And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.ĢCh 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.Īmaziah was 25 years old which even today seems too young to be a national ruler but his father King Joash had been assassinated. *****2Ch 25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. There is also a secondary thing we will see in these Scriptures and that is as a nation grows weak the opportunity to have to defend itself against an enemy increases and war is most likely!Īll these things lead to an increase in wicked behavior and this is evident in our own nation today! The bottom line is that when our heart is not right with God we will loose the opportunity to serve Him and this is the greatest purpose we have in this life!īut there are terrible things that happen when are hearts are not right with God and right with each other! Today we will see a King of Judah who had an imperfect heart.
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Psa 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me. Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. So the process of salvation that leads to discipleship of all others must begin in the heart! Jer 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another )Īll these things are true but the greatest truth of our heart is that since the sin of Adam, we each carry within our selves a wicked heart that has to be over come daily. The heart is also the seat of our conscience. Psa 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psa 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. So the heart is then the home of our personal life! There is none other commandment greater than these. Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. We have been in the New Testament Book of Luke for several months now so let’s spend some time in the Old Testament and look at some kings other than David and Solomon and some others we do not hear much about.Īccording to the Bible, our heart is not only the center of our spiritual activity but also the center operations of the human life. Amaziah, The King With An Imperfect Heart