Friendship Community Baptist Church

Jehoram and the Wasted Way
2 Chronicles 21

Main Point
The power of family

Jehoram’s beginning
Killed his brothers (v. 5)
Walked in evil because he married Ahab’s daughter (v. 6)
Made high places, led spiritual whoredom (v. 11)
Elijah’s letter of judgment from God (vv. 12-15)
Assessment (vv. 12-13)
You didn’t walk in ways of father and grandfather
You did walk in ways of your father-in-law
You led your people into whoredom
You killed your brothers
Judgment (vv. 14-15)
LORD will bring a great plague on family/possessions
LORD will cause you to die of bowel disease
Jehoram’s end
Enemies took his possessions, sons and wives (vv. 16-17)
LORD struck his bowels, and he died in agony (vv. 18-19)
Reigned eight years but “departed to no one’s regret” (v. 20)

Application
Families are powerful: marry well (especially religiously)
Idolatry is always a challenge
God’s judgment is slow but certain
Our ways shape our remembrance

Response
Family
How has your family shaped your ways?
How have you shaped your family’s ways?
Idolatry: what idolatry has taken root in your life?
Judgment: how have you seen God’s judgment?
Legacy: will people regret when you are gone?