Jeroboam Makes A Religion

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• I Kings 1225-33

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Background

• Enter Land Under Joshua
• Ruled by Judges
• Desired a King
• Saul, David, Solomon
• Rehoboam Refuses to Lighten the Load The
  Kingdom Divides
• Jeroboam Granted 10 Tribes

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God, Ch.1226
• What God Did Say, Ch.1129-31, 38
• Doubt Unbelief Rom.1120
• Every Apostasy, Every Compromise, Every Departure
  From the Old Paths

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God
• The Source Is Human Wisdom Vs.26, 28, 33
• Never Asked What Does God Say? What Does The Law
  Teach? What Does the Bible Say?
• Prov.1412
• Col.28, 18-23
• Matt.159

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God
• The Source is Human Wisdom
• His Motivation To Devise a Religion Ch.1226-27
• Carnal - Fleshly Reasons Fear, Greed
• To Be Seen of Men, Popularity, Mt.235-7
  Mt.61-18
• Greed, Mt.2314, 2Pet.21-3
• Preeminence, 3 John 9
• Tradition Bound, Col.28

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God
• The Source Is Human Wisdom
• His Motivation To Devise a Religion
• The Appeal to The People Vs.28
• Choose the Calf of Your Choice
• Worship Is Worship
• Lets Not Get Bogged Down With Names and Places
• Lower The Standard - Lower the Bar

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God
• The Source Is Human Wisdom
• His Motivation To Devise a Religion
• The Appeal to The People
• It is Like The Real Thing, vs.32
• Illustration Pass a 16 or 25 Dollar Bill?
• Time, Priests, House, Sacrifices, Incense

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Jeroboam Makes A Religion

• Root - Lack of Faith in the Word of God
• The Source Is Human Wisdom
• His Motivation To Devise a Religion
• The Appeal to The People
• It is Like The Real Thing
• Grows Worse and Worse, vs.30
• Ch.1334 1416 1530, 34
• 2 Tim.313
• Hole in the Dike - Snowball Effect

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Let Us Speak Where the Bible Speaks, and Let us
Be Silent Where the Bible is Silent, 1Pet.411,
Heb.714
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The Plan of Salvation

• Hear the Gospel of Christ, Rom.1017
• Believe in Jesus Christ, Jn.316
• Repent and Turn to God, Acts 1730
• Confess Jesus Before Men, Rom.109-10
• Baptized in Water, Ac.2216
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• Grow And Be Faithful, 2Pet.318
• If Err From The Way Repent and Pray God Acts
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