Evening journal., 1911-01-14
OLB TESTAMENT TSnES
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.91lABERNACEE
BIBLE STUDIES.
NATIONAL REFORM or OLD.
II Chronicles l5:i-l5-January 10

"Bc strong, therefore. and LET not your
hands he weak; for your work shall
Lc rewarded
This study shows us a young king
chose environments in youth had
been uufavorablc. in that his father
was far from being a good man aud
his early years were under the IN
sln,uce of grandmother who @as AZ
idol wurshinpcr. In the midst Of this
uniayorablc setting Asa quickly d.
yeleped q loyalty TO God and souud-
Moss OF judgment bcnhccial io. pis
hfr1om
vs., have an had experience vi.h
characters of this kind We have oc-
casionally seen children OF evil nar-
tniage who seemed TO see The cdl
o. tho parental course and to Doe matt
seated Herewith. and by this led into
ritl' paths II has az times apes
ed MS though Divine Providence oc-
caaitmally inicrposeu ln prcnufll i'm
'ucnccs which made the child Ne'y
cin,lent IN bent of nnd from either
OF ,is parents
Asa did much to dhulish idOlairy
oi thc people 10 reverence and o..
dionce OF Almighty God In conse-
quence, he had peace for ten years,
during which tine he encouraged his
his people and spurrcd himself ON To-
activity in the training of AN army.
and ia the completing OF fortified
cities on the extremity of his king
dom for protection against attacks
Of enemies.
Following the ten years of peace
came Zerah. an Ethiopian prince, and
an army of million and three hum
dred chariOis OF war. TO attack the
kingdom of Judah After the custom
Of the times they foragcd ON the
/ country through which they passed
approDriating. devastating etc.
/ Renewed COnsecration 10 God.
This was the very occasion foi
which Asa had made preparation dur
ing his ten years of peace. He wen
/ forth with his army 10 beat the in
/ yadcr. Nevertheless. his faith looked
up TO God for the victory. roalizinl
that with him was tho power TO givl
or to withhold victory. In the battle
which followed Asa and his arml
were successful
Returning from the victory will
hearts grateful to God they were me
on the way by "A prophct-Azariah-
who in the name OF the Lord coun
selled the king aud his people tha
they had all done we'll and faithfully
and that. therefore. Gods blessing
was with them. and that the continu
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upon their laithfuncss TO God AM
20 the requirements of his Law
The Divine warning helped the KIM
and his people TO appreciate the situa
tion and 10 take "a irmer stand thai
ever for Righteousness. A second ant
more thorough reformation was thu
inaugurated- idOlatry was thence
forth permitted i'm the kingdom unde
penalty of death. and the Lords bless
ing continued with the kingdom
Judah.
The God of Rattle.
Benevolent people Interested il
peace congresses, etc. sometimes in
quire how we should understand III
fact that the God Of the Old Testa
ment Scriptures was a God of Battle
! oRHitiAiNN1 NRnAAANAANAAH MNA NAAA w
utter destruction OF many The am
swer to this question can be- appre
ciated only whom the situation
viewed from the proper standpoint
thus:--
The whole world was lost in si
and was under condemnation to deaf
as unworthy OF life. unworthy of hi
vine favor Whether. therefore. Go
permitted them to die by famine. pes
thence. or by what We sometimes do
signate natural death. mattered not
the death sentence must sooner {
later be executed against them at an
rate-all must go down TO the tom
We thank God. however. that nj
gracious plan has provided a II
demption of Adam and all of his rae
from the tomb and from death, an
a full opportunity eventually, by r.
surrection. to come to true know
edge OF God and righteousness. an
| If obedient thereto, to return ult