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So at this point, meet me in the
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First Kings Chapter 11, where we
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together by the grace of God and
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let's pray Nestle Lord for help.
Father, we are fully convinced 

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that if you don't help us, this 
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meeting. 
Lord, we know that and 

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everything that we do, even in 
your name, it requires your 

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help. 
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genuine, sincere hearts, fully 
convinced that you must be here 

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and you must guide us through 
these verses. 

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So we pray with absolute trust 
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prayer that you are excited to 
answer, that you will indeed 

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teach us the truth, so that we 
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the way that you've called us 
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So Lord, may we hear your voice 
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changed as a result of these 
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In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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For the rest of this chapter, 
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maybe painfully, of the detailed
consequences of Solomon's 

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disobedience. 
Last week, where we came 

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together to the beginning of 
this chapter, we learned of the 

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great breach of Solomon's sin 
and what it violated in terms of

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God's covenant and His laws to 
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But this evening we are going to
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that sin is not free. 
Sin has wages. 

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No matter what sin we entertain 
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undisclosed price tag attached 
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And what we're going to learn 
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Scripture is just that. 
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and the repercussions of 
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because he is a king, and 
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the Davidic line, the 
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experiences that he will endure 
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Meaning the essence of these 
outcomes are relative to you and

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I. 
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understand as children of God is
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have been grafted in by grace, 
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justified by faith, that does 
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the way we want. 
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regulations, boundaries within 
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intentionally pursue wrongdoing.
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frame this text and to divide 
these verses, if there is a 

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title that you can take away 
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this. 
I want to speak to you tonight 

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about three things that 
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affect in your life. 
Three things that deliberate 

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disobedience will affect in your
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Solomon's example. 
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9. 
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the 1st 2 verses of the portion 
allotted to us we read here in 

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First Kings 11, verse nine. 
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Solomon because his heart turned
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Israel, who had appeared to him 
twice and had commanded him 

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concerning this thing, that he 
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The first thing that deliberate 
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taking notes, is this. 
The pleasure of the Lord, The 

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pleasure of the Lord. 
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of this Bible study is something
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and that is the Lord's anger, 
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And just like the Lord's 
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justified. 
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It is never erratic. 
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It is something that is always 
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and that is no different here. 
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angry with one of his servants, 
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especially when you compare it 
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reign. 
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Solomon started, it makes this 
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heartbreaking. 
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where Solomon begged the Lord 
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he has been appointed the throne
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this without God's assistance. 
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for wisdom. 
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to Solomon's heart posture at 
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First Kings chapter 3, verse 10.
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It pleased the Lord that Solomon
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So Solomon began with pleasing 
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chapter of his life he ends up 
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He starts by pleasing the Lord. 
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effective for those who have 
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For the people here who have 
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worshipped the Lord and enjoyed 
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For those who have prayed and 
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For those who even at this time 
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moments where God intervened 
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acts of mercy. 
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stir us. 
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this is that the first thing sin
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It breaks God's heart, this 
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law that has been broken, but 
read again with me, says here in

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the Lord verse nine was angry 
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had turned away from the Lord. 
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This is relationship. 
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God has for our hearts. 
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sure, cannot be at ease knowing 
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causing a loved one to be 
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That would disturb us if our 
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completely seared. 
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haunt us to a certain degree. 
And some of you in here have 

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experienced the pain of 
heartbreak as a result of 

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somebody else's failure in your 
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had many memories with who has 
made promises to you, who's even

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said to you that we will be 
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lives. 
I'm always here for you. 

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And they have doing something 
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the Lord because he's expressing
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relationship. 
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from a legal standpoint. 
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because the heart of one of his 
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Feel that. 
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into your life as you are 
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What will this do to my God, to 
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I've talked to many people who 
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sin, consecutive seasons of sin,
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because necessarily they are in 
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heartbreaking in itself, but 
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Many people are more concerned 
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resources, what their elders 
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might think, what their and very
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My own experience, very little 
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I've broken God's heart, I've 
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And the Holy Spirit gives us 
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heart is effective. 
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You know, when the Lord Jesus 
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churches in Revelation, the 
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was the Church of Ephesus. 
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church. 
It was a church that can sniff a

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false apostle a mile away. 
It was a church that worked 

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hard. 
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indicted for this one thing. 
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put Revelation 2 four. 
In this way you have left your 

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first love. 
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You have left the love that you 
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But if you understand it in how 
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have left your first love that 
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longs from us. 
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people. 
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He wants your first love. 
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In your heart, God wants 
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creator, sustainer, provider, 
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God is worthy of your first 
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He does not want any rivals. 
He does not want a slot in your 

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heart. 
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And so he tells this church 
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Oh, I'm sure they didn't stop 
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from first place. 
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more than just leaving his first
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This man walked away from God 
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And we're we're learning 
something about why God was 

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grieved even more. 
It's at the last part of verse 

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9. 
So Solomon turned his heart away

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from the Lord, and then the Holy
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who had appeared to him twice. 
That moved me. 

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We've studied how the Lord 
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unique and incredible 
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You know, you have some people 
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have these incredible 
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just witness certain miracles, 
or if they experience the Lord 

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in a personal and extraordinary 
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dedicated to him. 
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Here's this man who had two 
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not all of us, would never 
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glory. 
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he was still able to turn away 
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Experiences do not automatically
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It should cause you to be more 
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from this, according to what the
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takes into account the 
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that He grants us. 
He remembers it. 

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responsibility is to God. 
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with God, the greater our 
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That is true for every 
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especially true for this nation 
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Covenant. 
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verse 2. 
You get a lot of people today 

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who are bent out of shape, even 
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Christendom, about this idea 
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with this people called Israel. 
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And one of the arguments is, 
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make such a promise to one 
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Yes, we know that in the cross. 
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Christ has done, that wall of 
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Gentiles have been grafted in. 
I don't want to get into that 

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discussion now, but I want to 
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Lord himself has said, that 
although this people experience 

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certain privileges, with those 
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responsibilities. 
Here's what he says in Amos 32, 

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the Lord speaks to these people 
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known of all the families of the
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He's highlighting the privilege 
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you only have. 
I known of all the families of 

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the earth. 
Therefore I will punish you for 

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all your iniquities. 
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Don't get it twisted. 
Just because you've been 

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selected by me from all the 
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mean that I wink at your sin. 
Does not mean that you get to 

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have special treatment from me. 
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Because you've been called to 
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have extra accountability from 
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And so I will punish you for 
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So yes, Paul confesses that this
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also seen the Scriptures that 
with that advantage came great 

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accountability. 
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this relatable to Solomon as a 
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Israel. 
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It relates to us as well. 
We have different churches 

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represented here, and I pray 
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wherever you come from, go to a 
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assembly. 
And if you do, you should 

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rejoice in that and consider 
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Don't boast too much that your 
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because you'll be held 
accountable for what you hear 

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every week. 
Now, we don't think about it 

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that way, right? 
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We want deeper revelation of 
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God will show you, he will hold 
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and gives us experiences, comes 
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God appeared to Solomon twice, 
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his disobedience, how could you 
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given you these experiences? 
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is the pleasure of the Lord, the
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are the promises of the Lord, so
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now the promises of the Lord. 
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Therefore the Lord said to 
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your practice, other transitions
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have done this. 
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been your practice, and you have
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statutes that I have commanded 
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Kingdom from you and will give 
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Yet, for the sake of your 
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days, but I will tear it out of 
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However, I will not tear away 
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one tribe to your son, for the 
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for the sake of Jerusalem that I
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You've heard me emphasize a word
tear, tear away. 

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all the tribes of Israel, that 
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I'm going to remove a majority 
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For the sake of your father, 
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I'll keep one. 
I'll keep one for you and the 

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rest of your descendants. 
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the entire nation will now be 
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disobedience. 
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to David. 
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succeeding kings. 
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be experienced in its fullness. 
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every promise that God gives is 
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Praise God that the significant 
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are walking in Christ. 
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can only be unlocked and enjoyed
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obedience to the Lord's Word and
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what it is that God demands of 
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that how we can experience all 
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on this side of heaven. 
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how this is true. 
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where Paul makes this amazing 
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wonderful insight for what our 
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should be in pursuing complete 
holiness. 2nd Corinthians 7, one

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Beloved, Since we have these 
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cleanse ourselves from every 
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bringing holiness to completion 
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There's so many things I can say
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Let me make one comment before I
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OK? 
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holiness to completion in the 
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Holiness is not a scary word. 
Maybe in your upbringing, if you

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came from a legalistic 
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holiness is simply health for 
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None of you are afraid of health
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You shouldn't be afraid of 
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health for your spirit. 
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completion. 
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Paul is not speaking here about 
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You can never know a sinless 
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get to glory. 
That's what glorification is all

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about. 
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word simply means maturity. 
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Let's bring our holiness to a 
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can arrive to a state of 
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health for your spirit. 
Wouldn't you want that? 

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Power in the Spirit, clarity in 
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joy in the Spirit, Power again 
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If you want to arrive there and 
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to do it in the fear of God. 
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If you don't have the fear of 
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completion and holiness. 
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holiness if you first understand
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So that's why you have a lot of 
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people even in the church, who 
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maturity spiritually. 
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because there's a lack of fear 
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If you minimize the fear of God 
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realize it or not, you're 
minimizing your spiritual 

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maturity. 
OK, that's a side point. 

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Here's the main point. 
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pursue holiness and completion? 
Paul states in the first few 

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words, since we have these 
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certain promises that Paul just 
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His wording here denotes that he
just finished explaining certain

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promises. 
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Now that I've given you these 
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that are for you pursue holiness
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promises in your life. 
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Well, some translations say 
therefore, right? 

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So he just finished saying 
something. 

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And all we have to do is look 
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last portion of chapter 6. 
Here's one of them. 

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In 2nd Corinthians 616. 
Here's one of the promises Paul 

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says. 
What agreement has the temple of

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God with idols? 
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living God, as God said. 
Here's one of the promises. 

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I will make my dwelling among 
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will be their God, and they 
shall be my people. 

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Quiz you like quizzes, right? 
Quiz. 

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Is Paul quoting scripture here? 
Yes. 

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Who here knows which book of the
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Leviticus. 
Leviticus, chapter 2611 and 12. 

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Well, the Lord is speaking to 
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He's speaking to his people 
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New Covenant. 
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If you hold to this code, here's
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I will dwell among you, and I 
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And Paul, by the Spirit takes 
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There are a lot of things in 
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right. 
That's why you're wearing a 

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certain fabric shirt, and that's
why, men your your hair is 

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trimmed on your sides. 
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the Spirit, reaches to one of 
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it to the New covenant. 
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this, what this promise is all 
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It's very easy. 
Greater intimacy with the Lord. 

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I will dwell among you and I 
will walk. 

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How? 
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Do we have a room called the 
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Do we have a tent that we live 
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No, no, no. 
It's called the Holy Spirit who 

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lives in you, the new 
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And so he applies this old 
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permission of the Holy Spirit, 
he applies it to the New 

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Covenant context. 
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glory of God that dwelt in that 
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able to live in you as the new 
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Which tells me that there is 
something about this promise 

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that's not just theoretical or 
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greater intimacy with the Lord. 
Here's one of those promises. 

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And he says, since we have these
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shut off all the defilement of 
the flesh in the body, get rid 

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of all those things that might, 
that might all turn, effect this

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promise, I don't know what can 
be greater than greater intimacy

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with the Lord? 
I don't. 

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I don't know. 
Have nothing else to offer you. 

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That is the the pinnacle of the 
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covenant on this side of heaven.
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and Paul spells that out 
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Lord that our disobedience can 
rob us from. 

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And remember that as you are 
standing before the temptation 

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of amusing yourself with sin, 
whatever that sin may be, 

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because whatever you think will 
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always cost you Greater promises
and greater fulfillment, greater

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pleasure in God. 
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Solomon. 
But notice, even in this right 

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there is mercy. 
Look back at verse 12, the 1st 

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Corinthians 11. 
Excuse me, First Kings 11. 

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Yet, for the sake of David, your
father, I will not do it in your

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days. 
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will not tear away all the 
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tribe to your son for the sake 
of David, my servant, and for 

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the sake of Jerusalem that I 
have chosen Solomon. 

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It's not going to happen in your
lifetime. 

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It's going to happen with your 
son. 

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And I'm not going to take all 
the tribes. 

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I'm going to leave one tribe 
because I made a promise to your

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father. 
You know what this is supposed 

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to do to us as we're reading 
this text? 

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This is God's declaration of his
fidelity in the middle of 

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studying Solomon's 
unfaithfulness. 

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So even in this dark chapter, 
we're supposed to feel 

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refreshed. 
How? 

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Because as I'm studying the 
colossal mess up of a man who 

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experienced so much, I'm 
confronted with a promise 

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keeping God. 
Solomon didn't keep his promise.

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Solomon could not hold his 
weight. 

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Solomon could not keep up with 
what he had said. 

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But you know who does? 
God, God, Man will make vows. 

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Man will claim things. 
Man will say something and end 

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up changing their mind down the 
road. 

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God is not like man. 
So even in this rebuke, even in 

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this chastisement, God is 
declaring and showing. 

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He is unlike man. 
When I say something, I mean it.

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I don't let things happening 
around me. 

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I don't let people around me 
alter my word. 

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When I say it, I mean it and I 
keep it. 

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This is the God that we serve. 
So every time you read this 

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book, every time especially you 
read promises concerning today 

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and promises and prophecies for 
tomorrow. 

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You can bank your life on this. 
God said it so he will mean it 

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and he will keep it. 
So I'm refreshing reading this. 

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Thank God my king is not like 
King Solomon. 

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Thank God my king is not like 
King David. 

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He's the king of all kings. 
We talked about how deliberate 

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disobedience effects the 
pleasure of the Lord, how it 

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affects the promise of the Lord 
being experienced in their 

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fullness in our lives. 
Lastly, let's read a few verses.

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You probably noticed there's a 
lot more verses here, and I want

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to just highlight a few verses 
from this next portion and then 

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we'll dissect them verse by 
verse. 

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Read with me verse 14 of this 
chapter and the Lord raised up 

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an adversary against Solomon 
Haddad, the Edomite. 

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He was of the royal house in 
Edom. 

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Let's put that aside and come 
down to verse 23. 

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God also raised up as an 
adversary to him, resigned the 

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son of Eliada who had fled from 
his master had Azur king of 

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Zoba. 
And lastly, let's come here to 

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verse 26. 
Jeroboam, the son of Nibat, 

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Nephromite of Zerodah, a servant
of Solomon whose mother's name 

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was Zeraya. 
A widow also lifted up his hand 

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against the king. 
So the Lord now raises up 3 

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opponents, 3 adversaries against
Solomon. 

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Again, what makes us 
heartbreaking is when we reflect

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on Solomon's experience when he 
was walking with the Lord. 

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So we read those 3 verses right?
God raising up an adversary, God

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raising up an adversary. 
Jeroboam raising up his hand 

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against the king. 
Solomon made this awesome 

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confession declaring the 
goodness of God in First Kings 

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chapter 5 and it's so sad to see
where it's led to 1st Kings 

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00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,240
five. 
Look at this in verse 4. 

456
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,640
This is Solomon speaking and 
notice what he gladly admits and

457
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:36,160
declares. 
And 1st Kings 54 But now the 

458
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:41,280
Lord my God has given me rest on
every side. 

459
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,360
There is neither adversary nor 
misfortune. 

460
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,880
No adversary. 
Listen, we've been studying 

461
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,640
Solomon's life for quite a few 
weeks. 

462
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,920
Have we read of any significant 
adversary rising up against 

463
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,040
Solomon as long as he was 
walking with the Lord? 

464
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,720
No. 
As long as he shunned idolatry? 

465
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,160
No, but now that he is walking 
in rebellion, God raises up 

466
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,960
three of them. 
Deliberate disobedience not only

467
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,360
affects the pleasure of the 
Lord, not only does it alter the

468
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:22,320
promises of the Lord, some of 
them it also affects the peace 

469
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,680
of the Lord in our lives, The 
peace of the Lord. 

470
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,320
Solomon's reign was 
characterized by peace, and you 

471
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,440
and I in Christ have access to 
greater peace. 

472
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,480
Solomon could give peace 
economically, politically, in 

473
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:41,240
society, Christ can bring peace 
internally, where peace matters 

474
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:47,240
the most, greater peace. 
But what we learned here through

475
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,120
Solomon's example is that when 
we choose to live in sin, not 

476
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:56,320
only do we put a pause on the 
promises of God, but we replace 

477
00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:02,640
them with problems from God. 
You put a pause on the promises 

478
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,920
and you invite problems. 
And those problems are allowed 

479
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,000
by the Lord, who raised up these
adversaries? 

480
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,120
Satan. 
And the Lord raised them up. 

481
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,200
The Lord removed the hedge. 
The Lord opened the floodgates. 

482
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,120
For all this time God 
apprehended these adversaries, 

483
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,360
He kept them at Bay. 
And when Solomon kept ignoring 

484
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,960
the Lord and kept walking away 
from the Lord, the Lord says 

485
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,960
enough is enough. 
I have to get your attention 

486
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,840
somehow. 
And he chooses to raise up these

487
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,360
adversaries For what? 
For what reason? 

488
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,280
To rouse up a slumbering Solomon
in his sin so that he could 

489
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,680
ultimately repent and turn back 
to the Lord. 

490
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,400
So you heard about the mercy of 
God, how he said what? 

491
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,000
That he would not allow all the 
the tribes we removed from the 

492
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,760
Kingdom of David, and that it 
would not happen in his 

493
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,480
lifetime. 
I argue that God's mercy still 

494
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,760
being displayed here, saying how
houses God's mercy because God 

495
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,480
and his love will not allow his 
child to remain in sin 

496
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,760
undisturbed. 
That's God's love toward you and

497
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,960
I God doesn't just let you go 
your way. 

498
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:15,440
God will chase you and God will 
agitate you and God will signal 

499
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,480
to you over and over again. 
He will not give up on you. 

500
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,240
This is God's mercy in these 
adversaries coming against 

501
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,800
Solomon. 
One of the worst ways God can 

502
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,400
judge a people or a nation is 
when He lets them be in their 

503
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,400
sin, when He lets them have 
their idols. 

504
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,560
But see, God here is pursuing 
this man. 

505
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,400
Despite all the shortcomings and
all the disappointments, the 

506
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,800
Lord says I'm still going to 
find a way to get your 

507
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,480
attention, and if it if it needs
this, then let it be. 

508
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:54,520
There's a profound verse that 
solidifies this point about how 

509
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,280
unrighteousness will not provide
peace. 

510
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,840
Only righteousness, practical 
righteousness will provide 

511
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,520
peace. 
It's in Isaiah 32, verse 17, 

512
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:09,080
Isaiah 3217. 
Here's what the prophet says. 

513
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,920
It's a wonderful insight about 
how walking with the Lord 

514
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:19,280
promises his peace, Isaiah 3217 
reads. 

515
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,520
And the effect of righteousness 
will be what peace. 

516
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,320
The effect of righteousness will
be peace and the result of 

517
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,520
righteousness. 
Oh, I love these two words 

518
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:37,000
quietness and trust forever. 
That's a verse that America 

519
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000
needs. 
You want peace, America, you 

520
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,800
need righteousness. 
Yes, first you need the 

521
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,960
righteousness that is imputed by
Jesus Christ. 

522
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,480
And then from there you need the
practical righteousness that he 

523
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,600
empowers you to walk in. 
The effect of righteousness is 

524
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:56,000
peace. 
No righteousness, no peace. 

525
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,400
And that's especially true for 
the child of God who knows 

526
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:04,120
better. 
A lukewarm Christian is the most

527
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,400
miserable person on earth. 
Really. 

528
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:14,520
I argue that say how Because you
have enough of God where you 

529
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,960
can't enjoy the world the way 
you would hope to, and you have 

530
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,720
enough of the world where you 
can't enjoy God the way you're 

531
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,640
supposed to. 
You're just like in this 

532
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,480
miserable limbo. 
And it's so pathetic to watch 

533
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,080
because there you are, just 
trying to create mud pies and 

534
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,000
figure out how this whole thing 
works. 

535
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:38,120
It doesn't work until you submit
to righteousness, consecrate 

536
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,920
yourself unto the Lord. 
Can I just be real? 

537
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,120
Can I just talk? 
Yeah. 

538
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:48,360
OK, Aren't you the happiest when
you're the holiest? 

539
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,960
When you're when you're the 
closest to the Lord, aren't you 

540
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,760
the happiest? 
Right. 

541
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,760
Yeah, I know. 
You try to numb yourself with 

542
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,000
entertainment and you try to 
silence your conscience by doing

543
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,480
all these different activities, 
but you know that you are the 

544
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,520
most glad when you're the 
closest to God. 

545
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,440
You know that there's a 
lightness, there's a strength, 

546
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,480
There's a confidence. 
There's a joy to your step 

547
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:16,120
because only God provides that. 
Just a reminder. 

548
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:21,280
The effect of righteousness will
be peace. 

549
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,520
There's no peace for Solomon Now
Why? 

550
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:24,680
Because there's no 
righteousness. 

551
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,760
So now let's explore these three
adversaries separately. 

552
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,400
Verse 14. 
And the Lord raised up an 

553
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,520
adversary against Solomon 
Haddad, the Edomite. 

554
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,400
He was of the royal house in 
Edom for when David wasn't Edom.

555
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,840
Now we get the back story of how
this man comes on the scene when

556
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,360
David was in Edom and Joab, the 
commander of the army, went up 

557
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,040
to bury the slain. 
He struck down every male in 

558
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:53,240
Edom for Job, and all Israel 
remained there six months until 

559
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,120
he had cut off every male in 
Edom. 

560
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,640
But Haddad fled to Egypt 
together with certain Edomites 

561
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,400
of his father's servants. 
Haddad still being a little 

562
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,160
child, they set out from Midian 
and came to Puran and took men 

563
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,400
with them from Puran, and came 
to Egypt to Pharaoh, king of 

564
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,400
Egypt, who gave him a house and 
assigned him an allowance of 

565
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,639
food and gave him land. 
And a dad, found great favor in 

566
00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:18,679
the side of Pharaoh, so that he 
gave him in marriage the sister 

567
00:34:18,679 --> 00:34:21,840
of his own wife, the sister of 
Tappanese the queen. 

568
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:29,000
And the sister of Tappanese bore
him Ghenobath, his son, whom 

569
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,960
Tappanese weaned in Pharaoh's 
house. 

570
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,520
The Gator bath was in Pharaoh's 
house among the sons of Pharaoh.

571
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,440
But when Haddad heard in Egypt 
that David slept with his 

572
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,159
fathers, and that job the 
commander of the army was dead, 

573
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,760
Haddad said to Pharaoh, let me 
depart, that I may go to my own 

574
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,400
country. 
But Pharaoh said to him, what 

575
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,800
have you lacked with me, that 
you are now seeking to go to 

576
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,960
your own country? 
And he said to him only, let me 

577
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,560
depart, Haddad. 
Where is he from? 

578
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,960
Where is he from? 
He's from Edom. 

579
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,320
Why should that be important for
us? 

580
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:04,960
Don't go too far. 
Consider the context of 

581
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,040
Solomon's life. 
I'll give you another hint. 

582
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,720
Consider the context of the 
chapter that we're studying. 

583
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,200
Edom. 
He's from Edom. 

584
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,200
Look at the first few verses of 
Chapter 11. 

585
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:26,040
Something should stand out. 
Very good verse one. 

586
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,880
Now King Solomon loved many 
foreign women, along with the 

587
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,960
daughter of Pharaoh Moabite, 
Ammonite. 

588
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,800
Tell me the third one. 
Edomite, Cydonian and Hittite 

589
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,840
woman. 
So Solomon, yes, in his lust had

590
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,520
all these women. 
But there was also a hint of 

591
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,400
political strategy here. 
He marries into the Edomite 

592
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,760
clan, the Edomite people. 
He thought he was clever. 

593
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,360
He was operating under human 
wisdom here, thinking to 

594
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,200
himself, I will be able to 
promote peace if I have these 

595
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,240
marriage alliances. 
And perhaps for a season there 

596
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:06,560
was a soothing effect of him 
marrying into this people group.

597
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,200
Ain't know what this teaches us.
Because what Solomon did here, 

598
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,480
marrying these foreign woman was
a sin, not because they were 

599
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,080
formed, but they were foreign to
God. 

600
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,120
And what he thought would 
provide him security and 

601
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,200
prosperity and peace betrayed 
him. 

602
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,080
Now you have a man from Edom who
is going to harass you for the 

603
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,000
rest of your life. 
Sin always lies to you. 

604
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,120
It always does. 
It always lies to you. 

605
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,920
And again it seems to bring some
kind of relief, some kind of 

606
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,000
escape. 
But it will always come back to 

607
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,560
bite you. 
Always. 

608
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,000
You don't know when, you don't 
know how, but sin is very clever

609
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,680
and finding a way to make sure 
that you get that check. 

610
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,680
So he marries into the Edomites 
and now his enemy, his first 

611
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,280
enemy is from Edom. 
And this is what we learned from

612
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,720
this man in the beginning of 
this portion of scripture. 

613
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,400
But we also notice something 
about Haddad notice. 

614
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,320
So he he now experiences this 
massacre, right? 

615
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:13,800
He escapes this war and he finds
himself in Egypt under the care 

616
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,200
of Pharaoh. 
And for some reason, Pharaoh 

617
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,720
shows unusual kindness them, 
gives them housing allowance, 

618
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,400
food. 
And he loves him so much that he

619
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,920
even makes an alliance with him 
by allowing him to marry his 

620
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,560
sister-in-law. 
Everything's going well for for 

621
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:26,800
Edith, I mean, I mean for her 
dad. 

622
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,000
He could have just stayed there 
and just lived the rest of his 

623
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,040
life in that place. 
But when he learns that David 

624
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,640
and Joab are dead, he now comes 
to Pharaoh and asked for 

625
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,120
permission to go to his own 
country for one sole purpose. 

626
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,920
I will live the rest of my life 
assaulting and harassing 

627
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,120
Solomon. 
What does that reveal about what

628
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,320
was in this man's heart after 
all these years? 

629
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,040
Vengeance. 
Bitterness. 

630
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,600
Unforgiveness. 
This man was harboring these 

631
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,000
things, and when the opportunity
arose, he took advantage of it. 

632
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,440
And what's so fascinating is 
that he was willing to walk away

633
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,400
from this favor that he 
experienced. 

634
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:14,400
He was willing to walk away from
his livelihood, his familiarity,

635
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:19,840
to now live with a campaign, to 
be a thorn in Solomon's side. 

636
00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:24,400
A brief point, but it's really a
sad illustration of what 

637
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,600
bitterness can do to a man, and 
what bitterness is willing to 

638
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,720
lead a man into and lead a man 
away from as much as you feel 

639
00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:35,040
empowered in your unforgiveness,
because in your mind you 

640
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,600
entertain these thoughts towards
that person who has hurt you. 

641
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,480
Ultimately, you're draining 
yourself of life. 

642
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,880
Here's this man now walking away
from all these things so that he

643
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,400
can be an antagonist against the
son of David. 

644
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,400
But now we read about this other
man, verse 23. 

645
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,000
Not much is said about him in 
comparison to Haddad and 

646
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,640
Jeroboam, but let's read God 
also raised up as an adversary 

647
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,280
to him. 
Razon, the son of Eliade who had

648
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,360
fled from his master, had it as 
their king of Zoba, and he had 

649
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,120
gathered men about him and 
became leader of a marauding ban

650
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,720
after the killing by David. 
And they went to Damascus and 

651
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:12,920
lived there and made him king In
Damascus. 

652
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,480
He was an adversary of Israel, 
all the days of Solomon doing 

653
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:22,320
harm as Haddad did, and he 
loathe Israel and reigned over 

654
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:26,760
Syria. 
The thing that I want to 

655
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:31,200
highlight here is that unlike 
Haddad, this man here was not of

656
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:34,280
royal birth. 
He was. 

657
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:39,080
He was a servant to his master. 
And though this is God 

658
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:44,160
recruiting men with evil intent 
in their hearts, the rule of 

659
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,880
recruitment is still true for 
the righteous. 

660
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,840
God can raise up a man from 
royalty or from obscurity. 

661
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,920
He can recruit a man from 
nobility and a man who nobody 

662
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,360
knows about. 
And so that's a positive way of 

663
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,000
looking at this. 
So you have a Haddad who many 

664
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,440
people knew and was used 
obviously for. 

665
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:06,400
And as an instrument of 
judgement. 

666
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,200
And then you have this man, 
Rezon, where some people might 

667
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,960
have not known as much and he 
was still used by God. 

668
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,160
In a positive sense, this is an 
encouraging thing. 

669
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,240
In this context, it's a 
terrifying thing. 

670
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,040
You know. 
What you notice here is that you

671
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,920
have these political shifts. 
You have the rise and fall of 

672
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,080
kings. 
And from a natural standpoint, 

673
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,440
it just seems political. 
But there's a spiritual reason 

674
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,560
behind it. 
There's a spiritual component to

675
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,120
this. 
The the real reason for all of 

676
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,600
this is that there's a leader 
who's in covenant with God, and 

677
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,040
he's about to experience God's 
judgment, and God's going to use

678
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,480
people to bring about that 
judgment. 

679
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,840
And so with all that we see in 
this world, it's very tempting 

680
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,920
to look at it from a humanistic,
natural standpoint. 

681
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,240
Realize that the essence of our 
universe is that there is good 

682
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:56,880
and there is evil. 
There is a God, and there is a 

683
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,840
devil. 
And ultimately, this is about 

684
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,760
souls entering into one of two 
places in eternity. 

685
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,520
And God knows how to govern the 
universe even now, not just in 

686
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,280
the Old Testament. 
Even now He is governing 

687
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:15,760
nations, and he's dealing with 
leaders And one of God's 

688
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,480
instruments of judgment when a 
nation has fallen to a place of 

689
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,320
no return is that he will use 
another nation to judge that 

690
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,280
nation. 
Study the ways of God and you'll

691
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,320
see that that is consistent with
his character. 

692
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,760
And so you have this other man 
now who is out of obscurity, but

693
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,800
the main person out of these 
three is Jeroboam. 

694
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,480
Why is that? 
Because with Haddad, you had 

695
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:48,120
harassment against Solomon from 
the South with resin, you had an

696
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,880
adversary from the North. 
With Jeroboam, you have an 

697
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:52,920
adversary. 
From where? 

698
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:56,520
Where is he? 
He's from within. 

699
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,760
He's an Israelite. 
He's not a foreigner. 

700
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:04,760
He's among the brethren. 
And so this is where most of 

701
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:06,760
this text is dedicated to, to 
this man. 

702
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,240
And so let's read a few of these
verses. 

703
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,840
We'll stop and we'll continue. 
Jeroboam, verse 26. 

704
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,120
The son of Nebat and Ephraim 
might have Zerodah, a servant of

705
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:22,320
Solomon whose mother name was 0.
A widow also lifted up his hand 

706
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,480
against the king and this was 
the reason why he lifted up his 

707
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,560
hand against the king. 
Solomon built the Milo and 

708
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:33,120
closed up the breach of the city
of David, his father the man 

709
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,120
Jeroboam. 
Notice this, the man Jeroboam 

710
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:39,600
was very able and when Solomon 
saw that the young man was 

711
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,560
industrious, he gave him charge 
over all the forced labor of the

712
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,360
House of Joseph. 
So Solomon has relationship with

713
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,040
this man. 
Solomon in fact hired this man. 

714
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,800
And when you look at this verse,
it's quite interesting because 

715
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,880
Solomon, we're about to learn, 
reigned for 40 years. 

716
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:57,840
Who else reigned for 40 years in
Israel? 

717
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,600
Saul, the first king of Israel. 
Who else? 

718
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:03,920
David, Solomon's father. 
So the 1st 3 kings of Israel 

719
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:08,720
reigned for 40 years. 
Even in verse 28 you can do a 

720
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:12,040
comparative study between all 
those 3 kings and learn 

721
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,480
something about each of these 
kings. 

722
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,160
When Solomon saw Jeroboam that 
he was a very able man and 

723
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,320
industrious man, hard working, 
diligent, he recruited him unto 

724
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,280
himself. 
It reminds me of the verse of 

725
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:28,600
Saul and who he looked for when 
he hired men into his work. 

726
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,840
So turn with me. 
This is going to be worth it. 

727
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,320
Turn with me to First Samuel and
let's look back at who Saul 

728
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:40,080
looked for while he was king in 
chapter 14 and verse 52. 

729
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:45,080
Notice what we're told about 
what Saul was looking for in a 

730
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,920
man. 
First Samuel chapter 14, verse 

731
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:54,280
52. 
There was hard fighting against 

732
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:59,640
the Philistines all the days of 
Saul, and when Saul saw any 

733
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:05,360
strong man or any valiant man, 
he attached him to himself. 

734
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:11,160
So Solomon looked for 
industrious men, men who really 

735
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,480
got things done, because he was 
this man who always worked on 

736
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,360
projects and construction 
endeavors. 

737
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,400
When Saul looked for men, he 
looked for valiant, strong, 

738
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,520
courageous warriors, and he 
attached them to himself. 

739
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:31,480
Who did David look for? 
Are we told anywhere? 

740
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,840
The kind of men, the character, 
the quality of men that David 

741
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:36,360
looked for? 
Any idea? 

742
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,640
I'll give you a hint. 
It's not found in First or 

743
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:47,400
Second Samuel. 
What kind of boys did David look

744
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,680
for to join in his ranks? 
I'll tell you where it's in a 

745
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:56,280
Psalm. 
Psalm 101. 

746
00:44:57,240 --> 00:45:00,680
And look at verse six with me 
and you'll get your answer. 

747
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:11,200
This is the Psalm of David. 
And I'll be patient and wait for

748
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,480
you. 
I'll wait till the rustling of 

749
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:18,320
the leaves make no more noise. 
Psalm One O 1, verse six reads. 

750
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,240
This is David speaking. 
I will look with favor on the 

751
00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:25,480
faithful in the land that they 
may dwell with me. 

752
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,640
He who walks in the way that is 
blameless shall minister to me. 

753
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,080
Saul. 
Look for strong warriors. 

754
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,920
Solomon, look for industrious 
men. 

755
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,880
David look for God fearing men. 
That's what we look for. 

756
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:46,000
Another nugget to prove and show
why David stood out among the 

757
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,600
kings of Israel. 
How David was a man after God's 

758
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,040
heart. 
Not that he was just a 

759
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,120
worshipper, but the fellowship 
that he had with certain people 

760
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,360
indicated the kind of man he 
had, the kind of heart he had as

761
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:02,480
a man toward his Lord. 
I'm going to look for those who 

762
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,960
are faithful, those who are 
blameless, and those are the 

763
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,880
guys that I'm going to hire. 
Those are the guys that are 

764
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:08,720
going to be in close proximity 
to me. 

765
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,080
So you see the spirituality of 
this man. 

766
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,040
Saul didn't have it. 
Solomon didn't have it. 

767
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,520
David had it. 
That moves me. 

768
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:18,960
I don't know if it does anything
for you. 

769
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:23,160
Let's come back to our main text
in verse 29. 

770
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,440
And at that time, when Jeroboam 
went out of Jerusalem, the 

771
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:32,400
prophet Ahijah, the Shiloh 
knight, found him on the road. 

772
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,760
Now Ahijah had dressed himself 
in a new garment and the two of 

773
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,600
them were alone in the open 
country. 

774
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:42,520
Then Ahijah laid hold of the new
garment that was on him and he 

775
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:47,360
tore it into 12 pieces. 
And he said to Jeroboam, take 

776
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,560
for yourself 10 pieces, for thus
says the Lord the God of Israel.

777
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,840
Behold, I'm about to tear the 
Kingdom from the hand of 

778
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,960
Solomon, and will give you 10 
tribes. 

779
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,680
But he shall have one tribe, for
the sake of my servant David, 

780
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:02,760
and for the sake of Jerusalem, 
the city that I've chosen, of 

781
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,840
all the tribes of Israel, 
because they have forsaken me, 

782
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:09,720
and worshipped Ashtroth, the 
goddess of the Sidonians, Kemos,

783
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:12,320
the God of Moab, and Milk on the
God of the Ammonites. 

784
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:15,080
And they have not walked in my 
ways, doing what is right in my 

785
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:17,880
eyes, and keeping my statutes 
and my rules as David, his 

786
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:21,000
father, dead. 
Nevertheless, I will not take 

787
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,280
the whole Kingdom out of his 
hand, but I will make him ruler 

788
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,760
all the days of his life, for 
the sake of David, my servant 

789
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,280
whom I chose, who kept my 
commandments and my statutes. 

790
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,120
But I will take the Kingdom out 
of his son's hand, and we'll 

791
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,800
give it to you. 10 tribes. 
Yet to his son I will give one 

792
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,040
tribe that David, my servant, 
may always have a lamp before me

793
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,680
in Jerusalem and the city I have
chosen to put my name. 

794
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,800
Now look at that. 
This is astounding. 

795
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,720
Verse 37. 
And I will take you, and you 

796
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:51,320
shall reign over all that your 
soul desires. 

797
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,680
That may be an indication that 
Jeroboam actually had on his 

798
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:59,840
heart to be a king. 
All that your soul desires, and 

799
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,400
you shall be king over Israel. 
And if you will listen to all 

800
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,720
that I command you, and will 
walk in my ways and do what is 

801
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,080
right in my eyes by keeping my 
statutes and my commandments, as

802
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:14,000
David my servant did, I will be 
with you and will build you a 

803
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:20,240
sure house as I built for David.
And I will give Israel to you, 

804
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:23,720
and I will affect afflict the 
offspring of David because of 

805
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,240
this, but not forever. 
Do you see this? 

806
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:31,200
Do you see the depth of this 
promise, how massive this is. 

807
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:36,880
I will build you a house, just 
as I did for David. 

808
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:41,520
That is huge. 
Imagine that. 

809
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:45,960
Did Jeroboam take this 
seriously? 

810
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:48,800
We're going to find out that he 
doesn't. 

811
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:53,360
The depravity of man is mind 
blowing. 

812
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:59,200
Imagine this opportunity, this 
covenant that God makes with 

813
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,480
David, right? 
It's unique in many ways, but 

814
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:06,160
Jeroboam has this opportunity 
now to have a name for himself 

815
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,440
and a name for the rest of his 
descendants for generations to 

816
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,680
come. 
And he blows it. 

817
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:17,760
Just feel how stupid we can be 
sometimes because of our sin, 

818
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,600
How foolish we can be. 
Look at verse 39 and I will 

819
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:24,800
afflict the offspring of David 
because of this, but not 

820
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,560
forever. 
That verse confirms what we 

821
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:30,000
studied many weeks ago about 
God's warning to Solomon as 

822
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,480
descendants for his 
disobedience. 

823
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:36,080
We we had to make the decision 
concerning Solomon, the Davidic 

824
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,000
line, and the people of Israel 
as a whole, God's punishment 

825
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,320
toward them. 
Would it be permanent or to be 

826
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:44,440
temporal? 
And we agreed that it was 

827
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,360
temporal. 
And here's another verse to 

828
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:49,080
confirm that I will flick the 
offspring of David because of 

829
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,160
this. 
But not forever. 

830
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:55,840
Not forever, because I keep my 
word and there are promises that

831
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,200
I still must fulfill to David 
and to Abraham. 

832
00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:03,880
So it's not going to be forever.
You're saying that was very long

833
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,040
winded. 
This seems to be drawn out. 

834
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:10,320
This seems to be not practical. 
Seems very historically 

835
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,720
necessary, but I'm not sure how 
it helps me. 

836
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:15,000
Well, all that I just read to 
you is supposed to build up to 

837
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:16,440
what we're about to read in 
verse 40. 

838
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:25,280
Solomon sought therefore to kill
Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and

839
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:29,280
fled into Egypt to Shishak, king
of Egypt, and was in Egypt until

840
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,840
the death of Solomon. 
You would think after God 

841
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:35,520
raising up 3 adversaries, you 
would think after learning that 

842
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,960
you're going to have the 10 
tribes removed from you. 

843
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,320
And somehow I'm sure he had an 
intelligence agency, he realized

844
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,720
that Jeroboam was the guy that 
was going to have these tribes. 

845
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:47,320
You would think that after all 
of that this would cause you to 

846
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:53,000
fall on your face and say God 
please forgive me and instead 

847
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:57,200
all it does is Rev Revs him up 
to pursue further disobedience. 

848
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,920
I'm going to kill you. 
You're the guy that God said is 

849
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,600
going to take my place. 
I'm coming after. 

850
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,680
Jeroboam learns of this and he 
flees the scene. 

851
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,160
Not only the sin devastate us, 
right? 

852
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,360
Deliberate disobedience. 
It can make a person delusional.

853
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,800
Delusional. 
Saying What do you mean? 

854
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,640
It was the word of the Lord that
Jeroboam was supposed to be 

855
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,040
king, wasn't it? 
Was it Jeroboam's idea? 

856
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:25,760
No. 
It was a prophet. 

857
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,840
It was authenticated by man of 
God. 

858
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,240
Solomon knew this, and he could 
care less. 

859
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,320
He could care less. 
God's will, That doesn't matter.

860
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,360
I'm king. 
I'm coming after the one that 

861
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,560
God chose. 
Sin makes us delusional. 

862
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:42,600
It makes us think that we can 
thwart. 

863
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:44,000
It makes us think that we can 
resist. 

864
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:49,400
It makes us think that we can 
flee from God, from God saying 

865
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:55,000
how, How is the wisest man in 
the world capable of stooping 

866
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,800
down to this kind of level of 
reasoning? 

867
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:00,480
You know, the Bible actually 
tells us how I've mentioned this

868
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:03,040
verse on different occasions in 
our study of the Old Testament, 

869
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:06,080
but we are creatures that 
require repetition in order to 

870
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:08,840
learn. 
In Hosea 411, we are told how a 

871
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,360
man like Solomon can think this 
way, and we're almost done here.

872
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:18,240
Look what the Prophet says in 
Hosea 411 about two particular 

873
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:20,840
sins, and it will all make 
sense. 

874
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:30,360
Now we're told here that 
whoredom, wine, and new wine, 

875
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:34,000
which does what? 
Take away the understanding. 

876
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:43,400
So we all agree that it being 
intoxicated by alcohol disarms 

877
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:47,360
us from having judgment, clear 
judgment, discernment, 

878
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:50,720
reasoning, right? 
But wine is equated with 

879
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:55,160
whoredom. 
They're mentioned together, so 

880
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,240
there are certain sins of the 
flesh that have the effect on 

881
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:04,200
the mind as alcohol does. 
It removes your ability to make 

882
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:08,520
sound, clear decisions to 
interpret things rightly. 

883
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,800
And one of those things is lust.
Whoredom. 

884
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:14,160
Did Solomon struggle with 
whoredom? 

885
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:19,720
It's an understatement. 
Whoredom. 

886
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:23,480
So the wisest man in the world 
gave into whoredom. 

887
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,200
And here's the consequence. 
According to Hosea 411, he was 

888
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:29,600
stripped from his understanding.
He couldn't think right. 

889
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:32,800
He couldn't think right To what 
extent? 

890
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,400
That when the word of the Lord 
went out from a prophet, he 

891
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,240
thought he could actually stand 
against it. 

892
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:42,040
Sin makes us delusional. 
Sin makes us stupid. 

893
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:48,240
It really does. 
Some of us can testify to that 

894
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,360
when we were in sin. 
Some of us have witnessed that 

895
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,520
and other people who have run 
headlong into sin. 

896
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,720
But this is how we can make 
sense of Solomon's actions here,

897
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:59,880
thinking that he can stand in 
the way of God's purposes and 

898
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:03,880
the way that he could overcome 
this consequences by turning 

899
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:05,640
back to the Lord. 
And instead he thought that he 

900
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,280
can do so by acting in his own 
strength. 

901
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:10,280
Here's the conclusion. 
You and I are never going to 

902
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,960
study about Solomon directly 
after this moment, so enjoy this

903
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:17,960
chapter. 
It's sad, but we still must 

904
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,160
consider it. 
Verse 41. 

905
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:26,840
Now the rest of the Acts of 
Solomon and all that he did and 

906
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,880
his wisdom, are they not written
in the book of the Acts of 

907
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,520
Solomon? 
In the time that Solomon reigned

908
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:37,560
in Jerusalem, over all, Israel 
was 40 years and Solomon slept 

909
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:40,600
with his fathers and was buried 
in the city of David, his father

910
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:44,240
and Rehoboam, his son, reigned 
in his place. 

911
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,480
Most people believe that when 
Solomon became king, he was in 

912
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:51,120
his 20s, early 20s. 
We're told here that he reigned 

913
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,600
for 40 years, making him 
somewhere around 60 something 

914
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,120
years old. 
Is that a long life? 

915
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:01,160
Not really. 
You know why that's important to

916
00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:04,160
know. 
Go back to First kings three and

917
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:12,270
look at verse 14. 
He's what the Lord told Solomon 

918
00:55:12,270 --> 00:55:16,430
at the beginning of his reign. 
And if you will walk in my ways,

919
00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:19,600
keeping my statutes and my 
commandments, as your father 

920
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:23,680
David walked, then I will do 
what lengthen your days. 

921
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:28,160
Did that happen to Solomon? 
Not if he started in his 20s. 

922
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,520
So he even cut himself short of 
the years that he could have 

923
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:36,520
known in life. 
I believe that. 

924
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:41,840
And this is what makes it so 
heartbreaking. 

925
00:55:41,840 --> 00:55:44,240
If you consider the book of 
Ecclesiastes then you can make a

926
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:47,000
case as Solomon repented near 
the end of his life. 

927
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,480
But if you just stick to 1st 
Kings 11 we talked about how sin

928
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,320
has the ability to take away 
understanding. 

929
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:57,040
I'm absolutely shocked that at 
no point in this chapter that 

930
00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:03,400
Solomon consider what he had 
himself said to God in First 

931
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:06,640
Kings chapter 8 when he had 
dedicated the temple and through

932
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:12,080
a sequence of request he made 
this this passionate plea. 

933
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:16,600
Lord, if your people sin against
you, and they turn toward this 

934
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:19,600
place, and pray towards this 
place and plead for forgiveness,

935
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:21,560
will you hear them? 
And he gives all these different

936
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:22,640
scenarios. 
You remember that. 

937
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,160
And the Lord gives him the 
assurance I will honor that. 

938
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,240
And Solomon didn't even take 
advantage of his own plea. 

939
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,720
All it would have taken is him 
to humble himself, turn his face

940
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:35,760
toward the House of God, call 
upon the Lord. 

941
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,680
And this could have been a very 
different ending. 

942
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,680
But he didn't. 
He dies in apostate. 

943
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:45,160
If we just stick with First 
Kings 11 it's a sad sign and 

944
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:48,760
it's meant to warn us. 
It's meant to keep us in a place

945
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:53,360
of dependency on the Lord. 
Deliberate disobedience effects 

946
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:55,080
three things for the child of 
God. 

947
00:56:56,320 --> 00:57:00,040
It affects the pleasure of the 
Lord, it affects the promises of

948
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:03,120
the Lord. 
And it affects the peace of the 

949
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:05,240
Lord that he wants to give us 
that we can only know in 

950
00:57:05,240 --> 00:57:08,640
righteousness. 
And I hope that what you hear 

951
00:57:08,640 --> 00:57:11,680
from Solomon's life, what we 
studied about Solomon's life, 

952
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:19,720
would encourage you to do one 
thing, finish well, I don't have

953
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:21,560
many goals in life. 
Somebody asked me recently 

954
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:22,920
what's your goal for this new 
year? 

955
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,200
Look, goals are important. 
It's important to be goal 

956
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:27,760
oriented in many ways. 
Can I tell you the goal of 

957
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,520
goals? 
That I get to the end and I hear

958
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:36,760
my master say, you know, well 
done, good and faithful servant.

959
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:40,640
That's what I'm in for here. 
Well done, good and faithful 

960
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:43,560
servant. 
Oh, what will that do to your 

961
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:47,880
heart when you stand before the 
master and he looks at you in 

962
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:53,440
the eyes and he says you did it.
You faithfully served me. 

963
00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:57,600
You finished. 
Well, enter into the joy of your

964
00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:00,440
master. 
That makes it all worth it. 

965
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:06,480
That makes it all worth it. 
With all that Solomon had in his

966
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:14,000
life. 
He died as a pauper, and I don't

967
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:18,600
want that for anybody. 
I want your funeral and mine to 

968
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:23,480
be a celebration. 
I want you and I to be able to 

969
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:27,360
sign off in this life with a 
smile, knowing that we did what 

970
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:30,840
the Lord asked us to do 
Imperfectly, yes, for for sure, 

971
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:34,120
but consciously pursuing it in 
the strength of the Spirit. 

972
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:38,160
And if you and I even tonight, 
are in a place where we're not 

973
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:41,280
supposed to be, and every point 
that I made made total sense to 

974
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:45,040
you, I feel the effect of my sin
on the pleasure of the Lord, on 

975
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,440
the peace of the Lord, on the 
promises of the Lord. 

976
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:50,440
Just do what Solomon said you 
can do, But it's even better in 

977
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:52,320
the New Covenant, because you 
don't have to turn to some 

978
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,160
house, you don't have to visit 
some city, You don't have to 

979
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:59,040
bring some kind of animals. 
You just look to the cross and 

980
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:02,280
you look to the Lamb of God and 
you pray in Jesus name and 

981
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:05,040
everything will be made right in
a moment. 

982
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,760
Oh sure, you might have some 
scars because of your sin, 

983
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,320
because naturally that's what 
sin does, but at least you've 

984
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:15,880
secured your fellowship with the
Savior Lord. 

985
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:20,560
We ask tonight that in this 
difficult, challenging chapter 

986
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,480
that we've taken 2 weeks to 
study, our hearts would not be 

987
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,520
heavy, but we would rejoice 
knowing that you loved us enough

988
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:30,600
to preserve such a testimony so 
that we would be preserved from 

989
00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:33,560
making the same mistakes. 
We bless you not just in your 

990
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:36,760
promises, not just in your 
proclamations of love, but even 

991
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,920
in your warnings. 
We say thank you, thank you for 

992
00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:44,400
your warnings. 
And we ask, Lord, that if there 

993
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,320
is anything in our lives that we
are pursuing deliberately that 

994
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:50,560
is clearly wrong in your word, 
that we would at this time 

995
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:52,480
through this Bible study, say 
enough is enough. 

996
00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:55,240
I want to know the pleasure of 
the Lord. 

997
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:58,520
I want to know all His promises,
and I want to know this peace 

998
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:04,200
that I've not known since I have
lived this way for those in this

999
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:05,440
place. 
Lord, who don't know you in a 

1000
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,960
real born again way. 
May even this Bible study show 

1001
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:13,520
us and reveal to us the joys 
that we can know in Christ when 

1002
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:16,640
we repent and believe in what He
has done on the cross. 

1003
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,720
Lord, we stand together tonight 
concluding this very important 

1004
01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:21,800
chapter in our study and 
knowledge of the Word of God. 

1005
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:25,440
We say thank you for the 1st 11 
chapters of First Kings. 

1006
01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:27,520
Now prepare us for the rest of 
this book. 

1007
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,240
In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

1008
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:32,080
Amen. 
Stand with me. 

1009
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,960
Stand with me. 
Let's celebrate. 

1010
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:37,680
You know why we can celebrate? 
Because the way you divide first

1011
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:39,080
kings. 
If I can remind you from the 

1012
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:44,120
first time we started the first 
chapter is in two-part 1 to 11. 

1013
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:47,360
the United Kingdom. 
From 12 to the end of the book, 

1014
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:50,280
the divided Kingdom. 
Now we have passed through the 

1015
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,840
threshold of the divided 
Kingdom. 

1016
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:56,720
We are now going to study the 
people of Israel in a way that 

1017
01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:00,480
we have never studied them 
before. 10 tribes versus 2A 

1018
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:03,160
Northern Kingdom versus a 
southern Kingdom. 

1019
01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,720
So you made it. 
Thanks for sticking around for 

1020
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:07,960
the 1st 11 chapters. 
Let's worship the Lord.