1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter twelve, 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the message. By the time 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: Reeboam had secured his kingdom and was strong again, he 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: and all Israel with him, had virtually abandoned God and 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: his ways. In Raaboam's fifth year because he and the 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: people were unfaithful to God. She Shak, king of Egypt, 10 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: invaded as far as Jerusalem. He came with twelve hundred 11 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: chariots and sixty thousand cavalry and soldiers from all over 12 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: The Egyptian army included Libyans, Sukites, and Ethiopians. They took 13 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: the fortress cities of Judah and advanced as far as 14 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: Jerusalem itself. Then the prophet Shemaiah, accompanied by the leaders 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,919 Speaker 1: of Judah who had retreated to Jerusalem before she Shak, 16 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: came to Reeboehm and said God's word, you abandoned me. 17 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: Now I abandon you. To she Shak. The leaders of 18 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: Israel and the king were repentant and said God is right. 19 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: When God saw that they were humbly repentant, the word 20 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: of God came to Shemaiah. Because they are humble, I'll 21 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: not destroy them. I'll give them a break. I won't 22 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: use she Shak to express my wrath against Jerusalem. What 23 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: I will do, though, is make them she Shack's subjects. 24 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: They'll learn the difference between serving me and serving human kings. 25 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: Then she Shak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem. He plundered 26 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: the treasury of the Temple of God and the treasury 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: of the royal Palace. He took everything he could lay 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: his hands on. He even took the gold shields that 29 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: Solomon had made. King Raeboam replaced the gold shields with 30 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: bronze shields and gave them to the guards who were 31 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: posted at the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the 32 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: king went to God's temple, the guards went with him, 33 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: carrying the shields, but they always returned them to the guardroom. 34 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: Because Raeboam was repentant, God's anger was blunted, so he 35 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: wasn't totally destroyed. The picture wasn't entirely bleak. There were 36 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: some good things going on in Judah, king Raeboam regrouped 37 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: and re established his rule in Jerusalem. He was forty 38 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: one years old when he became king and continued as 39 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: king for seventeen years. In Jerusalem, the city God chose 40 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: out of all the tribes of Israel as the special 41 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: presence of his name. His mother was Nama from Ammon. 42 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: But the final verdict on Reel was that he was 43 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: a bad king. God was not important to him. His 44 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: heart neither cared for nor sought after God. The history 45 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: of Raeboam from start to finish is written in the 46 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: memoirs of Shemaiah the Prophet and Ido the Seer that 47 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: contained the family trees. There was war between Reeboam and 48 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: Jerobom the whole time. Raaboam died and was buried with 49 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: his ancestors in the city of David. His son Abaijah 50 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: ruled after him. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for 51 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege to 52 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: be able to look at it today. And Lord, as 53 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: we're looking at this portion of scripture, we can see 54 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: how quickly in a family tree hearts can become cold 55 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: and distant toward you. Lord. We see this in Raeboam's life. 56 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: We know the people he came from, and we know 57 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: the context he was raised in, and we see here 58 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: that you were not important to him, that his heart 59 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: did not care for or seek after you. It seems 60 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: that he came to you and repented after he experienced 61 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: calamity and trouble, but he didn't live with a repentant 62 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: heart or a repentant attitude before you. Otherwise, at least 63 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: that's what it seems from this particular passage. Lord, this 64 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: is a good reminder to us, to all who have 65 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: called on your son Jesus Christ to grant salvation for 66 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: us to live with repentant hearts before you. We know, Lord, 67 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: that we struggle with sin. We know, Lord that we 68 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: are adept at going our own way. And every day 69 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: is a day that you call us to repent of 70 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: our idolatries, of trying to earn your favor, of trying 71 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: to rely on our own self righteousness, and you invite 72 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: us to remember that your grace is your unmerited, undeserved favor. 73 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: We don't deserve it, that the righteousness we have is 74 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: righteousness that you have given as a gift through your 75 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, and you invite us to walk with 76 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: you faithfully each and every day. So Lord, we pray 77 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: that that would be the case in our lives, and 78 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: we pray that we would put you first always. We 79 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: thank you, Lord for your presence with us, and we 80 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: commit this day to your care in Jesus' name. Amen.