Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Jesus can save all of you
I want us to look at a man in the bible tonight and see the Love of Jesus and that noone is outside that love. Here was a wicked man if their was one and yet God saved him.
I con 33 33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 7 He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; 8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.” 9 So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israe[1]
The first part of his life was not a good one. He mocked the house of the Lord and made it a place for false Gods. He made other gods part of the main part of the peoples life, killed jis own kids, he used satenism and hellish stuff, and he placed a idol in the house of God. Evil man to the core huh? He was not a great king and in my mind he is one pagan that God in my mind ain’t going to need.
But I am not God…
10 And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen. 11 Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. 12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
God brings in a army and nails this king. God allowed Manasseh to be taken in a war to the bad guys land. Then the un thinkable for me happens in this saga. This rebelous man calls on the name of the Lord and God took him and helped him. Here is a wicked man that God saves and helps. God brings him back to his kingdom and restore him back to be the king. God heard this rebel and helps him because our God is good and is eager to forgive and restore. It was not that Manasseh did well it was that he called out for the Lord and the Lord is good.
14 After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 15 He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city. 16 He also repaired the altar of the Lord, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. 17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.[2]
He shows after God saved him a key thing Math repents and makes it right. Out of the love he had for the Lord he got rid of the evil junk in the land and allowed the Lord to be made famous. He fixed things in his life for the Lord because of God’s love and grace.
So
1 No matter what God can save anyone
2 God love is awesome and it inspires me
3 We ought to never give up on the folks we think Jesus will never reach.
God bless
Shadman
Fill in the brackets
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
[2]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
I con 33 33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. 7 He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; 8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.” 9 So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israe[1]
The first part of his life was not a good one. He mocked the house of the Lord and made it a place for false Gods. He made other gods part of the main part of the peoples life, killed jis own kids, he used satenism and hellish stuff, and he placed a idol in the house of God. Evil man to the core huh? He was not a great king and in my mind he is one pagan that God in my mind ain’t going to need.
But I am not God…
10 And the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen. 11 Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon. 12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
God brings in a army and nails this king. God allowed Manasseh to be taken in a war to the bad guys land. Then the un thinkable for me happens in this saga. This rebelous man calls on the name of the Lord and God took him and helped him. Here is a wicked man that God saves and helps. God brings him back to his kingdom and restore him back to be the king. God heard this rebel and helps him because our God is good and is eager to forgive and restore. It was not that Manasseh did well it was that he called out for the Lord and the Lord is good.
14 After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 15 He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city. 16 He also repaired the altar of the Lord, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. 17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the Lord their God.[2]
He shows after God saved him a key thing Math repents and makes it right. Out of the love he had for the Lord he got rid of the evil junk in the land and allowed the Lord to be made famous. He fixed things in his life for the Lord because of God’s love and grace.
So
1 No matter what God can save anyone
2 God love is awesome and it inspires me
3 We ought to never give up on the folks we think Jesus will never reach.
God bless
Shadman
Fill in the brackets
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
[2]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
