1. Rehoboam’s Idolatrous reign: 1 Kings 14:21-24
1 When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2 Chronicles 12:1 (ESV
The influence of mothers and wives on their husbands and children is great.
8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, Proverbs 1:8 (ESV)
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 2 Timothy 1:5 (ESV); 2 Timothy 3:15
24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. Deuteronomy 4:23-24 (ESV)
22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 (ESV)
2. Rehoboam’s Blind Eye: 1 Kings 14:25-28; 29-31
God can use whatever means He wants to discipline his Children
5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the LORD, ‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’” 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” 2 Chronicles 12:2-6 (ESV)
14 And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. 2 Chronicles 12:14 (ESV)
The kind of repentance our Lord desires is lasting and transformative repentance.
10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV)
3. Rehoboam’s Sinful Progeny: 1 Kings 15:1-8
1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. 2 Chronicles 13:1 (ESV)
Children do not have to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, but they often do.
8 . . . for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, Deuteronomy 5:8-9 (ESV)
10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.
11 They offer to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him. 2 Chronicles 13:10-11 (ESV)
18 Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles 13:18 (ESV)