1. Your leadership becomes unhinged when you idols for God.
(To put a person or thing in the place of another)
Verse 14
When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.
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2. Your leadership becomes unhinged when you Godly voices.
(To cut off, suppress or smother)
Verse 15, 16
The anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?” 16) While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?”
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3. Your leadership becomes unhinged when you yourself with wrong people.
(To place yourself in the company of others)
Verses 17, 20, 21a
After Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, he sent this challenge to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel: “Come, let us face each other in battle.” 20) Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom. 21 So Jehoash king of Israel attacked…
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Discussion Questions
- What personal idols need addressing?
- How did you suffocate God’s voice?
- Who do you allow to speak in your life?
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