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2Chronicles 30, Reaching the lost!

2Ch 30:1, 5, And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah… THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM, TO KEEP THE PASSOVER TO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL… SO THEY RESOLVED TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL… SINCE THEY HAD NOT DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER

The Temple was opened and it’s time to invite the people to gather before the LORD! Hezekiah even reached out to their long lost brothers, the northern kingdom of Israel!

2Ch 30:10-11, So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; BUT THEY LAUGHED AT THEM AND MOCKED THEM. NEVERTHELESS SOME FROM ASHER, MANASSEH, AND ZEBULUN HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND CAME TO JERUSALEM.

SOME LAUGHED, AND MOCKED AT THE THOUGHT, WHILE OTHERS CAME!  JESUS CAME FOR THE LOST, YET EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE; ACCEPT OR REJECT!

Luk 10:16, He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.

2Ch 30:18-20, For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, HAD NOT CLEANSED THEMSELVES, YET THEY ATE THE PASSOVER CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “MAY THE GOOD LORD PROVIDE ATONEMENT FOR EVERYONE WHO PREPARES HIS HEART TO SEEK GOD, THE LORD GOD OF HIS FATHERS, THOUGH HE IS NOT CLEANSED ACCORDING TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE SANCTUARY.” AND THE LORD LISTENED TO HEZEKIAH AND HEALED THE PEOPLE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT COME TO CHURCH BEING COMPLETELY IGNORANT OF THE WORD, THE MESSAGE AND MANNERS; YET HEZEKIAH DIDN’T LAUGH OR REBUKE THEM, BUT PRAYED FOR THEM! GOD DIDN’T LAUGH AT US WENT WE CAME IN IGNORANCE! WE REPRESENT HIM!

2Co 5:20, … WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THROUGH US: WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST’S BEHALF, BE RECONCILED TO GOD. 

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2Chronicles 8, slowly falling away!

2Ch 8:6, also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, AND ALL THE CHARIOT CITIES AND THE CITIES OF THE CAVALRY, …

Deu 17:16, BUT HE SHALL NOT MULTIPLY HORSES FOR HIMSELF, NOR CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO EGYPT TO MULTIPLY HORSES…

It’s not that Solomon didn’t know GOD’s command, but that he didn’t take it seriously! Chariots is a symbol of military strength; something to trust in case of war! David, Solomon’s father wrote the following!

Psa 20:7, SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS, AND SOME IN HORSES; BUT WE WILL REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD. 

Solomon later wrote proverbs 21!

Pro 21:31, The horse is prepared for the day of battle, BUT DELIVERANCE IS OF THE LORD. 

True strength only comes from the LORD! What good is a strong military in a Plague or pestilence?

2Ch 8:11, … “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, BECAUSE THE PLACES TO WHICH THE ARK OF THE LORD HAS COME ARE HOLY.” 

It’s always sad when a husband or wife doesn’t share the same faith. Solomon married the daughter of Pharaoh for political reasons, but this is the beginning of his downfall!

Deu 17:17, Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. 

Solomon’s heart was turned away from the LORD because of the multiple women in his life! TRUST IN THE LORD FOR HE KNOWS BEST! IF IT’S WRITTEN IN HIS WORD THEN OBEY FOR THE LORD KNOWS THE HEART OF MEN!

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1Chronicles 24, HIS WAY not yours!

1Ch 24:1-2, Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. AND NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.

Num 26:61, AND NADAB AND ABIHU DIED WHEN THEY OFFERED PROFANE FIRE BEFORE THE LORD. 

It is not known why Nadab and Abihu offered in a way not commanded by GOD, but it was wrong. They went before the LORD in their own way not HIS way!

Pro 14:12, There is a way THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, But its end is the way of death. 

Lev 10:3, And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke, saying: ‘BY THOSE WHO COME NEAR ME I MUST BE REGARDED AS HOLY; AND BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE I MUST BE GLORIFIED.’ ” So Aaron held his peace. 

Isa 6:3, And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!”

We are wretched and no matter what we do we fall short of the glory of GOD! When we come in HIS presence we must understand that we are sinners saved by grace! No matter who your father is or position he holds; GOD SHOWS NO PARTIALITY TO NO MAN!

Psa 46:10, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! 

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1Chronicles 13, The LORD’s way!

1Ch 13:3-4, and LET US BRING THE ARK OF OUR GOD BACK TO US, FOR WE HAVE NOT inquired at it since the days of Saul.” THEN ALL THE ASSEMBLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO SO, FOR THE THING WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF ALL THE PEOPLE.

This is a good thing to bring back the ARK of the LORD, Yet they consulted everyone except the LORD HIMSELF!

1Ch 13:8-10, Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. And when they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, UZZA PUT OUT HIS HAND TO HOLD THE ARK, for the oxen stumbled. THEN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS AROUSED AGAINST UZZA, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and HE DIED THERE BEFORE GOD.

The reason to worship is to please GOD, yet they proved themselves ignorant of HIS word!

Num 4:15, …then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; BUT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH ANY HOLY THING, LEST THEY DIE…

1Ch 13:12, David was afraid of God that day, saying, “HOW CAN I BRING THE ARK OF GOD TO ME?” 

Isa 8:20, To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM. 

Everything needs to be done HIS way not ours! There is a reason we have HIS word

Pro 3:1, My son, DO NOT FORGET MY LAW, But let your heart keep my commands; 

Pro 14:12  There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.