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ASA ASA -The man with Foot TroubleThe man with Foot Trouble
“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.” II Chron. 16:12
3rd King of Judah - reigned 41 yearsHe had foot trouble !!
Physical oddities:
Man with 6 fingers and 6 toes
Absalom – Long hair
Bartimaeus - Blind
Moses – Speech impediment
Goliath - Giant
ASA ASA - The man with Foot Trouble
Asa: Followed Good Advice when Young
II Chronicles 15:2 “And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.”
Seek God and you will find him
Isaiah 55:6 ¶ “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:”
Jer. 10: 23 “O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
Acts 17:27 “That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:”
Asa: Followed Good Advice when Young
II Chronicles 15:7 “Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.”
Seek him with our Strength
Must not haveA Faint Spirit
A LifetimeCalling
2 Chron. 15:3 “Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.”
Why ? “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:” Hosea 4:6
Asa took the advice of the Prophet of God
Asa: Brought a Spiritual Revival
First step is Courage
“And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage,...” II Chron. 15:8a
To do God’s will we must havethe courage of our convictions
Asa: Brought a Spiritual Revival
Second Step – Get Rid of Wrong
“and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities” II Chron. 15:8b
Joshua 7 Col. 3:8-10
Asa: Brought a Spiritual Revival
Third Step – Worship God
2 Chron. 15:11 “And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.”
When a person obeys GodIt requires worship
Asa: Brought a Spiritual Revival
Fourth Step – Covenant with God
2 Chron. 15:12 “And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;”
Rom.6:18 – servants of righteousness
Asa: Brought a Spiritual Revival
Fourth Step – Covenant with God
Third Step – Worship God
First step is Courage
Second Step – Get Rid of Wrong
Asa: Dethroned His Own Mother
2 Chron. 15:16 “And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.”
He did not condone evil in his family
We must have stronger spiritual ties than family ties !
We cannot approve evil in our family.
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26
“love less”
Asa: Relied on man rather than God
His only weakness
Showed up late in life
Temptations come at all ages
1 Peter 5:8 “be vigilant” = watchful
1 Cor. 10:12 “take heed lest he fall”
Asa: Relied on man rather than God
He relied on man in war2 Chron. 16:7-10
Baasha King of Israel fought Judah
Asa sought help from Benhadad the king of Syria
Prophet Hanani told Asa – put in jail
Gal. 4:16
Asa: Relied on man rather than God
He relied on man in sickness
2 Chron. 16:12 “And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.”
2 Cor.1:92 Cor.1:9
ASA ASA -The man with Foot TroubleThe man with Foot Trouble
He was a good king but not perfect
He had spiritual troubles also
3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
ASA ASA -The man with Foot TroubleThe man with Foot Trouble
Many fleshly problems cannot be helped
But all spiritual problems can be helped
We can seek Him and He can be found.
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening May 20, 2007