NTEB SUNDAY SERVICE: Hezekiah’s Lament, Or Better Off Dead?
King Hezekiah was one of the very best kings of Judah, and he pleaded with the LORD for longer life, which the LORD granted him. But would he have been better off dead? Hmm.
King Hezekiah was a wonderful king, and honored in the Bible by the LORD. But Hezekiah had other ideas when God told him his life was about up, and pleaded with the LORD for more years. God gave him another 15 years, but when we see how it all turned out, maybe King Hezekiah would have been better off dead? That’s the question we ask today.
“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.” 2 Kings 20:5 (KJB)
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SUNDAY SERVICE STUDY NOTES: Hezekiah’s Lament, Or Better Off Dead?
Better Off Dead
“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.” 2 Kings 20:5 (KJB)
- Hezekiah was one of the best kings Israel ever had outside of David.
- Hezekiah begged God for longer life, and God grants it.
- Hezekiah becomes lifted up in pride. Read 2 Chronicles 32:25-31
- Hezekiah becomes the father of the worst king in all of Israel, Manasseh.
HEZEKIAH IS A VERY GOOD KING:
“He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.” 2 Kings 18:5 (KJB)
MANASSEH IS A VERY BAD KING:
“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.” 2 Kings 21:2 (KJB)
GOD SENDS ISRAEL INTO CAPTIVITY BECAUSE OF MANASSEH:
“And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.” Jeremiah 15:4 (KJB)
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:” Job 19:25,26 (KJB)
“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 16:25 (KJB)
“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14 (KJB)
“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:” 2 Corinthians 1:9 (KJB)
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