Sin is to blame for it all.

1. Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
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781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
www.rossvillechurch.com
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
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?

4. 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.
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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.

6. David committed sins, but he was always quick to
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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.

7. 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
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nation.
Solomon’s pride

8. Sin brought defeat to the nation.
Solomon had left the nation one of the richest
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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.

9. 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.
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Bronze replaced gold.
Not much of a trade.

10. 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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11. God had given peace and prosperity to the nation
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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.
Now his son followed the teaching
of his mother into sin.
Repentance is the only hope!

12. 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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13. 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.
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Repent today!

14. 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
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and brings blessing beyond measure.

15. 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
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loss to Israel.
Repentance would bring gain
beyond measure.

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Families restored
Choose
to
Forsake
sin
It’s all through repentance.

17. 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.
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God will forgive your every sin.
Turn to Him, be truly sorrowful for your sins, and
ask God to forgive in Jesus’ Name.

18. What one generation tolerates, the next
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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!