Subject: Seek for the Old Pathway

Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 11: 28 - 38

Memory Verse: 1 Kings 11: 38

Objective: To highlight the importance of remaining in the truth.

1. Under what circumstances do kingdoms prosper in God and how did acting contrary to this lead to the kingdom of Israel being divided? 1 Kings 11: 9 – 13

2. After the death of Solomon, what part did his son Rehoboam play in the fulfilment of God’s words? 1 Kings 12: 16 – 19

3. What is destined to occur when division takes place? 1 Kings 12: 20 – 24

4. How far did division drive this once united and powerful force? 1 Kings 12: 25 – 33

5. As soon as Abijah, the new king, took the throne in Judah, Jeroboam, king of the ten tribes to the north declared war against him. (2 Chronicles 12: 13 – 16, 13: 1 & 2) How did Abijah rebuke him? 2 Chronicles 13: 3 – 12; how did the battle end? 2 Chronicles 13: 13 – 20

6. Uzzah paid with his life for departing from the old pathway. (2 Samuel 6: 1 – 3, 6) What was the result when a King went back to the old way? 1 Chronicles 15: 11 – 15, 25 – 28

7. What has the prophet declared in Jeremiah 6: 16; and what admonition comes to us from 1 Corinthians 1: 10 - 13