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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. ASA'S EARLY REIGN AND POWER.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. Began his reign with reforms and exhorted people to seek Jehovah.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Ethiopian army of 1 million.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Asa's prayer.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Acknowledged God's power - "it is nothing for thee to help us, O Jehovah."</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. Asked God's help.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">c. Rested on God.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">d. Went forth in His name.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. After victory met by prophet Azariah. D. Sought the Lord with all the people.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">E. Deposed the Queen Mother and destroyed her idol. Stamped and burned.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">II. ASA'S ERROR.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. Baasha, King of Israel began to build cities that were a potential threat to Judah.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Asa sent to Ben-Hadad King of Syria.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Why did he not call on God?</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Not nearly so serious a threat as the Ethiopians</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. "I can handle this myself."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Asked pagan king to break a treaty.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. Paid him with God's money.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">III. GOD'S MESSAGE TO ERRING KING.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. God's faithful messenger.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Easy to carry Azariah's message.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Hanani's message difficult. Tempted to temper.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. God's reasons.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Because reliance on King of Syria, not on God.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. God's reminders - his former deliverance.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">D. God's search.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. How God gives - man's 3 types:</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Convince thru persuasion.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. Make need known.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">c. Man looking for investments.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. God's search for the perfect heart.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Complete heart - not divided.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. Complete trust in Him.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">c. Complete love for Him (not divided affection)</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. God still searches today.</div>
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