5. Idolatry is never without severe consequences. Take inventory to see if you have placed any possessions, relationships, or desires before the Lord. “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, pas- sion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col. 3:5). How will you get aggressive with these sins and put them to death?
DAY 4
God Sends His Prophets to Rebuke Bad Kings
While the southern kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and ruled by Solomon’s son Rehoboam, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was made up of the other ten tribes and ruled by Solomon’s servant Jeroboam. Unfortunately, most of the twenty kings who ruled over the Northern Kingdom of Israel were bad. While most of Judah’s kings were also bad, there were a few whom God considered good.
1. Read 1 Kings 12:26–33. What was Jeroboam’s concern about the temple’s location in Jerusalem, and what did he do about it?
2. What echo from Israel’s history do you hear in the words of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 12:28? (See also Ex. 32:4.)
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