THE K I N G ’ S B U S IN E S S
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APRIL 23, 1922 UZZIAH ’S PRIDE AND PUNISHMENT
(May be used with Temperance Applications.) Golden Text: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a Prov. 16:18. LESSON TEXT
, fall.
2 Ki. 5:20-27; Rev. 3:17-19.)
2 Chron 26:3-5, 8-21. (Read Num. 12:1-15; Deut. 8:11-14; 2 Chron. 25; Jer. 9:23, 24; Dan. 4:28-33; Mat. 23:8-12; Jas. 4:6;
and slings to cast stones. (15) And he made in Jerusalem engines, in vented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones w ith al. And his name spread far abroad; fo r he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. (16) But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; for he trans gressed against the Lord h is’ God, and went into the temple o f the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (17) And Azariah the priest went in after him, and w ifh him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men: (18) And they w ithstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense; go out of the sanc tuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither- shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. (19) Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to . burn incertse; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rosfe up in his fo re head before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar. (20) And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was lep rous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, be cause the Lord had sm itten him. (21) And Uzziah the k in g was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; fo r he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, ju d g ing the people o f the land. good, man’s grasping heart of greed and God’s humbling hand of judgment. The story is as old as the devil him self. The history of Uzziah reads like the history of tens of thousands of men and women. The secret of Uzziah’s prosperity is found in v. 5. «And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.” . It was true of Hezekiah (2 Chron.
(3) Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and tw o years in Jeru salem. H is mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (4) And he did that .which was righ t in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did. (5) And he sought God in the days of Zechariàh, who had understanding in the visions o f God; and. as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. (8) And the Am monites gave gifts .to Uzziah: ana his name spread abroad even to the entering in of E gyp t; fo r he strengthened himself exceedingly. (9) Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turn ing of the wall, and fortified them. (10) Also he built towers in the desert and digged many w ells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country,' and the plains; husband men also, and vinedressers in the mountains, and . in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. (11) Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, a c cording to the number o f their ac- count by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king s captains. (12) The whole number of the ch ief of the fathers, the m ighty men of valour, were tw o thousand and six hundred. (13) And under their hand was an army three hun dred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with m ighty power, to help the king against the enemy. (14) And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows Outline: U ) Uzziah’s Prosperity, vs. 8-15. (2) Uzziah’s 18. Presumption, vs. 16- - (3) Uzziah’s Punishment, vs. 19-21. (1) U Z Z I A H ’ S LESSON PROSPERITY, vs. 8- EXPOSITION 15 ’ “ He was marvel- T. C. Horton lously helped, till he was strong.“ Here is the old story of a hhman life. God’s gracious hand upon a man for
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