WEBVTT - 2 Chronicles 12

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the message. By the time

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<v Speaker 1>Reeboam had secured his kingdom and was strong again, he

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<v Speaker 1>and all Israel with him, had virtually abandoned God and

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<v Speaker 1>his ways. In Raaboam's fifth year because he and the

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<v Speaker 1>people were unfaithful to God. She Shak, king of Egypt,

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<v Speaker 1>invaded as far as Jerusalem. He came with twelve hundred

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<v Speaker 1>chariots and sixty thousand cavalry and soldiers from all over

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<v Speaker 1>The Egyptian army included Libyans, Sukites, and Ethiopians. They took

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<v Speaker 1>the fortress cities of Judah and advanced as far as

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<v Speaker 1>Jerusalem itself. Then the prophet Shemaiah, accompanied by the leaders

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<v Speaker 1>of Judah who had retreated to Jerusalem before she Shak,

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<v Speaker 1>came to Reeboehm and said God's word, you abandoned me.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I abandon you. To she Shak. The leaders of

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<v Speaker 1>Israel and the king were repentant and said God is right.

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<v Speaker 1>When God saw that they were humbly repentant, the word

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<v Speaker 1>of God came to Shemaiah. Because they are humble, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>not destroy them. I'll give them a break. I won't

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<v Speaker 1>use she Shak to express my wrath against Jerusalem. What

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<v Speaker 1>I will do, though, is make them she Shack's subjects.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll learn the difference between serving me and serving human kings.

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<v Speaker 1>Then she Shak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem. He plundered

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<v Speaker 1>the treasury of the Temple of God and the treasury

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<v Speaker 1>of the royal Palace. He took everything he could lay

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<v Speaker 1>his hands on. He even took the gold shields that

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<v Speaker 1>Solomon had made. King Raeboam replaced the gold shields with

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<v Speaker 1>bronze shields and gave them to the guards who were

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<v Speaker 1>posted at the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the

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<v Speaker 1>king went to God's temple, the guards went with him,

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<v Speaker 1>carrying the shields, but they always returned them to the guardroom.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Raeboam was repentant, God's anger was blunted, so he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't totally destroyed. The picture wasn't entirely bleak. There were

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<v Speaker 1>some good things going on in Judah, king Raeboam regrouped

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<v Speaker 1>and re established his rule in Jerusalem. He was forty

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<v Speaker 1>one years old when he became king and continued as

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<v Speaker 1>king for seventeen years. In Jerusalem, the city God chose

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<v Speaker 1>out of all the tribes of Israel as the special

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<v Speaker 1>presence of his name. His mother was Nama from Ammon.

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<v Speaker 1>But the final verdict on Reel was that he was

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<v Speaker 1>a bad king. God was not important to him. His

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<v Speaker 1>heart neither cared for nor sought after God. The history

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<v Speaker 1>of Raeboam from start to finish is written in the

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<v Speaker 1>memoirs of Shemaiah the Prophet and Ido the Seer that

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<v Speaker 1>contained the family trees. There was war between Reeboam and

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<v Speaker 1>Jerobom the whole time. Raaboam died and was buried with

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<v Speaker 1>his ancestors in the city of David. His son Abaijah

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<v Speaker 1>ruled after him. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your word, and we thank you for the privilege to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to look at it today. And Lord, as

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<v Speaker 1>we're looking at this portion of scripture, we can see

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<v Speaker 1>how quickly in a family tree hearts can become cold

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<v Speaker 1>and distant toward you. Lord. We see this in Raeboam's life.

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<v Speaker 1>We know the people he came from, and we know

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<v Speaker 1>the context he was raised in, and we see here

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<v Speaker 1>that you were not important to him, that his heart

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<v Speaker 1>did not care for or seek after you. It seems

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<v Speaker 1>that he came to you and repented after he experienced

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<v Speaker 1>calamity and trouble, but he didn't live with a repentant

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<v Speaker 1>heart or a repentant attitude before you. Otherwise, at least

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<v Speaker 1>that's what it seems from this particular passage. Lord, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a good reminder to us, to all who have

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<v Speaker 1>called on your son Jesus Christ to grant salvation for

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<v Speaker 1>us to live with repentant hearts before you. We know, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>that we struggle with sin. We know, Lord that we

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<v Speaker 1>are adept at going our own way. And every day

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<v Speaker 1>is a day that you call us to repent of

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<v Speaker 1>our idolatries, of trying to earn your favor, of trying

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<v Speaker 1>to rely on our own self righteousness, and you invite

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<v Speaker 1>us to remember that your grace is your unmerited, undeserved favor.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't deserve it, that the righteousness we have is

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<v Speaker 1>righteousness that you have given as a gift through your

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<v Speaker 1>son Jesus Christ, and you invite us to walk with

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<v Speaker 1>you faithfully each and every day. So Lord, we pray

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<v Speaker 1>that that would be the case in our lives, and

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that we would put you first always. We

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Lord for your presence with us, and we

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<v Speaker 1>commit this day to your care in Jesus' name. Amen.