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Chapter 2 – The Kingdom Divided: The Discipline of Lost Blessing

Jan 1998 - Mar 1998
Sermons in this series
Lesson 81 – Divine Chastening, 1 Samuel 12, Summary of the Next 300 Years
Thu, Mar 05, 1998
by Charles Clough
Passage: 1 Samuel 12
Series: Chapter 2 – The Kingdom Divided: The Discipline of Lost Blessing
Duration: 1 hr 16 mins 28 secs
The divided kingdom. Fallen man, entrusted with total power, will always become a tyrant. Samuel’s farewell address to the nation. What should be the source of our motivation to obey God? Sin reinterprets our circumstances according to the flesh. The biblical meaning of election. How God chastens His people. How believers train their flesh in unrighteousness. God will not permit His elect people to damage themselves irreparably. Questions and answers.
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Lesson 80 – Review: History and Resulting Doctrines; Suffering, Sanctification, Chastening
Thu, Feb 26, 1998
by Charles Clough
Series: Chapter 2 – The Kingdom Divided: The Discipline of Lost Blessing
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins 32 secs
Very little of the New Testament is new. Only in Judeo-Christianity does God make contracts with human beings. The believer is to trust first, then obey. The Saul model and the David model of leadership compared. Trusting God’s character and that He has a purpose in suffering. Reasons for suffering. The focus of sanctification. Questions and answers.
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Lesson 79 – 1 Kings 18: Mt. Carmel, 1 Kings 21: Naboth’s Vineyard and Eminent Domain
Thu, Feb 12, 1998
by Charles Clough
Passage: 1 Kings 18 & 1 Kings 21
Series: Chapter 2 – The Kingdom Divided: The Discipline of Lost Blessing
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 40 secs
Elijah and the test on Mount Carmel. Being a false prophet was a capital offense. God runs the nation of Israel as a good father runs his family. Property ownership in God’s kingdom. True revival reflects Who God is, not what people are doing. The ends of Ahab and Jezebel. Questions and answers.
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Lesson 78 – Divided Kingdom – 1 Kings 16–18, Tests for True Prophets
Thu, Feb 05, 1998
by Charles Clough
Passage: 1 Kings 16-18
Series: Chapter 2 – The Kingdom Divided: The Discipline of Lost Blessing
Duration: 1 hr 17 mins 11 secs
A picture of how God rules His own. God takes authority structures, inside His kingdom, very seriously. The Southern and Northern Kingdoms compared. Human solutions, in defiance of the Word of God, collapse of their own weight. How to tell a true prophet from a false prophet. God’s plans don’t change. Jeroboam establishes a man-made religion with a biblical vocabulary. Elijah, Ahab, and Jezebel. The gospel of Baal proven feckless. Questions and answers.
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