TAKING CARE OF #1

Intro. - New York Times Best Seller List 1978

Rehoboam - 2 Chronicles 10-12

Let’s make it harder on the people

The kingdom is divided

He loses the Temple treasure to Shishak, king of Egypt

Jeroboam - 1 Kings 12-14

He makes new idols to keep people from going to Jerusalem

He loses his son and his kingdom

Abijah - 1 Kings 15

He followed in the ways of his father, Rehoboam

He fought with Jeroboam

Asa - 2 Chronicles 14-16

He was the exception to the rule for most of his life

He trusted in God - removed idols - great victory over the Cushites

He failed with the Syrians - relied on man and not God

Concl. - God or Me? 2 Chronicles 16:9