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Sins of Jeroboam
Sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat… an evil legacy
Some things become ingrained in the population. Once they are ingrained they are HARD to undue! Such was the idolatry of Jeroboam! The nations of the land where Israel lived all were devoted to various idols. The land of Egypt that they were delivered from worshiped many idols among which was the Bull.
There is NO excuse for such idolatry (Read Romans 1:18-32). Israel was even more inexcusable in this (if that be possible) for God had revealed himself unto them with signs and wonders. God made a covenant with them beginning with 'I am the LORD your God. You shall have no other god before me. You shall make no graven image to fall down and worship.'
Yet the first thing that Jeroboam did when he was made king over the northern 10 tribes was to make golden calves and instruct the people that 'THESE are YOUR GODS'. From that point on Israel was basically engulfed with the worship of these 'gods'.
God tells us that the house of Jeroboam was destroyed because of this sin which he made Israel to sin (1 Kings 15:29). God gave Israel UP because of the sins of Jeroboam which they practiced (1 Kings 14:14-16). After Jeroboam we begin reading the phrase "he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols." This basic phrase then gets repeated in the summary of almost every king of the northern tribes including:
1 Kings 16:2 Baasha of Israel
1 Kings 16:19 Zimri of Israel
1 Kings 16:26 Omri
1 Kings 16:31 Ahab
2 Kings 10:29-31 Jehu of Israel
2 Kings 13:2,6 Jehoahaz of Israel
2 Kings 13:11 Jehoash of Israel
2 Kings 14:24 Jeroboam II of Israel
2 Kings 15:9 Zechariah of Israel
2 Kings 15:18 Menahem of Israel
2 Kings 15:24 Pekahiah of Israel
2 Kings 15:28 Pekah of Israel
The summary of the whole history of the northern kingdom is stated: 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin. 22 The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They did not depart from them, 23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day. (2 Kings 17:20-23).
Sin is sin even if everyone is doing it.
Each person sins for himself and will answer to God for what HE himself does.
The sins of the fathers are often passed on to their children. It is NOT inherited in nature but taught and learned by nurture and example.
Those who are in positions of leadership must be especially diligent in their own lives for they lead others both in teaching and example. Hence teachers will receive a stricter judgment. This would include fathers, teachers, elders, and preachers - all who stand in positions of leadership.
6/11/2013
Reading ? June!
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Study notes
The nations ALL had such history of this problem --
Israel had a history of this problem
God is God -
Leaders actions are more than personal!
Elders -
Preachers -
Fathers -
YET EACH is responsible for his own choices -
1. Good father - bad son
2. Bad father -- good son
3. Manassah - bad good.
4. Solomon - good bad !
The Scripture List
1 Kings 14:14-16 Summary of Jeroboam's curse…
16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”
1 Kings 15:29 Nadab of Israel destroyed the house of Jeroboam for this sin
29 And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30 It was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 16:2 Baasha of Israel
2 “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,
1Kings 16:12-13 Elah also condemned, but not mention Jeroboam's sin, just idolatry
1 Kings 16:19 Zimri of Israel
19 because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.
1 Kings 16:26 Omri
26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.
1 Kings 16:31 Ahab
31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
2 Kings 10:29 Jehu of Israel
29 But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.
2 Kings 10:31
31 But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 13:2 Jehoahaz of Israel
2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
2 Kings 13:6
6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)
2 Kings 13:11 Jehoash of Israel
11 He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
2 Kings 14:24 Jeroboam II of Israel
24 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:9 Zechariah of Israel
9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:18 Menahem of Israel
18 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:24 Pekahiah of Israel
24 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 15:28 Pekah of Israel
28 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 17:20-23
20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.
22 The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They did not depart from them,
23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.
The nations ALL had such history of this problem --
Israel had a history of this problem
God is God -
Leaders actions are more than personal!
Elders -
Preachers -
Fathers -
YET EACH is responsible for his own choices -
1. Good father - bad son
2. Bad father -- good son
3. Manassah - bad good.
4. Solomon - good bad !
