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First Kings chapter 1, verses 5 and 6.

Now Adonijah, the son of Haggoth, exalted himself, saying, I will be king.

And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen and 50 men to run before him.

His father had never at any time displeased him by asking,

why have you done thus and so? He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.

Here we have in 1st Kings chapter 1, a picture of one of David's sons rising up in an attempt to take over the

kingdom. He's exalting himself, making himself king. Adonijah is exalting himself saying,

I will be king. And verse six tells us, his father had never at any

time displeased him by asking, why have you done thus and so? In other words, his father, King David, had never disciplined his son, had never sat down and had

a conversation with him in which he asked him, why have you done this? I can think about a variety

of conversations I've had with my children saying,

why have you done this and helping them think through why they may not have made a wise

decision in that moment? And this is part of the responsibility God has given

two parents in Ephesians 6, four kind of ways. responsibility God has given to parents.

And on Ephesians 6, four kind of way, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,

but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord to lovingly discipline them in a way that reflects Hebrews chapter 13 God's loving

discipline in our lives. God loves us so much. He cares for us so much that he opens our eyes to

see when we have done something foolish, when we have sinned, when we have done something that

will harm us or harm others, and God turns us from it. In the same way, parents are intended

to be a reflection of God's love and care in this way. And King David had not done this with Adonijah, and the result was

attempted coup and sin against God and the people of God. And so, can we just pray based on

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