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Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Rehoboam: The Reckless Phony, Part 1

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christianity, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

1 Kings 12:1–16 As Christians, our private life must match our public life, our words must match our promises, and our whole life must be integrated. No double standards or inconsistencies! In this message, Pastor Chuck Swindoll journeys through Rehoboam’s life, revealing the dangerous effects of hypocrisy (1 Kings 12). Avoid any masks you might be tempted to wear. Strip away the veneers. Let God forge real character and strength in you. Live a genuine life with integrity!

Transcript

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0:00.0

As flawed people with a fallen nature, many of us have mastered the art of the highlight reel.

0:14.0

Posting curated pictures on social media that showcase our best angles, happiest moments, and brilliant thoughts. But what if someone could see the unfiltered reality behind the posts?

0:25.6

What if they knew what you're really like when no one's watching?

0:28.6

Convicting, isn't it?

0:30.6

Well, today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall introduces us to a man who perfected his public image

0:36.6

while concealing a devastating private truth.

0:39.3

The cameras loved him, the crowds believed him, but God saw straight to his heart.

0:49.3

Several weeks ago, the magazine section of the Sunday paper had an article on the Universal Studio.

1:00.7

Maybe you read all or part of it.

1:03.6

It covered not only that studio, but several in Hollywood that are familiar scenes to us on

1:09.3

the television sets and some of the movies are made there.

1:13.6

What was of interest to me was that they showed two sides of the same scene.

1:20.6

One was the camera side, and everything from landscape to home, to living room, even to the campfire,

1:31.6

look genuinely realistic.

1:34.6

And then the other scene was behind the scene, where there is no camera,

1:40.9

where no one other than those on the set ever see. And behind the scenes, these beautiful,

1:48.8

lovely buildings and living rooms and even the nice, cozy campfire, behind the scenes,

1:55.8

it's all plastic, metal, wood. It's a mask, held together in the flimsy materials that are temporary,

2:08.2

put together in a moment's notice, as it were, and yet the camera makes it look like the place

2:14.8

has been there for years. Even the phony ivy that grows up the side of the

2:20.2

house or the lighting and the dramatic arts that make the sound come to life. Even that campfire

2:28.0

is phony. Takes all the fun out of the programs when you see something like that because you see that it's put together

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