speaker 1: of the young men. So ray Bahamas decision, Ray Bahama,
Speaker 1: the son of Solomon, grandson of David, as send to
Speaker 1: the throne. Oh yeah, this is just going to be
Speaker 1: Rae Boham rejected the council of the others in fall
Speaker 1: device to the young man. Okay, I don't really need
Speaker 1: to read about that, because we're gonna see about that.
Speaker 1: So that's a little portion I was going to read.
Speaker 1: But it's fine. Let's continue to uh sixteen through twenty four.
Speaker 1: Let's do that now. When all Israel saw that David
Speaker 1: did not listen to them, the people answered the king, sorry,
Speaker 1: I said, David, didn't I Now, When all Israel saw
Speaker 1: that the king did not listen to them, the people
Speaker 1: answered the king, saying, what share have we? And David,
Speaker 1: we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To
Speaker 1: your tents, o Israel, now see your own house, so David.
Speaker 1: So Israel departed from their tents. But ree Boham reignited
Speaker 1: over the children of Israel. But Raye Boham reigned over
Speaker 1: the children of Israel, who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
Speaker 1: The king Rae Boam sent Adam, who was in charge
Speaker 1: of the revenue, but all Israel stoned him with stones,
Speaker 1: that he died. Therefore, King Raboam mounted his chariots to
Speaker 1: haste to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel has been in
Speaker 1: rebellion against the House of David to this day. Now
Speaker 1: it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam
Speaker 1: had come back, they sent for him and called him
Speaker 1: to the congregation and made him king over all Israel.
Speaker 1: There was none who followed the House of David, but
Speaker 1: the tribe of Judah only. And when Rae Boham came
Speaker 1: to Jerusalem, he assembled all the House of Judah with
Speaker 1: the tribe of Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen
Speaker 1: men who were warriors to fight against the House of Israel,
Speaker 1: that he might restore the kingdom of rae Boam, the
Speaker 1: son of Solomon. But the word of God came to Shemaiah,
Speaker 1: the man of God, saying, speak to Rae Boam, the
Speaker 1: son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house
Speaker 1: of Judah and Benjamin to the the rest of the people, saying,
Speaker 1: thus says the Lord, you shall not go up nor
Speaker 1: fight against your brethren, the children of Israel, that every
Speaker 1: man returned to his house, for this thing is from me.
Speaker 1: Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord and turned
Speaker 1: back according to the word of God. All right, so
Speaker 1: we see what's going on there. We have the kingdom divided.
Speaker 1: The result of ree Boham's decision is the division of
Speaker 1: the Kingdom and the Israel and Judah. So Israel has
Speaker 1: been taken in rebellion against the House of David to
Speaker 1: this day, is what it's said there. Right. So the
Speaker 1: division of the united Monarchy of Israel and the two
Speaker 1: separate kingdoms known as the Kingdom of Israel Northern Kingdom
Speaker 1: and the Kingdom of Judah Southern Kingdom, marks a significant
Speaker 1: period in Biblical history. This division occurred with the reign
Speaker 1: of King Solomon around nine thirty BC and is a
Speaker 1: pivotal event that shaped the narrative of the Hebrew scriptures.
Speaker 1: Very interesting. Okay, guys, excuse me. We know the biblical background,
Speaker 1: iscle background because we just read through it. The division
Speaker 1: under Solomon's death Ray of Bohm. That's part of the
Speaker 1: division the Northern Kingdom Southern Kingdom. I don't really need
Speaker 1: to go over that. What is the theological significance. The
Speaker 1: division of the kingdom is a testament to the consequences
Speaker 1: of disobedience to God's covenant. It highlights the importance of
Speaker 1: faithful leadership and the dangers of idolatry and syncretism. The
Speaker 1: divided kingdom period also sets the stage for the prophetic literature,
Speaker 1: which emphasizes themes of judgment, repentance, and the hope of restoration.
Speaker 1: The promise of a future united kingdom under the Messiah
Speaker 1: remains a central hope in the Biblical narrative, pointing to
Speaker 1: the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the Son of David. Awesome,
Speaker 1: all right, so let me just go over some key
Speaker 1: points here. So in First Kings twelve or one through
Speaker 1: twenty four, what's the meaning of all this? B Boem's
Speaker 1: fullest decision to reject the elders advice and follow the
Speaker 1: counselor of younger men leads to the northern ten tribes
Speaker 1: evolting against him. The people's request to light in the
Speaker 1: heavy burden which we read about imposed by Solomon has
Speaker 1: met with a threat of even a harsher rule, resulting
Speaker 1: the rejection of ray Baham. In the division of the kingdom.
Speaker 1: The chapter ends with the northern tribes rebelling against Jereboam,
Speaker 1: who was prophesied to become king of those tribes. Let's see, yep,
Speaker 1: and ray Boham takes the throne. After Solomon's death, is
Speaker 1: son ray Baum goes to Checkhem to be crowned king
Speaker 1: over all tribes of Israel. All right. The king seeks advice,
Speaker 1: which we already talked about the others device is rejected.
Speaker 1: Let's see if there's anything else we could tell. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we kind of already went through most of that, so
Speaker 1: let's see, that's thirteen. We don't want to go to
Speaker 1: thirteen yet. All right, let's go back up to my
Speaker 1: notes here and we'll stay right there. Verse Kings twelve,
Speaker 1: verse twenty five. Let's do that. Okay, Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and read twenty five all the way to thirty three
Speaker 1: one Kings twelve, verse twenty five. Then Jeroboam built Schecham
Speaker 1: in the mountains of Ephrium, and dwelt there. Also, he
Speaker 1: went out from there and built Peniel. And Jeroboam said
Speaker 1: in his heart, now the kingdom may returned to the
Speaker 1: House of David. If these people go up after to
Speaker 1: offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: Then the heart of his people were turned back from
Speaker 1: their lord, rae Bouam, King of Judah. Then they will
Speaker 1: kill me and go back to Raeboam, King of Judah.
Speaker 1: Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold
Speaker 1: and said to the people, is it too much for
Speaker 1: you to go up to Jerusalem? Here are your gods
Speaker 1: o Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Speaker 1: And he set one in Bethel and the other in Dan.
Speaker 1: Now this thing became a sin, for the people went
Speaker 1: to worship before the before the one as far as Dan.
Speaker 1: He made shrines on the high places, and made priests
Speaker 1: of every class of people who were not sons of Levi. Okay,
Speaker 1: we kind of see what's happening here, right, So he
Speaker 1: makes two calves first of all, and the people follow
Speaker 1: and listen, and they and they they, they end up
Speaker 1: worshiping him, right. And it says this became a sin
Speaker 1: that people went to worship before the one as far
Speaker 1: as Dan. He made shrines on high places. You see
Speaker 1: how they do that. They always go up to high places, right,
Speaker 1: That's because that's where the spiritual host of wickedness are located.
Speaker 1: It's talked about in Ephesian six, verses ten through twelve.
Speaker 1: Spiritual host of wickedness in heavenly places. What is that
Speaker 1: talking about? Well, I've gone over it several times. I'm
Speaker 1: sure you guys have heard me talk about this. But
Speaker 1: between Earth and where God's throne is located, however far
Speaker 1: away that is. If you believe in a globe and
Speaker 1: the universe model, then obviously it's pretty far away. But
Speaker 1: it seems like these spiritual battles are happening in heavenly places,
Speaker 1: not where God's strone is located, obviously, so not in
Speaker 1: the third Heaven, somewhere in the second Heaven. If you
Speaker 1: believe in a flat Earth with God's firmament above the
Speaker 1: God's Stone above the firmament, then you know between Earth
Speaker 1: and Heaven in that area is where the spiritual battles
Speaker 1: are happening, right where the stars are located. That's why
Speaker 1: it says that their spiritual host of wickedness in heavenly
Speaker 1: places right not on earthly places only, but in heavenly
Speaker 1: places as well. And that's why in the Book of
Speaker 1: Daniels you see when when this angels come in to
Speaker 1: answer this prayer. He said, he has to fight against
Speaker 1: the Prince of Persia. Where he's fighting them between Earth
Speaker 1: and where heaven, where God's Stone is located, which is
Speaker 1: the second heaven is where they're fighting, right, it'd be
Speaker 1: the first heaven. I'm sorry, second heaven is going to
Speaker 1: be the firmament. So first heaven would be where the moon,
Speaker 1: sun of the star located. And you see that there's
Speaker 1: battles happening where he had to call Michael. The Arkans
Speaker 1: would come in a system. Boom. Now we can get
Speaker 1: down and answered Daniel's prayer. Very very interesting. Okay, So
Speaker 1: we have a lot going on here and very interesting stuff.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and continue. In verse thirty two,
Speaker 1: Jerre Boham ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of
Speaker 1: the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah,
Speaker 1: and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel,
Speaker 1: sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and at
Speaker 1: Bethel he installed the priest of the high places which
Speaker 1: he had made. And so he made offerings on the
Speaker 1: altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth
Speaker 1: day of the eighteenth month, in the month which he
Speaker 1: had devised his own heart, he ordained a feast for
Speaker 1: the children of visual and offered sacrifices on the altar
Speaker 1: and burned incense. He's creating his own religion. Okay, he's
Speaker 1: creating his own religion here, not following God at all.
Speaker 1: Or did he receive the information that he's gonna be
Speaker 1: ruled over these ten tribes? Well, he received him from
Speaker 1: God's prophet, right, so he receives it. He receives it
Speaker 1: from God's profit. Let me see, I forgot the prophet's name. Sorry,
Speaker 1: what is it? A? It's a car or something? What
Speaker 1: is the prophet's name? It's not very important, but it's
Speaker 1: just Solomon's foreign wise or is the death of Solomon?
Speaker 1: Where is care chaer bone? But termal Rosna fled to Egypt.
Speaker 1: If you listen to the command look at my ways. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's a or something. I don't remember how
Speaker 1: to pronounce the prophet's name. But it's kind of interesting
Speaker 1: because he says, if you listen to all my commands,
Speaker 1: you walk in my ways and do right in my
Speaker 1: sight to order my commandments. As my servant David did
Speaker 1: then I will be with you, and I will build
Speaker 1: a lasting dynasty as I built for David, and I
Speaker 1: will give Israel to you. Because of this, I will
Speaker 1: humble David's descendants, but not forever, is what he's saying
Speaker 1: to Jeroboam, right, And Okay, it's Ajah. That's that's the
Speaker 1: guy's name, Okay. In chapter eleven, I just want to
Speaker 1: tell you, guys that because if you notice, look what
Speaker 1: he does. Jeroboam's man, the gold calfs and all this
Speaker 1: other stuff that he did. So let's let's let's find
Speaker 1: out the meaning of this of one Kings twelve versus
Speaker 1: twenty five through thirty three. Is that King Jeroboam established
Speaker 1: a counterfeit religion. That's what I'm saying. He created his
Speaker 1: own religion out of fear and political convenience to keep
Speaker 1: the northern Kingdom of Israel from reuniting with the southern
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Judah. He built two golden calfs to worship
Speaker 1: as gods, placed him in Bethale and Den to serve
Speaker 1: as the local worship centers, appointed priests from outside the
Speaker 1: tribe of Levi, and created a new feast day. This
Speaker 1: act of idolatry is a central theme of the book,
Speaker 1: marking the spiritual downfall of the Northern Kingdom and setting
Speaker 1: a precedent for future kings to follow. So Jeroboem had
Speaker 1: fear that his people continue to travel with Jerusalem for worship,
Speaker 1: they would eventually be turned their allegiance to the House
Speaker 1: of David and his rival Raya Bohm. But the thing is,
Speaker 1: he should have went to God, and he should have
Speaker 1: spoke to God about it and asked, maybe ask God,
Speaker 1: ask the Lord through the prophet, like, is it okay
Speaker 1: if I make a tabernacle here? I know you have
Speaker 1: you know, I know you have the temple there? Can
Speaker 1: I make a tabernacle here for the people so that
Speaker 1: you know they don't get attack going over there or whatever.
Speaker 1: He could have asked the Lord that, but he didn't.
Speaker 1: He jumped to conclusions, didn't wait on the Lord, and
Speaker 1: that's what happens. He created his own religion because he
Speaker 1: was scared had fear. Obviously, fear doesn't come from well,
Speaker 1: you need to fear the Lord like God. But he's
Speaker 1: having fear over something like a situation, a human situation.
Speaker 1: If he would have went to God with that information,
Speaker 1: then maybe God would have said you know it's not
Speaker 1: going to happen. Don't worry. I told you what's going
Speaker 1: to happen if you, if you obey me and obedient
Speaker 1: to me, it says creation of golden calves. To prevent this,
Speaker 1: he created two golden calves, claiming that they were the
Speaker 1: gods that had brought Israel out of Egypt. This was
Speaker 1: a direct rebellion against God and a deliberate imitation of
Speaker 1: Aaron's Golden Calf incident. He set up the calves in
Speaker 1: Bethel and Dan, the northern and southern ends of his kingdom,
Speaker 1: to create covenant alternative worship centers for the people. And
Speaker 1: then also he appointed priests from from other tribes, any
Speaker 1: tribe right, just as the Levites has got had ordained
Speaker 1: for their serving ties to his established religious system. This
Speaker 1: is crazy that he just he created his own religion here.
Speaker 1: He also instituted a feast day in the in the
Speaker 1: eighth month, mimicking the feast of Judah, which further submitted
Speaker 1: the new separate religious practices of Israel. Jeroboam's actions repeatedly
Speaker 1: called the sins of Jeroboam, and they led to the
Speaker 1: entire Northern kingdom in idology for generations became an lasting,
Speaker 1: prominent example of spiritual compromise and rebellion against God. All right, Yes,
Speaker 1: we are done with that chapter. And you see what
Speaker 1: happens when man creates their own religion. It happens a lot,
Speaker 1: even in Christianity. Right, we see it with a lot
Speaker 1: of different, uh, some different denominations. All right, I'm just
Speaker 1: I'm not going to point it out here. You guys
Speaker 1: could read between the lines. I know you guys probably
Speaker 1: know about most of them. Seek whise, Okay, practical applications
Speaker 1: for this chapter. We're done with chapter twelve. Seek wise
Speaker 1: counsel before making significant decisions. Seek advice from those with
Speaker 1: experience and wisdom. Consider the consequences. Understand that decisions, especially
Speaker 1: in leadership, have far reaching consequences. Number four. Third, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: Number three, serve others. Leadership should be characterized by service
Speaker 1: and humility, not by harshness and pride. Next, listen to
Speaker 1: the people. Effective leaders listen to the needs and concerns
Speaker 1: of those they lead. All right, so that is one, two, three,
Speaker 1: four practical applications. Now let's go ahead and check out
Speaker 1: some additional scriptures that connect. We have Proverbs eleven, verse
Speaker 1: four or there is no guidance. A people fall, people falls,
Speaker 1: but in the abundance of counselors there is safety. And
Speaker 1: then James one to five, which is very simi to
Speaker 1: the additional scripture we had before. It says, if any
Speaker 1: of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives
Speaker 1: generos generously to all without reapproach, and it will be
Speaker 1: given to him. And then we have Matthew twenty verse
Speaker 1: twenty six through twenty eight. Whoever wants to become great
Speaker 1: among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to
Speaker 1: be first, must be your slave, just as the Son
Speaker 1: of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
Speaker 1: and to give his life as a ransom for many. Right.
Speaker 1: So that is the additional scriptures we have. Will jump
Speaker 1: to chapter thirteen. We have probably like a good thirty
Speaker 1: minutes or so, probably twenty five minutes or so, twenty
Speaker 1: five or thirty minutes. I don't even know when we started, actually,
Speaker 1: because I jump right into this, I'm so excited to
Speaker 1: get it started. But we'll do our very best to
Speaker 1: try to get through chapter thirteen. Let me just go
Speaker 1: over the introduction first Kings. Thirteen presents an intriguing narrative
Speaker 1: around prophecy, obedience to God's commands, and the consequences of disobedience.
Speaker 1: As a captivating tale of two prophets and a king unfolds,
Speaker 1: we learned vital lessons about the absolute importance of abiding
Speaker 1: by God's word and the disastrous result of straying from
Speaker 1: his instructions. Let's go ahead and jump down to teaching points.
Speaker 1: All right, let's jump over to divine commission. Oh, all right,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and jump to one Kings thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse one, the message of the Man of God. And behold,
Speaker 1: a man of God went to Judah to Bethel by
Speaker 1: the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the
Speaker 1: altar to burn incense. Then he cried out against the
Speaker 1: altar by the word of the Lord, and said, o
Speaker 1: alter altar. Thus says the Lord, behold, a child Josiah
Speaker 1: by name shall be born to the House of David,
Speaker 1: And on you he shall sacrifice the priest of high
Speaker 1: places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall
Speaker 1: be burned on you. And he gave a sign the
Speaker 1: same day, saying, this is the sign which the Lord
Speaker 1: has spoken. Surely the altar shall split apart, and the
Speaker 1: ashes shall be poured out. So when it came to pass,
Speaker 1: when King Jeroboah heard the saying of the Man of God,
Speaker 1: who cried out against the altar of Bethel, then he
Speaker 1: stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, arrest him.
Speaker 1: Then his hand which he stretched out toward him, withered,
Speaker 1: so that he could not pull it back to himself.
Speaker 1: The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured
Speaker 1: out from the altar, according to the sign which the
Speaker 1: Man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Then the kingus answered and said to the Man of God,
Speaker 1: please entreat the favor of the Lord, your God, and
Speaker 1: pray for me that I may be restored to me.
Speaker 1: So the Man of God entered the and treated the Lord,
Speaker 1: and the King's hand were restored to him. He became
Speaker 1: as before. Then the King said to the Man of God,
Speaker 1: come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will
Speaker 1: give you reward. But the Man of God said to
Speaker 1: the King, if you were to give me half your house,
Speaker 1: I would not go with you, and I would not
Speaker 1: go in with you, nor would I eat bread nor
Speaker 1: drink water in this place. For so if it was
Speaker 1: commanded me by by the word of the Lord, saying
Speaker 1: you shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return
Speaker 1: by the same way you came. So he went another way,
Speaker 1: and he did not return by the way he came
Speaker 1: to Bethel. Okay, so we have a divine commission here.
Speaker 1: The man of God is sent by the Lord to
Speaker 1: deliver a message against the altar of Bethel. Dimasion in
Speaker 1: God's authority over false worship, and what is divine commission well.
Speaker 1: Divine commission refers to the thord of mandate given by
Speaker 1: God to individuals or groups to carry out specific task
Speaker 1: or missions according to his divine will and purpose. The
Speaker 1: concept is deeply rooted in Biblical narrative, where God calls
Speaker 1: and empowers his servants to fulfill his plans on the earth.
Speaker 1: The notion of a divine commission underscores the sovereignty of
Speaker 1: God in direct human affairs and the responsibility of commission
Speaker 1: commission to act in obedience in faith. For example, Moses.
Speaker 1: One of the most prominent examples of divine commission is
Speaker 1: the calling of Moses in Exodus three, verse ten, where
Speaker 1: God commissions Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Speaker 1: And then we have profits. The prophets over Israel were
Speaker 1: often commissioned by God to deliver his message to the
Speaker 1: people is Isaiah's commission is vividly described in Isaiah six,
Speaker 1: verse eight, where he responds to God's call. Then I
Speaker 1: heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send?
Speaker 1: Who will go for us? And I said, here I am, here,
Speaker 1: am I send me? Similarly Jeremiah's commission in Jeremiah one,
Speaker 1: verse five, where he says, before I have formed you
Speaker 1: in the womb, I knew you before you were born.
Speaker 1: I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet
Speaker 1: to the nations. That's amazing. And then we have the
Speaker 1: great commission. The most significant divine commission is in Matthew
Speaker 1: twenty eight, verse eighteen through twenty, where Jesus commands all
Speaker 1: authority in heaven on earth has been given to me.
Speaker 1: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
Speaker 1: in the name of the Father, the Son, and the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I
Speaker 1: have commanded you. And I surely am with you always
Speaker 1: to the very end of this age. And then Paul
Speaker 1: the Apostle, Paul's conversion and commission are pivotal spread for
Speaker 1: the Gospel to the Gentiles in Acts nine, verse fifteen.
Speaker 1: Characteristics of divine commission divine authority. A divine commission is
Speaker 1: initiated by God, who possesses ultimate authority, empowerment. God often
Speaker 1: often provides necessary empowerment, guidance, and resources to fulfill the commission.
Speaker 1: This is evident and the promises of the Holy Spirit
Speaker 1: to disciples and Acts one, verse eight. Obedience and faith.
Speaker 1: The response to a divine commission requires obedience and faith.
Speaker 1: The commissioned must trust in God's plan and timing, as
Speaker 1: seen by the lives and figures of Abraham, who obeyed
Speaker 1: and went even though he did not know where he
Speaker 1: was going Hebrews eleven, verse eight. Purpose and mission. A
Speaker 1: divine commission is purposeful, often aimed that advances in God's kingdom,
Speaker 1: proclaiming his word and delivering his people that aligns with
Speaker 1: God's redemptive plan for humanity. In summary, a divine commission
Speaker 1: is a profound and sacred calling that reflects God's active
Speaker 1: involvement in the world and his desire to work through
Speaker 1: his chosen servants. Is accompanied accomplish his divine purposes. All Right,
Speaker 1: Son in verses three and five, we have immediate fulfillment.
Speaker 1: The prophecy includes a sign that the altar will be
Speaker 1: split apart, which occurs immediately, affirming the authority of the message.
Speaker 1: And then we have King Jerebom's reaction. Jerebom's initial response
Speaker 1: with this hostill but he quickly shifts to seek in
Speaker 1: favor when his hand is paralyzed. You see, he will
Speaker 1: hostility boom, your fingers paralyzed. And now all of a
Speaker 1: sudden you're showing power, showing the power of God over
Speaker 1: human authority. But then you start, you know, immediately showing
Speaker 1: favor to the person because you're having this paralyzation of
Speaker 1: his finger. And then seven through nineteen, which we haven't
Speaker 1: read yet, we'll go over, but so verses one through ten.
Speaker 1: The meaning of this is the confrontation between a prophet
Speaker 1: sent by God and King Jeroboam, who had set up
Speaker 1: an idol in Bethel. The prophet announces that a future
Speaker 1: king named Josiah will destroy Jeroboam's altar, and a sign
Speaker 1: that this prophecy is true is given. When Jeroboam tries
Speaker 1: to arrest the prophet, his hand withers and the alter
Speaker 1: miraculously torn apart. This passage demonstrates God's judgment of idolatry
Speaker 1: and prophetic words power. I also highlighting the importance of
Speaker 1: obedience God's commands even when they are difficult. Excuse me.
Speaker 1: Prophecy against Idolatry. A prophet from Judah, set by God,
Speaker 1: prophesies against Jeroboam's false altar in Bethel. His prophecy foretells
Speaker 1: a future king what's the miraculous sign To prove his message,
Speaker 1: The prophet provides a sign Jereboam's outstretch chans will be
Speaker 1: withered and then restored after the prophet prays for him.
Speaker 1: This sign is quickly fulfilled when the altar also being
Speaker 1: torn apart. As a demonstration of God's power. You see
Speaker 1: Jereboam's response, which we went over lessons of obedience. A
Speaker 1: key takeaway is the importance of absolute obedience to God's
Speaker 1: direct command. The prophet was forbidden to eat or drink
Speaker 1: with anyone in Bethel, a command he must not violate
Speaker 1: despite Jeroboam's invitation. This sets up a later part of
Speaker 1: the story where a false prophet lies to the man
Speaker 1: of God, tempting him to disobey God and then contrasts
Speaker 1: with false religion. The passage highlights the contrast between true
Speaker 1: worship of God and Judah and the false man made
Speaker 1: religion in the northern kingdom of it Is, which could
Speaker 1: not produce a prophet of its own. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and continue and read verse eleven. Now we're going to
Speaker 1: be in one kings thirteen. Verse eleven. Now an old
Speaker 1: prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and told
Speaker 1: them all the works that the Man of God had
Speaker 1: done that day in Bethel. They also told their father
Speaker 1: the words which he had spoken to the king. And
Speaker 1: their father said to him, Ted said to him which
Speaker 1: way did he go? For his sons had seen which
Speaker 1: way the Man of God went, who came from Judah.
Speaker 1: Then he said to his son, sattled the donkey for me.
Speaker 1: So they settled the donkey for him, and he wrote
Speaker 1: on it and went after the Man of God and
Speaker 1: found him sitting under an oak. And then he said
Speaker 1: to him, are you the Man of God who came
Speaker 1: from Judah? And he said I am. Then he said
Speaker 1: to him, come home with me and eat bread. And
Speaker 1: he said, I cannot return with you, nor go with you.
Speaker 1: Neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you
Speaker 1: in this place. I have been told by the word
Speaker 1: of the Lord, you shall not eat bread, nor drink
Speaker 1: drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.
Speaker 1: He said to him, I am too, I too, am
Speaker 1: a prophet as you are, And an angel spoke to
Speaker 1: me by the word of the Lord, saying, bring him
Speaker 1: back to your house, that he may eat or drink water.
Speaker 1: He's lying to him. Just let you guys know. Okay.
Speaker 1: It says he was lying to him, So he went
Speaker 1: back with him and ate bread in his house and
Speaker 1: drink water. Oh man, wow, okay, so very interesting here
Speaker 1: what happened? And we will stop there real quick. It
Speaker 1: says obedience and temptation. The man of God initially obeys
Speaker 1: God's command not to eat or drink in Bethel, but
Speaker 1: later succumbs the deception by an old prophet, highlighting the
Speaker 1: danger of false counsel. Wow. So yeah, very interesting. But
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and see what happens here. To leave
Speaker 1: you guys in suspense for too long and go too
Speaker 1: much into my notes, we'll do consequences of disobedience after
Speaker 1: we get through. Twenty four says, now, what happened is
Speaker 1: they sat at the table. The word of the Lord
Speaker 1: came to the prophet who had brought him back, and
Speaker 1: he cried out to the man of God who came
Speaker 1: from Judas, saying, thus says the Lord, because you have
Speaker 1: disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept
Speaker 1: the commandment which the Lord God commanded you. But you
Speaker 1: came back ate bread and drank water in the place
Speaker 1: in which the Lord said to you, eat no bread
Speaker 1: or drink no water. Your corpse shall not come to
Speaker 1: the tomb of your father's Wow. So it was after
Speaker 1: he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that
Speaker 1: he sattled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he
Speaker 1: had brought back. When he was gone, a lion met
Speaker 1: him on the road and killed him. And the corpse
Speaker 1: of his torrent was thrown on the road, and the
Speaker 1: donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the corpse.
Speaker 1: And there men passed by and saw the corpse thrown
Speaker 1: on the road and the lion standing by the corpse.
Speaker 1: Then when they went and told it in the city,
Speaker 1: there were the old prophet dwelt. Okay, that's uh, that's
Speaker 1: gonna be twenty four Okay, let's go ahead and stop there,
Speaker 1: because that's a lot of stuff that just happened right there.
Speaker 1: So consequence of disobedience. The man of God faces death
Speaker 1: as a consequence of his disobedience, illustrating the seriousness of
Speaker 1: it trying to God's instruction. So, guys, if God spoke
Speaker 1: to you as a prophet, and you know that God
Speaker 1: is real, because God is literally speaking to you, then
Speaker 1: you got to be careful. You should have went to
Speaker 1: God first, if before making the If he said that
Speaker 1: if you had to test the angels, you got to
Speaker 1: test the people if they try to tell you something
Speaker 1: like that. But it says here the theme of disobedience
Speaker 1: and its consequence is a reoccurring motif throughout the Bible,
Speaker 1: illustrating the gravity of turning away from God's commandments and
Speaker 1: the inevitable repercussions that follow. From the earliest chapters of
Speaker 1: Genesis to the prophetic warnings teaches the New Testament, the
Speaker 1: Bible writes numerous examples of teachings on the consequences of disobedience.
Speaker 1: Adam and Eve, the Israelites in the Wilderness numbers fourteen.
Speaker 1: Adam and Eve Genesis three the Israelites in the Wilderness
Speaker 1: numbers fourteen, King Saul and Verse Samuel, verse fifteen. Prophetic warnings.
Speaker 1: The prophets frequently warned Israel and Judah about the consequences
Speaker 1: of disobedience Jeremiah's warning in Jeremiah twenty five. We have
Speaker 1: Ezekiel's message in Ezekiel eighteen, where he emphasizes the personal
Speaker 1: responsibility and consequences of individual disobedience, specifically in Ezekiel eighteen thirty.
Speaker 1: Then we have New Testament teachings. The New Testament continues
Speaker 1: to address the consequences of disobedience. Okay, hold on optimized,
Speaker 1: Oh my battery, Okay, I see sorry, all right. Jesus's teachings.
Speaker 1: In Matthew seven, Jesus warns about the consequences of not
Speaker 1: following his teachings and the parable of the wise and
Speaker 1: foolish builders. In Matthew seven six through twenty seven. We
Speaker 1: also a pours that Paul's ex exhortation in Romans six,
Speaker 1: specifically in Romans six twenty three for the wages of
Speaker 1: sin his death, But the gift of God is eternal
Speaker 1: life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Then we have the
Speaker 1: Hebrews warnings. In Hebrew too. The Book of Hebrew warns
Speaker 1: against the neglecting salvation and consequences of drifting away from
Speaker 1: the faith. The Bible consistently, consistently underscores the seriousness of
Speaker 1: disobeyance to God, illustrating through historical accounts, prophetic warnings, and
Speaker 1: apostolic teachings that such accents lead to both temporal and
Speaker 1: eternal consequences. Okay, and that's what happened right here. This
Speaker 1: is a physical consequence that happened to this man, where
Speaker 1: the lion ate his body so that he cannot when
Speaker 1: he his corbs cannot go back to his father's Is
Speaker 1: what it was? Okay? So yes, next we are going
Speaker 1: to be in first Kings thirteen, will go twenty six
Speaker 1: all the way through thirty four. Now, when the prophet
Speaker 1: who had brought him back from the way heard it,
Speaker 1: he said, is it the man of God who who
Speaker 1: was disobedient to the word of the Lord. Therefore the
Speaker 1: Lord has delivered him to the lion which has torn
Speaker 1: him and killed him, according to the word of God
Speaker 1: of the Lord which has spoken to him. And he
Speaker 1: spoke to his son, saying, saddle the donkey for me.
Speaker 1: So he saddled it then he went and found his
Speaker 1: corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the
Speaker 1: lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten
Speaker 1: the corpse, nor torn the donkey. And the prophet took
Speaker 1: up the corpse of the Man of God, laid it
Speaker 1: on the donkey, and brought it back. And so the
Speaker 1: old prophet came to the city to mourn and to
Speaker 1: bury him. Then he laid the corpse to his own tomb,
Speaker 1: and they mourned over him, saying, alas my brother. So
Speaker 1: it was after he had buried him that he spoke
Speaker 1: with the son, saying, when I am dead, then bury
Speaker 1: me in the tomb where the Man of God is buried.
Speaker 1: Lay my bones beside his bones. For the saying which
Speaker 1: he cried out to the word of the Lord, against
Speaker 1: the altar of Bethel and against all the shrines of
Speaker 1: high places which are the cities of Samaria, will surely
Speaker 1: come to pass. After this event, Jeroboam did not turn
Speaker 1: away his evil, did not turn from his evil ways.
Speaker 1: But again he made priests from every other class of
Speaker 1: people for the high places. Whoever wished he consecrated him
Speaker 1: and became one of the priests in the high places,
Speaker 1: and this thing was sin in the house of Jereboam,
Speaker 1: so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face
Speaker 1: of the earth. That's the end of the chapter. So
Speaker 1: we have let's see what what do these chapters mean?
Speaker 1: You know, what does this mean? This thirteen versus fourteen
Speaker 1: or eleven through thirty four Its centers on themes of
Speaker 1: obedience idolatry in God's judgment. A prophet from Judah is
Speaker 1: sent to prophesy against Jeroboam's idol idolatry idolatrous altar in Bethel,
Speaker 1: but he is later deceived by an old lying prophet
Speaker 1: and disobeys God's command not to eat or drink there consequence. Consequently,
Speaker 1: the young prophet is killed by a lion, demonstrating that
Speaker 1: God holds everyone, including his own messengers, accountable for disobedience
Speaker 1: by Jereboam continues in his sin, leading to the destruction
Speaker 1: of his house. What are some of the key events
Speaker 1: prophecy against idolatry. The passage begins with a prophet from
Speaker 1: Judah delivering God's message against King Jeroboam's unauthorized worship at
Speaker 1: the altar in Bethel, which was filled with idolatry as practices.
Speaker 1: This demonstrates God's disapproval of Jereboam's rebellion, and then God
Speaker 1: gives a young prophet a specific command not to eat
Speaker 1: or drink in Bethel and return by a different route.
Speaker 1: He initially obeys, even after performing a miracle to confirm
Speaker 1: his prophecy. An old prophet from Bethel, motivated by his
Speaker 1: desire to hear about the new prophet's experience, lies to
Speaker 1: the young prophet, claiming to be that claiming an angel
Speaker 1: told him to invite him to eat. The young prophet
Speaker 1: gives into the lie, breaks God's command, and eats with
Speaker 1: the old prophet. As a result, he is killed by
Speaker 1: a lion on his way home, which we read about
Speaker 1: right now right God's persistent judgment on Jeredbom. The paste
Speaker 1: concludes by showing that Jared Boehm does not repent after
Speaker 1: his initial encounter. He continues to make priest for the
Speaker 1: high places and becomes a systematic sin that will ultimately
Speaker 1: to the destruction of his house. This highlights the king's
Speaker 1: stubborn refusal to change his evil ways. The old prophet's
Speaker 1: actions shows the severity of the young prophet's sin and
Speaker 1: God's judgment. He takes the body, mourns, and asks to
Speaker 1: be buried with the Young Prophet, signifying his belief in
Speaker 1: the Young Prophet's message and God's judgment on Idolatres. Okay,
Speaker 1: so very important there. Well, that's a whole bunch of
Speaker 1: information that we went over and we we will now
Speaker 1: we finish the chapter, chapter thirteen. So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and talk about some practical applications here. Discernment and obedience
Speaker 1: always verify that guidance aligns with God's word, even when
Speaker 1: it comes from seemingly credible sources. Right, Definitely, you definitely
Speaker 1: want to verify that guidance aligns with God's word. Somebody
Speaker 1: might tell you something that the Bible says this, and
Speaker 1: that's why it's great to know your Bible. You know,
Speaker 1: it's very important to know your Bible. Discernment and obedience
Speaker 1: is critical in our Christian life, right. It involves the
Speaker 1: ability to perceive and understand God's will and to act accordingly.
Speaker 1: The concept is deeply rooted in Scripture and is essential
Speaker 1: for living life as that is pleasing to guid So
Speaker 1: we got to understand discernment in obedience, right, So that's
Speaker 1: why it's vital to know God's word because if somebody
Speaker 1: tells you something that, oh, it's it's in God's word,
Speaker 1: you need to ask them, is it in God's word?
Speaker 1: What's the chapter of verse none? They might tell you, well,
Speaker 1: it's in Joshure chapter three, Like, hey, well Joshure, you
Speaker 1: know that's a extra biblical text. But where's it at
Speaker 1: in the canon Bible, you know? Or whatever? You never know, man,
Speaker 1: some people will say whatever. So they might tell you, well,
Speaker 1: it's in Thomas and that's a gnostic text, So i't
Speaker 1: tell me where it is in the actual Bible, the Bible. Right.
Speaker 1: So that's why it's really good to know God's word
Speaker 1: because then people can't pull the wool over your eyes,
Speaker 1: and the devil can't pull the wool over your eyes
Speaker 1: either or use people to pull the wool over your eyes. Right.
Speaker 1: So next up we have faithfulness to God's commands. Prioritize
Speaker 1: obedience to God over human persuasion or convenience. Faithfulness to
Speaker 1: God's commands. It is very important prioritize obedience to God
Speaker 1: over human persuasion or convenience. Yes, yes, definitely very important.
Speaker 1: And faithfulness to God's commands as a central theme in
Speaker 1: the Bible, reflected in the relationship between God and his people.
Speaker 1: It is the steadfast adherence to the laws and decrees
Speaker 1: set forth by God, demonstrating loyalty, trust, and obedience. This
Speaker 1: concept is woven through both the Old and New Testament,
Speaker 1: emphasizing the importance of living a life that honors God
Speaker 1: through obedience. That's what that means, faithfulness to God's commands. Right. Next,
Speaker 1: awareness of spiritual warfare recognize that spiritual deception can come
Speaker 1: from unexpected places and be prepared to stand firm in
Speaker 1: the truth. So awareness of spiritual warfare refers to the
Speaker 1: recognition understanding of the ongoing battle between the forces of
Speaker 1: good and evil as described in the Bible. This concept
Speaker 1: comes is the belief that spiritual forces influenced the physical world,
Speaker 1: and that Christians are called to be vigilant and prepared
Speaker 1: to engage in this battle through faith, through prayer and
Speaker 1: application of biblical principles. And obviously we you know with
Speaker 1: the spiritual warfare is highly spoke about in Ephesians six,
Speaker 1: verses ten through twenty. We know about this, talked about
Speaker 1: it a lot. The full armor of God all those verses. Right,
Speaker 1: the belt of the belt of truth or breastplate of
Speaker 1: righteous is the gospel, peace of footwear, the shield of faith,
Speaker 1: the humble of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
Speaker 1: which is the Word of God. We got to understand
Speaker 1: all that right, and then spiritual warfare is also talked
Speaker 1: about in Daniel ten. The Bible has numerous examples of
Speaker 1: spiritual warfare in the Old Testament Daniel's persistent prayer and
Speaker 1: fasting and Daniel ten resulting in an angelic in invention
Speaker 1: and revelation illustrating the unseen battle and the heavenly realms,
Speaker 1: which I just spoke about a little bit ago. That's
Speaker 1: it's very important for us to understand. That's why we
Speaker 1: don't even know what God is doing for us sometimes
Speaker 1: because there's a spiritual battle happening in the heavenly realm
Speaker 1: and we're over here like thinking, now, God's not helping
Speaker 1: me out right now or worre's God been? I haven't
Speaker 1: Like God is right there, He's helping you. He's sending
Speaker 1: his angels, they're fighting battles for you right now. And
Speaker 1: the New Testament Jesus temptation in the wilderness in Matthew four,
Speaker 1: verses one through eleven is another spiritual battle we need
Speaker 1: to understand. It demonstrates his victory over Satan through the
Speaker 1: use of what scripture Deuteronomy is what he's quoting there
Speaker 1: highlight in the power of God's word and spiritual conflict. Also,
Speaker 1: you know, in spiritual warfare, we have the enemy's tactics
Speaker 1: and first Peter verse five eight and mourns be sober
Speaker 1: minded and alert your adversary. The devil prows like a
Speaker 1: roaring lion, seeking some of the devour, So be sober
Speaker 1: minded and alert. I'll ask you guys a question. How
Speaker 1: many of you guys have made massive mistakes when you're drunk?
Speaker 1: How many people make massive mistakes when they'redrunk. Maybe not
Speaker 1: you guys, but what do you see Have you guys
Speaker 1: ever watched like episodes of cops. You see that people
Speaker 1: when they're drunk, they're beating their wives, or their their
Speaker 1: wives are beating the husband because they're they're having a
Speaker 1: drunken fit, you know. And maybe people are coming down
Speaker 1: from drugs or they're on drugs and they do things
Speaker 1: that they would never do, you know, as like people
Speaker 1: are doing fraud, or people are stealing from Walmart, or
Speaker 1: people are stealing copper, or people are stealing guns, or
Speaker 1: people are breaking into houses or breaking into homes. Why
Speaker 1: because they're not sober minded and you know, they're on
Speaker 1: drugs and it's causing them to want those drugs so
Speaker 1: bad that they'll break into homes. So be sober minded
Speaker 1: and alert, because when you're not sober minded, then the
Speaker 1: devil's going to be able to prowl like a prowl
Speaker 1: like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. So if
Speaker 1: you're not sober minded and you're not alert, then the
Speaker 1: devil's going to come and devour you, right, So you
Speaker 1: got to be careful. This is just concerning spiritual warfare.
Speaker 1: These are just things that were in here. Spiritual warfare
Speaker 1: is assured through Jesus Christ and Colossness two verse fifteen,
Speaker 1: and having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a
Speaker 1: public spectacle to them, triumphing over them by the Cross.
Speaker 1: Believers are called to stand firm and this victory, relying
Speaker 1: on the power of the Holy Spirit and the authority
Speaker 1: of Christ to overcome the enemy. So when it comes
Speaker 1: to spiritual warfare, awareness of spiritual warfare calls for a
Speaker 1: proactive and disciplined spiritual life. This includes regular engagement with scripture,
Speaker 1: a committed prayer life, participation in community of believers, and
Speaker 1: a lifestyle that reflects the righteousness and truth of the Gospel.
Speaker 1: By cultivating these practices, Christians can remain vigilant and equipped
Speaker 1: to face the spiritual challenges of their daily life. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I went so deep into that, but I think it's
Speaker 1: important when it comes to spiritual warfare, repentance, and restoration.
Speaker 1: When we falter, seek God's forgiveness and strive to return
Speaker 1: to his path. That's the fourth one of the practical applications. Now,
Speaker 1: let's go over some additional scriptures that connect to these.
Speaker 1: This chapter, we have Deuteronomy thirteen verses one through four.
Speaker 1: Let's go over. Go ahead and read that real quick. Deuteronomy.
Speaker 1: There we go. We're going to be thirteen verses one
Speaker 1: through four. It says punishment of apostates. If there arises
Speaker 1: among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and
Speaker 1: he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the
Speaker 1: sign of the wonder comes to pass of which he
Speaker 1: spoke to you, saying, let us go after other gods
Speaker 1: which you have not known, and let us serve them.
Speaker 1: You shall not listen to the words of that prophet
Speaker 1: or the dreamer of dreams, For the Lord your God
Speaker 1: is testing you to know whether you love the Lord
Speaker 1: your God with all your heart and with your soul.
Speaker 1: You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him,
Speaker 1: and keep his commandments and obey his voice. You shall
Speaker 1: serve him and hold fast to him. But the prophet, okay,
Speaker 1: so yeah, that's a very important. We noticed that the
Speaker 1: prophet of God did not do that. He didn't see
Speaker 1: God right, and the guy lied to him and he
Speaker 1: didn't know, so he might have been tested and he
Speaker 1: didn't pass the test, and he saw what happened. Galatians
Speaker 1: one eight through nine, eight and nine. I'm sorry, let's
Speaker 1: check that one out. Galatians one eight and nine. Let's see.
Speaker 1: It says, but even if we or an angel from
Speaker 1: heaven preach any other gospel to you that we have.
Speaker 1: But even if we, but even if we or an
Speaker 1: angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you than
Speaker 1: what we have preach to you, let him be accursed.
Speaker 1: As we have said before. So now I say again,
Speaker 1: if anyone preaches any other gospel to you, then that
Speaker 1: what you have received will let him be accursed. Okay,
Speaker 1: so very important, very important. So Paul warns against accepting
Speaker 1: any gospel contrary to what has been preached. We're enforcing
Speaker 1: the importance of adhering to true doctrine. Then we have
Speaker 1: Matthew seven fifteen through twenty. Let's go ahead and pull
Speaker 1: that one out real quick. Another one that connects to
Speaker 1: this additional scripture that connects Matthew seven fifteen through twenty.
Speaker 1: It says, beware of false prophets who come to you
Speaker 1: in cheaps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You
Speaker 1: will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes
Speaker 1: from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good
Speaker 1: tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Speaker 1: A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can any
Speaker 1: battery bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear
Speaker 1: good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore,
Speaker 1: by their fruits you will know them. Right then, so
Speaker 1: we are done with chapter thirteen. Next week we will
Speaker 1: be into chapter fourteen. All right, thank you guys, and
Speaker 1: I think that was awesome. I really appreciate you guys.
Speaker 1: Tuning in it's only ten thirty five right now, so
Speaker 1: that's a good time. You know. I'm not exhausted. I
Speaker 1: don't feel too tired out. So really, what I'm gonna
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Speaker 1: how many shows I've been on. I've been doing a
Speaker 1: lot of shows for other people. Try to cut down
Speaker 1: on that a little bit, and maybe try to do
Speaker 1: Wednesday service on my weekends and I'm off, because then
Speaker 1: you guys get a better version of me to be
Speaker 1: able to do that, you know. And that's that's what
Speaker 1: I think I need to do. But thank you guys
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Speaker 1: It's just just that it is what it is. Obviously,
Speaker 1: when you do conspiracies Christian and if you do Christian
Speaker 1: wait wait, wait this way this wait wait, no, this
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Speaker 1: the way I'm doing it. So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: end this in prayer. So, Father God, in the name
Speaker 1: of Jesus, thank you so much for this glorious time
Speaker 1: to be able to read your word of God. Lord,
Speaker 1: Thank you for everybody that's listening, and everybody, like I said,
Speaker 1: it's thanksgiving. Lord, we want to give thanks to you
Speaker 1: for everything you've done for us. I kind of gave
Speaker 1: you a prayer in the beginning of this episode, but
Speaker 1: to end it, we just want to say, Lord, we
Speaker 1: help us and assist us to stay away from my
Speaker 1: dolatry and to worship you Lord, and to follow your commandments. Lord.
Speaker 1: Please thank you, and we really love you and we
Speaker 1: appreciate you. Please forgive us for all the sins we
Speaker 1: commit in the past, the future, in the present. We're
Speaker 1: here for you. We're here to do your work and
Speaker 1: your will, so assist us with that. Thank you, We
Speaker 1: love you in Jesus name. Amen. All right, thank you
Speaker 1: guys for tuning in. I really appreciate you. This is
Speaker 1: Sunday service and we will see you on Wednesday service
Speaker 1: coming up here. Thank you and God bless you.