ENTERING A NEW SEASON

Prov. 8:13-21, Ps 96, 1 Chro. 12:32

1. What is it God will remember you for 2 Chro. 19:3

As King Jehoshaphat did 2 Chro. 17-19, Chap. 17:3, 19:4, 18:6,

20: 3-4

(a) Whose way are you following?

(b) Who do you consult when it becomes tough see 2 Chro. 18: 3-4. 6-8, 6-8 (v4, also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Isreal, “please inquire of the word of Lord today)

(c) Who did your fathers seek. 2 Chro. 20:3-4

* (17 v 7) In third year of his reign he sent his princes to teach in the cities of Judah. See Esther 1:3, the king of Susa gave a party, 2 Chro. 14:2-7, 2 Chro. 19:4, Jn 4:19-26, Jn. 5:1-5, Traditions Jn. 4:5.

* Not like Jeroboam 1 Kings. 12:31, but like David 2 Sam. 20:25, Zech. 14:20-21. Exd. 28:36-38, 41.

* (19 vs 4) And Jehosephat dwelt at Jerusalem and he went out again thought the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers. Lk 24:45-49, Mk. 16:15-20, Matt. 28:18-20.

*(17v 8) And with them he sent Levites and priest

* (18 v 4) And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel enquire I pray thee at the word of the Lord today. Isa. 31

* (18 v 6) But Jehoshapha said, is there not her a prophetic of the Lord besides that we might enquire of him?

Topics from 2 Chro. Chapter 17-19

1. Evangelize your Jerusalem your community is your Jerusalem. In Acts 17:16-33 copy flexible approach in NIV p2 1990, Acts 8:5-7, Acts 9:19-22, 26-28.

2. Cleanse your land of Idol, or God will send his angles as law enforcement agents against those who distress the land with idols and acts of wickedness 2 King 17:24-28, Isaiah 30:22-24

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3. Raise Elders unto God, Elder who knows God will do exploits community always in crisis leads to idolatry and occultism Paul to Elders Acts 20:17-21, How you live always, serving the Lord with great humility and passion in the midst of the plots preaching and teaching, it may cost you Acts 21:27-36 like paid neat death anytime there is a Christian minister in your community to see you let the elders to be present Acts, 21:18-26 as to hear and know what God is doing.

4. Give Leadership. The past is not an excuse for the failures of the resent Abimelech, Gideon’s son by a concubine in his over ambition to be king (an offer which even his father and had refused), Judges 8:22-23, killed all seventy of his legitimate brothers, except the youngest who ad hidden away, he secured a rulership of their community but he was a shameful and painful figure on Israel’s history (Judges 8-10). He fought against those who helped to install him, and he helped to destroy his own people. Jephthah had a worse past than Abimelech. In his case, he was an illegitimate son by a harlot. Where as in Abimelech’s case it was the ineligible that resisted and assassinated the legitimate son’s, in Jephtha’s case, it was he who was the victim that become a saviour. One victimized his brothers to have the throne; the other was victimized by his brothers who wanted the throne of leadership. He forgave them all.