The corrections of the Lord for His people can be through analysis, instruction, conviction or discipline. These facts belong to God’s children. We must not leave the training in our faith if we are to grow in the faith.
The Divided Kingdom
Here are two types of leaders that caused grief for everyone else. Rehoboam the amateur king and Jeroboam the seekerfriendly king. Rehoboam was weak; Jeroboam was an apostate. However, some took their stand for Yahweh.
Christian Living
Having written a brief review of faithful believers, the writer now connects the lives they lived by faith with our own Christian living by faith. He points to the Superiority of Christ, to Whom we look, His triumph for us.
The Amateur King
Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, is now king of Israel. He will forever stand as a lesson against arrogance, and downright stupidity. He is remembered for discarding the wise, listening to the ignorant and splitting the kingdom.
Deliverance and Endurance
The record of deliverance by faith continues, then, abruptly, those who were not delivered in this life but endured by faith are marched before us; nameless on paper but not in heaven — before and after Messiah.
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