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In the Lord’s Sight

Yahweh wanted to be King of His people and make a place for them. They rejected Him, and He warned them. He gave them what they wanted, and they became enslaved like everyone else. In 1 & 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, people are faced with choices. Would they continue to reject the Lord and create their own high places of worship, or return to the Lord and His rightful place of worship? Would they do what was right IN THE LORD'S SIGHT as written in His word, or what was evil IN THE LORD'S SIGHT that seemed to work in the world? We face the same choices today...IN THE LORD'S SIGHT. #1kings #2kings #2chronicles #2023

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The Bible has a lot to say about the HEART. The HEART is deceitful above all else. We have hard HEARTS of stone that God wants to change into soft HEARTS of flesh. Everything flows from the HEART from our thoughts to our words and actions. Eventually what is in your HEART will come out, whether it’s of God or not of God. We are to love God with all our HEART.

READ Deuteronomy 17:14-20, 1 Samuel 8:5-10, 8:18-9:2, 16:7, 13

  1. God did not want His people to have a King. Why?
  2. What excuse did the people give to Samuel for not wanting to follow him or trust God to raise up someone after him?
    1. How do we tend to have the same HEART toward leadership?
  3. How does the people’s HEART motive for wanting a King expose our HEART’S motive for what we want?
  4. Why do you think God allows you to have or pursue what He doesn’t want for you?
  5. Discuss why God told Samuel to give them what they wanted, AND to tell them the very clearly the reality of that commitment for themselves and future generations?
  6. Once the people made the decision to go down the earthly King route, there was no turning back. What does 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles reveal about how their desire for a King to fix their problems worked out?
  7. We are always looking for earthly relationships to save us.
    1. What do the people say they are looking to get from a King?
    2. How do we look to get these same kinds of things from relationships instead walking with God as righteous patient servants?
  8. How does God turn around the mess of this decision for a King for His plan and purpose? How can that encourage us?
  9. What were Kings not supposed to do? …supposed to do? Why?