Freedom

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Freedom!

• 2 Chronicles 7 12

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Freedom

• When Solomon had finished the temple of the LORD
  and the royal palace, and had succeeded in
  carrying out all he had in mind to do in the
  temple of the LORD and in his own palace, the
  LORD appeared to him at night and said "I have
  heard your prayer and have chosen this place for
  myself as a temple for sacrifices - 2 Chronicles
  711-12
• Random Truth If we build it, he will come?

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Freedom

• "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no
  rain, or command locusts to devour the land or
  send a plague among my people, if my people, who
  are called by my name, will humble themselves and
  pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
  ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
  forgive their sin and will heal their land - vs.
  13-14

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Freedom

• People Humble, Pray, Seek, Turn
• God Hear, Forgive, Heal

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Freedom

• After Rehoboam's position as king was established
  and he had become strong, he and all Israel with
  him abandoned the law of the LORD. Because they
  had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of
  Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of
  King Rehoboam

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Freedom

• With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand
  horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans,
  Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from
  Egypt, he captured the fortified cities of Judah
  and came as far as Jerusalem...

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Freedom

• Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to
  the leaders of Judah who had assembled in
  Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to
  them, "This is what the LORD says, 'You have
  abandoned me therefore, I now abandon you to
  Shishak'"- 2 Chronicles 121-5

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Freedom

• Choosing to walk away from God meant choosing to
  leave the umbrella of his protection

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Freedom

• The leaders of Israel and the king humbled
  themselves and said, "The LORD is just." When
  the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this
  word of the LORD came to Shemaiah "Since they
  have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them
  but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath
  will not be poured out on Jerusalem through
  Shishak

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Freedom

• They will, however, become subject to him, so
  that they may learn the difference between
  serving me and serving the kings of other lands
  2 Chronicles 126-8

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Freedom

• All people serve. The only question is, who or
  what will they serve?