2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. Rehoboam did evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord Translations: “did not set his heart…” (ESV, NASV, NIV) “set not his heart…” (ASV” “did not want to obey the Lord” (NCV) “did not seek the Lord with all his heart” (NLT) “was not determined to follow the Lord” (NET) “applied not his heart to seek Jehovah” (Darby) When the heart is prepared: Do not do evil (2 Chron. 12:14) Prosper (2 Chron. 26:5)

Preparing the Heart to Seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 12:14

Preparing the Heart Seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 12:14 The Prelude to Seeking Preparing the Heart to Seek the Lord

2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. The Prelude to Seeking

The Prelude to Seeking Attitude Action Produces Evil comes from heart (Matt. 15:19) As man thinks so is he (Prov. 23:7) Out of heart are issues (Prov. 4:23)

The Prelude to Seeking Prepared Seek If one does not seek the Lord Produces The Prelude to Seeking If one does not seek the Lord His heart is not ready for that

Preparing the Heart Seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 12:14 The Prelude to Seeking The Failure of Rehoboam Preparing the Heart to Seek the Lord

The Failure of Rehoboam His Story 2 Chron. 10-12 1 Kings 12-14 Became King The Failure of Rehoboam Upon the death of Solomon 2 Chron. 9:31-10:1 1 Kings 11:43-12:1

Never was Right in his Religion Rejected wise counsel (10:6-8a) Listened to wrong crowd (10:8b-14) Dug heels in (11:1-12) Forsook law (12:1, 5) Inferior substitutes (12:10) Tolerated sin (1 Kings 14:22-24) The Failure of Rehoboam Never was Right in his Religion Did not completely cast off God (i.e. humbled himself? (12:6-8) Didn’t pray for wisdom (as Solomon did) Didn’t seek God’s will

Preparing the Heart Seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 12:14 The Prelude to Seeking The Failure of Rehoboam The How of Preparation Preparing the Heart to Seek the Lord

The How of Preparation With the whole heart (2 Chron. 25:2) Turn to the Lord first (2 Chron. 16:12) Delight in law (2 Chron. 19:3; 20:3; cf. 17:6) Determined to please Lord (2 Chron. 27:6) Correct wrong (2 Chron. 30:19; Job. 11:13-14; 1 Sam. 7:3) Learn what Lord wants (Ezra 7:10) The How of Preparation

Preparing the Heart Seek the Lord 2 Chronicles 12:14 The Prelude to Seeking The Failure of Rehoboam The How of Preparation Preparing the Heart to Seek the Lord