Respecting the Office from God over Politics
1 Kings 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
This was Rehoboams big day. He is now a leader! Well, leadership also will come with the need to lead people and that can get messy.
2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), 3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Most people are common sense good people yet there are those like Jeroboam, that are real sons of their father, the devil. They appear on the surface as logical good guys but look at him. He had some kind of rift with king Solomon and now sees an opportunity with Solomons son to advance his political agenda. Leaders must consider all the facts before them. There is a reason evil men may now come to you and its not because your some amazing listener or wise person. He was rejected by the wisest man known thus far in Solomon. Rehoboam, what do you now have to offer him? Well as the story proves out, Rehoboam takes it to the other extreme and shuts him down even more than his father. This is not good leadership. "You think my father taxed you, you aint felt nothing yet under me." Again, leaders must lead by facts not feelings. We must get to know the spiritual temperatures of the room. If you dont, this is what takes place next:
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” 29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
Jeroboam split Israel. Ten tribes seceded from Judahs king Rehoboam and introduced idolatry for the 1st time to Israel as a state religion. Leviticus 17 strictly forbade this practice. You had to go to Jerusalem to worship. To help these traitor tribes feel like they are doing gods work, he set up two golden calves, one in Bethel, the other in Dan to avoid allowing them to go to Jerusalem. Had they gone, they would have been convicted of their sin and reconciled with the true king of Judah.
Point is folks, dont choose politics over Gods word, Gods plan, Gods will! Make sure the topics of politics dont over power the biblical word of God. Your politics should come into submission to Gods word.
This was Rehoboams big day. He is now a leader! Well, leadership also will come with the need to lead people and that can get messy.
2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), 3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Most people are common sense good people yet there are those like Jeroboam, that are real sons of their father, the devil. They appear on the surface as logical good guys but look at him. He had some kind of rift with king Solomon and now sees an opportunity with Solomons son to advance his political agenda. Leaders must consider all the facts before them. There is a reason evil men may now come to you and its not because your some amazing listener or wise person. He was rejected by the wisest man known thus far in Solomon. Rehoboam, what do you now have to offer him? Well as the story proves out, Rehoboam takes it to the other extreme and shuts him down even more than his father. This is not good leadership. "You think my father taxed you, you aint felt nothing yet under me." Again, leaders must lead by facts not feelings. We must get to know the spiritual temperatures of the room. If you dont, this is what takes place next:
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” 29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
Jeroboam split Israel. Ten tribes seceded from Judahs king Rehoboam and introduced idolatry for the 1st time to Israel as a state religion. Leviticus 17 strictly forbade this practice. You had to go to Jerusalem to worship. To help these traitor tribes feel like they are doing gods work, he set up two golden calves, one in Bethel, the other in Dan to avoid allowing them to go to Jerusalem. Had they gone, they would have been convicted of their sin and reconciled with the true king of Judah.
Point is folks, dont choose politics over Gods word, Gods plan, Gods will! Make sure the topics of politics dont over power the biblical word of God. Your politics should come into submission to Gods word.
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