Notes: November 23, 2008 – 2 Chronicles 16 & 1 Kings 15

Trust in the Lord

2 Chronicles 16

:1-3 When Baasha, king of Israel, plotted a siege of Jerusalem, Asa turned to the Syrians for help
:4 Benhadad of Syria answered the call and delivered Judah from their familial nemesis to the north.
:6 Because Asa leaned upon the unbelieving Syrians rather than the God who had delivered him in the past, God sent a prophet to reprimand the king.
:10 Asa, unhappy with the Lord’s chastening, arrested the prophet.
:12-13: The last 2 years of his life, Asa was afflicted with diseased feet

1 Kings 15

:25 Jereboam was succeeded by his evil son Nadab (remember Aaron’s evil son Nadab, Leviticus 10:1-2)
:27 After two years as king, Nadab and all the house of Jereboam were slain, just as God had promise/threatened Jereboam.
:34 Baasha was wicked, too.

Note: mark how often the sinfulness of Jereboam is mentioned by way of comparison with later kings of Israel

:1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah. Notice how often the Spirit of God is mentioned in the Old Testament. This is a strong argument against the anti-trinitarians.
:2 Many people talk about God; but how many actually speak FOR God?
:2 Does not God want men to seek Him and to find him?
:3 Imagine being in a land without the true God, without qualified teachers, without God’s law. Now imagine living in just about any modern society with its soft-spoken teachers of love without God.
:7 Be strong. 1 Corinthians 15:58
:9 Even the foreigners were called to God
:13 And the penalty for not worshipping God?

1 Kings 15

:11 Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord. Does any other opinion really matter?
:12 he removed the sodomites and the idols. Now that wouldn’t be considered politically correct today, would it?
:13 he removed his mother from being queen and he destroyed her idol. How disrespectful can a son be?

2 Chronicles 14

:4 he commanded his people to seek the LORD. What happened to separation of church and state?
:6 The LORD gave him rest. Some folks are disturbed by a gnat. Asa had rest from his enemies.
:8 he faced an army almost twice the size of his
:11 he called upon the LORD for help, demonstrating his knowledge of God

Abijam took the throne of Judah at the death of his father Rehoboam ( 1 Kings 15:1)
And, like his father, Abijam sinned against God (vs 3)
Also, like his father, Abijam warred against Jereboam (2 Chronicles 13:2)
He pleaded with his brothers to the north not to rebel against God (vs 5)
And he warned them of the futility of fighting God (vs 8).
They were ostracized for their liberal ordination policies (vs 9-10)
He declared the God was on his side (vs 12)
God proved this by delivering Judah from the ambush that Jereboam had set for them (vs 16-18)