This sermon explores how the book of Chronicles, specifically chapters 14-16, provides encouragement and guidance for overcoming personal and national crises by increasing God's power in one's life.
What kind of encouragement does a nation need when it emerges from a national crisis? That’s the question Ezra is answering for us in the book of Chronicles. And what kind of encouragement do you need when you’re facing a personal crisis? That’s the question Ezra is answering for us in the section of Chronicles we’ll be looking at today.
Ezra, who is writing to a distressed people, is looking for positive examples to teach uplifting lessons. So Chronicles majors in the kings of the south. After David, Solomon, and Rehoboam, come two kings whose names both start with A. The first one is Abijah. Abijah reigned for three years, so we’re going to skip him and go on to the second king whose name starts with A. His name is Asa.
Asa was not perfect, but he was one of the good kings. Ezra is going to use the life of Asa to teach us three lessons on the power of faithfulness today. Asa is going to show us that when we are faithful to God, God is unfailing to us. He’s going to teach us that the faithful may have setbacks, but never full-on failures, because God is faithful to His faithful ones. And all that God has is strongly available to the person who is strongly available to God.
Asa’s story spans three chapters of 2 Chronicles ... View this full sermon with PRO Premium
Lord Jesus, speak to me. Amen.
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