WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:13.560 Hey, good morning everyone, Welcome to The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:17.000 My name is Jeff. Well, my name is Jeff. 6 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:19.000 Oh see, I didn't know how you're going to react. 7 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:23.600 And you, Chris? Is that it? Yeah, it's a rough, 8 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.480 rough start to the show today. It's not going to 9 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:27.640 be any better than this people. 10 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.000 No, no, no, my name is Chris, This is Jeff. 11 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:31.719 We are the Bible Guys, and we just want to 12 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.039 thank you for faithfully tuning in. 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.240 Yes, it's going to be a good day. It is 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:37.719 a good good day. Yeah. 15 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:39.280 In fact, we're going to start off with a really 16 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:40.880 fun segment called would you rather? 17 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.320 Oh? Which is? I think? I think your favorite is 18 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:44.840 your favorite? 19 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.640 Yeah, because it's just always fun. 20 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.399 Everybody else's favorite is what made Chris mad this week? 21 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.159 And when you sing good morning? No oh yeah, yeah 22 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:53.200 that's true. 23 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.439 Okay, I'll take the first one. Would you rather, Jeff, 24 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.159 always have a mullet haircut. 25 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:04.120 Or always have a man bun mullet haircut? Oh you 26 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:05.359 don't have to think twice about that. 27 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:09.120 Well, not even twice, not even for a second. And 28 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.959 by the way, if you're a person who has a 29 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.400 man bun cut it, I'm sure it looks cut it. 30 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:16.879 The thing is a man bun. 31 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.040 I was about to say, I was about saying, no 32 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.000 offense or it looks good on you though, No, but 33 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:25.159 you're like, get rid. 34 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.200 Of get rid of it. Yeah. Yeah, both of these 35 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.799 are bad choices, but there's one that's a significantly worse 36 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:30.319 choice in the. 37 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.040 Oh, my goodness, tell us how you really feel. 38 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.959 So here's how I feel. I think mullet haircut guy, Yeah, 39 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.000 drives a big pickup truck, has cut off sleeves. Well, 40 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.280 there's a reason why there's a stereotype. And he's like, right, right, 41 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.159 just right here, hold my beer, I'm going to go 42 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.239 do this thing, right right, He's just gonna And I 43 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.599 think that the man bun guy is sitting in a 44 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:54.200 coffee shop sip sipping on a cha right right and 45 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:55.519 with extra foam. 46 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:58.439 Right and he and he's and he's probably not a 47 00:01:58.439 --> 00:01:59.719 guy that you would hang out with. 48 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.480 HM anyways in general, Yes, yeah, well you me. You're 49 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.560 talking about me specifically, not actually not our listeners. Actually 50 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:09.560 I'm talking about. 51 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.080 Me too specifically to be honest with you. 52 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:16.039 Okay, so hey, I've hung out with people's want to 53 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:17.800 say it, but we have a friend. We have a 54 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.960 friend who wears a man bun sometimes. I used to 55 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:20.960 wear a man bun sometimes. 56 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.400 Oh yeah, he was a great guy. 57 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:23.919 Yeah he got a couple. 58 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:25.039 All right. 59 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.199 They just make bad choices, that's all. You look at 60 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.520 a person and go, you're really really great guy. He 61 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.080 just make a band. I just wondering if we should 62 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:38.879 start this over. He's listening. He knows. You know. Would 63 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:41.560 you rather never be able to use the internet again? 64 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.240 Or never be able to watch TV or movies again? 65 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:46.039 Oh? 66 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:48.080 That ball. 67 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.360 I like movies, but it's the it's the internet. 68 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.240 That's that is it, and this is never and it's 69 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:53.919 for you only. 70 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.680 Okay, I'm gonna say I I'd rather never be able 71 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.479 to watch movie or TVs. 72 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.680 Wow, why are you going to try to watch movies 73 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:04.400 on the internet? 74 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:04.960 There it is? 75 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.479 Yeah, I see, but it says you can't watch them anyways. 76 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:09.639 No, I'm not looking for a workaround. 77 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.199 I just think that there's no way I could selfishly 78 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:17.800 make an entertainment choice over a over a you know what, 79 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:18.960 the world choice? 80 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:19.800 No, it's for you. 81 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:22.000 It just says you, Oh, I want the Internet for 82 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:23.280 my life, for your life. 83 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.560 Yes, yeah, yeah, Well I lived for forty years without 84 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.080 the Internet. 85 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.199 It's true, right, not forty. 86 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:32.360 Thirty thirty something years. 87 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:33.759 Well it came out in like ninety four. 88 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.039 Yeah, well I didn't start using it till ninety seven. 89 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:41.319 There you go. So yeah, so yeah, okay that was 90 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:42.319 that was a terrible one. 91 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:44.639 Yeah right, yeah, yeah, yeah, so I would go I 92 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.840 would go without the Internet. Holy Christmas, I think the 93 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.080 world's better without it. Okay, okay. 94 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.159 Would you rather live in a world where everyone has 95 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:56.840 to wear roller skates or where everyone has to hop 96 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:58.439 everywhere like frogs? 97 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.439 Oh? Roller skates? Oh? Definitely? 98 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.240 First of all, hopping everywhere like frogs? Have you ever 99 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:04.680 tried that? 100 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:07.599 No? I have not. I mean I've hopped like a 101 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:09.960 frock before. But I mean, like tried to. 102 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.800 Try working out like where where they make you do lunges, even. 103 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:19.399 You would be like this, Yeah, your quads just ridiculous. 104 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.439 Would you rather have a voice that only sounds like 105 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.560 a chipmunk or have a voice that sounds like a 106 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:25.399 cartoon character. 107 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:28.120 By the way, chipmunks who talk are. 108 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:32.680 Cartoon cartoon characters. That's correct, Yes, So did you. 109 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.120 Ever see a person groove? Were you right around a bit? 110 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.480 Yeah? Squeak, squeak, squeakable, right, all right. 111 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.680 Two is I would have to pick cartoon character because 112 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.279 Chipmunk is it's pretty rough. 113 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.839 For me too, that's pretty rough. What cartoon character would 114 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:59.759 you choose a voice of? Uh? Johnny Bravo a very much, 115 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:08.800 he's got the Elvis voice. One okay, all right, I 116 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:15.240 was gonna say, what's the rooster onnhorn? Leghorn? Yeah, but 117 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:23.720 he always repeats that'd be terrible. That's great, okay, And 118 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.839 then I'm reading the last one. 119 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.360 Would you rather have your eyebrows constantly sing? What would 120 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:32.600 you rather have your eyebrows constantly sing? 121 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:33.639 I have the tiger? 122 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:38.759 Or have your belly button randomly play elevator music? 123 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.639 That is one of the strangest. This may be a 124 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:48.399 new low on this show. That is what do you think? 125 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:51.759 Wow? 126 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.519 Holy I would say eyebrows singing the tiger, not. 127 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:01.399 Me, because everybody is gonna be fixating on your eyebrows. 128 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:02.480 At least in the ard button. 129 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:03.360 You can just hide it. 130 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:04.920 Yeah, it'd be people would think you had like a 131 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.360 little speaker. Yeah, yeah, it's just like and you can 132 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.160 fall asleep to elevator music be hard at like two 133 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:12.079 o'clock in the monc. 134 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:25.160 You're not sick, you be that song at least elevator music. 135 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.000 You know it's it's sort of in the background. 136 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.759 Yeah, just being the baker. Okay, I'm going to change 137 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:32.720 my answer. Well, no, you can't elevate a music. I can't. No, No, 138 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.079 I'm struggling for the rest of my life. 139 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:35.879 I would have ever thought that I would have chosen 140 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:37.720 to go without movies and you would chose to go 141 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.000 out of the internet. People to predicted the opposite of that. Yeah, 142 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:42.079 I just I was trying to. 143 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.240 Be practical, trying to be practical, and you're like, we 144 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.319 don't need it, we don't need it, we don't want it, 145 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.519 we don't want it. I'm an old fuddy duddy. That's 146 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:51.160 a super cool word. Yeah. 147 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:52.800 Did you ever see Jingle all the Way? 148 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:55.720 Yes, where he says we don't have any turbo Man's 149 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.319 but we have their sidekick Booster, and the mail man goes, 150 00:06:58.360 --> 00:06:59.519 we don't want it, Yeah, we. 151 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.480 Don't want it. Well, so here's the thing with my choice. 152 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:04.360 If I hadn't seen Jingle all the Way, I could 153 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.920 what Oh, but with your choice. You can never see 154 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:08.279 it again. 155 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:10.759 Yeah, well it's in my mind. 156 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:14.720 Yeah, just keep rehearsing it over and over again. 157 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.279 Way back in movies constantly play back in my mind. 158 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.079 Anyway, So there's an amazing thing that happened. What's that 159 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.680 we had been talking about? How we thought we would 160 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.560 go back and revisit yep, Proverbs chapter thirty one. Oh, 161 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:34.199 and we're not today. Oh Solomon dies. He slipped up 162 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.839 and died on us. Oh, so we skipped it apparently, 163 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:39.759 so our listeners should read Proverbs thirty one. 164 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:44.040 You know what that is a divided opinion and speaking 165 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:48.079 of dividing. Oh, we're going to be talking about how 166 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.600 the Northern and the Southern kingdoms are divided. 167 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.199 Okay, so we're going to continue this. Okay, very good. Yes, 168 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.079 terrible transitions is one of our big goals. Yes, twenty 169 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:58.600 twenty five. 170 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:00.800 Yesccomplished it today. 171 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.879 Yes, yes, and last week we did last week too. Okay. 172 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:07.480 So we are in First Kings, chapter twelve, and Solomon 173 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:12.839 has died. Wow, that the nation had been held together 174 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:16.639 under his very strong rule. Yes, but it starts to 175 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:21.079 crumble very quickly. Yeah. And so there's two guys in 176 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:23.920 this story Raya Boem and Jeroboam. 177 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:26.680 I love how those names are awful. 178 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:29.319 Yes, so Raya Boem. 179 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:31.959 It sounds like twins, like people are being cute with twins. 180 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:35.960 That's correct, Yeah, ray Boham and Jeroboe Yeah okay, so 181 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:36.879 don't do that to your. 182 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.279 Kids, like you know, you name your kids like Jillian 183 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.600 and Joel. Yes, there you go, they're paternal. 184 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.840 Or like George and George and George and George and 185 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:51.120 Daryl brother Darryl. Was George Foreman named like five of 186 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.799 his kids George. That's great, that's crazy, that's awesome. Okay. Anyways, 187 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.000 here we go. In First Kings, chapter twelve, verse one, 188 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.759 it says Rae Boham went to Shechem, where all Israel 189 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.440 had gathered to make him king. And when Jeroboam, son 190 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.080 of Nebat, heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for 191 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.960 he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. Okay, 192 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:14.000 so Raya Baoam is Solomon's son. Jeroboam is the guy 193 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:16.679 that God said, hey, you're going to take Solomon's place. 194 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.759 Remember when we talked about that a few weeks ago. 195 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:23.759 So the leaders of Israel summoned him and Jereboam and 196 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:26.320 the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Raya Boham. 197 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.519 Your father was a hard master, They said, lighten the 198 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:32.679 harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed 199 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.159 on us, and then we will be your loyal subjects. 200 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.639 Raya Boam replied, give me three days to think this 201 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.159 over and then come back from my answer. So the 202 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.519 people went away. Then King Raye Boham discussed the matter 203 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.360 with the older man who had counseled his father Solomon. 204 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.960 What's your advice? He asked, how should I answer these people? 205 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.559 And the older counselors replied, if you are willing to 206 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:54.120 be a servant to these people today and give them 207 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:57.519 a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects. 208 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.960 But Raye Boham rejected the advice of the older man 209 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.399 and instead asked the opinion of the young men who'd 210 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.480 grown up with him and were now his advisers. What's 211 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:07.200 your advice? He asked them, how should I answer these 212 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.200 people who want me to lighten the burden imposed by 213 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.519 my father. The young man replied, this is what you 214 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.360 should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden. My 215 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.480 little finger is thicker than my father's waist. Yes, my 216 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.320 father laid heavy burdens on you, but I'm going to 217 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.039 make them even heavier. My father beat you with whips, 218 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.799 but I will beat you with scorpions. Three days later, 219 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.759 Jereboam and all the people returned to hear Raye Bauham's decision, 220 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:31.279 just as the king had ordered. But Rey Boham spoke 221 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.120 harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of 222 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.200 the older counselors and followed the council of his younger advisers. 223 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.639 He told the people, my father laid heavy burdens on you, 224 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:41.720 but I'm going to make them even heavier. My father 225 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.960 beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions. 226 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.240 So the king paid no attention to the people, and 227 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.639 this turn of events was the will of the Lord 228 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.720 for fulfill the Lord's message to Jereboam's son of Nebat 229 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.919 through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh. When all Israel realized 230 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:56.559 that the king had refused to listen to them, they 231 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.039 responded down with the dynasty of David, we have no 232 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.159 interest in the son of Jesse. Back to your homes, Israel. 233 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.639 Look out for your own house, oh David, so the 234 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.120 people of Israel returned home, but Ray Boham continued to 235 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:11.360 rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah. 236 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.600 King Rae Boham Adam and Niram, who was in charge 237 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.559 of the labor force to restore order, but the people 238 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:20.639 of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached 239 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:22.840 King Raa Boam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and 240 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:25.399 fled to Jerusalem, and to this day, the northern times 241 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.679 of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant 242 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:31.080 of David. When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam's 243 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.720 returned from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him 244 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:36.840 king over all Israel, so only the tribe of Judah 245 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:42.159 remained loyal to the family of David. Wow and Benjamin 246 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.519 just a bunch of So Judah and Benjamin teamed up 247 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:48.840 together because remember we talked about that, I think one 248 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:50.679 of the other episodes, how Benjamin is always kind of 249 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.320 lumped in with Judah as such a tiny little and 250 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:55.360 surrounded by I. 251 00:11:55.279 --> 00:12:02.240 Think maybe you you're trying a long time ago back. Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, 252 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.559 there's just a bunch of bickering and politics. 253 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.879 And it's a shame. He didn't have to have this happen, right, 254 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:15.200 So Raye Boham is Solomon's son and becomes king after 255 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.919 Solomon dies, and Jeroboam is the guy that God had 256 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.600 already told through the prophet, Hey, you're going to be 257 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:24.039 the next king, but was hiding out in Egypt. 258 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.039 So Raa Bauam should not have been king. 259 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.159 He was never going to be king except for the 260 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.679 fact that God had told Jerebo or had told Solomon, Hey, listen, 261 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:37.440 you're going to lose your kingdom because you're building these 262 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.240 temples to false gods to appease your wives, and so 263 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:43.279 he said, but to honor your father, I'm not going 264 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.399 to take it from you, but your family will not 265 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:47.919 rule all of Israel. I'm just going to leave you Judah, 266 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:54.159 and what's the other little tribe, Benjamin Benjamin. Yeah, Judah, Benjamin, 267 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.720 you're going to keep and the other ten are going 268 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.519 to leave you. And sure enough, here it is. This 269 00:12:58.559 --> 00:12:59.279 is when it happens. 270 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:07.440 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, there's all these little notes. 271 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:11.519 Here in the Life of Clesian study Bible, and it 272 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.799 says Rare Boham was made king at Shechem about thirty 273 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:17.039 five miles north of Jerusalem. 274 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.519 It would have been normal to anoint. 275 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:21.919 The new king in Jerusalem the capital city, but Reeboam 276 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:25.279 saw trouble brewing with Jerobom and went north to try 277 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.919 to maintain good relations with the northern tribes. He probably 278 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.279 chose Shechem because it was an ancient location for making 279 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:34.799 covenants see Joshua twenty four. 280 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:35.120 Yeah. 281 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.120 When the kingdom divided, Shecham became the capital of the 282 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.679 Northern Kingdom for a short time. 283 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.039 Yeah. 284 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.279 Yeah, Shechem was an important town. Samuel worked out of there. 285 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.480 There were a lot of you know, it was a 286 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.879 secondary city to Jerusalem. So if Jerusalem wasn't available, then 287 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:55.120 Shechem would be the next natural leadership place. But you know, 288 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:59.000 I think the sad thing here is rae Boam had 289 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.720 a chance chance to take it if you had listened 290 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.679 to a wise counsel. So as you read Solomon in Proverbs, 291 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.519 Solomon says, hey, with with the multitude of counselors, there's safety. 292 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:14.960 Solomon says with uh, with uh, you know, you make 293 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.360 your plans and get good counsel and and God will 294 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.200 guide your footsteps. And so there's so many, so many 295 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:24.919 times when Solomon advises get good counsel. And so a 296 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:26.919 lot of people think when they read that that just 297 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:30.480 means get counsel. But clearly here there's good counsel and 298 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.360 bad country. 299 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.559 Right, right, right, So not all counsel is right. 300 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:38.000 Yeah, not all your friends are are are have the 301 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.639 kind of wisdom that you need to guide your life. 302 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:44.159 I gotta I gotta tell you the uh. I just 303 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:46.320 came across this, So you're you're literally saying this, I 304 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.360 don't keep your thoughts if you had word to say. 305 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:50.559 That, I have lots of funck. 306 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.039 But I just literally came across this where this woman 307 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.120 and this guy are getting a divorce and I've known 308 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.600 them for years and years and years, and the wife 309 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.279 is getting advice from all of her friends. I shouldn't say, oh, 310 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.480 I should say a couple of her main friends, and 311 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:16.639 they're encouraging divorce and it's bad. 312 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.879 Advice, but it's all based on their lives. 313 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:24.720 So in other words, like her friends have been through divorce, 314 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.360 and you know they're talking about oh yeah, freedom and 315 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.639 you know, you deserve to be free again and all 316 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.600 these kinds of things. And so they're basically feeding this advice. 317 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.840 And so the guy who's my friend comes to me 318 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.279 and says, hey, what can I do? 319 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.759 Like? What can I do? Like? 320 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:46.600 She's not getting the right advice, and I'm not sure 321 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.679 there's much that I can do. So I'm going to try. 322 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:51.039 I'm going to try my very best to speak. You know, 323 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.720 hopefully my voice carries weight in her life. But I'm 324 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.799 just thinking to myself, geez, it is so important to 325 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:02.080 put yourself around right kind of friends, not only for advice, 326 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.840 but just for influence, I mean everything, because it does. 327 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.879 It doesn't just start with one piece of advice, right, 328 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.679 it is. It permeates. It's the tapestry of our lives 329 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.639 that that that just get woven together and every little 330 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.639 subtle thing that we pick up. It has to do 331 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.039 with walking with wise men shall be wise. It has 332 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.679 to do with, you know, surrounding yourself with godly people, 333 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:27.679 the influences of our lives to inspire us and lead 334 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:30.519 us versus those who would drag us down, you know, 335 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.159 being around people that you want to be like. I mean, 336 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.279 these are all really important principles that we should put 337 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.120 into place, and we need to recognize that there are 338 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:43.440 negative influences. And we may say ourselves we're strong, we 339 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:45.960 won't listen to them. We won't left their lives influence ours, 340 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:51.200 but inevitably, over time, sometimes you just you just don't 341 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.799 recognize it. 342 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:56.799 Yeah, well, it's it's amazing to me how clusters of 343 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:00.120 friends go through divorce. Right, Have you ever noticed that? 344 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.519 It's amazing how you watch a group of friends and 345 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:05.160 they're all really close, and then all of a sudden, 346 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.799 one one gets divorced, and then not long after, another 347 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.319 one gets divorced, and then another one, and then they're 348 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.119 all cheering on the last one that hasn't gotten divorce yet. Right, 349 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.279 it's amazing. Oh, come and be free. Right now, we're 350 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:18.960 all miserable, and we're all drinking too much, and we're 351 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:20.680 all out on the party scene, and we're all neglecting 352 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:23.160 our kids, and we're all right, all that stuff's happening too, 353 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.960 But misery loves company, loves it, and so so we 354 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.480 want you to be miserable too. We don't want to 355 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:30.839 be happy. And you know, it goes back to that phrase. 356 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:32.160 I say it all the time. My dad used to 357 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.680 say it all the time. You either are right now 358 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:36.160 or as soon shall be, just like the crowd you 359 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.799 run with. And so if you want what the people 360 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.200 around you are getting keep hanging out with them. If 361 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.200 you don't want what they then you need are living. 362 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.640 Then you need to live a different life, right, and 363 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.039 you get different group of friends. So anyways, he had 364 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:52.039 this opportunity and instead he kind of, uh, this is 365 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.480 an opportunity for servant leadership. So I think that the 366 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:56.720 greatest thing. You read what the old men said, right, 367 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:01.039 the old man said, if you're willing to be a 368 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.960 servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, 369 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.160 they'll always be your loyal subjects. Now, I would not 370 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:09.359 say that. I think that the people always know what's 371 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.359 best for them, right. The people people don't always know 372 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:16.119 what's best, not really, But in this situation, it wouldn't 373 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:18.039 have been hard for Raybaum to look at it and go, 374 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:22.119 they're right. My dad has worked these people hard for 375 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:24.920 forty years. This has been a really hard time. He 376 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.039 collected heavy taxes because he built this giant temple. He 377 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.480 also built, you know, one of the richest buildings ever made. 378 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.920 He also built the palaces. He also you know, built 379 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:39.759 all these other cities and infrastructure. He taxed them hard, 380 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:43.240 and he worked them very hard. So if rea Baum 381 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.119 had thought, you know, what I'm gonna I'm gonna step 382 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.839 it back a little. You know, he's not saying I'm 383 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:49.559 not going to tax you anymore. He's not saying I'm 384 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.839 not going to expect you to produce and continue to 385 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.240 build the kingdom. But if he decided, okay, you know what, 386 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:58.200 the other wise men who also knew my father, they're recommending, Hey, 387 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.720 let's let's s dial it back a tick. Let's you 388 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.559 take fifteen percent off. And I think the people would 389 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:05.240 have went, okay, thank you. You know, you gave us 390 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:08.319 a margin. We get Fridays off, now we're Saturdays off instead. 391 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.640 He says, did you ever get whipped with a scorpion? 392 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.200 Yeah, exactly, you thought whipper. Yeah, my little finger is 393 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.480 thicker than my father's waist, right, that's what he's saying. 394 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.680 I'm way tougher than my dad. And so this idea 395 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.680 of servant leadership, there is something to that. If you're 396 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.960 a leader, whether what almost everybody has leadership or influence 397 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:29.119 over somebody, whether it's your children or your grandchildren, or 398 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:34.920 your neighbor or your coworkers or whatever. Servant leadership serving 399 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:39.880 your people will elevate you. Taking from your people will 400 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:43.079 eventually cause your people to rebel against you. And so 401 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:45.599