Experiencing Spiritual Renewal ----II Chronicles 14:1-5 ---- David Higgs -----1-19-2020

 

2 Chronicles 14:1-5 King James Version (KJV)

14 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

² And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
³ For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
⁴ And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
⁵ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

1.   For Asa spiritual renewal included tearing down the idols.


I Kings 15:11-13
II Chronicles 14:2-5


2.   For Asa, spiritual renewal included building up the altar.


II Chronicles 15:8
II Chronicles 14:9-15

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.”

King James Version (KJV)

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Applications

1.   Tearing down the idols requires recognition, repentance, and replacement.


2.   Building up of the altar requires getting back to the basics.


Idolatry  ---means

Anything that diminishes our allegiance to GOD
Anything that claims our attention more than GOD