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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741

Where the Love of God abounds, everyone is

welcome.

Children’s Church taught by Paul and Marsha

Davis during preaching.

www.rossvillechurch.com

October 26, 2014

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King Jeroboam in the north is dead.

Although he has a son on the throne at the moment,

his dynasty is over.

Sin

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1 Kings 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His Name there. And his mother's name was Naamah (pleasant; delightful) an Ammonitess.

41 + 17 = 58

He was raised by an Ammonite mama.

What do you reckon he worshipped?

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22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

All of this was under Rehoboam’s leadership.

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Jeroboam used the excuse that he didn’t want the people

to go to Jerusalem to worship,

Because they might decide to stay and he would lose his

kingdom.Rehoboam made no excuse; he just loved sin.

David’s grandson, and yet totally backslid, and led the nation into gross sin and idolatry.

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David committed sins, but he was always quick to repent and remain in fellowship with God.

Solomon backslid, but never fully cast God behind his back.

And yet God was angry with him.

Now his son, Rehoboam, is not only living in sin, but he has led the people into idolatry and sexual perversions.

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25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. An evil man

used by God to punish the

backslidden nation.

Solomon’s pride

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Sin brought defeat to the nation.

Solomon had left the nation one of the richest nations on earth when he died.

In that he took great pride.

5 years after his death, all of that wealth was taken by Shishak of Egypt.

Sin and backsliding have consequences.

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27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

Bronze replaced gold.Not much of a trade.

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29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah (pleasant; delightful) an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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God had given peace and prosperity to the nation under David and Solomon.

But now in one generation they have lost both.

Solomon was not content with the beautiful Israeli women; he wanted the forbidden.

Repentance is the only hope!

Now his son followed the teaching

of his mother into sin.

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Matthew 4 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Psalm 51 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

True humility and repentance

will restore fellowship with God.

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Isaiah 55 6-7 Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

There is a time for repentance, but that time is not forever.

Repent today!

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2 Corinthians 6 2 … behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Sin brings terrible loss into our lives.

But true repentance restores all our loss and brings blessing beyond measure.

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Isaiah 61 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified.

Turning to sin brought great loss to Israel.

Repentance would bring gain beyond measure.

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Families restored

Choose to

Forsake sin

It’s all through repentance.

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1 John 1 8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the Truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God will forgive your every sin.Turn to Him, be truly sorrowful for your sins, and

ask God to forgive in Jesus’ Name.

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What one generation tolerates, the next generation will likely embrace.

Mamas and daddys, you are training your children.

They will most likely follow your example.

Train them up in the Way of God!