The Split

1Lest We Forget

• Solomon married women and had extras
• His sin was not only in marrying too many, it was marrying the ones!
• God blessed Solomon's reign in several ways: name 3:

  • What specifically did God say marrying all those women would do?

  • What made Solomon so different from his dad?
  • What special day was this past Monday? (special to Canadians)
  • The Split!

2(Not Rosanne's and Tom's)

31 Kings 12/2 Chron.10

• The Beginnings
• The nation prepares to split in two

• When do you think the problems began for the nation of Israel?

• If a kingdom crumbles in on itself, it's not a
• the signs of decay get and
• The 3 step rule
• 1. Lack of
• 2. Lack of
• 3. Lack of
• Lack of penalty drives to a worse morality
• What's a sure sign of this? Judges 17:6/21:25
• every man did in his own
• morality becomes
• Israel eroded because of and .

• Application: does this apply to us?

• -how may we salvage the situation?

4The Power Struggle

• v.1 becomes King
• v.2 Remember ?
• He was noticed by Solomon when he fixed the
• He told of the prophecy of the kingdom dividing
• Solomon went to him
• what should Solomon have done?
• like his father did
• like he knew he should have done
• v.8 His counsel came from the men
• the men are noted for their
• v.7,9 The wisdom from the older men: "Read my "
• lighten the
• speak kind
• be a
• v.11 The wisdom from the younger men
• give the people a !
• be !
• v.13 Rehoboam listened to the men
• It Begins
• v.16-24 Israel crowned king
• Rehoboam was king over only and
• Rehoboam prepares to !
• warriors
• v.24 Rehoboam listens to

• Question: does this suprise you? Why?

• Meanwhile...
• Jeroboam had worked for several years for
• he knew the people
• he knew how to
• v.26-27 Jeroboam begins to get
• the people need to
• the place of worship is
• maybe the people were going to
• they might follow Rehoboam!

• Question: was it God's plan for a split?

• ...but not for idolatry
• v.27 Jeroboam received this prophecy from God
• He knew this was God's
• He knew God was behind this
• He thought this was too much for God
• God couldn't prevent the people from wanting to go home once in Jerusalem.

• Note: Isn't it amazing how man can mess things up by getting in God's way?

• v.30 Now it became a
• v.31 he multiplied the worship
• he made priests out of people
• v.28 he gave all the credit to the
• Conclusion:
  • God has a great plan for each one of us.
  • Don't get in the way by offering your two cents.
  • Let God have .
  • Others:
  • wrong
  • peace/prosperity/wisdom/private chats/etc
  • turn his heart away
  • did not ask for forgiveness
  • victoria day
  • suprise
  • worse and worse/more and more evident
  • morality/justice/penalty (starts again)
  • right/eyes
  • subjective
  • idolatry/immorality
  • Reheboam

  • Jereboam?

  • wall
  • kill/repented
  • younger/older/wisdom
  • lips
  • tax/words/servant
  • heavier tax
  • be firm!
  • younger
  • Jereboam

5Judah/Benjamin

• fight
• God
• Solomon
• manipulate
• worship
• Jerusalem
• nervous/leave
• plan
• sin
• idol
• ordinary
• calves
• control