Do you know Gia ? (God is able)

 Tuesday's Bible Study was so powerful, the Holy Spirit move me on 2 Chronicles 25:1-28. Amaziah didn't fully believe the man of God, he was have half hearted. God Is Able...in this moment. Our heavenly Father, we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The grass withers, the flowers fade and fall, but Your Word stands forever. Sanctify us with truth. Your Word is truth. All Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, training in righteousness that we may be equipped for every good work, so speak Lord. Your servants listen. We ask this In Jesus’ name. Amen. Amaziah said to the man of God, ‘But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?’ And the man of God answered, “The Lord has much more to give you than this.’ Then Amaziah dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim to go home. So their anger burned against Judah and they returned home in fierce anger. Looking at verse 2, we’re told that Amaziah is half-hearted in his following of the Lord. It’s, it’s an interesting assessment. He did right in the sight of the Lord, and we read the passage and you say “well, he didn’t do much right in the sight of the Lord.” But here’s the assessment: He did right in the sight of the Lord yet not with a whole heart. That’s actually a gentle assessment of Amaziah. Can't put it much worse than that. The king is supposed to trust not in chariots and horses and fighting men, but in God. So already there’s a, there’s a trust issue with Amaziah. He’s trusting in the number of fighting men that he has rather than trusting in God. He finds out that he’s got potentially 300,000 fighting men, but that’s not enough. He hires 100,000 more from Israel. And when he does, God in his kindness sends him an unnamed prophet. We’re simply told, look at verse 7, “a man of God came to him,” and basically said “don’t do it, don’t do it. Don’t make an alliance with Israel. If you make an alliance with Israel and take these soldiers into battle, you’ll lose.” Do you know Gia ?

(God is able)

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The Good News said…
It’s a sad, sad story, but here’s, here’s the picture. God’s purposes come to pass and Amaziah’s idolatry finally meets its full just punishment and judgment in the end of this story when he’s killed by his own people. You see, half-heartedness never stays that way. Half-heartedness goes one of two directions: You either turn back to the Lord or you turn away fully from the lord.

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