1 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,640 All right, good morning, everybody. 2 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,680 It's go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Second Chronicles, 3 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:28,040 Second Chronicles 17. It's sad that I actually like 4 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,400 brother Craig just mentioned and I agree with him about what 5 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,280 pastor just read that if it was a Muslim couple it'd be a total 6 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,040 different story. But since it's Christianity, 7 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,360 they'll fight it. Which just proves to you that 8 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,760 Christianity is the correct one and the devil's doing everything 9 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,880 you can to fight against it, but not going to fight against those 10 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,160 that are fine with what Satan pushes forward. 11 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,040 Anyways. So we are back in the kings, 12 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,440 talking about the different kings that ruled Israel, 13 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,880 especially Judah down in the southern tribes. 14 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,520 Last, we didn't have Sunday school last week, so the week 15 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,360 before. Does anybody remember the king 16 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:18,080 We studied Good. I'm glad everybody remembers 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,080 this was good memorable Sunday school. 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,240 ASA ASA. And who was Asa's father? 19 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,920 Wow, man, crickets. I need to put sound effects up 20 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:38,080 here. Asa's father was Rehoboam. 21 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,480 Good, good. All right, We're we're we're 22 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,800 getting involved here. All right, wake up. 23 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,400 It's Sunday morning. We'll get there. 24 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,640 But ASA was a good or bad king in the middle. 25 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:56,240 Started well, had a bad part, went back to God, had a bad 26 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,640 ending. So his son is Jehoshaphat. 27 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,160 And we see that here in verse 1 of chapter 17. 28 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,600 And we're going to be looking at the indecisive king of 29 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,160 Jehoshaphat. And we see Jehoshaphat is Asa's 30 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,920 son. He's the 4th king of Judah after 31 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:19,360 the split in the divided Kingdom and he reigns there for 35 32 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,160 years, which gives you a good indication that he did well and 33 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,080 he actually did. He was for the most part a 34 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:32,520 spiritual man, a godly man that actually followed after Christ, 35 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,840 after God's orders and laws. Look there in verse 1 of chapter 36 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:43,840 17 and Jehoshaphat, which these names we're going to get down to 37 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,480 verse 7 and we're going to skip a lot of that because I can't 38 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,040 read half of those names, which is amazing how you know, we have 39 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,000 Josh and and Daniel and and Brian and and we have these 40 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,520 names back then they were Jehoshaphat, ASA Rehoboam. 41 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,360 I'm glad we don't keep those names. 42 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,720 But anyways, verse 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in 43 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,200 his stead and strengthened himself against Israel, and he 44 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,440 placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set 45 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,600 garrisons in the land of Judah, in in the cities of Ephraim, 46 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,720 which ASA his father had taken. And the Lord was with 47 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,840 Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father 48 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,680 David, and sought not unto Balaam, but sought to the Lord 49 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,840 God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after 50 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,640 the doings of Israel. Therefore the Lord stablished 51 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,000 the Kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,880 presence, and he had riches and honor in abundance. 53 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,600 Jehoshaphat was focused in realizing, all right, Dad did it 54 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:58,640 this way, dad, dad started well and, and, and follow what God 55 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,960 commanded. And then he went and because he 56 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,040 got comfortable, didn't need God because he was powerful, he 57 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,200 started going into his own way of, of reigning as the king. 58 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,960 And Jehoshaphat looked and watched that through his father. 59 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,640 When was the Kingdom prosperous? When were we safe? 60 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,840 When did we have peace? It was when ASA followed after 61 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:28,160 God, when ASA turned and went against God, and when, when the 62 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,080 prophet came and told ASA, you're doing wrong and ASA got 63 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,280 mad and bitter and threw him in prison. 64 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,280 You watched. I, I believe Jehoshaphat watched 65 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:42,600 the nation go downhill and he knew I'm going to be king one 66 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,880 day. I, I'm next in line. 67 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,800 So I'm watching what my dad does, watching what works and 68 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,160 what doesn't work. And as a wise man, he watches 69 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,520 and sees when he follows after God, the nation prospers and 70 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,360 it's safe. And Jehoshaphat purposed in his 71 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,920 heart. We're going to follow what God 72 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,840 wants us to do because I want the outcome. 73 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,160 Look there in verse 5. Therefore, that word means all 74 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,880 of what has happened in verse one through 4. 75 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,000 This is what it's there for. The Lord established the Kingdom 76 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,840 in His hand and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presence 77 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:24,360 and he had riches and honor and abundance because he followed 78 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,360 after God so he knew what to do in in the first. 79 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,840 What's interesting is Jehoshaphat has four chapters to 80 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:38,760 to him his work verse chapter 17, chapter 18, chapter 19 and 81 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,360 chapter 20 talk about all the things that Jehoshaphat did, 82 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,560 which is interesting because his father really only has 1 83 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,680 chapter. It's two chapters, but it's only 84 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,480 sections of the chapter. And you can see if you look at 85 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,400 on a timeline and you look at at the kings, especially of Judah, 86 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,200 how long was their reign? And you can watch, OK, were they 87 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,920 a good king? Well, I can tell you if they're 88 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,040 a good king, they were a longer range. 89 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,080 I think God kept and preserved Jehoshaphat's workings and 90 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:17,840 doings for four chapters to show us stuff to, to glean off of 91 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:21,240 things. And he was a, for the most part, 92 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,160 a spiritual man at a spiritual leader. 93 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,880 However, as we'll see, Jehoshaphat was a man who was 94 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,680 influenced easily. And it made him turn this way in 95 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,040 that way. And, and it reminds us that we 96 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,280 have to guard ourself against influences in our lives. 97 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,880 You have to be careful. Even the King had to be careful 98 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:49,000 who he had as a friend and and it's going to direct your path 99 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,440 based off of your compromises. And that's what we're going to 100 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,520 look at this morning, the indecisive King. 101 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,480 Let's pray and get into the lesson. 102 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,440 Heavenly Father, I thank you so much for your word and the 103 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,280 privilege it is to have it, to be able to read it and to be 104 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:05,040 able to study it. And God, I just pray that you 105 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,800 help us to do that, to not take it for granted and, and to just 106 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,040 bring it on Sunday and, and never see it during the week. 107 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,680 God, I pray that you, you give us a hunger for your word to be 108 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,400 able to learn and to be able to change our lives based off of 109 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,720 what your word says and the examples that you've preserved 110 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,280 for eternity for us to know and learn from. 111 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,520 God, I pray that you help us as we look at King Jehoshaphat this 112 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,240 morning. In Jesus name I pray, Amen. 113 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,880 So the first thing I want to look at is that he was focused 114 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,360 verse verse 1. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned 115 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,720 in his stead and strengthened himself against Israel. 116 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,360 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah and set 117 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,360 garrisons in the land of Judah and in all the cities and in the 118 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,320 cities of Ephraim, which ASA his father had taken. 119 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:03,800 Now, if you remember, ASA ended his life, his, his reign 120 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,800 fighting against Israel, the northern tribe. 121 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,520 And so the first thing that Joe Hassafat says is I'm, I'm 122 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,960 putting up a wall. I'm fortifying this position 123 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,080 against, even though they're my brothers, even though they're, 124 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,880 they're from the same nation of Israel, they're split. 125 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,040 And God does not want me just to be open for them. 126 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,760 He fortifies. He, he realizes that the 127 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,680 Northern Kingdom is not a good influence on him. 128 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:35,440 He watched that with his dad. And so he fortifies. 129 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,799 Just like we as Christians have to fortify ourselves. 130 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:42,280 Just like if Ephesians 6, what is all that about? 131 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:47,480 Ephesians 6 verse 10 dealing with the armor of God, Why do we 132 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,240 have armor? It's to fortify ourselves. 133 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,320 It's to protect yourself. Be ready for the enemy to attack 134 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,560 you. Don't wear armor just because 135 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,480 you're around. Only friends I don't wear. 136 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,560 I don't put armor on if I'm in the company of people that I 137 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:07,840 know I'm safe with. You put armor on because you're 138 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,400 in a battle, because you know there's an enemy. 139 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,600 And ASA was fighting against Israel. 140 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,720 And so when Jehoshaphat comes in, he goes, I'm going to 141 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:22,080 fortify my first borders in between me and Israel. 142 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,800 And that's the first thing he focuses on. 143 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,840 The next thing he focuses on there, look at verse 3. 144 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,240 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in 145 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,200 the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto 146 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,720 Balaam. He separated himself. 147 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:46,640 Balaam was a very large up and coming religion, it was already 148 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,400 established, but it was something that was creeping in 149 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,120 around him and around all the other nations. 150 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,560 But he wanted to separate himself, just like a Christian. 151 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,520 Paul says in 2nd Corinthians 617. 152 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,680 Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate. 153 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,720 Jehoshaphat knew if he was going to do what God wanted. 154 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Yes, we've got to put on the armor, we've got to fortify 155 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,120 ourselves against the enemy. But I'm going to be different 156 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,760 than everybody else. I'm going to do what God wants. 157 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,720 I'm going to separate myself from the other, even though 158 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,600 they're my brothers up in Israel, even though we're from 159 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,920 the same nationality. I want to do what God wants me 160 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,880 to do, and I'm going to fortify and separate myself. 161 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,880 Look there, verse 7. Also in the third year of his 162 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:39,360 reign, he sent to his Princess, even to Beth Ben Hale, and to 163 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,280 Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nathaniel and to Makaya, to 164 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,880 teach in the cities of Judah. And then verse 8 we have a bunch 165 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,440 of names that I'm not going to try, and verse 9 any. 166 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,440 Then they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the 167 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,080 Lord with them and went about throughout all the cities of 168 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:05,920 Judah and taught the people. Jehoshaphat knew that if I'm 169 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,920 going to, yes, protect my walls, protect my borders, but if I 170 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,880 don't protect the people inside my borders, it means nothing to 171 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,680 have a wall. If I don't educate them on God's 172 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,760 will, they'll follow me because I'm the king. 173 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,600 And if I do what's right and follow what God wants me to do, 174 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,040 that's great. I will lead this nation, but 175 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,200 it's a lot easier to lead a nation that's also following. 176 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,360 Just like a pastor in a church, the pastor can be in charge and 177 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:40,240 doing what God wants, but if everybody in all of us in the 178 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:45,560 congregation don't follow after what Christ wants us to do, it's 179 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:47,040 just going to be fighting the whole time. 180 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,680 So Jehoshaphat knows this, and he wants his people to have the 181 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:55,680 same heart that he has towards God. 182 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:00,480 So he sends the priests and the Levites there, verse 8, and with 183 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:05,880 them he sent Levites to all the people, all the cities of Judah, 184 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:11,040 to read and teach the people about what God wants them to do, 185 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,600 what God wants them to be. And we have to be careful as 186 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,840 Christians that we teach the next generation. 187 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,840 We can't just think we're good. I'm going to have my kids here 188 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,320 in church. They'll get everything they need 189 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,760 in church. No, when you go home, you should 190 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,800 also be teaching your kids. They should be able to watch 191 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,080 what you do, be able to watch the way you talk, the way you 192 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,440 act, the way you read your own Bible. 193 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,600 That is how you teach your children. 194 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,480 That's the only way you're going to bring them up to be able to 195 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:49,760 fight. If, if you OK battle, if I'm a 196 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,720 if I'm a general in a battle and I want my kids to fight as well. 197 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,480 If they come and watch me do my planning with with all the other 198 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,560 generals and the commanders and they watch me do the planning 199 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:04,920 and then I send them home and they never see the battle. 200 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,320 They never see or get trained in the art of the sword. 201 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,560 They never trained to be able to defend themselves when they turn 202 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,320 18. And I say here, put a put some 203 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,200 armor on. What are they going to do? 204 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,920 Are they going to be any use? No, they're, they're going to be 205 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,400 like David. I I can't, I can't work in this. 206 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,280 I'm not I'm not I'm not trained in the armor. 207 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,200 And Jehoshaphat knew that and had to change his people. 208 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,400 The next thing we see he's focused on is what he does. 209 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:43,720 OK Verse 10 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kings of 210 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,160 kingdoms of the land that were round about Judah, so that they 211 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,560 made no war against Jehoshaphat. There there's a cause and 212 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:57,520 effect. Jehoshaphat follows God, has his 213 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,720 nation following God, and God blesses him because of it. 214 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,800 There in verse 10, he gives them peace. 215 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,800 Verse 11 he gives them praise, power, and verse 12 and 216 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,640 prosperity there in verse 13. And he had much business in the 217 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,520 cities of Judah. And the men of war, mighty men 218 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,200 of valor were in Jerusalem and the NUM. 219 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,440 And these are the numbers of them according to the House of 220 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,400 their fathers. He blesses Jehoshaphat in the 221 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,680 nation because they followed after God, just like Jehoshaphat 222 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,200 watched his father when they, when he followed God. 223 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,920 God blessed and and we have to understand if you, if you want 224 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,640 God's blessing, you have to obey what the book says. 225 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:46,080 You don't get God's blessing just because you're a part of 226 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,160 the family or just because you're saved. 227 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:55,240 But but we do everything else in Christianity when we sometimes 228 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,440 come to church, sometimes we read our Bible, sometimes we 229 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,440 pray. That's a wishy washy Christian 230 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,920 and God says I'd rather you be hot or cold, but since you're 231 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:07,840 lukewarm, I want to spew you out of my mouth. 232 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,320 I'm not going to bless you because one day you're for me. 233 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:16,800 The next day you're against me. There's there's a focus that 234 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,480 Jehoshaphat does right from the start. 235 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,560 And if we could finish at chapter 17 with Jehoshaphat, 236 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,360 he's got a stamp of approval and God did great with that king. 237 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:35,640 But the sad thing is we have chapter 18, chapter 18 verse #1 238 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,960 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor and abundance. 239 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:47,680 And here's the key part and joined affinity with Ahab, which 240 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:53,920 is the king of Israel. There's there's a change that 241 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:59,600 takes place and and I've said it so many times that once these 242 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:05,480 kings get protection, have peace, prosperity and power, 243 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,080 they start to feel like that's me. 244 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,440 I'm doing well. I don't need to rely on God 245 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,560 anymore. I'm going to join affinity with 246 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,480 Ahab, which by the way, verse one of of chapter 17, he 247 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,840 strengthened himself against Israel. 248 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:30,760 He he, he went from joining against Israel and, and going 249 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:35,000 from against to affinity, from foe to friend. 250 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,000 Something happened and and I think it's the same thing that 251 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,720 happens with most of the kings of they get pride, they get 252 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:49,560 comfortable, they start leaving and letting their walls go down. 253 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,640 We're not going to fight as much against this. 254 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,800 Yes, you, you shouldn't do that. But as long as you're happy and 255 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:00,800 you don't hurt anybody else, that's fine. 256 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,800 You know, it's, it's if, if that's what you want to do, go 257 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,319 right ahead. I'm not going to do it, but but 258 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:12,599 you go ahead and do that. And we see that so much in 259 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:15,880 Christianity Today, especially here in America. 260 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,720 You know, I, I don't agree with with homosexuality, but I mean, 261 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,800 if you want to do it, then it's your own life. 262 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,160 No, the Bible says that it's an abomination amongst many other 263 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,400 things, pride and everything else, but it's a sin. 264 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,720 There's no, there's no you do what you want to do. 265 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:40,320 That's not how the Bible works. The Bible is not ever in the 266 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,320 show me the verse that says do whatever you want to do and see 267 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,320 how that goes. It's not in there. 268 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,680 God doesn't say do whatever you would like to do. 269 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,840 I just gave you some guidelines. I mean, if you want to do them, 270 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,920 go ahead. If you don't, then that's OK. 271 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:02,440 No, God says I'm a jealous God. He wants you to follow what he 272 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:07,920 says to do. But sadly, we see Jehoshaphat 273 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,280 joining affinity with Ahab. And what is Ahab? 274 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,720 Is he great, nice, wonderful, godly king? 275 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,240 No, he's a wicked king, totally against what God wants to do, 276 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:27,120 and we see the king fall because of his compromise. 277 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,320 I think it had to deal with his prosperity. 278 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:35,520 That says they're now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor 279 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,880 and abundance. I'm safe. 280 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,160 I got enough money in the bank, I'm good. 281 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,200 I don't need to totally rely on God. 282 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,000 Look at all the money I got. My bank account is full. 283 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,880 Then pride, honor in abundance. You did you see? 284 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,840 Did you see? The Philistines even gave me a 285 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,600 present. Did you see that they gave me? 286 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:09,640 Gold says there in verse of chapter 17, yes, chapter 17, 287 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,280 verse 11. Also some of the Philistines 288 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,800 brought Jehoshaphat presents and tribute. 289 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:21,920 Silver and the Arabians brought him flocks, 7700 Rams and 7700 290 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:26,200 key goats. He had a lot of stuff and it was 291 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,040 all from all these other deep nations giving him things and 292 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,160 and so his price starts to go up. 293 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,240 Look at me, did you give me anything? 294 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:40,440 How good is your gift to me? It's my Kingdom. 295 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,400 What does the Bible say in Proverbs 16? 296 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,920 Pride goeth before a fall. And the sad thing, that's what 297 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:55,160 we see happen when he gets to chapter 18 and Ahab comes to him 298 00:19:55,160 --> 00:20:02,320 and says, please, I need a fight in Ramoth Gilead, come with me 299 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,080 and fight. And for some reason. 300 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,480 Jehoshaphat says sure, I'll come and fight with you and we'll 301 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,920 fight the enemy together and and we'll win. 302 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,920 And it cost him personally a lot. 303 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:23,920 It almost costs him his life. Verse, chapter 18. 304 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:29,480 Verse where we at? Come on. 305 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,560 We'll start in 28. So the king of Israel and 306 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,680 Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Roth Ramoth Gilead, 307 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,560 and the king of Israel sent to Jehoshaphat, which is very, I 308 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,240 find this very interesting that Ahab would say this, but I will 309 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,680 disguise myself and go into the battle. 310 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:57,080 But put thou on thy robes, put your target on your back. 311 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,200 I'm going to hide in the in the shadows because I want them 312 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,640 shooting after you, not me. So the king of it and 313 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,000 Jehoshaphat the king of Israel disguised themselves and they 314 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,040 went out to battle and verse down to verse 31. 315 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,880 And it came to pass when the captains of the chariot, Saul, 316 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,080 Jehoshaphat, that they said it is the king of Israel. 317 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,360 Therefore they compassed about him to fight. 318 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:25,680 But Jehoshaphat carrot cried out and the Lord helped him and God 319 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,400 moved them to depart from him. He almost loses his life because 320 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:35,120 of this, but God moved them and depart and they departed out of 321 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:37,720 him. Not only did he almost lose his 322 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:45,560 life, he does something that we don't find out until chapter 21. 323 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,560 Turn to chapter 21. In this treaty between this 324 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,560 affinity between Ahab and and Jehoshaphat, what what did they 325 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:05,640 used to do back in in King's times to to have a you join the 326 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,800 families. Thank you. 327 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:12,640 And we find out that his son marries Ahab's daughter. 328 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,080 Well now we're not just on paper treated. 329 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:25,280 We're in blood treated and we see there. 330 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,360 Well, hold on I'll get I'll get to that but we it cost him not 331 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:37,160 just his life almost and not just his family, but it causes 332 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,560 the nation in the future to take a big turn because of his 333 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:47,560 compromise that the the spirituality of Israel or Judah 334 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:53,320 is because of this affinity with Ahab in this marriage between 335 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,480 his son and Athaliah, which is a Ahab's daughter. 336 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:07,760 OK go to chapter 22, chapter 22, verse 10. 337 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:15,440 But when Athaliah the mother of Isaiah saw that her son was dead 338 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:20,120 talking about so, so Jehoshaphat's son is dead and 339 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:27,360 gone, So Athaliah is ruling. She arose and destroyed all the 340 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:30,040 seed royal of the House of Judah. 341 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,600 Who's in that line of Judah? Who will be in that line of 342 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:43,120 Judah? Christ Satan's attacking that 343 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:46,600 line that God told him back in the garden that they'll be 344 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,360 coming from. My seed will come and bruise thy 345 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,360 head and crush thy head and bruise. 346 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:58,080 You'll bruise his heel and I'll crush your head from that seed. 347 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,880 And we see Satan trying to destroy that seed. 348 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:07,080 And it's all because Jehoshaphat said, let's, let's get an 349 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:14,160 alliance, Ahab, let's, let's get together your choices. 350 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,840 And we've said it so many times, don't just affect you, they 351 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:22,400 affect much more outside of your realm, but for many generations. 352 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,880 So be careful what your compromise leads to because 353 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,280 it'll ultimately affect others and cause spiritual decline in 354 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,080 others. Ephesians 511 says have no 355 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,920 fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. 356 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:44,560 Don't just avoid it. Don't just, yeah, I'm with it 357 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,080 now. I'm not agreeing with it. 358 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,120 It says have no fellowship, don't even go anywhere around 359 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:54,000 it. But luckily we have chapter 19 360 00:24:55,040 --> 00:25:02,720 and Jehoshaphat when he returns. So chapter 18 finishes by King 361 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:07,280 Ahab dying on the battlefield. But then we chapter chapter 19 362 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,800 starts and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah returned to his house 363 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,960 in peace to Jerusalem. So he's done with the battle and 364 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:19,280 he gets back to Jerusalem and verse 2 happens and the and Jehu 365 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,760 the son of Hanani, which do we remember who that prophet was? 366 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,080 He's been around. He came to his dad ASA. 367 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,640 And what did ASA do to the prophet? 368 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,560 Throw him in prison. Oh boy, here comes Jehu. 369 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,600 I know your dad threw my dad in prison the last time we spoke. 370 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,120 I got something for you too. God told me to say. 371 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,840 Should I say it? Jehu doesn't back down. 372 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,080 He doesn't care. He he tells the king what God 373 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,560 told him to say. Then Jehu, the son of Aunt Han, 374 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,080 and I the seer, went out to meet him, and said to King 375 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:06,480 Jehoshaphat, Should us thou help the ungodly and love them that 376 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,440 hate the Lord? Therefore is wrath upon thee 377 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,440 from before the Lord. Nevertheless thou are good 378 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,680 things found in thee. There are good things found in 379 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:22,640 thee in that thou has taken away the grows out of the land, and 380 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,320 has prepared thine heart to seek God. 381 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:32,120 Jehu came in and he has a a reprimand, but it's seasoned 382 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:36,760 with sincerity. You did wrong, King, you, you 383 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,200 failed here. But I know where your heart is 384 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,200 and God knows where your heart is. 385 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,040 And Jehoshaphat has two options just like his dad did. 386 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,800 I can either get bitter against this Jehu and throw him in 387 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,560 prison just like dad did with his his dad, or I can get better 388 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:04,120 and Jehoshaphat thankfully chooses to be humbled by this 389 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,520 and chooses to to take it and to change his life and the way he's 390 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,000 going. And because of that, Jehoshaphat 391 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:19,560 gets restored in fellowship with God and we see verse we're in 392 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,160 chapter 19. Look at verse 4. 393 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,840 And Jehoshaphat dwelt that Jerusalem, and he went out again 394 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,720 through the and he went out again through the people from 395 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,280 Beersheba to Mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord 396 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,600 God of their fathers. And he said, judges in the land, 397 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,480 throughout all the fence cities of Judo, city by city. 398 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:49,040 And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do for ye, judge 399 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:53,760 not for man, but for the Lord who is with you in the judgment. 400 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,640 He reorients his life, but he reorients his nation's life and 401 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,920 their eyes back on who's in charge. 402 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:07,400 He restores himself to be the king, but under God. 403 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,280 And, and he was resolute there in verse 5, we talked about he 404 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,840 sets up judges, but he reminds them, you're not judging to 405 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,080 impress me or to impress other men. 406 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,440 You're judging. And the person that is the final 407 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,000 judge is God. Don't forget he's the one that's 408 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,600 watching your your judgments on, on what comes out of it. 409 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,760 But not only did he tell that to the to the judges, the character 410 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,120 of their work had to be changed as well. 411 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:40,320 Verse 6 and said under the judges, take heed what you do 412 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,560 for you judge not for man, but for the Lord. 413 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,040 Their character had to be changed to make sure they 414 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,560 understood who they were doing their job for. 415 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,240 Their character was changed, but also their conviction was 416 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:54,720 changed. Verse 7. 417 00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:00,120 Wherefore now let them, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. 418 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,400 They had to understand we're doing this because of our honor 419 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,280 and our our attitude towards God. 420 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,880 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of what wisdom 421 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,160 Jehoshaphat had to get them to understand. 422 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,400 God was in charge and you're not answering to me, the king. 423 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,440 You're answering just like I am to the Lord. 424 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,720 The other thing we see there in verse 11. 425 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,560 And behold, Amara the chief priest is over you all in 426 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,480 matters of the Lord. And Zebediah, the son of 427 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,160 Ishmael, the ruler of the House of Judah for all the kings 428 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:49,040 matters also the Levites shall be officers before you deal 429 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:54,760 courageously and the Lord shall be the Lord shall be with the 430 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,840 good. He had to understand and show 431 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,000 these people. Remember when we would follow 432 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,280 after God, what was the what was the end result? 433 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,040 Prosperity, peace, good was given to us. 434 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,960 And he says the Lord shall be with the good. 435 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,800 You have to choose yourself, but if you want to have the the 436 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:23,120 blessings and the the the good, the the having God with you on 437 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:28,040 your side, you have to do righteously the last thing. 438 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,240 I'll tell you what we changed this time. 439 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,720 This feel like time flies now. The last thing we see is he's a 440 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,360 faithful king. Look at chapter 20, right when 441 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:44,600 after he gets right with God, it almost seems that God wants to 442 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:49,240 throw a little test here. And we see that in our Christian 443 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,840 lives when, when we finally humble ourselves and get right 444 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,760 with God and, and say, I'm going to do right and I'm going to 445 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,320 pray more. I'm going to start reading my 446 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,760 Bible every day. That first morning, oh man, I 447 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:07,720 didn't wake up to my alarm. There's going to be a test and 448 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,680 we see here in verse one and it came to pass after this also the 449 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,560 children of Moab and the children of Ammon and with them 450 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,880 other beside the Ammonites came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 451 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,480 God says all right, you won't you you're you want to get back 452 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,480 on good ground with me and you're going on the right path 453 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,040 and and you're trying to get your country and yourself 454 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,480 pleasing me. Let's see how long and how deep 455 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,680 that root is. Let's give you a little bit of a 456 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:48,920 challenge and we see there in verse 3 and Jehoshaphat feared 457 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:55,040 and set himself to seek the Lord and proclaim a fast throughout 458 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,640 all Judah. He goes with the right source 459 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:03,600 this time enemies at the gate. Obviously it says he's scared to 460 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:07,960 death there. He's and verse 4 and Judah 461 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,760 gathered themselves together and at to ask help of the Lord even 462 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,360 out of all the cities of Judah, they came to seek the Lord and 463 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,040 let's go down to verse 6 Jehoshaphat. 464 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:25,520 This is his prayer, and said, O God, O Lord God of our fathers, 465 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:30,920 art not thou God in heaven, and rulest not thou over all the 466 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,880 kingdoms of the heathen? And in thine hand? 467 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,680 Is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand 468 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:41,040 thee? Art not thou art God, who didst 469 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,320 drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people 470 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,080 Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend 471 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,560 forever? And they dwell there dwelt, and 472 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:56,040 they dwelt therein, and have but built thee a sanctuary therein 473 00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:01,320 for thy name, saying, If when evil cometh upon us, as the 474 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,600 sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this 475 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,600 house, and in thy presence, for thy name is in the house, and 476 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:16,000 cry unto thee in our affliction, then wilt thou hear and help 477 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,320 now. And now behold, the children of 478 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:24,360 Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, for whom thou would it's not let 479 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,600 Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they 480 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,760 turned from them and destroyed them. 481 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:36,080 Not behold, I say, how they reward us to come to cast us out 482 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,920 of thy possession which thou has given us to inherit. 483 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,080 God. Jehoshaphat remind in his prayer 484 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,600 to God, he, he, he lifts his name up first. 485 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,640 You're the God of heaven, You're the one in charge. 486 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,160 You're the one that owns everything, controls everything, 487 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,560 controls even the kingdoms of the heathens and and you've set 488 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:02,440 aside, he reminds God, you said you promised us this land. 489 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:07,680 You gave us the promised land for it a full forever and you 490 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,000 said this was going to be ours. You promised it. 491 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,480 It says there to the seed of Abraham, my friend forever. 492 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,719 And he reminds God, Hey, not because does God forget? 493 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,719 Oh, that's right, I did. I did do that a lot of years 494 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,520 ago. I didn't, I say, I guess I did 495 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,840 say that to Abraham. No, he's reminding God. 496 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:32,159 This is what you've promised us. You've promised to keep us in 497 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:34,000 this lane. You've promised to give this 498 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,320 land to us. And not only did you promise it, 499 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,080 when we came in here, you told us, don't destroy these people. 500 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,320 Don't invade these people. And we obeyed. 501 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:48,400 We did what you wanted us to do. But now they're coming to fight 502 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:58,160 us, and they're a lot greater. Verse 12 O our God, wilt thou 503 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,800 not judge them? For we have no might against 504 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,000 this great company that cometh against us. 505 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,720 Neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee. 506 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,720 Jehoshaphat understood it. It's not me. 507 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,880 If you look at verse chapter 17, it lists some mighty men of 508 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,000 valor and the thousands upon thousands of men that were in 509 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,120 his company of armies. But Jehoshaphat reminds God, 510 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,640 reminds himself and reminds his nation, it's not us. 511 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,640 We're not going to be the one that gets this job done and we 512 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,280 can't get it done without God on our side. 513 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:44,080 But he reminds God of God's promises when we pray. 514 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,480 Do you tell God about the things that you've read in his word? 515 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,520 Do you remind God about the promises that he gave you? 516 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,880 I all throughout the Bible, the prayers that are saved for us 517 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,880 for eternity always show God. Remember this. 518 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,480 God, remember when you said this and you promised this? 519 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,240 I think God wants us to be able to give him his promises back to 520 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:13,560 him. Not to say shove it in his face 521 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,680 kind of thing, but God, do you remember when you said that 522 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,960 you'll never leave me nor forsake me? 523 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,680 God, I'm going through something right now. 524 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:29,160 Got David said that he's been young and old and he's not seen 525 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,400 the the righteous begging for bread. 526 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,040 God, I don't know when the next meal. 527 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,160 I don't have enough money If I give this to you for an 528 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,240 offering. I don't have enough money to 529 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:45,320 feed my family, but I'm going to trust in the promise that you 530 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,320 gave me. God wants you in your prayer to 531 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,680 not just remind him, but it's something that tells him. 532 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:57,440 You read my word. You know what my word says 533 00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,920 because you've listened to it and you've read it. 534 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,720 If you never read the Bible, how are you going to tell God? 535 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:08,280 Hey, remember that promise? Jehoshaphat knows that. 536 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:13,240 And because of that, Jehoshaphat gets the, the, the word and the 537 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:17,880 plan from God about this battle. Don't worry, I got it. 538 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,800 You're not even going to fight. I'll take care of all of this. 539 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:27,600 Because he trusted in the Lord. And it's so great to finally 540 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,520 have a king that actually ends correctly. 541 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,920 But the sad thing is he doesn't. And we did. 542 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,760 We've run out of time. But sadly he because of that 543 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,680 time where he was in affinity with Ahab and his son and 544 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:49,120 daughter at the end of chapter 20, we read there and no, I'm 545 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:54,240 out of it. I want to read this chapter 20, 546 00:37:54,240 --> 00:38:03,840 verse 30, 35 and this. And after this, did Jehoshaphat, 547 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:09,120 king of Judah, join himself with a Haziah, king of Israel, who 548 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:14,080 did very wickedly Jehoshaphat. Didn't you learn the first time 549 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,240 that you joined with them that it didn't end well? 550 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:23,920 Something happens to where he has to be called upon for that 551 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,440 treaty that he signed way back with Ahab. 552 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:31,480 And because of that, he, it costs him all of his riches. 553 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:38,200 It costs him his reputation because now we don't have a king 554 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,320 that we can go. Thank you God, for, for, for 555 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,680 putting him back on the throne and for getting him back in line 556 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,880 and and working and doing what you want us to do. 557 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:56,640 But he failed in the end. You ran well, but you didn't 558 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,800 finish right. Who hath hindered you? 559 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:07,040 The Bible says it's great to run well, but if we don't finish 560 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,160 right, what's the point of everything else? 561 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,680 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I thank you God 562 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:21,560 for for your word for giving us the example of of in general, in 563 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:28,200 a general thing of if we do what you want, if we obey you, we can 564 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,520 know that you're going to be with us. 565 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,000 As Samuel said, to obey is better than sacrifice. 566 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,640 God, I just pray that we we focus on doing what you want us 567 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:43,680 to do and and to do it until the last day that you come back or 568 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:48,200 you take us home, that you find us faithful in fighting against 569 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:52,360 Satan and against this world, but fighting for you. 570 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,840 I pray that you help us in the next session. 571 00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,440 God, I pray that you fill pastor with your spirit, be with our 572 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,400 hearts that we they be open and and ready for your word. 573 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,360 In Jesus name I pray. Amen.