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The Truths of Revival-3-OT -Asa_SUN 09-28-08
 
! § Introduction {TT – 2 Chronicles 14}
!! w The Truths of Revival
!!! Ÿ We’ve begun looking at examples of Revival in O.T.
!!! Ÿ After that we will move onto the N.T.
!!! Ÿ After that – church history since Book of Acts.
!! w Last week looked at Revival in Samuel’s day.
!! w *What did we learn from Samuel’s Revival?*
!!! Ÿ Healthy, Godly revivals have common elements:
!!!! Þ INTERCESSION with fasting (sacrifice).
!!!! Þ REPENTANCE – call to holiness (sanctification)
!!!! Þ STRONG, GODLY LEADERSHIP
!!!! Þ DEEP, DEVOTED WORSHIP - Before, During, and After
!!! Ÿ The fruit we saw?:  SALVATION & RESTORATION.
!
§ Israel’s revival during Asa’s Day –  Background –
!! w  Asa was the 3rd king after Solomon.
!!! Ÿ His story is helpful not only in telling us about …
!!!! Þ … how revival comes, but also in telling us about …
!!!! Þ … how it can slip away!
!! w 2nd Chronicles parallels 1st and 2nd Kings, but …
!!! Ÿ … it barely mentions the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
!! w Historical Note:  The United Kingdom split in two à
!!! Ÿ Solomon (wisest man in world) becomes idolater.
!!!! Þ Influenced by idolatrous wives.
!!! Ÿ Rehoboam – Solomon’s Son – King of Southern Kingdom (Judah)
!!!! Þ Rehoboam inherited a mess from his father.
!!!!! § Solomon taxed the people to near destruction.
!!!!! § People came to Rehoboam to seek redress.
!!!!!! w Rehoboam sought council.
(That’s good thing.)
Ÿ Listened to wrong people.
(That’s bad thing.)
¯ Elders – “Be kind to the people”
¯ Buddies – “Give em’ something to cry about!”
!!! Ÿ Jeroboam – Became king of Northern Kingdom (Israel)
!!!! Þ 10 tribes split off in rebellion to Solomon’s son Rehoboam
!!!!! § Reuben; Simeon; Levi; Zebulun;
!!!!! § Issachar; Dan; Gad; Asher; Naphtali; and Joseph
!! w Judah and Benjamin remained and formed Southern Kingdom.
!!! Ÿ Ten against Two – but God was not calling for a vote!!!
!!!! Þ /Correction from Last week – 1 Samuel/
!!!!! § */Transition from Theocracy /**/à Monarchy (not Democracy)/*
!!! Ÿ Democracy is not God’s preferred form of government.
!!!! Þ Majority rule implies the majority is inherently right.
!!!!! § Not true! – think of a “lynch mob”!
­   IE: You and spouse taking a walk at night.
A gang mugs you.
Tell police.
Officer says, “Did you take a vote?”
!!! Ÿ Abijam or Abijah (Jeroboam’s son) followed Jeroboam.
!!!! Þ Bible says he, “walked in the sins of his father”.
!!!! Þ Reign only lasted about 3 years.
!
§ Brings us to Asa’s Reign and Revival
*/2 Chronicles 14:1-6 (NKJV) - /*1So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David.
Then Asa his /[Abijam’s]/ son reigned in his place.
In his days the land was quiet for ten years.
2Asa did /what was/ good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, 3for he removed the altars of the foreign /gods/ and the high places, and broke down the /sacred/ pillars and cut down the wooden images.
… … …
!! w Sound familiar?
Look at amp:
*AGAIN /2 Chr.
14:3 (AMP) /*He took away the foreign altars and high places and broke down the idol pillars /or/ obelisks and cut down the Asherim /[symbols of the goddess Asherah]/
!!! Ÿ Same mess Samuel dealt with.
!!!! Þ Lots of definitions of idolatry possible, but …
!!!!! § … ultimately it amounts to something you resist …
!!!!! § … giving up FOR, or giving up TO God.
!!!!!! w It could be a statue or a false God.
Ÿ It could be a hobby.
Ÿ It could be a habit.
Ÿ It could be a career.
Ÿ It could be a person (ie: one’s children!!!).
Ÿ It could even be your ministry!!!
!!!! Þ Idolatry is a violation of the 1st two commandments:
!!!!! § The Lord commented on them when giving them:
*®/ Exodus 20:3-6 (NKJV) -/*  /[1st Commandment:]/*/ /*3“You shall have no other gods before Me.
/[2nd Commandment:] /4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness /of anything/ that /is/ in heaven above, or that /is/ in the earth beneath, or that /is/ in the water under the earth; 5you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
/[Commentary:] /For I, the Lord your God, /am/ a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth /generations/ of those who hate Me, 6but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
!!!! Þ Jesus later summed up these and all the commandments-
Love God whole heartedly and love others as self!
… … … 4He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.
5He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.
6And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
!! w A key benefit of revival = peace.
!!! Ÿ Peace has a purpose!
!!!! Þ Permits unhindered development and prosperity!!!:
*/2 Chronicles 14:7-8 (NKJV) - /*7Therefore he said to Judah /[one of the two tribes of the Southern Kingdom]/, “Let us build these cities and make walls around /them,/ and towers, gates, and bars, /while/ the land /is/ yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought /Him,/ and He has given us rest on every side.”
So they built and prospered.
8And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin /[the other tribe of the Southern Kingdom]/ two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew bows; all these /were/ mighty men of valor.
!! w God’s peace is not the absence of war.
!!! Ÿ True Godly peace is present even in the midst of war!:
*/2 Chronicles 14:9-11 (NKJV) - /*9Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
10So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11And Asa cried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, /it is/ nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude.
O Lord, You /are/ our God; do not let man prevail against You!”
!!! Ÿ Asa kept his focus on the Lord and not the enemy.
*/2 Chronicles 14:12-15 (NKJV) - /*12So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
13And Asa and the people who /were/ with him pursued them to Gerar.
So the Ethiopians were overthrown, and they could not recover, for they were broken before the Lord and His army.
And they carried away very much spoil.
14Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoil in them.
15They also attacked the livestock enclosures, and carried off sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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