{"id":45284,"date":"2022-10-01T01:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/jeroboam-a-usurper-of-gods-authority-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:46:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:46:01","slug":"jeroboam-a-usurper-of-gods-authority-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/jeroboam-a-usurper-of-gods-authority-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeroboam \u2014 A Usurper Of God&#039;s Authority &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of several rulers of the Northern Kingdom of Israel was Jeroboam (926-909 B.C.). He is a prime example of one who usurped God&#8217;s authority and as a result, caused Israel to sin against the Lord (1 Kings 14:16; cf. 1 Kings 12:30 ; 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:2).<\/p>\n<p>His unauthorized activities are listed in 1 Kings 12:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corrupted the authorized worship of Jehovah through his &#8220;innovation&#8221; of setting up golden calves as objects of divine adoration and sacrifice (1 Kings 12:28 ; 1 Kings 12:32; compare with Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Changed the authorized place of service from Jerusalem to the cities of Bethel and Dan &#8211; all under the cloak of &#8220;convenience&#8221; (1 Kings 12:27-30).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Appointed priests from among tribes other than authorized tribe of Levi (1 Kings 12:31; cf. Numbers 3:5-10; Hebrews 7:14).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Changed the time of the feast of tabernacles from the seventh month, fifteenth day, to the eight month, fifteenth day (1 Kings 12:32; cf. Leviticus 23:33-34).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us further note that the source of this unauthorized worship came from Jeroboam&#8217;s &#8220;own heart&#8221; (1 Kings 12:33). As a result of his disobedience, God&#8217;s judgment was brought to pass as Jeroboam was defeated in battle by Abijah, the son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 13:1-20).<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is this: Anyone who usurps God&#8217;s authority, will end up facing God&#8217;s wrath and judgment (cf. Romans 2:5; Romans 2:8-9). Let us then take heed, lest we fall under the same condemnation as Jeroboam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No Substitutions!<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t Mess With The Target <\/li>\n<li>The Divine Pattern Of Acceptable Worship  Part 1<\/li>\n<li>The Divine Pattern Of Acceptable Worship  Part 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of several rulers of the Northern Kingdom of Israel was Jeroboam (926-909 B.C.). He is a prime example of one who usurped God&#8217;s authority and as a result, caused Israel to sin against the Lord (1 Kings 14:16; cf. 1 Kings 12:30 ; 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/jeroboam-a-usurper-of-gods-authority-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jeroboam \u2014 A Usurper Of God&#039;s Authority &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}