Rheoboam--tho king

Jeroboam, the rebel
THE BLINDNESE 0F INJUSTICE

The symbol of Justice is always blindfolded
To signify impartiality
But injustice is often based on inatility to see the truth.
And because of the blindness of lentboam, Israel we: divided.
Solomon had been an energetic and resourceful ruler.
In his building, he u;ed a man named Jeroboam
And Solomon became ruthless
Lke tLe ohinese today, national glory the first goal.
While Solomon still lchd, Jeroboam led a revolt of the 1 tribes.
It failed, and he fled to pt.
Xow Rheoroam is crowned-~1n Bhec em--in the Northern kingdom
Story of Jeroboam in £5ypt--Pharohs wife's sister to wife
But shortly be comes back, ruilde fort at Zeredah.
he i: made spokesman
He leads no great battle of uxtlsipinnx reli ioue reform
The people want less taxes, less forced abor 
Rheoboam follows the forms his father & grandfather had set 
Consult with experienced advisers. /40P/
But like youth, he has difficulty in accepting their advice
So the 2 12 trites are separated, the kingdom is destroyed, a
civil war begins, Solomon had sown the wind and Rehoboam
has reaped the whirlwind.
These passagcs are full of lessons:

1. There is a day of rcckoning.1::xxiixlxiix
If we spend money we do not have, bankruptcy and discredit.
If we give hate we get hate-~and hatred is so easy
If e fill our lives with sensualit as Solomon...
we don't "get away with sin' in God s world--if we think so
we are more foolish then Rehohoaz. 3000 years experience.
Rehehoam thought he could have his own way-~others had it.
Hitler & Mussolini thought hhey could
Douglas Zelly, the psychiatrist who examined criminals
at Nurenbur5--not an "insane Joe" in the crowd.
They Just had no moral concepts.
The Chinese think they can
Perhaps on the grounds the ends Justifies the means'
It will become pure deapctism
Just as BumE elements of the tabor movement hove today.
What of our own lives

What sins are we living in the belief that we can ;et asay wih
them?

Are we harboring, hatred, envy, jealousy, lust, greed?
It will come home to roost.
_. The primacy of the spiritual factor.
We all have a religion. Comes from Latin "to bind'. Whatever
we tie to, that is our religion.
Kruschev has a reli,ion-opower. An atheist, he says--but he
will giVe up all else for pewer. It wil destroy him.
The thief has a religiono-the alcoholic-~and only a higher re-
ligion will save them.
Some people have two rcligionso-the one they confess, and the
one to which they give their true allegiance.
Many a Christian actually worships at some other shrine
Honey, success, amtition, selfishness
A Sunday God, of good clothes, and hymns, and offering:
A x nday thru Saturday God--idols
 Weaive to them, but they cannot give in return

WORSHIP
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APRIL 0 MAY 0 JUNE 0 I959
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MAY 24 (WORLD SERVICE SUNDAY): RESTORES
THE LOST AND BINDS THE SPIRIT BROKEN

(Met 0...: "fold to The than M W)

I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT (by leoder).'

2. IIYMN: 0 Brother Man. Fold to Thy IIeart my Brother!" (The Methodist
Hymnal. 466; The Cokesbury Would Hymnal. 172) or Lend 0n. 0
King Eternal" (The Methodist llymnpl, 578; The Abingdon Song Book, 2I0l .

3. SCRII'I'URE READING (by a young person; Luke 4:I8-I9):

The Spirit oi the Lord is upon me.

became he he: anointed me to preach good new: to the poor.
III: has ocnt me to proclnitn release. to the paves

and recovering of sight to the blind,

to Id at liberty than who are 0 raced.

to proclaim the eceqitnhle year 0 the Lord."

4. TALK (by a teacher of youth)!

5. PRAYER (by leader):

0 God. we thank thee for Jesus Christ. who went shout doing good. binding

up the wounds of people hurt in the struggle for existence. We Would Iollow his
eumple and try to make this a fairer world to live in. Help us to become aware
oi the need, of maple in our own tour: and to teach out n helping hand to them

in the Ipirit oI tint. Amen.

6. IIYMN: Cod oi the Strong. Cod oi the Week" (The Methodist Hymnal, 457)
or 0 Master. Let Me Walk With Thee" (The Methodist Hymnal, 259: The

Alu'ngdun Song Book. I16).

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TODAY'S LESSON

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FOR MAY 1 (WORLD SIRWCI SUNDAY)

The Blindness of lniusiicc
("lit Vi: God i "noun Alicia)

1 Kings 12:12.20-

12 So Jerohofstn and all the people cause
to Rehoho'arn the third dell. as the king
said. Cotnn to me again it third day.

13 And the m answered the people
harshly. and in in; the counsel which
the old men had given him.

14 He spoke to them according to the
counsel oi the young men. as ing. My
lather made your yoke heavy. t 1 will
add to your yoke; my lather chastised you
with grips. but i will chastise you with

s.

1 So the king did not hearhen to the
people; for it was a turn of aairs h
shout hy the Loon that he might lullil is
word. which the Loan spoke by Ahi'jah
the Shi'iouite to Jerohoarn the son ol-
Nehat.

16 And when all lsrael saw that the
king did not hearlten to them, the people
answered the kin

What portion have we in David?

We have no inheritance in the son
oi Jesse.

To your tents. O lsrael!

Look nnwto ourownhouae.David.

So Israel do to their tents.
lTButlie atnreignedoverthepeo-
le nl lsrsei who dwelt in the cities oi

18 Then King Rehoho'atn sent Adoratn.
who was tashniaater over the ioreed labor.
and all lsrael stoned him to death with
stones. And King Rehoho'arn nude haste to
mount his chariot. to ee to Jerusalem.

l9 So Israel has been in rebellion against
the house of David to this day.

20 And when all lsrael heard that Jer-
oho'atn had returned. they sent and called
hint to the assembly and tnsde hitn hing
over all larael. There was none that lol-
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(Read also 1 Kings 11:9 through 12:11.
2l33.)

Memory Selection: ii a kin dam is di-
vided against itself. that icing out cannot
stand. And if a house is divided against
itsell. that house will not he able to stand.
(Mark 3:24-25.)

ThaGistoftheLassee

The people of Israel asked Rehohnatn to
lighten the tax and forcedolahor require-
ments placed upon than: by his father.
Solomon. The new king. reared in luxury.
refused to liatut to wise counsel and prom-
isedtontakethehurdensworse.Asaresult
the ten northern tribes iortned s new king-
dotn under Jernhoarn. Injustice brought
permanent division to the nation.

To what extent is justice necessary for
unity in homes. communities. or niaations,
or governments? How can we attain
national unity? We need to he constantly
vigilant to correct oppression and injustice
in our tnidst. Otherwise we can lail to see it
because oi unconcern or iatniliarity. Justice
will help keep our nation united and will
lurther the cause oi world unity as well.

Neat week's lesson will be We Are
Not Alone." based on 1 Kings 16:29
through 19:18.

Today is World Service Sunday in
The Methodist Church. This means
that the entire church-school oliering
should go to an port World Service

activitiea. Part 0 today's oilering will
he used in ing the work oi the
Board of and Economic Re-
lations of The Methodist Church.

 

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