2 Chronicles 10:6-11
INTRODUCTION: It is election time, and the smear campaigns
are on. You cannot trust even the news
cast. If you read a few history books
you find every president and every representative had lives filled with,
adultery, backroom deals, and deceit, motivated by power, lust, or greed. Even churches suffer these same things. Solomon’s life was filled with it too. In his quest to gain wisdom, knowledge,
wealth and power, he failed in his relationship to God and in parenting. Solomon had laid a heavy burden upon the
people. People needed a show of good
faith. But Solomon’s son Rehoboam who
inherits all of Solomon’s wealth wants even more. Solomon failed to teach his son to lead the
people. This one event starts the spiral
downward that will take Israel and split it then lead both the northern and
southern kingdoms into exile. Rehoboam embodies all of Solomon’s fears and has
learned nothing from his father.
A. Solomon shows some
of his fears in Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 1:17&18 The human condition. Wars, greed, deceit, man’s inhumanity to man.
Ecclesiastes 2:13&14 at the end of the game the king and the pawn
both go back in the same box
Ecclesiastes 2:17-21 Any good we have built will be left in the
hands of another
B. What he should
have taught Rehoboam
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 God has made everything beautiful in His time
He has put eternity in our hearts, the knowledge of
something greater
Yet while we can know about heaven we never grasp what God
has done or is doing
Be satisfied with the simple joy of today
Everything God does will last and we cannot change that
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Fear God,
Keep His commandments
Everything will be judged by God
C. What will the United States be like?
Not wealth, a secure dollar or the lack of debt
Power, military might, weapons and solders, or sanctions
Technology, scientific knowledge
How we live each day
What we teach our children
Most of all our relationship to Jesus passed on to the next generation.
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