Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

  

2 Kings 14:23-29

 

October 19, 2021

 

 

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.   And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.   He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.   For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.   But the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?  And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

 

If these verses were to have a title it might be “A covenant Keeper and Covenant breaker”

 

What if we move to the person we look at each morning in the mirror, have you entered into an eternal Covenant with Jesus Christ, if not today is a great day to do so.  It is more than a prayer, it is more than going to a church and walking down an aisle to talk with a preacher.  My experience was in a hotel room reading Romans 10:9-10 and coming to an understanding that I had not one thing God needed, but He was all I needed.  When I entered into Him, He gave me life in full, He gave me a new Spirit and the old man died, I was crucified with Christ, and I no longer live.  

Has it been an easy relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, no, because of my flesh?  The flesh is not what many think, it is your desire to do it your way, and when you enter into Christ He has equipped you with authority over your flesh, it is always your choice, to get what you want or what is best.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice