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 So we're going to finish up, Lord willing, we're going to finish up Hezekiah tonight.

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 And as we've been looking through, this will be the fourth lesson on that.

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 We're going to be looking at, in his days of Hezekiah here,

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 as we finish up here in 2 Chronicles chapter 32 here tonight.

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 And we know that the days of Hezekiah were a time of revival,

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 but also reckoning with Samaria and Jerusalem,

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 and the return to worshiping the Lord correctly and properly

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 as the temple was reestablished and put back together.

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 And we see here that there's a refreshing in the relationship between God

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 and the children of Israel, and the blessing of the Lord we know was abundant in the kingdom.

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 And it was easy to say, I trust the Lord completely, you know.

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 But we're going to see here as God allows them to be tested here in this,

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 even at the latter part of his reign.

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 So we see here 2 Chronicles chapter 32.

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 Let's look down at verse 24 is where we'll pick up here tonight.

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 It says,

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 In those days Hezekiah was sick and death and prayed unto the Lord,

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 and he spake unto him and gave him a sign.

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 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him,

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 for his heart was lifted up, and there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

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 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,

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 both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

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 so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we just take a few moments here tonight to look into your word

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 and to look at Hezekiah, Lord, a man and a king who desired to serve you, Lord,

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 but struggled with the same things we can struggle with,

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 and we can learn also here tonight, Lord,

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 of the dynamics of even pride in our life,

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 you know, the dangers and the pride of one of rejecting you like the Assyrians,

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 and the other of not thinking properly about ourselves, Lord,

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 to not think in the right mind and the right perspective.

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 And Lord, I pray just help us to see the need and the necessity

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 to guard our own heart in regard to the things that how Hezekiah was also tested,

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 both personally and publicly, before others.

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 And Lord, we just ask your hand upon the things tonight, in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, as we've been looking here at Hezekiah,

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 we know that he was tested both personally and publicly in his life,

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 personally in regards to how it impacted his health.

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 You know, we know that he had experienced a sickness unto death.

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 If you remember that Isaiah the prophet had come and told him,

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 what, get your house in order, you know.

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 You're soon to check out, you know.

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 And we know that Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord heard his prayer.

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 And he healed him and gave him another 15 years.

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 But also publicly, we see that he was tested with Sennacherib and the Assyrian army

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 that came down against him.

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 And, you know, we looked at his death and that sickness that was associated with it,

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 and what that was stayed when he humbled himself before the Lord.

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 But, you know, we see here that verses 25 and 26 that we read reveal something here that happens

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 kind of unseen in the heart of an individual.

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 You know, one of the things is pride is one of those things that can manifest so many ways

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 that we don't always see it on the outside.

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 Because people can have pride ruling their life and still do what everybody thinks is the right things.

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 But their heart is not right because the reason they're doing it is not the right reason.

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 And we're going to see some of that here tonight as we see those unseen things in the heart of Hezekiah.

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 And really, he began to think of himself more highly than he ought.

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 You know, look over to Romans chapter 12 for a moment tonight.

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 So we look over here to Romans chapter 12, and you see here in verse 3,

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 the Word of God reminds us of the dangers that we find here.

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 In Romans 3, it says this,

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 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you,

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 knows us not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,

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 but to think what? Soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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 You know, I want you to understand, not to think of yourself more highly.

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 You know, as people, it's very easy to begin to think of yourself more highly than you ought

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 because it comes in a lot of forms.

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 You know, false humility can be a form of pride.

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 You know, most people don't.

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 You know, some people, they try to downplay themselves so much it becomes a prideful thing in that.

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 So, I mean, pride is a vicious thing.

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 That takes a hold in our heart, but it has to do with our thinking.

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 You know, of how we think about ourselves, to think about God,

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 because throughout this last season, we're going to look at Hezekiah's life,

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 we find that pride was a driving influence all around him,

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 whether it was from the Assyrian enemy,

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 or a heart of a king who the Bible tells us sought to do right before God.

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 You know, you can have right intentions sometimes and still have pride issues.

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 Pride is something that builds up in our life, and we see that we allow it to go

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 because consider the dynamics of pride in this passage of Scripture.

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 You know, we see or consider Sennacherib, the Assyrian king.

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 I think if we looked last week at all the things he said about God,

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 you can see he had a pride, he had a heart lifted up,

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 that I am above God.

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 I'm above those things.

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 And, you know, he actually blasphemed the name of the Lord, the Bible tells us.

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 And we see here he's breaking something very simple,

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 because sometimes we need to connect what's going on.

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 You know, what did Sennacherib break?

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 What law of God did he break?

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 Well, he broke the second commandment where it tells us in Exodus chapter 20,

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 thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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 You know what?

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 He used the Lord's name in vain by saying, I'm above you.

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 You know, he used it in a way that was counter to glorifying God.

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 And we see that dynamic in his life.

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 And, you know, take a look over, turn to Psalms 10,

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 Psalms 10 tonight.

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 And, you know, we'll talk a little bit about this,

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 and we'll get into what's all going on here.

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 But we find here in the 10th chapter of the Psalm, we see here,

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 it says this in verse 4.

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 It tells us that the wicked, through the pride of his countenance,

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 will not seek after God.

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 So what did Sennacherib?

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 He didn't want to seek after God by the pride of what?

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 His countenance.

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 He thought he was greater than God.

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 For Sennacherib, that was what was happening there.

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 That's the counter.

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 And we understand that God is not at all in his thoughts,

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 it tells us there in verse 4.

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 You know, that's a sign of pride if people just forget God.

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 Because you know what you're saying?

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 I can do life without him.

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 I can put God away and do life without God.

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 That's pride saying, I can and I don't need God.

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 And we see that dynamic.

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 But notice in verse 5 it says,

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 His ways are always grievous,

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 thy judgments are far out of his sight.

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 For all his enemies he puffeth at them.

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 You know, and we see this dynamic in the life of Sennacherib

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 that's impacting Hezekiah.

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 But you know, we also see Hezekiah.

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 You know, look over to Proverbs chapter 16.

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 Proverbs chapter 16, we see this dynamic of what it tells us about pride.

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 It says this, chapter 16 and verse 18 says,

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 Pride goeth before what?

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 Destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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 Better it to be of a humble spirit with the lowly

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 than divide the spoil with the proud.

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 You know what?

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 Hezekiah got hung up on the spoil.

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 He got hung up on all that God had blessed him with.

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 You know, and today we can do the same thing.

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 We can get caught up on what we have

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 and what God's blessed us with

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 and lose sight of the one that blessed us.

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 You know, instead of being just thankful

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 for what God has given us,

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 we can be like grabbing a hold

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 and want to be proudful and prideful of what we have.

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 And we see the blasphemy here of Assyria.

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 You know, oftentimes we don't consider how prideful it was

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 because we remember just a few weeks ago

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 we talked about that

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 because God sent a prophet to a city

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 by the name of Nineveh

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 and they had repented and turned to the Lord

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 and now here they come.

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 They went from a king in Nineveh

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 that feared the Lord

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 because Jonah, remember, preached through the streets

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 and they repented

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 and turned to God

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 and you go back and look, you know,

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 the king of Assyria there in Nineveh

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 was like when the prophet told him

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 what was going to happen

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 because the prophet began to weep

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 and he's just like, we'll never do that.

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 But you know what?

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 When you get lifted up in pride,

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 you'll do things you said you'll never do.

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 When pride gets a hold of you,

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 you'll do all sorts of things

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 that you said you'd never do.

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 And in our life, that's very true

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 and we can learn from that.

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 The blasphemy of there,

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 the king of Assyria and his servants

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 spoke against the Lord,

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 railing upon him.

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 You know, we saw that.

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 Look over here in verse 16 of chapter 32

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 and it says,

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 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God

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 and against his servant Hezekiah.

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 And he wrote also letters to rail

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 on the Lord God of Israel

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 and speak against him,

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 saying,

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 As the gods of the nations of other lands

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 have not delivered their people out of mine hands,

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 so shall not the God of Hezekiah

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 deliver his people out of their hand.

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 You know?

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 We see here,

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 what's the dynamic?

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 Sennacherib is telling his people

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 to go blaspheme the Lord.

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 But look down at verse 20 in chapter 32.

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 Notice this,

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 It is for this cause,

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 Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah,

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 the son of Amos,

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 prayed and cried to heaven.

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 You know, we see here that Hezekiah and Isaiah

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 prayed to the Lord

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 and their prayer was heard,

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 their prayer was answered,

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 but we understand that it was not going to come

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 by a sword or a chariot.

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 It wasn't going to be come by Hezekiah

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 rising up a great men of valor

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 or battle-hardened soldiers to go out

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 or even a great battle plan.

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 You know, the Lord said,

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 Stand by because I'm going to take care of things.

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 You know?

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 Look down here in 2 Chronicles 32, verse 21.

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 Notice what it tells us here.

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 And the Lord sent an angel

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 which cut off all the mighty men of valor

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 and the leaders and the captains of the king

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 are in the camp of the king of Assyria.

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 So he returned with shame of face

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 to his own land.

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 And when he was coming to the house of his God,

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 they came forth of his own bowels,

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 slew him there with the sword.

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 You know?

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 So I want you to see what happens here.

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 God is going to intervene.

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 He answers the prayer of Hezekiah and Isaiah

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 and God sends.

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 It says,

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 The angel of the Lord went out.

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 And we're going to look a little bit at this tonight

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 because if you look over in 2 Kings chapter 19,

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 that's that parallel passage.

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 You know, it kind of gives us

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 those two different perspectives

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 because in Chronicles,

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 you might say the more,

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 a spiritual God's view of what's happening.

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 God didn't make too big a deal about it,

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 but on the other side in 2 Kings,

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 you'll find physically there was a lot

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 of dynamic happening.

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 You know, we find here in 2 Kings chapter 19,

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 it says this down in verse 35.

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 The Word of God tells us this,

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 And it came to pass that night

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 that the angel of the Lord went out

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 and smote in the camp of the Assyrians

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 a hundred fourscore and five thousand.

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 So who's our quick mathematicians?

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 How many is that?

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 185,000.

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 Including the captains and all those

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 that were a part of the army there,

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 of the Assyrians.

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 And we see here, it says,

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 And when they rose early in the morning,

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 behold, they were all dead corpses.

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 So Sennacherib, king of Assyria,

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 departed and went and returned

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 and dwelt at Nineveh.

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 You know, here we have one of those passages

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 a lot of people like.

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 They catch up on that thing.

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 They woke in all dead corpses.

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 You know, it's one of those terms

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 that catches people's attention.

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 You know, trying to figure out

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 what's going on.

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 And there's a lot of speculation

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 as to what happened.

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 You know, how did 185,000 die in the night?

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 You know, but if you turn over,

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 look over to Isaiah chapter 37 for a moment.

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 Because I think Isaiah,

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 his report on this gives us

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 a little insight into this.

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 And I think it fits what could have happened here.

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 We find that chapter 37, verse 7,

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 it says,

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 Behold, I will send a what?

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 A what?

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 A blast upon him.

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 And he shall hear a rumor

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 and return to his own land.

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 And I will cause him to fall

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 by the sword in his own land.

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 That's Isaiah prophesying about Sennacherib.

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 But he talks about,

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 I'll send a blast.

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 Chronicles in Kings says

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 the angel of the Lord went out.

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 You know, there's an interesting phenomenon

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 in the Middle East.

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 That until I got to study this,

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 I didn't even realize what it was.

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 But there's actually a term over there

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 that they call,

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 they refer to it as a poison wind.

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 And what comes,

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 you know, you think about it,

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 Isaiah says he's going to put a blast upon them.

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 And one of the things that happens here,

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 it's a simun,

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 is what they call it,

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 and it's an extremely hot, dry local wind

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 that blows through

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 and the temperatures reach

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 about 130 degrees Fahrenheit.

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 And the humidity drops below 10%.

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 And what it actually causes,

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 it says,

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 because this is recorded,

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 they say that people will get caught in these

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 and their body will actually overheat

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 and they'll die from heat stroke.

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 They can be sitting still

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 and die of heat stroke

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 from this wind that comes through.

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 Now, whether God used that or not,

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 but I think we have a pretty good case

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 that it's a possibility

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 of what took place there that night

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 because it would make sense

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 why they were all just laying there dead

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 because what?

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 They just died where they slept.

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 You know?

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 Now, you can agree or disagree

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 or whatever,

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 it really doesn't matter,

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 but I think it's a good connection

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 where Isaiah says it was a blast

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 and we know historically

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 and even currently,

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 those things happen over there

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 and they said that they'd wipe out

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 entire caravans of merchants

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 even crossing the desert

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 when one of these would come across.

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 And so, depending on where they were sleeping,

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 it could very easily have taken place,

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 you know,

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 because I want you to understand

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 when it says the angel of the Lord went out

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 doesn't mean that there was a physical dynamic

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 that took place.

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 God uses weather all the time.

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 You know?

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 Days of Noah,

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 you'll see God stir up things in Egypt

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 and part of the plagues.

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 I mean, none of this is beyond that,

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 but I want you to just,

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 something to think about there to connect

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 because we ought to look for our answers

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 not someplace else.

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 We ought to look,

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 what does the Bible say about it?

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 You know?

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 And so, I think that connection there

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 makes a good connection

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 of what took place

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 and how 185,000

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 and those that happened to be

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 in the right spot,

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 including Sennacherib,

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 that weren't overheated during the night

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 got up and saw everybody dead.

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 You know?

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 And so, we see that.

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 That's just one of those little side things for tonight.

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 So, get your Bible trivia in,

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 you know, on that.

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 But I think it's important to realize

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 that God explains Himself

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 and gives us insight

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 into those things.

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 And we find here

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 that God accomplishes His word

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 concerning Sennacherib.

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 You know, He turned back to Assyria,

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 follows the devastating destruction

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 of His army.

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 You know, even in those days,

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 if you lost 185,000 troops

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 in one night,

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 you're in trouble.

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 You know?

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 He needed to turn back.

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 And we find also a rumor,

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 we find when He gets back,

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 His own sons kill Him.

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 Two of His own sons kill Him

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 in the house of His God,

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 the Bible tells us.

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 You know, exactly as

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 Isaiah foretold

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 was going to happen.

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 Isaiah laid out

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 all those things for us.

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 And so,

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 but,

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 take a look here

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 and then,

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 back over in 2 Chronicles chapter 32,

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 look down at the

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 verse 22,

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 and it says this,

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 And thus the Lord

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 saved Hezekiah

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 and the inhabitants

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 of Jerusalem

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 from the hand

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 of Sennacherib,

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 the king of Assyria,

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 and from the hand

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 of all others,

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 and guided them

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 on every side.

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 And many brought gifts

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 unto the Lord

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 to Jerusalem

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 and present to Hezekiah,

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 king of Judah,

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 so that he was magnified

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 in the sight of the nations

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 from henceforth.

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 Now,

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 I want you to consider

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 something here

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 because we're talking

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 a little bit about

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 the pride taking place

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 in the latter days

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 of Hezekiah.

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 You think about that,

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 I guarantee you,

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 Hezekiah didn't have

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 a problem pointing out

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 Sennacherib's pride.

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 You know,

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 matter of fact,

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 that was part of his prayer.

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 Lord,

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 are you going to let him

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 talk about you like that?

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 You know,

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 are you going to let him

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 be prideful

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 and say he's more powerful

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 than you?

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 You know,

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 the interesting thing

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 about pride too,

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 it's always easier

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 to spot somebody else.

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 It's always easier

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 to analyze somebody else

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 and what might be prideful

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 than our own selves.

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 And I think it's easy

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 for us,

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 even as Hezekiah,

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 we're going to see here,

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 gets caught up in pride

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 because of God's blessing.

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 Because he lost sight

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 of where did he get

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 the blessing from?

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 You know,

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 he had all this

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 great dynamics.

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 Blessings came upon them

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 once again,

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 it tells us.

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 You know,

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 the Lord blessed him.

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 We see here

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 in chapter 32

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 down in verse 22,

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 it says very clearly

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 that God was with them

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 that came from the hand

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 of all others

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 and guided them

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 on every side of Moses

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 and many brought what?

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 Gifts unto the Lord

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 to Jerusalem

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 and presents to Hezekiah,

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 king of Judah.

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 And he was magnified

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 in the sight

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 of all the nations

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 from henceforth.

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 You know,

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 suddenly Hezekiah,

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.359
 who was looked at

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 as a weak,

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 going to be wiped out

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 by the Assyrians,

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 suddenly Assyrians

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 are gone.

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 Everybody else is saying,

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 hey,

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 Hezekiah must be

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 somebody great.

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 The rest of the world,

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 what they saw

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 is what happened

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 and said Hezekiah

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 must be a great king

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 if he defeated Sennacherib.

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 You know,

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 if he overcame this,

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 he must be a great king

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 because nobody else

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 could stand against him.

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:42.799
 You know,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.099
 pride,

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 one of the things

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:45.319
 that gets us in trouble

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 when you start believing

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 in other people's reports.

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 You know,

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 when people build up

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 and try to make you

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 something that you're not,

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 you need to keep in mind

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 of keeping the right perspective

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 and the right thinking

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 about those things.

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 Because we're going to see here

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 because what goes along

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.359
 with that pride

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 comes akin very quickly

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 to flattery.

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 You know what,

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 when you have pride

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 and somebody comes along

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 flattering,

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 you know what it does to pride?

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 Builds it up pretty fast,

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 doesn't it?

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 Builds it up very quickly

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 and we find

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 that the people

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 and the nations

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 and the kings

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 around about

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 brought gifts to Jerusalem

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 and to Hezekiah.

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 The fact that Jerusalem

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 had survived

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 this Assyrian attack

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:32.039
 magnified Judah

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 and Hezekiah

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 in the sight of all others,

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 even into Babylon.

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 You know?

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 So we see here

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 that the blessing

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.380
 of the Lord

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 was great upon them.

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.420
 You know,

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.100
 this blessing

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.960
 that God gave

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.059
 upon Hezekiah

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 and Judah

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 and the kingdom here

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 was great.

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 look over at verse 27

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 because I want you

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 to keep in context

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 for a moment

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 when we get ready

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 to read this

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 because consider

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.200
 what had happened

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 before the Assyrians

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 came.

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 Remember when the Assyrians

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:03.960
 came?

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 What did Hezekiah's

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 first response?

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.240
 Do you remember?

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:10.680
 Well,

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:10.900
 no,

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.980
 when the Assyrians

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.480
 came

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 and he was afraid

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 of Sennacherib,

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 what did he do?

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.560
 He took all the gold

00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:18.300
 out of the city

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 and he stripped

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:20.020
 the gold off the doors

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 and he gave it

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.180
 as a gift.

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 So I want you

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.560
 to understand

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.720
 before this,

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 the city

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.740
 was basically broke.

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 They had nothing.

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.720
 Why?

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 Because Hezekiah

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.700
 had given it

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 to Sennacherib.

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.539
 Now afterwards

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.759
 we see that God

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.940
 blesses him.

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.560
 Now notice

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:39.580
 what he does here.

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.519
 It says,

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.080
 notwithstanding,

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.440
 or excuse me,

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.640
 in verse 27,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.220
 Hezekiah had exceeding

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.940
 much riches

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.500
 and honor.

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.380
 Where did he get that?

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:48.819
 You know,

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.400
 from everybody

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.259
 bringing it in.

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:51.640
 You know,

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.740
 suddenly he was

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.600
 the great conqueror.

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.799
 Everybody was bringing

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.700
 everything to Jerusalem.

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.360
 People were providing

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.400
 all those things.

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.640
 He had much riches

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:02.019
 and honor.

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.779
 And made himself,

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.480
 notice how much

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.960
 he has now,

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.660
 he made himself

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:07.039
 treasuries for silver

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.339
 and for gold

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.420
 and for precious stones

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.240
 and for spices

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.220
 and for shields

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.140
 and all manner

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:13.640
 of pleasant jewels.

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.680
 storehouses also

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.620
 for the increase

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.280
 of corn

00:22:17.280 --> 00:22:17.880
 and wine

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.380
 and oil

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.460
 and stalls

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.280
 for all manners

00:22:20.280 --> 00:22:20.900
 of beasts

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.900
 and coats

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.700
 for flocks.

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.440
 Moreover,

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.660
 he provided him

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:27.460
 cities and possessions

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.220
 of flocks

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.759
 and herds

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.340
 in abundance

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:31.480
 for God

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.320
 had given him

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.080
 substance

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:34.520
 very much.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.060
 Now I want you

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:37.540
 to see here,

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.100
 God,

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:40.220
 when Hezekiah

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:42.160
 humbled himself

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.180
 before God,

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:45.700
 God answered

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.560
 his prayer

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.620
 and God

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.460
 blessed them

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.259
 in a mighty way.

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.000
 But you know what,

00:22:51.020 --> 00:22:51.660
 it wasn't long

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.500
 before Hezekiah

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.160
 lost sight

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.980
 of what God did.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.400
 You know,

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.080
 I think it's a good

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.880
 warning to us

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.420
 how quickly

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.340
 we can lose sight

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.180
 of God's blessing

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.660
 and get it

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.300
 out of proportion.

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.960
 Because I want you

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.560
 to understand,

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.680
 Hezekiah is still

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.560
 noted as being

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:06.100
 a good king.

00:23:08.020 --> 00:23:08.840
 He's a man

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.460
 who sought

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.080
 after God.

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.460
 You might be

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.420
 seeking after God,

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.019
 but pride

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.500
 is one of those

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.120
 things the devil

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:16.000
 uses as a tool

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.560
 to leverage

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.259
 everything in your

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.539
 life,

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:17.900
 doesn't he?

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.519
 Pride is a very

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.820
 dangerous thing

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.860
 and we see

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.840
 what takes place

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.120
 here.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:26.300
 We see a situation

00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.320
 that we can easily

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.140
 fall into

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.740
 because Hezekiah

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.720
 didn't render

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.039
 the right response

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.320
 towards the Lord.

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.140
 He was not

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.800
 thankful

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:36.620
 but prideful.

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.560
 Look up at

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:38.160
 verse 25

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.880
 for a moment.

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.200
 Look at

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.620
 what the scripture

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:41.980
 tells us.

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.760
 But Hezekiah

00:23:42.760 --> 00:23:43.700
 rendered not

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.700
 again according

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.520
 to the benefit

00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:45.960
 what?

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.900
 Done unto him.

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.700
 Let that sink

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.340
 in for a moment.

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.940
 In other words,

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.780
 Hezekiah

00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:51.940
 did not

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.680
 acknowledge

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:54.020
 what God

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.620
 had given him.

00:23:56.260 --> 00:23:56.800
 In other words,

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.520
 for some reason

00:23:57.520 --> 00:23:58.260
 he began to

00:23:58.260 --> 00:23:59.260
 believe the reports

00:23:59.260 --> 00:23:59.920
 everybody was

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.200
 saying.

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.580
 Hezekiah,

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.600
 you're so great.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.040
 You know,

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:05.040
 people flattering him,

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.920
 bringing him gifts.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.880
 God was blessing him

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.460
 but yet

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.580
 in his mind

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.320
 and his heart

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:12.420
 it was building up

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:14.779
 a prideful

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.500
 dynamic

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.480
 towards the things

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.380
 of God's blessing.

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.300
 He rendered

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.960
 not again.

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.680
 Let's simply

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.340
 put it this way.

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.400
 He didn't recognize

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.340
 where he got it from.

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.519
 He began to think

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.500
 it was of himself

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.300
 instead of

00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.740
 what God had done.

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.380
 You know,

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.320
 it's easy to get

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:31.820
 caught into that

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.940
 and we see here,

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.480
 look at the rest

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.640
 of that verse.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:34.960
 It says,

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.620
 for his heart

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.160
 was what?

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:39.180
 Lifted up.

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.960
 His heart

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.940
 was lifted up.

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.299
 In other words,

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:43.920
 when he started

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.519
 getting past

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.759
 the danger

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.360
 and past

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.079
 the dynamic

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.000
 and the situation

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.680
 in life

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.100
 that had distressed

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.720
 him and God

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.860
 began to bless again,

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.340
 what did he do?

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.400
 He forgot about God.

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.360
 He forgot about

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:57.519
 what God had done.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.900
 And we're going

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.420
 to see here

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.759
 that God sends

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:03.500
 a test

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.680
 upon him

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.700
 to reveal this.

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.960
 And we're going

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.379
 to see that

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.339
 God does this

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.319
 instead of walking

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.599
 humbly with God

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.220
 and giving the glory

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.420
 entirely to him,

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.839
 Hezekiah takes

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.799
 honor to himself.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.420
 And so we're going

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.839
 to look here

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.579
 at the business

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:20.059
 of pride.

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.000
 Notice this next

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.599
 section here.

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.700
 It tells us

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.740
 in verse 31,

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.379
 notice this,

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.559
 says,

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.460
 how be it in the

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.319
 business of the

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.460
 ambassadors of the

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.420
 princes of Babylon.

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.620
 Babylon.

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.840
 Now we're going

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.400
 to look here

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.200
 because what does

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.759
 God do?

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.080
 We're going

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.740
 to find that

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.039
 God allows

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.200
 some princes

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.000
 of Babylon

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.800
 to come

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:39.340
 and what happens

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:40.019
 here is going

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.880
 to expose

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.279
 the heart

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.460
 of the king.

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.279
 Now notice this,

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.660
 who sent unto him

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.420
 to inquire

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.180
 the wonder

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.200
 that was done

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.940
 in the land.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.160
 God left him

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.000
 to try him

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.580
 that he might

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.220
 know all

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.920
 that was what?

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.460
 In his heart.

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.860
 You know,

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.620
 one of the things

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.960
 that I think

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.779
 God allows

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.359
 things into

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.039
 our life

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.579
 to make sure

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:02.920
 we recognize

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.019
 when pride

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.200
 is building up.

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.579
 When we get

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.180
 too much of a

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.859
 focus upon

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.480
 ourselves

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.139
 and what we

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.899
 have instead

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.500
 of what God

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.000
 has done.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.740
 God allows

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.480
 things to come

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.160
 into our life.

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.680
 We notice here,

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.740
 God allowed

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.920
 these to come

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.619
 and he used

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.660
 it as a test,

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.500
 as a dynamic

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.480
 to see what

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.299
 was truly

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:25.059
 in Hezekiah's

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.319
 heart.

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:27.419
 what was

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.740
 there,

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.179
 what was

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.980
 truly there

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.240
 because,

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:29.819
 you know,

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.339
 we notice

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.259
 and we've

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.759
 talked about

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.359
 this the last

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:32.859
 few weeks,

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.379
 you know what,

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.619
 you don't really

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.240
 know how you're

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.899
 going to respond

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.259
 until you're

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.960
 in a situation,

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:39.519
 until you're

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.259
 actually in the

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.740
 dynamic.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.139
 You know,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.480
 have you ever

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.839
 noticed there's

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.379
 a lot of

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.659
 easy to,

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.259
 you know,

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.339
 couch quarterbacks,

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.700
 you know,

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.879
 they know exactly

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.519
 what they would

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.980
 have done.

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.740
 You know,

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.960
 if they'd only

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.779
 done what I

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.379
 would have done,

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.819
 everything would

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.519
 have been fine.

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.819
 You know,

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.759
 they sit there

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.660
 and they analyze

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.779
 and they sit

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.299
 on the couch,

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.619
 but you know,

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:58.940
 it's a lot

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.440
 different when

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.759
 you're out

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:02.099
 there in the

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.980
 midst of it.

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.839
 To see how

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.379
 are you going

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.000
 to actually

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.259
 respond in

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.859
 the circumstance.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.480
 Because,

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.819
 you know,

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.619
 oftentimes you

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.000
 don't know

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.379
 until you're

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.720
 tested.

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.180
 You know,

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.539
 we're in

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.259
 football season.

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.779
 Here's a good

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.579
 example of this.

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:18.839
 You know,

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.839
 think about

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.720
 pre-season

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.240
 polls.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.940
 Nobody's

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.640
 played a game

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.000
 yet.

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.880
 And they're

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.420
 already hyping

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.240
 people up.

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.539
 And you know,

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.860
 they're going to

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.600
 be great and

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.100
 all this.

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.240
 And you know

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.460
 what?

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.100
 They have a lot

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.580
 of hype,

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.380
 but guess what?

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.059
 Sooner or later

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.660
 they get on the

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:36.100
 field and a test

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.700
 comes.

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.539
 And that's the

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.019
 reason at the

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.720
 end of the season

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.799
 you don't usually

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.580
 see a lot of the

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.279
 same teams that

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.880
 started out at the

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.100
 beginning.

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.299
 What happened is

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.400
 the test,

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.360
 they failed.

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.080
 They had a lot

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.500
 of hype.

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.100
 They thought what

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.680
 they were going to

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.220
 do, but it

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.200
 didn't materialize

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.820
 in what they did

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.120
 do.

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.580
 You know,

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.360
 in our own life

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.959
 that's the same

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.439
 dynamic.

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.059
 Are we going to

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:56.319
 do and accomplish

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.319
 what God would

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.079
 have for us to

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.319
 do?

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.859
 Are we going to

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.799
 be faithful to

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.519
 do those things,

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.319
 this business of

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.899
 pride?

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.740
 And we see here

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.099
 that the kings,

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.779
 when they saw

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.539
 the Assyrians

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:09.039
 retreat, they all

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.759
 came bearing

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.279
 gifts and flattery

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.679
 to Hezekiah.

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:15.220
 And when these

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.660
 particular ones come

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.440
 from Babylon, and

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.900
 to get a little

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.620
 more information,

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.100
 we need to go

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:21.140
 back to 2 Kings.

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:23.580
 You know, 2 Kings

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.840
 chapter 19, or

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.539
 excuse me, chapter

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.259
 20, gives us some

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.220
 more insight into

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.120
 what takes place

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.380
 here.

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.880
 Because Chronicles

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.580
 just says, hey,

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:33.259
 God used this to

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.060
 see what was in

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.600
 his heart.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.420
 And then you go

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.259
 over to Kings, and

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.259
 Kings describes what

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.200
 actually took place.

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.940
 How did this play

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.279
 out?

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.200
 What was the

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.720
 dynamic?

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.839
 And it tells us

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.660
 here in 2 Kings

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:47.000
 chapter 20, look

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.539
 down here in

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.360
 verse 13.

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.180
 It says, in

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:52.120
 Hezekiah, or

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.460
 excuse me, let's

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.200
 go to verse 12.

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.660
 And at that

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:55.160
 time, Beradish

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.079
 Balan, the son

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.360
 of Baladin, the

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.420
 king of Babylon,

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.319
 sent letters and

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.920
 a present to

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.559
 Hezekiah.

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.799
 For he had heard

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.740
 that Hezekiah had

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.200
 been sick.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.720
 In other words, he

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.860
 heard that Hezekiah

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.500
 was supposed to

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.240
 die, and now he

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.740
 lives, and the

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.460
 Assyrians have

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.940
 departed.

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.500
 You know, he's

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.000
 like, hey, we

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.279
 need to butter this

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.259
 guy up some, you

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.460
 know.

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.920
 And so notice

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.619
 this, and

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.559
 Hezekiah did

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.879
 what?

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.579
 What's that next

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.079
 word there in

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.720
 verse 13?

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.619
 Hearkened.

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.879
 What did Hezekiah

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.539
 hearken unto?

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.460
 That's the question.

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500
 Flattery.

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.119
 Building him up.

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.700
 Because I guarantee

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.160
 you the representatives

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.460
 from Babylon didn't

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.019
 come and say,

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.099
 Hezekiah, you're a

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.319
 fool, you're an

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.460
 idiot, you're all

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.039
 sorts of things.

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.460
 They didn't know,

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.599
 Hezekiah, you're a

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.539
 great guy, look what

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.559
 you've got, look what

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.500
 you've done, look what

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.139
 you've accomplished, look

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.579
 how great you are.

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.819
 You must be a great

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:50.059
 individual because he

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.179
 hearkens unto them and

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.279
 he gets caught up in the

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.639
 flattery and he begins to

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:56.000
 march them around and

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.219
 shows them everything

00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:57.599
 that's there.

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.439
 Look at the next thing

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:59.219
 that happens here.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:01.119
 And he showed them all

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.099
 the house of his

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.879
 precious things, the

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.119
 silver, the gold, and the

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.279
 spices, and the precious

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.219
 ointment, and all the

00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:09.319
 house of his armor, and

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.379
 all that was found in

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.039
 his treasures.

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.740
 There was nothing in

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.980
 his house nor in all

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.359
 his dominion that

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.740
 Hezekiah showed them

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.099
 not.

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.039
 Now, you read that

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.799
 verse, think about what

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.700
 actually took place.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.000
 What's that verse

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.559
 describing?

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.619
 Yeah.

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:30.099
 Here's Hezekiah, the

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.359
 king of Babylon sends

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.720
 his messengers with all

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.279
 this flattery, and

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.819
 Hezekiah, well, yeah, I

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.879
 am great, let me show

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.019
 you how great I am.

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:40.660
 Look at all this stuff

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.420
 that I have.

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.420
 Look at all the things

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.019
 that I've gained.

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:46.240
 Look at all the different

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:48.379
 things that God has, you

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:50.319
 know, that I have, and He

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:52.720
 didn't give pride, or He

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.579
 didn't give honor to the

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:54.879
 Lord.

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:57.079
 We see here this dynamic.

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.079
 We'll look a little later

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.940
 here in this passage in

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:02.079
 verse 14, where Isaiah the

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:03.460
 prophet comes and says,

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.279
 hey, what'd you do?

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.279
 But you know what?

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.500
 I want you to understand,

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:07.899
 pride comes in different

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.379
 forms.

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.160
 Or should I say it

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.460
 manifests itself in

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.119
 different forms.

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:15.220
 Think about Uzziah, the

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:17.099
 kings that we talked

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.079
 about, Uzziah.

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.680
 Uzziah, his great

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.019
 grandfather, Hezekiah's

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.220
 great grandfather had a

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.079
 problem with pride.

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.859
 Do you remember what

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.579
 Uzziah did?

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.240
 Remember, he was the

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.559
 king that charged into

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.559
 the house of God and

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.720
 wanted to burn incense

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.759
 before the Lord where

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.700
 only the priests were

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.220
 supposed to?

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:41.079
 You know, here's Uzziah,

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:42.440
 his great grandfather had

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.980
 a spiritual pride, you

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.559
 might say, of saying, I'm

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.679
 great enough, I can just

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:48.679
 do whatever I want and

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:49.460
 don't have to worry about

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.740
 what God said about it.

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.859
 But here with Hezekiah, we

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.740
 have it show up in a

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.559
 different form, what we

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.579
 might say is a worldly

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.079
 pride.

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.220
 The pride of life.

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:02.419
 You know, look at me.

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.379
 You know, when you see

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.259
 this dynamic, a lot of

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.139
 people want people to

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.619
 look at them.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.039
 They want to be built up

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.980
 in that, you know.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.159
 But look over to the New

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.799
 Testament for a moment.

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.700
 Go to 1 John.

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:15.379
 1 John chapter 2.

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.639
 John's writing to

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:20.559
 believers and he's

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.940
 telling us some important

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.599
 information.

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.419
 He says, I have written

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.759
 unto you fathers because

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.000
 you have not, you have

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.299
 known him that is from the

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.659
 beginning.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.679
 I have written unto you

00:32:29.679 --> 00:32:30.759
 young men because you are

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.519
 strong and the word of God

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.740
 abideth in you and you

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.920
 have overcome the wicked

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.319
 one.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.639
 Now that sounds pretty good,

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.000
 doesn't it?

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.920
 But think about the next

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.440
 verse here.

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.240
 Love not the world, neither

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.379
 the things that are in the

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.660
 world.

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.039
 If any man love the world,

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.220
 the love of the Father is

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.879
 not in him.

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.819
 For all that is in the

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.859
 world, the lust of the

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.960
 flesh, the lust of the

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.420
 eyes, and the pride of life

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:55.440
 is not of the Father but is

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.980
 of the world.

00:32:56.980 --> 00:33:00.460
 You know, Hezekiah stands as

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.000
 a stark warning to us to

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.079
 keep our eyes on the right

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.400
 thing.

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.839
 To keep our eyes on the

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.900
 Lord because if we begin

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.400
 looking to love the world,

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.240
 you know what happens?

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:11.099
 Those things become the

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.599
 attachment.

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.160
 You know?

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.519
 And we understand in this

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:18.039
 case of Hezekiah, he faced

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.980
 a test and failed under

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:22.220
 temptation that's common to

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.079
 so many of us.

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.259
 You know?

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:28.599
 It's easy to get caught up

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.059
 in pride.

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:32.659
 To think more highly of

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.659
 yourself than you ought to

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:33.980
 think.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.500
 Pride is something that

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.000
 causes a lot of problems.

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.659
 You can look through the,

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.819
 if you want a little Bible

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.059
 study, just type in the word

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:42.059
 pride in your little digital

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.039
 thing there and look up

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.079
 what the Bible has to say

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.480
 about it.

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.619
 You'll never find anything

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:47.059
 positive associated with

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.419
 pride.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.819
 Destruction, stumbling,

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:51.720
 heartache, pain, agony.

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.120
 I mean, the road it leads

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:55.420
 you down is never good.

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.980
 It either causes a direct

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.380
 problem for you or others

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.120
 around you.

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:00.339
 Because what happens is

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.579
 pride means we forget

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.160
 about God.

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.180
 Look back in the Old

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.799
 Testament for a moment.

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.960
 Go to Deuteronomy chapter

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.299
 8.

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.779
 Deuteronomy chapter 8.

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:08.599
 You know, as you read the

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.099
 Bible sometimes, it's good

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.099
 to try to put things in

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.260
 context and even order.

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.179
 Because it's interesting as

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.519
 you read through Deuteronomy

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.559
 how many things that

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:20.159
 happened to the kings, God

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.000
 warns them about.

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.599
 Before it's even happened,

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.260
 God says, hey, you better

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.860
 pay attention.

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.860
 Look down here at

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.940
 Deuteronomy chapter 8.

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.780
 Look at verse 11.

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.059
 Notice what God tells them.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.380
 They're not even in the

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.880
 land yet.

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.179
 He says,

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.420
 Beware that thou forget

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.760
 not the Lord thy God,

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.800
 in not keeping his

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.699
 commandments and his

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.480
 judgments and his

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.659
 statutes which I command

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.320
 thee this day.

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.860
 Now notice this.

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.159
 Lest when thou hast eaten

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:47.079
 and art full, and hast built

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:48.500
 goodly houses and dwelt

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.280
 therein, and when thy herds

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:51.800
 and thy flocks multiply, and

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.120
 thy silver and thy gold is

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:55.120
 multiplied, and all that

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.420
 thou hast is multiplied.

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.800
 What's that next phrase?

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:02.360
 Then thine heart be what?

00:35:04.060 --> 00:35:06.519
 What happened to Hezekiah?

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:08.880
 When God multiplied everything,

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 what did he do?

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 He forgot about God and his

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 heart was what?

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 Lifted up.

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 You know, the great thing

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 about God is he gives us the

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 warning beforehand.

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 He gives us insight to the

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 dangers that lie ahead.

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 He said, you're going to face

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 a danger of pride in your

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 life if you don't keep your

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 eyes on the right things.

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 You're going to face a danger

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 of it, and Hezekiah revealed

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 all that he had to them

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 because of pride.

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 Instead of giving glory to God,

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 he presented himself and his

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 glory instead.

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 Now, I want you to consider,

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 if you remember Hezekiah's

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 prayer to God, in his prayer

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 to God, he said, God,

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 they're blaspheming your name.

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 You know, you need to be,

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 take care of them so your

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 name would be glorified in

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 the world.

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 And I'm summarizing there,

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 but that's the synopsis of

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 Hezekiah's prayer.

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 It's interesting that after it

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 was solved, what did Hezekiah

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 do?

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 He said, look at me.

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 Because he had an opportunity,

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 all the nations, all the

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 kingdoms, everybody was coming

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 to Jerusalem to recognize

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 Hezekiah, and Hezekiah had an

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 opportunity to say, no, it's not

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 me, it's God.

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 He had a chance to glorify God,

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 instead he allowed himself to

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 be glorified.

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 Pride.

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 Dangerous thing.

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 As we look at the life of

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 Hezekiah, and we see here,

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 turn back over to 2 Chronicles

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 chapter 32 here, as we get back

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 over here.

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 because notice what God allowed

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 this to happen.

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 It says this, and who sent unto

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 him to inquire the wonder that

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 was done in the land, God left

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 him to try that he might know all

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 that was in his heart.

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 Now think about that.

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 What did God want to know?

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 Hezekiah, are you really going to

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 keep, do you really going to glorify

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 me in the moment?

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 Are you got pride that needs to be

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 dealt with?

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 Are you going to deal with the

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 right thing?

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 And we find here, God allowed

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 this test to see what was in

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 his heart.

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 It's a test that revealed his

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 lack of gratitude toward the one

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 that redeemed him out of the hand

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 of the enemy and out of death.

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 And the problem is not

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 recognizing, the problem of not

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 recognizing the source of our

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 blessing can easily creep into our

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 life.

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 You know, when we forget that what

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 we have is because God has blessed

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 us.

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 Whether it's little or much, you

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 possess it because God has blessed

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 you.

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 But that's very easy to lose sight of

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 that, isn't it?

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 Very quickly to lose sight, just as

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 Hezekiah, because we find here the

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 prophet Isaiah reveals the judgment

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 upon his house and it's going to be

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 reserved for a different day.

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 Now, this is another dynamic.

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 Look over in 2 Kings chapter 20

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 and verse 19.

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 Because Isaiah comes and says,

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 hey, you're going to face the

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 judgment of the Babylonians.

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 Matter of fact, the Babylonians are

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 going to come, not in the too

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 distant future, and conquer Jerusalem.

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 You know what they're going to do?

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 They're going to take all this that

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 Hezekiah showed them.

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 Basically, Hezekiah set up his own

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 destruction.

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 But we're going to see here, notice

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 here in verse 19 of chapter 20 of

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 2 Kings, then Hezekiah, then said

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 Hezekiah unto Isaiah, good is the

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 word of the Lord which thou hast

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 spoken.

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 And he said, is it not good if peace

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 and truth be in my days?

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 I'll let you think on that one for a

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 moment.

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 God tells him that your grandchildren

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 are going to be facing great

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 hardship.

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 And Hezekiah's response of, well, it's

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 good not my day.

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 Now, we can talk about that a lot for

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 America today.

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 Because you know what?

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 That's one of the problems we have.

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 We're a nation that's been blessed.

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 And we say, well, if judgment comes, as

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 long as it's not my day, that's fine.

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 Pretty short-sighted.

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 Things to be concerned about.

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 And we need to understand the

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 importance of what we're looking at.

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 You know, Proverbs chapter 4, here

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 Solomon is instructing Rehoboam, you

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 might say directly here in verse 20, it

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 says, my son, attend to my words,

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 incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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 Let them not depart from thine eyes.

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 Keep them in the midst of where?

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 Thine heart.

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 For they are life unto those that find

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 them in health to all their flesh.

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 Keep thy heart with all diligent, for

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 out of it are the issues of life.

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 What was Hezekiah's problem?

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 He had a heart problem.

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 You know, we can easily get, we can

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 easily ourselves get a heart problem.

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 Not the ticking kind of heart either,

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 but a core issue in our life.

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 And we see here, as we finish up quick

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 with Hezekiah here, that the epitaph of

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 Hezekiah reveals that overall he was a

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 good king that loved God and desired to

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 serve Him.

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 You know, if you remember back in 2nd

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 Chronicles chapter 29 in verse 2, it

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 says, he did that which is right in the

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 sight of the Lord according to all that

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 David his father had done.

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 So in other words, I want you to see that

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 Hezekiah's, God's report on him said he was a

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 good man who sought after God.

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 But you know, you can have good intention of

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 seeking after God and have a desire and pride

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 can still become a problem.

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 You see that throughout.

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 That's the reason that people get in trouble in

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 life is because pride takes over.

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 Because let's look at the closing statement.

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 Look at verse 32 of chapter 32 of 2nd

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 Chronicles.

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 It says,

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 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his

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 goodness, behold, they are written in the

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 vision of the Isaiah the prophet, the son of

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 Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah

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 and Israel.

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 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they

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 buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchers of

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 the sons of David.

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 And all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

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 did honor him in his death, and Manasseh his

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 son reigned in his stead.

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 You know, we're going to pick up here in a few

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 weeks talking about his son.

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 Because you go from a godly king to one of the

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 most wicked kings of Judah.

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 Big flip.

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 Makes you wonder, was that attached to Hezekiah's

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 pride?

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 and how his son seen some of these things

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 happen that impacted.

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 We'll take a look and see here in a few weeks

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 as we pick back up.

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 Let's close in prayer.

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 Thank you.