2Chronicles 15, SEEK HIM While!

2Ch 15:1-2, NOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD came upon Azariah the son of Oded. and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “HEAR ME, ASA, AND ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN. THE LORD IS WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE WITH HIM. IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; BUT IF YOU FORSAKE HIM, HE WILL FORSAKE YOU. 

Hear ME, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin, not just the king of Judah, but listen EVERYONE including US for the LORD is speaking through Azariah! THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE LORD IS DEPENDANT ON US; BUT SIN DRIVES A WEDGE BETWEEN US AND HIM!

Deu 4:29, But from there YOU WILL SEEK THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND YOU WILL FIND HIM IF YOU SEEK HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. 

IF you seek HIM then you shall find HIM!

Isa 55:6-7, SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR. LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS; Let him return to the LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.

Seek HIM WHILE HE may be found! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

Isa 38:18 NLT, For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE GRAVE CAN NO LONGER HOPE IN YOUR FAITHFULNESS. 

For those, time ran out! HIS words of salvation through HIS SON will never be heard again!

Psa 88:11, Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 

JESUS paid a price for you! It’s a free gift to us but it cost HIM EVERYTHING! You can’t cleanse yourself, only HIS word can do that! 

SEEK HIM! Psa 119:9, How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 

2Kings 16, Pass through the fire!

2Ki 16:3, But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; INDEED HE MADE HIS SON PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS WHOM THE LORD HAD CAST OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

Lev 18:21, And you shall NOT let any of your descendants PASS THROUGH THE FIRE TO MOLECH, NOR SHALL YOU PROFANE THE NAME OF YOUR GOD: I AM THE LORD

Demon worship! They would heat up a metal statue until it was red hot, then place their children on the arms of it; the sound of drums would drown out the screams of their children!  Demonic!

2Ki 16:7, So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. COME UP AND SAVE ME FROM THE HAND OF THE KING OF SYRIA AND FROM THE HAND OF THE KING OF ISRAEL,…

Ahaz trusted in the king of Assyria, but not in the living GOD! When David was in trouble he went to GOD, not man!

Psa 18:3, I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; SO SHALL I BE SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES.

AHAZ REJECTED GOD AND AS HE MADE HIS SONS PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, HE SHALL BE THROWN IN THE ETERNAL FIRE!

Mat 13:41-42, The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth