1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: Hi, Faith listeners, Welcome and good morning. Thank you for 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: tuning in to the Bible Explain podcast on this Monday morning, 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 2: and for sharing a cup of coffee with me as 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: we delve into scripture to start our week out on 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: the right foot. We're going to be in Second Chronicles 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 2: chapter twenty five today talking about a brand new king 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: in Israel's history. This is King Amasia, and King Amasia 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: is kind of a bizarre king because he does a 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: lot of good things but also a lot of really 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: bad things. So we'll get into some of the good 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: things that he does today in Second Chronicles twenty five, 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: so stay tuned for that. So we only have eleven 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: more chapters in the Book of Second Chronicles. I'm super 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: excited to go through Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Job. Those are 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: some of the books that we have coming up, and 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: those are all just fantastic books. Especially excited to get 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: into the Book of Job because it's going to be 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: a big challenge for me to research and present that 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: book because if you've ever read the Book of Job, 21 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: there's a lot of things in it that are very perplexing, 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: and I'm deeply excited to get into it. 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: With all of you, guys. 24 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 2: But I'm also excited to study the Book of Esther 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: as well with all of you, because that's kind of 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: like a light well not light, but it's lighter than 27 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: some of the other books. And it's talking about a princess, 28 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: which is always fun for a girl like me to discuss. 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: But for now, let's go ahead and read it Second 30 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 2: Chronicles twenty five And of course, before I begin this episode, 31 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: take a moment to grab your Bible and your cup 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: of coffee as you listen to this message from a sponsor. Okay, 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: now that you've grabbed your Bible and your cup of 34 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: coffee or your cup of tea for you crazy tea drinkers, 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: let's read Second Chronicles twenty five one through thirteen and 36 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: discuss this brand new king in Israel's history, King Amasia. 37 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 2: I'll be reading as I usually do, from the web. 38 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: Amazia was twenty five years old when he began to reign, 39 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 2: name was Jehodin of Jerusalem. He did that which was 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: right in Yahweh's eyes, but not with a perfect heart. Now, 42 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his 43 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: servants who had killed his father, the king. But he 44 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: didn't put their children to death, but did according to 45 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: that which is written in the law of the Book 46 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, the fathers shall not 47 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: die for the children, neither shall the children die for 48 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: the fathers. But every man shall die for his own sin. Moreover, 49 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: Amazia gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: father's houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty 52 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: years old and upward, and found that there were three 53 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: hundred thousand that chosen men able to go out to war, 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: who could handle spear and shield. He also hired one 55 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for 56 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 2: one hundred talents of silver. A man of God came 57 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: to him, saying, oh, King, don't let the army of 58 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel 59 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: with all the children of Ephriam. But if you will 60 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: go take action and be strong for the battle, God 61 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: will overthrow you before the enemy. For God has power 62 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: to help and to overthrow. Amazia said to the man 63 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: of God, But what shall we do for the hundred 64 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: talents which I have given the army of Israel. The 65 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: Man of God answered, Yahweh is able to give you 66 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: much more than this. Then Amazia separated them the army 67 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: that had come to him out of Ephriam to go 68 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, 69 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: and they returned home in fierce anger. Amazia took courage 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: and led his people out and went to the valley 71 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: of Salt and struck ten thousand of the children of Sir. 72 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive and 73 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: brought them to the top of the rock and threw 74 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: them down from the top of the rock, so that 75 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: they were broken into pieces. But the men of the army, 76 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: whom Amasias sent back that they should not go with 77 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah from 78 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: Samaria even to beth Horn, and struck of them three 79 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: thousand and took much plunder. We talked previously last week 80 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: about joe Ash who was the young king that reigned 81 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 2: for a very long time for about forty years, but 82 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: towards the end of his life his reign was no 83 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: longer blessed because he did a lot of really bad things, 84 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: including killing a prophet in the middle of the streets. 85 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: And this prophet was somebody who was very well known, 86 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: very well loved in Judah, and so that made the 87 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 2: people of Judah actually look pretty unfavorably, I guess, towards 88 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: joe Ash, so that at the end of his life, 89 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 2: two of his servants killed him, conspired against him and 90 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: killed him, and they killed him specifically because of that 91 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: prophet that joe Ash had killed. 92 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: So joe Ash. 93 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: Unfortunately did a lot of bad things towards the end 94 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: of his life. He started out very good, but towards 95 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: the end of his life kind of lost. It brought 96 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: a lot of idolatry into Judah and Jerusalem, whereas it 97 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 2: was not as common in the days of joe Ash. 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,679 Speaker 2: But unfortunately it just kept creeping into Judah. No matter 99 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: how much any king or high priest or prophet tried 100 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: to get rid of it, it just seemed to always 101 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: like just creep right back in. It was never very 102 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: far away. And here's the thing. When it crept back in, 103 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 2: it crept in very fast. Like it was not moving 104 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: at a glacial pace. It moved very quickly into Judah, 105 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: whereas it seemed like whenever a king would try to 106 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: push it out, it took forever to get that stuff 107 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: out of Judah, but it would come in very easily 108 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 2: and very quickly the second a king would compromise. And 109 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: that's how it is with sin, you know, just in general, 110 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: in our own lives, we might think, oh, you know, 111 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: we can partake a little bit. It's not really going 112 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: to affect us if we only do a little sin. 113 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: But as we all know, it does affect us. And 114 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: the second we give in to a tiny, little sin, 115 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 2: we give ourselves permission to do even more tiny sins, 116 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 2: which then lead to bigger and bigger sins. So it's 117 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: better to just avoid the tiny sin because it's so 118 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: amazing how fast sin can creep in our lives. And 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: then suddenly we look around and we're like, wow, like 120 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: I am in this deep? How did I get here? 121 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 2: Like a month ago, I felt like I was really 122 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 2: on track with God, and now look at myself, And 123 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: then you have a whole bunch of shame and problems, 124 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: and it's hard to get rid of those sins because 125 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 2: they become habits in your life. So yeah, sin creeps 126 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: in very easily if we allow it to, and that's 127 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: what happened with idolatry in Judah and Israel in general. 128 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 2: So unfortunately, even though joe Ash at the beginning of 129 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: his life did a lot of work to get rid 130 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 2: of idolatry, it crept back in at the end of 131 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: his life, and he even gave into it and was 132 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: worshiping Ashra and Bail and some of the other gods 133 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 2: as well. So then he died. And actually scripture makes 134 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 2: it clear that when joe Ash died they did not 135 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: give him a very honorable burial. He was not buried 136 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: with the kings. He was buried somewhere else in Judah, 137 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: and that kind of shows how favor he was with 138 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: Judah towards the end of his life. But now that 139 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: he has died, Amasia, his son takes the throne, and 140 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: that's where we leave off today. It says in verse 141 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: one that Amazia was twenty five years old when he 142 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 2: began to reign, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem, 143 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: so he had a relatively long reign, not the longest 144 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: of anybody we've seen, but twenty nine years is not 145 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 2: a short reign. 146 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: For sure. 147 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 2: It says that his mother's name was Jehodain of Jerusalem, 148 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: so that means that she was a native of Jerusalem, 149 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: most likely from the tribe of Benjamin or Judah. It 150 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,559 Speaker 2: says that Amasia did that which was right in Yawai's eyes, 151 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: but not with a perfect heart. Whenever we see the 152 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: term perfect heart, that does not mean sinless perfection. Even 153 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: the kings that had a perfect heart like Asa and 154 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: King David, and King Hezekiah and King Josiah, which are 155 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: the only kings I believe that Scripture mentions as having 156 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: a perfect heart, even those kings you can see did 157 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 2: a lot of sin. Every single one of them actually 158 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: sinned in some way. Having a perfect heart does not 159 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: mean sinless perfection. 160 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: It means having. 161 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: A sincerity for God, like a genuine sincerity. For example, 162 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 2: King David had that perfect heart toward God. He was 163 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 2: a sincere man. He only wanted to worship Yahweh all 164 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: of his days. Same with King Asa, Hezekiah and Josiah, 165 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 2: two of which those kings we have not talked about yet. 166 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 2: But all of those kings had a perfect heart because 167 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 2: they were genuinely sincere toward God. Unfortunately, Amasia did good things, 168 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 2: but did not have that sincere heart. And this, unfortunately, 169 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: is probably the state of most people who claim to 170 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 2: be Christians. They do good things, they may believe in Jesus, 171 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: they may even evangelize for Jesus, but they don't have 172 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 2: a sincere heart because other things are constantly taking precedence 173 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: in their lives. These are the type of Christians that 174 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: have a tendency to check off boxes. In fact, I 175 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 2: was one of these Christians. Once upon a time, I 176 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: would check off a box, like a Christianity box. 177 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: I would go to church and I'd. 178 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: Play the piano and do my service for the week, 179 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 2: and then I wouldn't think about it till the next 180 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: week came around. 181 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: That was the type of Christian I was. 182 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: I just wanted to check a box off and get 183 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: brownie points with God, kind of take the benefits of 184 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 2: Christianity without truly living the lifestyle. But that is not 185 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 2: following God with a sincere heart. You can't just turn 186 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 2: Christianity off and on whenever you want to. When you're 187 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 2: a Christian. That means that it flows into every aspect 188 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 2: of your life. Now, that does not mean that you 189 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: can only do things that are Christian in nature, like 190 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: you can only work as a missionary or a pastor 191 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: or something like that. Absolutely not like you can go 192 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: out into the secular world and be a Christian. In fact, 193 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: that's what Paul tells us to do. He says, be 194 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: in the world, but do not be of the world. 195 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 2: And that's what having a sincere heart is and what 196 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 2: being a Christian means. You're in the world, but you're 197 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 2: not allowing the world to influence you the way it 198 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 2: would other people or other Christians that maybe don't have 199 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: a sincere heart. Unfortunately, King Amasia allowed the world to 200 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: influence him. He did not have that sincere heart toward God. 201 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: And second King's chapter fourteen goes a little bit more 202 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 2: into depth with how Amasia did not have a sincere heart. 203 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 2: It says in verse three he did that which was 204 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 2: right in Yawai's eyes, yet not like David his father. 205 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: He did according to all that joe Ash his father 206 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 2: had done. However, the high places were not taken away. 207 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. 208 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 2: So that's one of the ways that Amasia did not 209 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: have a perfect heart with God. He didn't take any 210 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 2: action to help the spiritual darkness in Judah. It seems 211 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 2: like he just didn't care. He just allowed idle worship 212 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 2: to continue on, even though he may not have been 213 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: an idolater at this point in his life. He just 214 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 2: allowed people in his country to continue worshiping idols. Unfortunately, 215 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: now we do find out shocker that he does start 216 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: worshiping idols later on, of course, of course, but to 217 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 2: start out at least he did worship Yahweh. But still 218 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 2: he did not have that care for the spiritual needs 219 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: of his people. It says in verse three that when 220 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 2: the kingdom was established to Amasia, he killed his servants 221 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: who had killed his father, the king, but he didn't 222 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 2: put their children to death, but did according to that 223 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 2: which is written in the law of the Book of Moses, 224 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 2: as Yahweh commanded, saying, the fathers shall not die for 225 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers. 226 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: But every man shall die for his own sin. And 227 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 2: that is verbatim from Deuteronomy twenty four, verse sixteen, which 228 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: was a law that families could not get put to 229 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 2: death for the sin of one individual, so like if 230 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: the father committed some sort of crime that was for 231 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 2: capital punishment. The children should not be put to death 232 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: for that if they did not participate in that sin. 233 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: Now we do see on some occasions God punishing entire families, 234 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 2: but that is because the entire family participated in the sin. 235 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 2: But let's say just the father went out and committed 236 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: some sin. The children should not be put to death 237 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: for that because they didn't commit the sin. And same 238 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: goes for the parents of the children. Like say the 239 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: child goes out and commits some sort of heinous act 240 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: that warrants the death penalty. The parents, if they did 241 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 2: not participate in that crime, should not be put to death. 242 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: And with this law, God was changing the mindset of 243 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 2: the people at the time, because you know, when somebody 244 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: committed a sin that was dishonorable for the entire family, 245 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 2: and the entire family could be and usually were, put 246 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: to death for the sin of one individual of the family. 247 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 2: So the honor of the family was at stake if 248 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 2: somebody committed a sin. But when God made that law, 249 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: he said, uh h, that's not how things should be done. 250 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 2: Every man should be put to death for his own sin, 251 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 2: not for the sins of other people. That's just not fair, 252 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 2: and that's what Amazia did. I mean, that was a 253 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 2: good thing that he tried to do here. He did 254 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 2: not put the children to death for the sins of 255 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: their fathers who had killed Amazia's father. And by the way, 256 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: it was not wrong for Amasia to put these guys 257 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 2: to death because they took vengeance upon themselves. They acted 258 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: together to kill joe Ash the king, and they should 259 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 2: not have done that. They were vigilantes, and Amazia had 260 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 2: to establish his kingdom and make sure that these guys 261 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 2: weren't going to put him to death someday. So Mazia 262 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 2: did the right thing by punishing these men who had 263 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 2: killed his father, but by fallowing the law of God 264 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 2: right here where he didn't put the children to death, 265 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 2: Amasia was actually kind of sticking his neck out because 266 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 2: avengers of blood were still a thing. I don't know 267 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 2: if you guys remember me talking about that a long 268 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 2: time ago, but an avenger of blood was somebody who 269 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: would kill anybody who killed their family member. So the 270 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: children could potentially become the avengers of blood for their 271 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 2: fathers and go and target King Amasia. And this was 272 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 2: like commonplace, this was cultural back in these days. So Amazia, 273 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: by following God's law and not putting the entire family 274 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: to death for the crimes of these two men kind 275 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 2: of was sticking his neck out, potentially putting his life 276 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: on the line by not killing the children of these guys. 277 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: But that was one good thing that Amasia did. Scripture 278 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 2: commends him for this. Now, in verses five through eight, 279 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: this goes into a story of Amazia gathering together some 280 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: troops to go after the Edomites. It says more, Amasia 281 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: gathered together Judah and ordered them according to their father's houses, 282 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all 283 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 2: Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old 284 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: and upward and found that there were three hundred thousand 285 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: chosen men able to go out to war who could 286 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: handle spear and shield. Now that's interesting because it says 287 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: there's only three hundred thousand men in Judah that are 288 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: able to actually go out to war. That means that 289 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 2: the number has dwindled significantly from when we last saw it. 290 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure King Jehashafat had about five hundred thousand 291 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 2: men that were able to go out to war, and 292 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: I think Asa also did as well. So the number 293 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 2: of fighting men in Judah has drastically gone down. And 294 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: that kind of shows a problem in Judah because whenever 295 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 2: we see throughout history a nation not having enough fighting men, 296 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: that often means there's a lot of weak men in 297 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 2: that society. Old adage goes, weak men produce problems, and 298 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 2: problems produce strong men. Strong men produce good times, and 299 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: good times produce weak men. It just goes around in 300 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: a circle. But that shows the spiritual problem that was 301 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 2: happening in Judah at this time as well. You know, 302 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: a lot of the attributes of God talk about his 303 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: strength and his power and his willingness to help. God 304 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 2: doesn't give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit 305 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: of power and love and of a sound mind. So 306 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 2: strength comes from God. So if a nation does not 307 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: have enough fighting men, you could honestly connect that to 308 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 2: a spiritual problem where not enough men are gaining strength 309 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: from Yahweh because they're just not following Yahweh. So Judah 310 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 2: did not have enough fighting men in order to go 311 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 2: out to war. So what does Amazia do here? It 312 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 2: says that he hired one hundred thousand mighty men of 313 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 2: valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver, 314 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: so one hundred talents of silver would have been about 315 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 2: six one thousand, six hundred pounds of silver. But Amazia 316 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: never should have hired the Israelites because Israel at this 317 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: point in time was becoming a very weak nation. But 318 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 2: also the Israelites were not in line with God. There's 319 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 2: a lot of problems happening in Israel at this point, 320 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 2: and God kept telling the kings stop trying to make 321 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 2: treaties with Israel. I am not on Israel's side. Stop 322 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 2: doing it. And Amazia did not learn from his forefathers 323 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 2: and went ahead and made this treaty with the Israelites 324 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 2: so that he could get one hundred thousand of them 325 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: to go to war with him against the Edomites. But 326 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 2: a man of God, it says in verse seven, came 327 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: to Amazia saying, O, king, don't let the army of 328 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel 329 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: with all the children of Ephriem. But if you will 330 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: go take action and be strong for the battle, God 331 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 2: will overthrow you before the enemy. For God has power 332 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 2: to help and to overthrow. So essentially what that means 333 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 2: is that if Amasia takes the Israelites with him into battle. 334 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 2: God will not be with Amasia or with the Judaites, 335 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: and they will be defeated in this battle because God 336 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 2: is not with the Israelites, and he does not want 337 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 2: the people of Judah making treaties with them or counting 338 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 2: on them in any way at all. God is not 339 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: with the Israelites, is what he says. But if Amasia 340 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 2: goes out to battle without the Israelites in faith with 341 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 2: his meager amount of men of three hundred thousand, if 342 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: he does that, God has the power to help, is 343 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: what this nameless prophet says. He says, God has the 344 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 2: power to help or to overthrow. So essentially, Amazia, you 345 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: get your choice. Are you gonna let God help you 346 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 2: or are you gonna let God overthrow you? 347 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: You have that choice. 348 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 2: So Mazia says to the man of God, but what 349 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: shall I do for the hundred talents which I which 350 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 2: I gave the army of is He's like, but I 351 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 2: already paid these guys. What am I gonna do now? 352 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 2: You know? Like, I can't get my money back. And 353 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 2: the Prophet's like, okay, God can give you a lot 354 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: more than one hundred talents. Just send the men home 355 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 2: with their one hundred talents. It's not gonna break you. 356 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: So Amazia listens. Actually he does, in fact listen to 357 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 2: the man of God. And it says that Amasia separated 358 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 2: them the army that had come to him out of 359 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 2: Efriem to go home again. Therefore, their anger was greatly 360 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger. 361 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 2: So whenever we see a verse in the Old Testament, 362 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 2: repeat something twice, that is for emphasis. So two times 363 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: in this verse it says that the Israelites who were 364 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 2: dismissed were furious. It says that twice. And the reason 365 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: they are probably angry was because they wanted to go 366 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 2: out to war in order to get plunder for themselves. 367 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: This was something exciting for them, and also they were 368 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 2: just nasty people as well. Well. They might have enjoyed 369 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: war like the thrill of killing, because they end up 370 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 2: just killing people on their way back home, which we'll 371 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 2: talk about in a second. 372 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: But they're furious, most likely. 373 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: Because they're not going to get the money they want, 374 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: but also because they feel dissed, so they start returning 375 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 2: home in fierce anger. 376 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: Is what scripture says. 377 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 2: So Amazia took courage and led his people and went 378 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 2: out to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand 379 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 2: to the children of Seer. So that would have been 380 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: the Edomites. Now, the Edomites had rebelled against Judah many 381 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: years prior to this, which that has talked about in 382 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 2: tewod King's chapter eight, And I won't go into that 383 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: right now, but just know that the Edomites had once 384 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 2: been under the rule of Israel, and now they were not. 385 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: And the Edomites often caused a lot of problems for 386 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 2: the Israelites in general, both Judah and Israel. The Edomites 387 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: absolutely despised and hated the Israelites from the very beginning. Actually, 388 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 2: when they were in the wilderness, they refuse to give 389 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: them any help whatsoever, which is interesting because they were 390 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 2: very closely related. Abraham was one of their fathers, and 391 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 2: so was Isaac. Where it broke off was Isaac's two children, 392 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 2: Jacob and Esau. Jacob ended up being renamed to Israel 393 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 2: and starting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, whereas Esau went 394 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 2: off and created the Edomites, which Edam and Esau mean 395 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 2: the same thing, which is the color red. Interestingly enough, 396 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: so that is how closely related the Edomites were to 397 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 2: the Israelites, and yet the Edomites despised the Israelites in 398 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 2: every possible way. I'm sure the Israelites also despised the 399 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 2: Edomites as well. So now Maazia goes to war against them, 400 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 2: and they were super successful and talks about this really 401 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 2: violent story of how they brought ten thousand men up 402 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: to the top of a rock and the Judites threw 403 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 2: them down from the top of the rock so that 404 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 2: they were broken in pieces. That's a really nasty way 405 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 2: to die. I have the biggest fear of heights. You 406 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 2: guys might not know this. I am horrified of heights. 407 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: My husband and I went to the Hoover Dam back 408 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 2: in December as part of our ten year anniversary trip, 409 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: and I was sick for the rest of the day, 410 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 2: just like looking down from that high of a height. 411 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 2: I had never been up that high in my entire life, 412 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 2: and looking down was dizzying for me. I got so 413 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 2: dizzy and so sick that I had to take like 414 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 2: dramamine when I got back to the hotel and just 415 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: like lie down and the entire room was spinning. That 416 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 2: is how terrified I am of heights. So when I 417 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 2: think about these men getting brought up to the top 418 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 2: of this rock and getting thrown down, oh man, horrifying 419 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 2: to me, Absolutely horrifying. But things were very violent back 420 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 2: in these days. And just because scripture describes something does 421 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 2: not mean it prescribes it. By the way, I think 422 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: a lot of people misunderstand that that they think that, oh, 423 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 2: because it's talked about in scripture, it's okay to do. No, 424 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 2: it is not okay to do. It describes things that 425 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 2: happened in history. That does not mean that you go 426 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 2: out and do it, or that it's okay to do 427 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 2: this to your enemies. This is history that we are 428 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 2: reading right here. But the point is that Amasia was 429 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 2: very successful in this battle. Now, Edom never came back 430 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 2: under Judah, by the way, I don't believe so anyway. 431 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 2: I think they always rebelled and maintained their sovereignty. But 432 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 2: still Amasia was very successful during this time. However, while 433 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: all this is going on, while Amazia is battling against 434 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 2: these people of Edom, where God is on Amasia's side, 435 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 2: it says that the Israelites that Amazia dismissed were just 436 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 2: like destroying cities on their way back to Israel like 437 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 2: cities in Judah because they were mad at the king 438 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 2: and wanted plunder for themselves. It says that they fell 439 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 2: on the cities of Judah from Samaria even to beth Horn, 440 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 2: and struck of them three thousand men and took much plunder. 441 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 2: I don't think Amazia does anything about this. Scripture that 442 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 2: I know of, does not say anything about the repercussions 443 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 2: for these men who killed innocent civilians just for a 444 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,479 Speaker 2: little bit of plunder because they were angry that they 445 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 2: got dismissed and weren't able to go out to war. 446 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 2: But of course, this isn't just history that we're reading. 447 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 2: This is the Word of God, and every single Old 448 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 2: Testament story can absolutely apply to our lives. I'm not 449 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 2: one of those people that say, oh, you can't apply 450 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 2: scripture to your life because you know it was only 451 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 2: written for a certain person or a certain group. No, 452 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 2: no scripture was written for them, but it's also for us. 453 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 2: It was also written for us, So there is something 454 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 2: that we can learn from every portion of scripture. In fact, 455 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 2: we just read that verse recently on the New Testament 456 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 2: side of stuff, that all scripture is God breathed and 457 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 2: good for instruction. So what can we learn from Second 458 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 2: Chronicles twenty five, this portion that we just read. We 459 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 2: can learn that we have to follow God with a 460 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 2: sincere heart, that's called a perfect heart. If we're going 461 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: to be Yahweh followers, we should be Yahweh followers, not 462 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: just in name only. And the second thing we can 463 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 2: learn is that the people older than us do have 464 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 2: a lot of wisdom. Amasia did not listen to the 465 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 2: kings who came before him. He went out and did 466 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 2: the exact same thing that his forefathers had done by 467 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: hiring the Israelites and making a treaty with them, and 468 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: it turned out to burn him really bad. And the 469 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 2: third thing we can learn is that when we make mistakes, 470 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: God forgives us, like he forgave Amasia and allowed Amasia 471 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 2: to go out to war in spite of his treaty 472 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 2: that he made with the Israelites. But consequences for our 473 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 2: sins still happen. If Amasia had never hired those one 474 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 2: hundred thousand men from Israel, they would never have gone 475 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 2: into Judah in the first place, most likely, and wouldn't 476 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: have gotten the chance to kill all these innocent sevine 477 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 2: billions and is to destroy their homes and take everything 478 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 2: that they have. So there's a lot of wisdom that 479 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 2: we can gain from the scriptures, and there's also a 480 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: lot of wisdom in the rest of this passage, which 481 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 2: we will discuss on Wednesday, because we're going to go 482 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 2: into the sin that Amasia commits right after he's very 483 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 2: successful in this battle against the Edomites, So we will 484 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 2: go into that on Wednesday. So, faithful listeners, thank you 485 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 2: so much for listening this far into the episode. I 486 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 2: will say goodbye right after this ad from a sponsor. So, 487 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 2: as all of you faithful listeners know, we are in 488 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: the Book of Titus over on the New Testament side 489 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 2: of stuff. Tomorrow we'll be finishing up Titus chapter one 490 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 2: and talking about rebuking the. 491 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: People who fail to do good. 492 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 2: So that's going to be a really good topic that 493 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: I hope you guys tune in to the podcast for. 494 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 2: So I will see all of you guys tomorrow morning, 495 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 2: six am or whenever you choose to wake up and 496 00:26:55,119 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: listen until tomorrow. Happy listening, and God bless. 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