1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,360 Well, I don't have much to say apart from opening your Bibles 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,720 with me and meet Me in the Old Testament and 1st Kings Chapter 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:13,480 15. I hope that you have been 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,040 following with us in this study. If not, everything that we do 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,560 here on Fridays is recorded and is archived. 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,800 So you can just go to our YouTube channel if you feel a 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,560 little lost and you can catch up. 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,280 But what we have before us today is pretty straightforward 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,439 because it is in this chapter that we are provided the 10 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:38,800 documentations of four kings, 4 kings in the nation of Israel 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,760 who followed the reign of Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,000 And in this chapter what you're going to see is that we have the 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,240 1st 2 kings who represent the Kingdom of Judah. 14 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,520 Is that the north of the South? It's the Southern Kingdom. 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,800 So the 1st 2 kings will be representing the Kingdom of 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,320 Judah, and the last two kings in this chapter will be 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,440 representing the Kingdom of Israel, the northern tribes. 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 And that is a pretty straightforward overview, but I 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,600 want to give you a heads up in our study of kings 1st and 2nd 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,680 kings. It's going to become a little 21 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,800 challenging to try to master the chronology of these kings, the 22 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,920 timeline of these kings, for two different reasons. 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,720 The first reason is because we're going to discover that as 24 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,040 we study the Southern Kingdom and and then revisit the 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:34,400 Northern and vice versa back and forth the the careers of some of 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,320 these kings will overlap the other. 27 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,200 And so it's going to require a little bit more effort to try to 28 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,880 put these things together in terms of timing. 29 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,000 Second to that is when we come to the writings of First Kings 30 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,760 and try to reconcile it with the thematic accents of the book of 31 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,040 First and Second Chronicles. That also will be a little bit 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,240 challenging because you're going to see Chronicles come in a 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,560 different light than the author of Kings, and they will mostly 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,360 complement each other. But there will be times where 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:05,960 we'll be like, well, how do these things to connect? 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,320 How do they make sense? And perhaps at some point, what 37 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,160 we'll do is we'll take a timeline and we'll present that 38 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,360 timeline and you and I will have a visual of the family tree of 39 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,560 both kingdoms and how they coincide. 40 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,320 And so that will come down the line. 41 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,640 But for now, until then, what we're going to do is patiently, 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,520 step by step, conquer the content of first kings as we go. 43 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,200 The way we've been going in this pace and in our study tonight, 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,000 what we'll simply divide what we're going to learn today in 45 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,960 the way that this chapter divides it naturally. 46 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,000 In other words, you and I are just going to look at each of 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,480 these kings and seek to see what we can learn from them, and even 48 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,400 what we can learn and how they intersect with one another. 49 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,400 So again I repeat, we have 4 kings to study and we're going 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,120 to seek to grasp this entire chapter in one setting. 51 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,440 And so let us read together. Beginning in verse one of 52 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:08,640 chapter 15, Now in the 18th reign or year rather, of King 53 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:13,040 Jeroboam the son of Nabat Abidjam began to reign over 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,080 Judah. He reigned for three years in 55 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,120 Jerusalem. His mother's name was Makkah, 56 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,240 the daughter of Absalom, and he walked in all the sins that his 57 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,200 father did before him. And his heart was not wholly 58 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,800 true to the Lord, his God, as the heart of David, his father. 59 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,120 Well, we ask that as we open this text together, that there 60 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,640 would be a grace from your Holy Spirit to understand it. 61 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,280 And Lord, as we discover different names and jump from 62 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,560 text to text, give us the ability to stay focused and to 63 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,520 understand everything that we are trying to grasp from this 64 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,320 text. We need your help. 65 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,720 Lord, you are the great teacher that has been promised to us. 66 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,680 You have told us that there is an anointing that we each have 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,880 received internally, and that is the anointing of the teaching 68 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,360 ministry of the Holy Spirit. May he guide us now in first 69 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,880 Kings 15 For you have preserved this text for our instruction 70 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,680 and your glory. In Jesus name we pray. 71 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,560 Amen. Let's stop here in the 1st 3 72 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,600 verses because we were introduced to the first king of 73 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,440 Judah after Rehoboam and it is the son of Rehoboam and his name 74 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,320 is Abidjan and he ruled in Judah evidently. 75 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:30,320 And he actually ruled only for surprisingly 3 years. 76 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,640 That should stand out to us three years. 77 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:39,400 It's obvious also here that Jeroboam he's the king of the 10 78 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,400 tribes of the north. He outlived Rehoboam who ruled 79 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,800 the southern part of the nation of Israel. 80 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,120 So Rehoboam dies and his son takes his place and Jeroboam is 81 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,280 still ruling and reigning in the north. 82 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,880 But what a brief tenure, what a brief governance. 83 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,920 For three years alone did he exercise his throne. 84 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,880 And unfortunately, the summary of such a brief breath is given 85 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,360 to us in verse 3, the characteristic of his rule, as 86 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,160 mentioned in that he walked in all the sins that his father did 87 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,160 before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his 88 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,440 God. That's disappointing, and 89 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,720 prepared to be more disappointed as we study the kings. 90 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,240 But notice there's a specific phrase about how he related to 91 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,160 the Lord. It says here that his heart was 92 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,440 not wholly, it was not wholly true to the Lord. 93 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,480 And that is an important distinction to make, because 94 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,520 when you read of Abidjem in Second Chronicles 13, which 95 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,800 maybe should turn there in preparation in Second Chronicles 96 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:50,440 13, in the way that the Chronicle presents Abidjem, you 97 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:55,040 would actually see that he did have a facet of his character 98 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,600 and his devotion that did honor the Lord. 99 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,320 In fact, this is the setting, this is the one scene that 100 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,360 Second Chronicles 13 presents of this very same king. 101 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,960 He's actually going to go to war with Jeroboam. 102 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,920 And he has half the man that Jeroboam has and he stands on a 103 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,320 mountain. And before he even goes to war, 104 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:19,080 he actually preaches A sermon. He gives this wonderful speech, 105 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,840 this the speech that entails the history of Israel, especially 106 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:26,000 the monarch who God made a covenant with. 107 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,280 And more than that, he makes a proclamation of his personal 108 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,480 devotion to the Lord. Now we're not going to read the 109 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,400 entirety of it, but let me read you 2 verses from that chapter 110 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,160 and you'll get a sample of where he stood and what he believed. 111 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,320 So you're there in Second Chronicles 13, I hope. 112 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,560 Look at verse eight. In the middle of his message to 113 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:49,480 Jeroboam and Israel, he says. And now you think to withstand 114 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,920 the Kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, 115 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,280 because you are a great multitude and have with you the 116 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:00,200 golden calves that Jeroboam made for, made you for gods. 117 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,880 Have you not driven up the priest of the Lord, the sons of 118 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:08,120 Aaron and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the 119 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,960 peoples of other lands? Whoever comes for ordination 120 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,360 with a young bull or seven Rams becomes a priest of what are not 121 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,120 gods. Now look at verse 10. 122 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:25,000 But As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken 123 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,920 him. We have priests ministering to 124 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:32,320 the Lord who are sons of Aaron and Levites for their service. 125 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,920 OK, this is undoubtedly and allegiance that he proclaims a 126 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,240 statement of honor to the true God, is it not? 127 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,160 But the problem is now when we come to this, how do we 128 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,800 reconcile it with what we read here? 129 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,120 And more than that, not only does he honor the Lord, God 130 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,000 actually honors him. So Scroll down in verse 18 of 131 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,120 Second Chronicles 13 and notice what happens. 132 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,200 Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the 133 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,960 men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord, the God 134 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:08,800 of their fathers. I bring this to your attention 135 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,960 because it seems as though we are reading about two different 136 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,800 kings, when in fact it's one in the same. 137 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,920 In first kings were we read what that Abidjan walked in all the 138 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,240 sins that his father did. Then you come to Second 139 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,600 Chronicles and you realize that he's being showcased as a man of 140 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,720 God, and God even honors him when he makes this incredible 141 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,920 defense of the truth. So how do we connect these 142 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,640 things? How do we make sense of what 143 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,159 seems to be two different biographies? 144 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:38,799 It's very simple. In those three brief years, 145 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:41,480 Second Chronicles 13. This place for us the 146 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,400 beginnings, something that we've seen so many times and we're 147 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,040 going to see on different occasions, The beginnings of 148 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:52,520 Abidjem's faith and 1st Kings 15 will describe the dominating 149 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,400 feature of his life. Enough is character. 150 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,120 So Abidjan teaches us something that you and I need to take 151 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,080 heed, something that's far too common. 152 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,600 People who start off with courageous, consecrated and even 153 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:13,400 bold faith, and over time who can even testify of God's 154 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,200 interventions in their lives, but then not continuing on that 155 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,440 path, something that you and I are very familiar with in our 156 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,600 study of God's Word. And it makes you wonder, well, 157 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,520 what was the turning point for this man? 158 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,280 How was it that he could say the Lord is our God? 159 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,280 How was it that he can even rely on God and God would honor him, 160 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:35,800 only for him to be described in our original text to be an 161 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,880 apostate? It's actually in Second 162 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,200 Chronicles 13. So look at verse 20. 163 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,440 Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abaja. 164 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,040 By the way, Abaja is another name for the same person. 165 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,600 And the Lord struck him down and he died. 166 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,200 But Abaja grew mighty. Does that ever turn out good for 167 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,240 most people? But Abaja grew mighty, and here 168 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,640 it is. And he took 14 wives and had 22 169 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:12,120 sons and sixteen daughters. Why is it a problem to have more 170 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,920 than one wife? For many practical reasons, I'm 171 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,720 sure. But it's a theological issue, 172 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,040 especially for kings, because as you know, in Deuteronomy 1717, 173 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,920 the kings were instructed not to have too many wives, not to have 174 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,080 more than one wife, according to the Genesis account, obviously, 175 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,560 but to not have too many wives for this reason lest their 176 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:36,280 hearts be turned away. That is exactly what happened to 177 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,200 this man. His heart was turned away 178 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,680 because he did not trust God concerning the area of marriage, 179 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,040 and ultimately that was disobedience that caused many 180 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,800 other problems in his life, including apostasy. 181 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,480 And so this man disobeys the Lord at that juncture. 182 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:56,760 Now we come back to first kings 15 and look again here in verse 183 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,560 three and five, four to five. Nevertheless, for David's sake, 184 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:04,760 the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son 185 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,160 after him and establishing Jerusalem, because David did 186 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,280 what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside 187 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,800 from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life. 188 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,160 This is not the only lesson from Abajam's life. 189 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,800 You see here that we are being reminded that the reason why God 190 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,960 didn't give up on the Southern Kingdom, why he didn't just 191 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,240 throw away the tribe of Judah, is because he made a covenant 192 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,640 with David. And despite the lack of 193 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,760 faithfulness of David's sons, God is faithful because he made 194 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,960 a covenant with David that is unconditional. 195 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,480 I made a promise to one man, and I'm going to keep it no matter 196 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,000 what. And despite seasons of 197 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,400 discipline, he would never revoke, he would never turn away 198 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,960 from what he originally promised to this man, that there would be 199 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,160 a throne, that it would last forever, and that he would have 200 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,400 one of his sons sit on that throne and rule forever and 201 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,000 ever. And so again, even early on 202 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,880 here, when we're seeing now this, this new moment for Israel 203 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:02,160 where you have two kingdoms, those are supposed to be one. 204 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,600 We want to be able to understand that what we see here and what 205 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,480 we're going to see moving forward is that despite men's 206 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,560 disobedience, God is a God who keeps his word. 207 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,280 But more than that, it's supposed to. 208 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,640 Also remind us what God was really looking for in the sons 209 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,840 of David. He made a promise to David and 210 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,040 his sons, but though it's unconditional, he wants 211 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,600 something from them. He wants the same heart that was 212 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,160 in the very one that he made a covenant with. 213 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:34,640 And you see this contrast between one of the sons of David 214 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,880 and David himself. And here's what's so important 215 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,880 about this, because we see here that Abidjan's faith is often 216 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,320 the reflection of many people's walk with the Lord. 217 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,800 Perhaps you have seen this. I've seen it at least. 218 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,520 When when some people try to make a fire, they're they're 219 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,160 very impatient. And so they pour gasoline on it. 220 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,840 They they stuff a bunch of paper, whether that's a pit or a 221 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,520 fireplace, and they just light the thing up and hope to get 222 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,920 something big and bright. And it shows up in that way, 223 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,880 combust, and you even feel the heat of that moment touching 224 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,440 your skin. But very quickly, what happens? 225 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,760 That fire dwindles and it becomes nothing, and you're back 226 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:18,080 to square one. And that's what many people are 227 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,360 like in their walk with the Lord. 228 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,720 It's called firework faith. It shines in the sky. 229 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,560 It's impressive. It makes a lot of noise, but 230 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,720 then within seconds it turns into smoke. 231 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,160 That's not what God is after. God is not after that kind of 232 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,000 quality of faith. God wants what's in our hearts 233 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 for him to burn long term. God wants what's in our hearts 234 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,360 for him to persevere, to endure an enduring flame, if you will. 235 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,840 And that's what you see in David. 236 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,360 And you see this conscious in this text. 237 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,000 You see a man who started. He started well. 238 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,120 He started with the right theology. 239 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,800 He started with boldness. He started with actually 240 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,200 confronting compromise and seeing God move in his life. 241 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,080 And then now he turns into what his father and his grandfather 242 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,360 were like. And then we mentioned David in 243 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,400 this text, and we see someone who, though he even sinned. 244 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,120 Look at this. We read that in verse 5, right? 245 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,400 He commanded him all the days of his life in the last part, 246 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,880 except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite, to remind us that 247 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,680 he was he was human, and he did have shortcomings, and he did 248 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:22,320 sin grievously, but he had something that was of 249 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,720 persevering value, and it was precious in the sight of God. 250 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,440 And you can almost hear God's heart in these texts. 251 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,320 Oh, that I would see the same heart that was in David and the 252 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,520 sons of David. Despite it I will be faithful to 253 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,840 my promise. But how I long to see the same 254 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,040 thing that I saw in that man who was after my own heart. 255 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,400 God is not after what we see here in Abide Jim. 256 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,000 He wants what was in David. And there's one more thing about 257 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,320 this man's biography worth mentioning before we move on. 258 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,800 Look at verse 6 now there was war between Rehoboam and 259 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,400 Jeroboam all the days of his life. 260 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,640 Why are we talking about that? In fact, if you remember last 261 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,640 week's study, that's where we concluded. 262 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,920 We concluded about how the summary of Rehoboam and 263 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,480 Jeroboam, the first kings of the divided kingdoms, they were 264 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,200 continually at war with one another. 265 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,120 And then we have that resurface in our text. 266 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,280 We're talking, we're not talking about Rehoboam talking about his 267 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,800 son, but we're reminded here that Rehoboam and Jeroboam were 268 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,360 at war all the days of his life. And I believe it's the next 269 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,400 verse that gives us the understanding of why this is 270 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,680 brought up. The rest of the acts of Abajim 271 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,440 and all that he did. Are they not written in the book 272 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,880 of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 273 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:49,640 And there was war between Abujam and Jeroboam, so there was war 274 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,760 between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. Now you have Rehoboam son 275 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,320 Abujam, and there was war between Abujam and Jeroboam. 276 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,600 And these are mentioned side by side for a reason. 277 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,600 It's as though the Spirit wants us to see that Abidjem's 278 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,280 relationship with Jeroboam was heavily influenced by the 279 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,640 example in the pattern of his father, Rehoboam. 280 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,640 This is a lesson. This is a lesson. 281 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,200 Listen, young guys, pay attention. 282 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:20,760 Yeah, especially young men who want to be fathers, Men who are 283 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,920 fathers of children today. Men who are fathers of adult 284 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,520 children. Can I ask you a question on this 285 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,200 Friday night? What kind of legacy are you 286 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,440 going to leave your children? What kind of legacy are you 287 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,920 going to leave your sons? What kind of legacy are you 288 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,280 going to leave your daughters? Because you see, Rehoboam, who 289 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,360 was generally characterized by warfare with the brethren and 290 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:47,240 his son, follow suit. Here's what I thought to myself 291 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:52,760 when I read this Lord, it is my prayer that my life, my life 292 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,240 would testify. If you were to give me a family 293 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:02,120 would testify that your word is a treasure, that the local 294 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,839 church is a priority, and that there is no greater honor in 295 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:09,960 this life than to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in any capacity. 296 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,000 You know, I heard an interesting phrase that stuck with me all 297 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,960 week of a minister who who taught about how to win your 298 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:23,400 children for Christ, and he made this statement that touched me, 299 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:24,720 and I didn't need to hear anything else. 300 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,200 I understood the implications of that. 301 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,920 At least, I think I did. If you want to see your kids, 302 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,760 come to Christ. If you want to see them one over 303 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,240 to the gospel, do your part in this. 304 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:43,480 Amaze them with God. Amaze your children with God. 305 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,640 Let them through your life, your words, your actions, your 306 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,480 priorities, your responsibilities. 307 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:55,000 Let them see that God is indeed a treasure, the treasure of all 308 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:00,000 treasures, the delight of all the lights, the most supreme 309 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,440 thing you can know. And listen, if he's not going to 310 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,080 be that in your life now, if he's not going to have that kind 311 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,960 of a place in your heart and your schedule and your 312 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,680 resources, don't be like one of those parents who, down the line 313 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,480 will come to the pastor and ask the pastor to rescue your kid. 314 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:24,840 Endeavour today to believe in the outcome of your life for God 315 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,560 overflowing and spilling on your children. 316 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,840 And I believe it's as simple as that. 317 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,920 I know that there are complicated cases, and I know 318 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,160 that there are very devoted fathers and mothers who are 319 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,120 struggling with their children. But the best thing that you can 320 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:44,040 do is stare at God, love God, worship God, and let your 321 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,720 offspring witness someone who actually prizes God above all 322 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:54,360 things to at least cause them to be curious enough to be like, is 323 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:58,640 God that real Because he's so real to daddy and mommy? 324 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:04,480 Is he that worth it for our lives to revolve around serving 325 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,760 him and serving God's people and learning about him in his word? 326 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,200 That can be true for the positive. 327 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,400 That could be true for the negative. 328 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,720 You had a dad who went to war with one of the brother and his 329 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:21,480 son had no issue following in that same example with your 330 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,720 children. See with them how amazing God 331 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,880 is. Now we move to the next king of 332 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,280 Judah. And mind you, we're just 333 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:33,720 touching on some things. We can stay on one king for one 334 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,240 Bible study, but we won't do that. 335 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:41,120 Let's read verse 9 and 10 and the 20th year of Jeroboam, King 336 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,800 of Israel. ASA began to reign over Judah 337 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,600 and he reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. 338 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,840 His mother's name was Macca, the daughter of Abby Shalom. 339 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,360 And ASA did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David, 340 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,640 his father had done. Now let's pause here. 341 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,560 If the three-year reign of Abidjem stood out to us, then 342 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:07,600 surely the 41 year reign of his son ASA should stand out to us. 343 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:12,800 Because think about it, He actually is in the position of a 344 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,720 king longer than David and Solomon. 345 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:18,120 They were there for how long? 40, And now you have one of 346 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:23,440 their sons who's there for 41. Now some people have problem 347 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,160 with a problem with verse 10. What stands out to you? 348 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,280 That seems to be an issue concerning the description of 349 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:37,360 this man who is the mother to Abidjan Maka, the daughter of 350 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,320 ABI Shalom, right. And in chronicles actually says 351 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:43,800 Absalom. And then you see here that Abby 352 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,320 Gems son ASA has the same mother, right? 353 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,320 Look at verse 10 again. Macca, the daughter of Abby 354 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,360 Shalom. So what's going on here? 355 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,680 Father, son, and brothers at the same time? 356 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,840 Here's the thing to remember that there are terms in the 357 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,840 Bible that do not have this strict definition and 358 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,960 description that we might assume. 359 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,120 So I'm going to do something rapid fire with you to show you 360 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:13,880 how even though the word son is used, or the mother's name 361 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,840 rather is used in this case, it's not a contradiction, it's 362 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,920 not an error, is that the definition of this relationship 363 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,120 is broader than what we might understand. 364 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,120 So if you want to write these references, you can and maybe we 365 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,400 can look it up on the screen together instead of turning to 366 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,280 these places. But this is all from First and 367 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,320 Second Samuel. If you look at First Samuel, 368 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:41,480 chapter three and six, it's Eli who calls Samuel my son. 369 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,400 When Samuel is hearing the voice of the Lord, he mistakes it with 370 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,960 Eli's voice. So he approaches Eli while he's 371 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,960 sleeping, wakes Eli up, and Eli refers to him as my son. 372 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,320 Question is Eli Samuel's father? No. 373 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,880 So this is a relationship, like a mentor relationship, Father, 374 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,080 son, son of education, so to speak. 375 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,440 So he calls him my son. But they're not really father 376 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,760 and son. It's not just there. 377 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:14,240 You go to First Samuel 24, first Samuel 24, verse 16, and you see 378 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,480 somebody else calling another person his son, when in fact 379 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,040 they don't have that real relationship. 380 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:23,960 It is Saul who calls David. What is this your voice, my son 381 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:29,960 David, is Saul David's father? No, but he's his father-in-law. 382 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,520 And so though David is a son-in-law, he still calls him 383 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,800 my son. And here's the most important 384 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,560 example. It's not in First Samuel, but in 385 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,200 Second Samuel. In Second Samuel, chapter 19, 386 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:47,400 verse 24, Look what I said here. In Second Samuel 19, verse 24, 387 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,120 Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, came down to meet the king. 388 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,080 He had neither taken care of his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor 389 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,760 washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day 390 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,160 they came back in safety. Question. 391 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,040 Is Mephibosheth the son of Saul? No. 392 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,920 Who's Mephibosheth's father? Jonathan. 393 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,440 And Jonathan is a son of Saul. So you you even see this, right? 394 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,000 You see that a grandfather is related to his grandson as 395 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,320 though they were actually father and son. 396 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,600 And that's exactly what you see here. 397 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:22,360 In Asa's case, the mother of ASA is actually his grandmother. 398 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,280 And it could be that Maca actually took a prominent place 399 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,600 in Asa's life. Though she was the grandmother, 400 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,640 she played a motherly role. And so it's simple as that there 401 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,640 there's no copyist mistake. There's no issue here. 402 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,560 It's simply a thing of description and how the Bible 403 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,800 uses terms and has broader definitions in some areas. 404 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:51,120 And so we see here that he had a grandmother who was really a 405 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,360 mother figure to him. And that's true in many cases 406 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,640 today where grandparents have such influences over their 407 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,480 grandchildren. Now, to our surprise, despite a 408 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,640 similar upbringing to his father, you have a different 409 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,760 future described. Because look at verse 11. 410 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,480 And ASA did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David 411 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,200 his father, had done. That's incredible. 412 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,880 We just heard that that's what the Lord was longing for from 413 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,880 the descendants of David. And here early on, you see ASA 414 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,400 reflecting the heart of David. This is a breath of fresh air, 415 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,760 is it not? And we look at this and we 416 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,760 think, well, this is not predictable and it's true. 417 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,960 It's not predictable. And here's where it gets even 418 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,760 more important. ASA not only was a worshipper of 419 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,800 such a caliber, ASA was one of the reformer kings in Israel's 420 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,440 history. In fact, he was the first 421 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:47,640 reformer for the Kingdom of Judah to reform something's 422 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,440 means to correct or make changes where there is great error or 423 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,800 corruption. And what ASA is known for is 424 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:01,800 cleaning the Kingdom of Judah. Spiritually he brought revival 425 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:07,840 and from time to time God will raise up a person to lead the 426 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,880 charge of bringing spiritual cleansing in different contexts. 427 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,240 Sometimes it can be in the home. Sometimes it can be in the local 428 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,560 church. Sometimes it can be in a region 429 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,840 where many ministries and churches are blessed by one 430 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:25,000 person whom God has raised up, touched and used to bring about. 431 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,640 The charge of a campaign of cleaning our hearts, purifying 432 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,280 our hands so that we can be where God wants us to be. 433 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,320 And so many people pray for revival. 434 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,960 It's a wonderful thing to pray for. 435 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:38,760 Many people believe that we need revival. 436 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,320 Today, I'm one of those people. Revival, by the way, is not for 437 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:43,960 the world. Revivals for the church. 438 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:49,160 Evangelism is for the world. You don't revive something 439 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,920 unless it was once alive. And so when you revive it, it 440 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,840 comes to life and then it operates in the way that it was 441 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,800 designed to operate. So yes, one of the benefits of 442 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,000 revival in the church is that the community feels it, but it 443 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,240 begins in the House of God. And what you see here in First 444 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:10,960 Kings 15 is a model of what happens when reform, spiritual 445 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,760 reform comes, whether that be to a church or region of churches 446 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,560 or even an individual's life. There are three things that 447 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,160 stand out from this. They give us an example, at 448 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,080 least an illustration, of what happens when your heart is 449 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,120 revived again by God. Look at the first thing with me 450 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:29,400 in verse 12. So ASA again in verse 11 he did 451 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,800 what was right in the eyes of the Lord and in verse 12. 452 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,120 This is the first consequence of that he put away the male cult 453 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:41,640 prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his 454 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,360 father had made. When God revives a church, when 455 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,360 God revives a person, one of the first things that will be 456 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:53,960 changed is that the way they view the culture, the way they 457 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,280 relate to society. You see, these male cult 458 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,560 prostitutes were state sanctioned worshippers who 459 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:08,480 performed homosexual acts in idol temples as acts of devotion 460 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,080 to false gods. It was gross. 461 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,120 It was contrary to God's will in so many fronts. 462 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,120 And we see here that these perversions were tolerated for 463 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,040 generations. They were tolerated by Asus, 464 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,440 father and grandfather, even encouraged. 465 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,440 But this man would not, would not submit to the norms of his 466 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,800 culture. He stood against it. 467 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,760 And you may not have the capability or the authority to 468 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,120 physically remove such things, but you do have a voice. 469 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,600 And you will be put in positions where you have to voice your 470 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,280 opinion, which is ultimately the truth, in a way that might 471 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,680 influence others, for good or not, up to us for the negative. 472 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,400 And when the Lord listen, when he does a true work in the 473 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:57,040 heart, you will not be fearful. You will not be submissive to 474 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,520 the narratives and to the patterns and the practices of 475 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,280 the culture. You will stand against it. 476 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,160 You will speak out, if need be, against it. 477 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,840 And that's exactly what this man exemplifies. 478 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,880 And we see here that he stands for the truth in a way in which 479 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,720 he refuses to be stained by the world. 480 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,640 James tells us in chapter one, verse 27, that true religion 481 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,680 that is pleasing to God is not that you would visit orphans and 482 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,480 widows in their distress, but that you would you would be 483 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:33,160 undefiled by the world, and a person whose heart is revived. 484 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,880 Listen, they want to protect themselves from being stained 485 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,960 from the world, and they want to be as consecrated as possible as 486 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,520 they interact with the world. And here you see this man who 487 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,160 uses his ability and his authority to do more than just 488 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,440 that. He makes an offensive move and 489 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,520 he begins to cleanse the culture. 490 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,600 And listen when the church begins to be pressured by the 491 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,280 culture and sounds like the culture and tip toes around 492 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,200 issues because they know that it will offend the culture, that 493 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:06,800 Church needs revival. It does because revival does 494 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,200 what we see here, but it doesn't just do that. 495 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,000 Look at verse 13. This is the second thing that 496 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,880 Revival would do. He also removed Macca, his 497 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,400 mother, from being Queen Mother because she had made an 498 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,720 abominable image for Ashra and ASA cut down her image and 499 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,440 burned it at the Brookedron. When the Lord moves in a 500 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,840 person's heart, brings it to life, brings into alignment with 501 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,440 his will, that spiritual reform will change the condition of a 502 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:37,440 home. So we see that this woman is the 503 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,400 Queen Mother. She has a position of authority. 504 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,080 And ASA was not selected with his righteous pursuits. 505 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,720 He didn't just deal with the culture, but didn't deal with 506 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,680 the closest relationships with him. 507 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,240 Now he came home and he made a dramatic shift. 508 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,360 Because when God shifts your heart, it's going to shift the 509 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,720 closest relationships with you and to you. 510 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,400 So he goes to his mother and he says you're fired. 511 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,440 You're not, you're not going to be doing this anymore. 512 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:03,880 You're not going to be influencing, you're not going to 513 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,720 be having you're saying anything, You don't fear God, 514 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,560 you don't know God. So this is it. 515 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,200 And she gave into it obviously because he came with that 516 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,240 authority and in Asus case, listen, he removed his 517 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,080 grandmother from that position. That obviously doesn't relate to 518 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,240 you and I much, but it does in this that when God does a work 519 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,840 in your heart, it will change. Something about your day-to-day 520 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,480 interactions and the closest people to you. 521 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,560 Forgiveness will be given. Forgiveness will be sought. 522 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,920 Reconciliation will be realized. Purity will happen in the home. 523 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,760 Things that were entertained in the home, things that were 524 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,600 tolerated in the home, things that were justified in the home. 525 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,000 That grieve. The Holy Spirit will no longer 526 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,560 be justified, will no longer be entertained. 527 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,960 Something happens. Worship is no longer just a once 528 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,520 a week thing. Worship is there in the home. 529 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,720 Your home becomes a Tabernacle, especially if you're the leader 530 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,800 of the home. Something will happen as the 531 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,000 head of the house, where the overflow of your decision will 532 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,240 bless those around you and there's no work that when 533 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,520 there's no doubt that when a purging work takes place in one 534 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,480 person in a home, it will have an effect on those who are 535 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,240 around him. Look at the last thing here in 536 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,160 verse 14. But the high places were not 537 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,080 taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of ASA 538 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,000 was wholly true to the Lord all his days. 539 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,600 And here it is in verse 15. And he brought into the House of 540 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,920 the Lord the sacred gifts of his Father and his own sacred gifts, 541 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,640 silver and gold and vessels. So not only does revival 542 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:42,480 personally change the way you view the culture, not only does 543 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,080 it change the condition of your home, it will change the way you 544 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,120 associate and relate and invest in the House of God. 545 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,760 What does he do? It says here he brought into the 546 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,880 House of the Lord the sacred gifts of his father, not just of 547 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,880 his father and his own sacred gifts. 548 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,760 He now made a personal investment. 549 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,200 I'm going to actually make a personal, conscious decision 550 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,120 that I'm going to be responsible to what it is that God called me 551 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,480 to, and I'm going to contribute to what I can contribute to as 552 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,120 an individual person. When a person is truly walking 553 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,800 with the Lord where he needs to be, the temperature that God 554 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,160 desires him to be at, he will have this fervency about the 555 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,040 House of God. It won't be an afterthought, it 556 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,880 won't be tertiary and his priorities. 557 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,280 It will be something that he again will prize and he will 558 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,720 treasure. And ASA shows that here that 559 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,560 when a person has a David like heart, a heart after God's own 560 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,520 heart, he will actually make much of the House of God. 561 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,640 And when he does a deep work in you and I, the same will be true 562 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,640 of us. You will love, you will attend, 563 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,760 you will serve, you will sacrifice for the place where 564 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,080 God is worship and where he promised to speak and meet with 565 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,600 us. Little glimpse of what reviving 566 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,640 does by the Holy Spirit. I know you agree with me in 567 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,240 saying that we need it in this land, but that's not the only 568 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,800 thing that happens about ASA. Look at verse 16. 569 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:12,280 And there was war between ASA and Bashar, King of Israel all 570 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:17,720 their days. You can't have this kind of 571 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,440 devotion that ASA exemplifies, and you can't have this kind of 572 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,200 reform without opposition arising at some point. 573 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:32,000 And at this point Basha takes the place of Jeroboam and 574 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,480 another king following him again. 575 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,880 Remember I told you that the overlap of some things requires 576 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,280 a little bit more effort to to make sense of, but you see this 577 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,160 king Basha who comes now and wants to interfere with the very 578 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,800 thing. Listen to the very thing that 579 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,720 ASA was trying to revive. He revived the House of God, the 580 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,840 priority of it from a cultural standpoint. 581 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,520 And what is Basha do? Look at verse 17. 582 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,960 Basha, king of Israel, went up against Judah and built Rama 583 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,120 that he might permit no one to go out or come in to ASA king of 584 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,640 Judah. A similar strategy of Jeroboam 585 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:07,920 originally. Remember Jeroboam. 586 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,840 He institutes idolatry because he's worried that if the people 587 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,560 go down to Judah, where Jerusalem is, they will worship 588 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,840 the true God and they might shift their allegiance to the 589 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,880 Kingdom of the South. He's not going to let this 590 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,880 happen. So he sets up this barricade 591 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,960 where it's near impossible for the people of the North to 592 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,199 travel down and worship at the House of God. 593 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,800 Opposition will always come when God does a work and your heart, 594 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,239 a true work where it overflows into culture, overflows into 595 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,320 your house, overflows into the House of God. 596 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,280 Don't be surprised when it happens. 597 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,000 And be careful praying that prayer for God to do something 598 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,480 in your life where you burn for Him. 599 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,719 Because when you burn for him genuinely, the enemy will take 600 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,239 notice and there will be barricades and there will be 601 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,600 hurdles and there will be attempts to try to stifle that, 602 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,040 and that should be no 'cause to be fearful. 603 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,480 Listen, it should be causing to be ready. 604 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,160 I'm reminded of a verse that Paul mentions to the 605 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,760 Thessalonians, who attest to the truth that there will always be 606 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,360 Satanic resistance against anyone who is serious about 607 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,440 advancing the work of God, living for the glory of God, and 608 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:17,800 we're going to touch on that this Sunday. 609 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,880 It is a lifelong experience for the true Christian who's walking 610 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:27,880 with the plow in their hands, Moving forward for the glory of 611 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,240 God. You will have an unending cycle 612 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:34,560 of experiences with Satanic resistance. 613 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,240 Paul experienced that almost immediately and he says 614 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,200 something in First Thessalonians chapter 2. 615 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,520 In one verse, verse 18, he says to this church because we wanted 616 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,600 to come to you, I Paul, again and again, but Satan hindered 617 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:57,680 us. Can I encourage you to pray 618 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,040 about something if you haven't been praying about it? 619 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,520 Always ask God for discernment. Always ask God for discernment. 620 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,120 This man Paul had the sermon. You know how I know he had the 621 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,720 sermon? Because he knew when something 622 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,240 was closed, when it was the Holy Spirit and when it was Satan. 623 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:19,840 In Acts 16 him and his team knew that the resistance against 624 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,520 their missionary efforts was the Holy Spirit was the Spirit of 625 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,320 Jesus. And in this situation he knew 626 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,080 that when he was trying to do a work with these Christians that 627 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:32,080 it was Satan hindering him. The only way you can know is if 628 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,600 you have Holy Spirit inspired discernment. 629 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:40,120 He had that, and because he understood that, he responded in 630 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,680 the following way. It's it's right there in the 631 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,880 same verse. I Paul again and again, again 632 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,840 and again. I tried over and over to make my 633 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,000 way to you because I know that the enemy is trying to halt this 634 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,120 and I know you will benefit from this. 635 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:55,480 I don't know we will benefit from this. 636 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,800 So I'm doing what I can to make sure that this will be realized. 637 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,760 And it seems as though in this verse that he confesses defeat 638 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,360 because he says, I Paul again and again. 639 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:10,760 But Satan hindered us. He hindered us. 640 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,760 So what happened, Paul? Does that mean that you never 641 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,240 were able to minister to this group? 642 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,080 You know what I find so amazing about this? 643 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,400 That though he tried to physically arrive to this group 644 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,080 of Christians, he he couldn't, evidently. 645 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,880 So what does he do? What do you think he do does to 646 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,120 minister to this group of people? 647 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,040 Any idea? Let me give you a hint. 648 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:34,960 It's the verse that we're quoting. 649 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,840 He wrote them a letter. He wrote them a letter. 650 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:45,080 So he writes this epistle to them, and he's explained to 651 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,760 them, I tried to get to you, but I can't. 652 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,720 So let me explain this to you, and let me, let me give you some 653 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:52,320 expression instructions by way of letter. 654 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,440 You and I are familiar that Paul wrote many letters, but you know 655 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,600 what's significant? Theologians believe in. 656 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,640 Scholars believe that this is the first epistle that Paul ever 657 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,920 wrote. You know why that's important? 658 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,200 Just think about it. Here's Satan thinking that he's 659 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,560 going to hinder the work of Paul. 660 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,080 And what Satan really did was he started a new ministry for Paul. 661 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:17,840 Paul couldn't arrive there physically. 662 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:18,840 So you know what began to happen? 663 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,400 Paul started writing letters. I wonder if Satan regretted 664 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,440 hindering Paul from going to the Thessalonians. 665 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:29,040 You and I should never fear satanic opposition. 666 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,360 We should be prepared for it, and we should never be 667 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,920 discouraged when it comes. We should never lose our zeal 668 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,800 and our passion and whatever it is that we are committed to, 669 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:39,520 whatever is that we're believing God. 670 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:45,360 For there will be moments that will frustrate us, maybe confuse 671 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,400 us even. But here's the thing. 672 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,160 We will always overcome if it's the will of God and if we're in 673 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,240 tune with God. Perhaps the very thing that 674 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,640 Satan thought he had victory over and that we might think 675 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,040 that Satan had victory over, is the start of something new. 676 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,440 You never lose when you're walking with the Lord. 677 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,640 You never lose if you're on the team of the Kingdom of God in 678 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,760 Christ Jesus. Never. 679 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,440 So this very man admits that there was a hindrance. 680 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,080 But it really started something fresh that you and I are 681 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:17,320 benefiting from today. How did ASA respond to this 682 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,440 surprise attack from the Kingdom of the North? 683 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,560 Unfortunately, not the same way. He didn't rely on the Lord. 684 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:27,480 He didn't stay the course when he learned about the schemes of 685 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,600 Basha. Instead, look what he does. 686 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,640 Look at verse 18. Our First Kings. 15 Then ASA 687 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,600 took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures 688 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,560 of the House of the Lord and the treasures of the King's house, 689 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,720 and gave them into the hands of his servants. 690 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:47,400 And King ASA sent them to Ben Haddad, the son of Tabramon, the 691 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,640 son of Hesion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying, 692 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,480 Let there be a covenant between me and you, as there was between 693 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,760 my father and your father. Behold, I'm sending to you a 694 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,240 present of silver and gold. Go break your covenant with Bash 695 00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:03,920 the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me. 696 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:10,080 So Asus panicking, and he goes to the House of the Lord. 697 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,320 He empties it of its treasures. And he seeks the assistance of 698 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,560 the king of Syria. And he says, hey, you have an 699 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,600 agreement with the northern Kingdom. 700 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,880 Break that agreement. Join with me. 701 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,800 Here's a here's a price for that. 702 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,600 And and help me out here. Good thing or bad thing. 703 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,600 Tell me why that sounds like a good strategy, politically 704 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,920 speaking. Fear. 705 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,840 Fear is bad. But just from the plain reading 706 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,040 of the text, there's no explicit statement, at least in King's 707 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,560 account, the first King's account of it being wrong or 708 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,600 evil. But what do you see from this 709 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,440 text that should give you the indication that this is a no, 710 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:51,040 no? OK, it's two people at the same 711 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,800 time, but I got it. Maybe it's the same answer I 712 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,320 heard from you. Don't you think it's unthinkable 713 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,720 for somebody to empty the House of the Lord, the very thing that 714 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:03,800 you replenished it with? What did he do with the House of 715 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,160 the Lord? He he He funded it again. 716 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,720 He brought sacred gifts, silver and gold, and at this time, now 717 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,680 he withdraws everything from it, and he gives it to a Pagan king. 718 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,280 You don't need to be a theologian to realize that's not 719 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,040 good. That belongs to God. 720 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,000 And you took what belongs to God, and you gave it to a guy 721 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:27,120 who worships another God. And it's when you go to Second 722 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,040 Chronicles or realize the extent of the evil that ASA committed 723 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,600 in his fear, in his unbelief. But here's the thing that we 724 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,360 learn already from this. Even if you're just reading 725 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,880 First Kings 15, here's what you learn when you rely on the arm 726 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,880 of the flesh, when you remove yourself from what God has to 727 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,160 say, and you exercise human wisdom at the expense of God's 728 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,320 clear commands. This is what happens, The same 729 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:53,000 thing that happened to ASA. ASA robbed God. 730 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,240 When you and I, whether it's in fear, whether it's in concern or 731 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,240 anxiety, whether it's in moments where we're being opposed or 732 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:06,520 threatened and we rely on sinful means to try to save us or 733 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:10,680 provide an answer, you too will rob God of what? 734 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:16,480 His glory. We rob God of His glory when we 735 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,920 don't trust him, when we don't submit to him, even when 736 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,480 everything in US calls for a different direction or approach 737 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,960 in the same way God was robbed of physical treasures. 738 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,760 You and I, in disobedience, robbed God of His glory. 739 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,800 But it's not just that there was a different price that this man 740 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,480 paid. It's found in Second Chronicles. 741 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,840 Look at it with me. In chapter 16. 742 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,840 You see ASA mentioned in I don't know, half a chapter in First 743 00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:48,280 Kings 15 and Second Chronicles. He's given 3 chapters, Second 744 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:54,080 Chronicles 1415 and 16, and look at Second chronicles 16, seven 745 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,040 and eight. Right after ASA did this, a 746 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,560 prophet arise, arises and he arrives on the scene and look 747 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,160 look what he says in verse seven. 748 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:08,240 At that time Han and I, the seer came to ASA, king of Judah and 749 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:12,000 said to him, because you relied on the king of Syria and did not 750 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,680 rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has 751 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:20,600 escaped you. Which army escaped him? 752 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,720 Well, think now. Which army was ASA concerned 753 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:30,880 about? Israel. 754 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,240 Hanan. I shows up on the scene. 755 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:35,800 He goes, because you didn't rely on the Lord your God. 756 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:37,640 Read it slowly. The army of the king. 757 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,520 Did he say Israel? No. 758 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,440 What does he say? The army of the king of Syria 759 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,880 has escaped you, the Han. And I miss it. 760 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,440 No, he's showing something that's heartbreaking. 761 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,600 Because you relied on the king of Syria and you didn't rely on 762 00:43:55,600 --> 00:44:01,600 God. You were so unbelieving. 763 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,880 You think that you got your answer because we're going to 764 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,960 find out that it worked. What he did worked. 765 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,520 But what he's reminding him is I would have given you Israel and 766 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,480 I would have given you Syria if you had trusted in the Lord. 767 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,120 Not only would I have given you the northern tribe, I would have 768 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:21,000 also given you Syria. But you didn't. 769 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:27,880 You didn't, you know, because when you read in First Kings 15 770 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:32,480 you see that it actually worked. Syria did break the covenant 771 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,320 with Israel, and ASA was able to know peace again. 772 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,560 He was able to gather in some towns and a little bit of 773 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,680 resources, But no matter what we succeed apart from God. 774 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,760 It will always be less than what you could have had in God. 775 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,040 No matter what you accomplish without God in disobedience to 776 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,400 God, it will always, always, always fall short of what you 777 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,880 could have known with God. That's what this prophet is 778 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,640 saying. You could have had Syria with 779 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,520 Israel, but because you didn't rely on God, you have a little 780 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,640 bit of victory. What could have ASA have done 781 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,920 that? What was it that God was 782 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,200 expecting from ASA? Well look at verse 8. 783 00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,200 The Prophet reminds him we're not The Ethiopians and the 784 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,640 Libyans, a huge army with very many Chariots and horsemen. 785 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,960 Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your 786 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,920 hand. Asus war with Israel was not the 787 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,080 first war that he had. Again, when you read Second 788 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:27,120 Chronicles 14, ASA had a much bigger problem with The 789 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:30,680 Ethiopians, a 1,000,000 man army, and he was able to 790 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,080 overcome that. You know how Read it when you 791 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,920 have time. ASA prayed and God intervened 792 00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:40,840 and many years passed and now he has this problem with Israel. 793 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:42,800 A much smaller problem by the way. 794 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,200 And he doesn't believe God. Then something happened. 795 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:52,800 Over time, his faith weakened, He lost track, he lost sight of 796 00:45:52,800 --> 00:46:01,480 God, and because of that he's reminded you lost touch of your 797 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,880 prayer life. It was prayer that helped him 798 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:10,360 overcome the Ethiopian invasion. Again, many people can do things 799 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,560 without prayer. You know how I know? 800 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,640 Because many people do things without prayer. 801 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:18,480 They don't really believe it works. 802 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,800 And here's the thing, like a so you can do You can do things 803 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:26,520 without prayer. People do it all the time, but 804 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,880 you always miss out. There could have been more you 805 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,840 could have known if you had committed it to the Lord. 806 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,360 So learn to commit it always to the Lord. 807 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,240 Yes, be practical. Yes, be realistic. 808 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:40,920 Yes, strategize. But learn to prioritize and seek 809 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:44,240 God's wisdom and intervention before all things and you will 810 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:48,680 never fear missing out. Unfortunately, this man missed 811 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:52,320 out and he was reminded of that. ASA stopped praying and it cost 812 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,000 him. He robbed God originally when he 813 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,920 partnered with Syria and there was a much larger reward that he 814 00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,440 also forfeited. And you and I do the same when 815 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,840 we lose touch with the Lord in the place of dependency on Him. 816 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,080 So you and I are ready to turn our attention to the 2 kings of 817 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:07,320 Israel. But before we do that, let's 818 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:10,760 summarize the 2 kings of Judah. You have Abidjem and you have 819 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:15,000 ASA, father and son. Abidjem ruled for how long? 820 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,280 Three years. His son ASA. 821 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,480 Did they have the same outcome? Pretty much. 822 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,920 Because you realize that after ASA was confronted by the 823 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:32,040 Prophet, ASA got angry and he wanted nothing to do with 824 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:35,680 repentance. And come back to First Kings 15 825 00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:39,680 and notice what happens. It's the same thing happens in 826 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,080 Second Chronicles verse 23. Now the rest of all the acts of 827 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:46,000 ASA, all his might and all that he did and the cities that he 828 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:47,920 built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of 829 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,280 the Kings of Judah, but in his old age he was diseased in his 830 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,240 feet. You'll read that in Second 831 00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:57,120 Chronicles 16 he was disease. That wasn't coincidence. 832 00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,240 That was an act of God, because even when he was confronted 833 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:03,880 about his disconnection with God, he still didn't see God. 834 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,360 He still didn't come broken before the Lord. 835 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,200 You know what the Lord did to try to get his attention? 836 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,680 He afflicted him with a pain. He afflicted him with a disease. 837 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,240 There's debate about the nature of the sickness, but it was 838 00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:14,680 enough, enough to debilitate him. 839 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,520 And we're told there in Second Chronicles that even after that 840 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,720 he did not seek the Lord. That's how ASA finished. 841 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,640 And here's the reminder as we end with the kings of Judah. 842 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:29,000 In this chapter, both of these men turn from the Lord, 843 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,840 reminding us that no matter how old you are, no matter how 844 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,040 advanced you are in your walk with Christ, there is no one, 845 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:38,880 absolutely no one, who is impervious to sinning in such a 846 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,920 way where they harm their testimony. 847 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:47,720 Three years, if you have three years to live, you and I must be 848 00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:50,280 careful that in those three years we would not do anything 849 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,280 that would harm our testimony with the Lord. 850 00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:56,800 If you have 41 years, equally dangerous. 851 00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:01,400 And this man shows us that in your old age, be careful, right? 852 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,120 It happened to Solomon, it happened to ASA. 853 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,680 So we have to by God's grace, rely on him every step, every 854 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,040 day, and trust that he will complete the work that he began 855 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:15,000 in us as we walk with him. And so we see here that the 856 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,160 conclusion arrives now to the kings of Judah. 857 00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,080 Now we shift over to the kings of Israel. 858 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:24,480 Look at verse 25. Naidab, the son of Jeroboam, 859 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,640 began to reign over Israel in the second year of ASA, king of 860 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,360 Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 861 00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,640 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in 862 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:37,640 the way of his father and in his sin, which he made Israel to 863 00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,040 sin. Here's what you're going to 864 00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,240 notice with me. As we study first kings, first 865 00:49:43,240 --> 00:49:47,240 kings from this moment on is going to be preoccupied with 866 00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:52,240 dealing and describing the kings of Israel, the Northern Kingdom. 867 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,880 When you read first and second Chronicles, the author is more 868 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:59,720 concerned paying attention to the kings of Judah David's 869 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:02,640 descendants. So from this moment on, we're 870 00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:06,400 going to be a lot more with the Northern kings than we are the 871 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,120 Southern. And that's the opposite is true 872 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,840 when you come to the first and second books of Chronicles. 873 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,400 And what's also interesting here is what you're going to see is a 874 00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:19,520 trademark of the nation of Israel. 875 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,960 The northern tribes of Israel will be recognized for political 876 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:28,960 and spiritual instability, like severe, much more severe than 877 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:33,040 the Southern Kingdom. And that is obviously a result 878 00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:37,120 of their total apostasy to the Lord, whereas the Southern 879 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:41,400 Kingdom had moments of return and reform. 880 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:45,200 And the example of that is even in these first chapters that 881 00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:47,000 we're going to discover in this divide. 882 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:52,600 Listen, ASA reigned 41 years, and in those 41 years you have 883 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:57,200 several kingdoms that rose and fell in the north. 884 00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,400 You see with Nadab, you're going to see it with Basha, and it's 885 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,600 going to continue on. Zimri and Omri are just going to 886 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,640 keep going. So while there is one king in 887 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,880 Judah, you're going to have several in the north. 888 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,680 And it begins with this man who is the son of Jeroboam. 889 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,800 His name is Nadab and he began to reign over Israel in the 890 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:16,480 second year of ASA, king of Judah. 891 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,960 He only reigned 2 years, so if you have three years, we're 892 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,560 short. Imagine two if you want an idea 893 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:25,360 how short that feels, we've been in this church building for over 894 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:28,440 2 years. That's very brief to be a king, 895 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,800 but I want to combine Nadab and Basha. 896 00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,080 I don't want to look at them separately because they are 897 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:37,080 connected. So we read here that he did what 898 00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:39,240 was evil on the side of Lord. And look at verse 27. 899 00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:44,040 Basha, the son of Ahija of the House of Issachar, conspired 900 00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:49,440 against him and Basha struck him down at Gibbethan, which 901 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,920 belonged to the Philistines. For Nadab and all Israel were 902 00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:57,320 laying siege to Gibbethan. So Basha killed him in the third 903 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:01,040 year of ASA king of Judah, and reigned in his place, and as 904 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:05,000 soon as he was king he killed all the House of Jeroboam. 905 00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:08,840 He left to the House of Jeroboam, not one that breathed, 906 00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:12,120 until he destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he 907 00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:15,400 spoke by his servant Ahija, the Shiloh knight. 908 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,800 So Basha, this man from the tribe of Issachar fulfills 909 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:25,200 prophecy because Jeroboam was told that his dynasty would die 910 00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:26,800 and this is the fulfillment of it. 911 00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:31,560 This man ransacked and absolutely destroyed the entire 912 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:35,160 household of Jeroboam. But I want you to see one thing. 913 00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:36,200 There's many things. Applaud this. 914 00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:39,240 I I want us to conclude here this Bible study on one note to 915 00:52:39,240 --> 00:52:42,880 encourage you. I hope this stirs you to not be 916 00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:46,160 one, to give in to the temptation to overlook details. 917 00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:52,120 Nadeb was assassinated, right? But notice where he was 918 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,800 assassinated. Bashar, the son of Ahi John, 919 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:57,680 verse 27 of the House of Issachar, conspired against him. 920 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:01,280 Bash has struck him down at Gibbethan Ever heard of it? 921 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,400 Probably not, unless you memorize the book of Joshua. 922 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,400 He struck him down at Gibbethan and then it's we're we're we're 923 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:14,040 told. It again says here that Nadab 924 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,240 and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethan. 925 00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:18,600 Well, where's Gibbethan mentioned? 926 00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,520 And is there anything about it that makes sense of this, or at 927 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:26,080 least gives us insight to this? Yes, but if you're still with 928 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:27,880 me, you have to turn to Joshua to see it. 929 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:32,440 So Joshua and look at verse 20 of chapter 21. 930 00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:44,120 Joshua 21, verse 20. In this chapter you have the 931 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:48,200 list of areas and lands and villages that were allotted to 932 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,920 the Levites. Levites. 933 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,720 The Levites had certain cities to their name, though they 934 00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:59,800 didn't have a a tribe tribal area as the other tribes said, 935 00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,520 they did have different parts within those tribes, including 936 00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:06,120 the list mentioned here of Joshua 21, verse 20. 937 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:10,920 Let's read it together as to the rest of the Koathites belonging 938 00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:13,200 to the Koathite clans of the Levites. 939 00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:17,160 The Koathites are descendants of the tribe of Levi, the cities 940 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:19,320 allotted to them. We're out of the tribe of 941 00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:22,200 Ephraim. To them were given Shechem, the 942 00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:26,640 city of refuge for the manslayer with its pasture lands in the 943 00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:30,040 Hill Country of Ephraim. Gazer with its pasture lands, 944 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,440 Kibzem with its pasture lands. Beth wrong with its pasture 945 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:39,400 lands. 4 Cities Now be honest, how many of you would read this 946 00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,240 with great attention in your devotional time? 947 00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:43,840 I want to show you why it's important. 948 00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:49,400 Look at verse 23 and out of the tribe of Dan we read here Alt 949 00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,440 the key with its pasture lands. Gibbeth On with its pasture 950 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:54,880 lands. There it is. 951 00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:01,640 So here's one clue. Where this man was assassinated 952 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:09,080 was a city that was meant to be purely populated by the Levites. 953 00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,440 And the Levites were set apart by God to be the communicators 954 00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:21,200 and the teachers of his law. They were to be models of 955 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:25,760 holiness and godliness, not just in Word but also in deed. 956 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:27,800 Did anything click? Yet? 957 00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:33,000 This was a place that was supposed to be occupied by the 958 00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:39,200 Levites in Israel, the northern tribes, anything click yet. 959 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:46,640 What happened to the Levites in Israel around this time? 960 00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:52,120 Good. If you didn't hear it, you can 961 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,680 read it in Second Chronicles 11, verse 14. 962 00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,200 We got to do work if we want the reward, my friend. 963 00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,960 We read this text many times in our study of first kings, 964 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:03,920 especially after the reign of Solomon. 965 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,480 Look at Second Chronicles 11, verse 14 to be reminded what 966 00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:11,600 happened to the Levites in the time of Jeroboam. 967 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,800 And not just Jeroboam. You'll see it now. 968 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:21,440 Second Chronicles 11, Verse 14. For the Levites left their 969 00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:26,520 common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, 970 00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:35,240 because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as 971 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:40,760 priests of the Lord. So Gibbothon was supposed to be 972 00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:44,880 populated by the Levites. But when Jeroboam took position 973 00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:48,960 of the ruler of the tribes of Israel, he and his sons, 974 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:51,720 including the son that we ran, read here in First Kings 15 975 00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:57,600 Nadab, they kicked him out and they cast them off and they 976 00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:00,800 migrated to the South. So what happens when all the 977 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,080 Levites live? Gibbethan, is it populated 978 00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:06,080 anymore? No, it shouldn't be when 979 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:09,600 everybody is gone. And because everybody was gone, 980 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:12,560 what happened? Come back to First Kings 15, 981 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:20,080 verse 27. The second part says at 982 00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:23,520 Gibbethan this is where he was killed, which belonged to the 983 00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:25,520 Philistines. What do you mean it belonged to 984 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:29,480 the Philistines? If you thought it was given over 985 00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:31,960 to the Levites, yeah, but they were kicked out by this time. 986 00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,840 So who took over the Philistines? 987 00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,520 Listen, when you kick God out, the devil moves in. 988 00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:47,080 That's the lesson. So the Philistines moved in, the 989 00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:52,600 enemies moved in, and now you have Pagan presence, false God 990 00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:56,680 worship, war, and more than that, an assassination. 991 00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,640 Assassination between two people who supposedly come from the 992 00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:04,360 same family. You don't want light, You don't 993 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:07,680 want God's light. There's nothing as an 994 00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:12,880 alternative except darkness that is true for a church, that is 995 00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:17,480 true for a city, that is true for a state, that is true for a 996 00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,800 nation. You kick God out, you kick his 997 00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:23,280 word out. You silence the messengers of 998 00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:27,320 God who stand for the truth. The devil moves into that place, 999 00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:32,640 and it doesn't matter what scale again, if it's a whole nation, 1000 00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,520 even if it's a nation like the United States of America, there 1001 00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:38,600 is no other nation like the United States of America in all 1002 00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,920 of history. But they are not immune to the 1003 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,200 same principle. You kick God out, the 1004 00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:48,240 Philistines will come in. You kick God out, Satan will 1005 00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:52,280 come. And So what do you and I do? 1006 00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:57,800 Even in a time where that seems to be more and more true, I was 1007 00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,240 thinking about that because I'm not a king. 1008 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:01,600 You're not a king. You're not a president. 1009 00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:03,880 I'm not in Congress. None of us have any authority 1010 00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:06,400 politically. None of us can do anything, 1011 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,320 really, about laws. There's a lot of questioning 1012 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:12,440 even about the integrity of our voting system. 1013 00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:15,720 Here's what you do. Let the nation do what it will. 1014 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:17,520 Let the states do what they will. 1015 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,120 Let cities do whatever they want. 1016 00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:24,960 You acknowledge God. You invite God into your 1017 00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,960 marriage, into your home, into the lives of your children, into 1018 00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,000 your business. And here's what we're promised. 1019 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,960 According to Isaiah chapter 3, it shall be well with the 1020 00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:37,600 righteous, and it's given in the context of national judgement 1021 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:41,480 orchestrated by a holy God. Even in that setting, it will be 1022 00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:44,480 well with the righteous. And so we see here that Basha 1023 00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:48,160 here assassinates him, and I'll read it here from verse 30 down. 1024 00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:52,280 In closing, it was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned that 1025 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:55,400 he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he 1026 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,080 provoked the Lord, the God of Israel. 1027 00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,960 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are 1028 00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:02,280 they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 1029 01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:04,360 Israel? And there was war between ASA 1030 01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:06,280 and Basha, king of Israel all their days. 1031 01:00:06,640 --> 01:00:10,520 Verse 33 In the third year of ASA king of Judah, Basha the son 1032 01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:13,840 of Ahiajab, began to reign over all Israel Tirza, and he reigned 1033 01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:17,440 24 years. He did what was evil in the 1034 01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:19,320 sight of the Lord. And walked in the way of 1035 01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:23,080 Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin. 1036 01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:25,960 Lord, we thank you for this Bible study. 1037 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:30,800 And we pray, O God, that the truths that we heard would not 1038 01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:34,800 escape our memory, but the by Your grace we would recall. 1039 01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,760 These things give us perfect recall. 1040 01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:42,240 Lord, help us, Lord, with our meditation, with our reading and 1041 01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:44,920 studying of the Word, to be able to connect these truths with 1042 01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:49,600 future truths that we discover. Lord Almighty, help us be mighty 1043 01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:53,000 in the scriptures. And Lord, on that final note, we 1044 01:00:53,000 --> 01:01:00,320 pray we want you to have the supreme place in every area of 1045 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:04,440 our lives. So Lord, even now, tonight, as 1046 01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:09,120 we live in an age where darkness is creeping in and intensifying 1047 01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:13,760 and the blackness of sin seems to be thickening, we can feel 1048 01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:17,040 it. Lord, make us like Goshen, where 1049 01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,920 we know light though there's darkness around us. 1050 01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,160 Make us like Goshen. Where there is life though there 1051 01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:23,680 be death around us. Make us like Goshen. 1052 01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:29,400 That though there may be plagues that cover the lands and sweep 1053 01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:32,880 up sinners and the wicked, we are safe and secure in your 1054 01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,360 presence. Lord, we ask you in the end of 1055 01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:37,400 this Bible, say because, Lord, we're not just studying a 1056 01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:42,640 history, we're not studying just a piece of a moment of a pastime 1057 01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:44,280 thing. Lord, we realize that this is 1058 01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:46,040 revealing how we should relate to you now. 1059 01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:49,360 Lord, please rule and reign over our lives afresh. 1060 01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:52,040 And Lord, if we need reform, so be it. 1061 01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:54,400 Let there be reformed by your spirit and let it change the way 1062 01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,880 we view the world. Let it change the way we live in 1063 01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:00,480 our homes, and let it change the way we commit to the local 1064 01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:02,000 church. We ask for these things to be 1065 01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:05,280 true by Your grace and mercy. In Jesus name we pray. 1066 01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:07,080 Amen. Amen. 1067 01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:12,480 Amen. You're doing well. 1068 01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:17,040 You guys made it. Let's stand and worship the 1069 01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:17,320 Lord.