Bible Lesson: Answered Prayer: King
Jehoahaz Prays For Deliverance.
Subject Of Prayer: Jehoahaz
Prayed For Deliverance From The Syrians.
Bible Text: II Kings 13:1-5
NKJV
II Kings 13:1-5 NKJV
1 In the
twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah,
Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did
evil in the sight of The Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them.
3 Then the
anger of The Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them
into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad
the son of Hazael, all their days.
4 So Jehoahaz
pleaded with The Lord, and The Lord listened to him; for He saw the
oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 Then The Lord
gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of
the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as
before.
For Israel, there seemed to be an endless cycle of Blessing,
forgefulness, apostasy, judgment and repentance, and restoration.
King Jehoahaz “did evil in the sight of The Lord, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He
did not depart from them. (Verse 2)
And with what result?
II Kings 13:3
NKJV
Then the anger
of The Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into
the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the
son of Hazael, all their days.
II Kings 13:3
GNT
So The Lord was
angry with Israel, and He allowed King Hazael of Syria and his son
Benhadad to defeat Israel time after time.
QUESTION: May our country suffer and come under judgment of
God, because of the sinful leadership, our countrys leader performs?
ANSWER: Yes! Such surely was the case with one King Jehoahaz,
who “did evil in the sight of The Lord, and followed the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.”
(Verse 2)
This is one reason why Christian people should pray much, over who
they elect, to any and all public offices!
It wasn't just the King who was under God's judgment, but all the
people as well.
And so what did King Jehoahaz do?
II Kings 13:4
NKJV
4 So Jehoahaz
pleaded with The Lord, and The Lord listened to him; for He
saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed
them.
(Our Lord told Solomon of old...)
II Chronicles
7:14 KJV
If My people,
which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Psalm 34:18 KJV
The Lord is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.
Psalm 51:17 KJV
The sacrifices
of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah 66:2 KJV
"... to
this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite
spirit, and trembleth at My Word.
Joel 2:12,13 NLT
12 That is why
The Lord says, “Turn to Me now, while there is time. Give Me your
hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
13 Don’t tear
your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return
to The Lord your God, for He is merciful and compassionate, slow to
get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and
not punish.
II Corinthians
7:10 NLT
For the kind of
sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results
in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But
worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
The Lord heard and answered Jehoahaz prayer.
II Kings 13:5
NKJV (Joash/ Jeroboam II)
Then The
Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped
from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt
in their tents as before.
The end of Jehoahaz? An idolater till the end, and Israel a vassal entity
of the Syrians.
"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from
history."
Friedrich Hegel
Deuteronomy
4:27-30 KJV
27 And The Lord
shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in
number among the heathen, whither The Lord shall lead you.
28 And there ye
shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which
neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But if from
thence thou shalt seek The Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him, if thou
seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 When thou
art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in
the latter days, if thou turn to The Lord thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto His voice;
31 (For The
Lord thy God is a merciful God;) He will not forsake thee..."
II Chronicles
15:12,14,15 KJV
12 And they
entered into a covenant to seek The Lord God of their fathers with
all their heart and with all their soul;
14 And they
sware unto The Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with
trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And all
Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart,
and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them: and
The Lord gave them rest round about.
Psalm 34:10 KJV
The young lions
do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek The Lord shall not
want any good thing.
Isaiah 31:1 KJV
Woe to them
that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in
chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are
very strong; but they look not unto The Holy One Of Israel, neither
seek The Lord!
Hosea 10:12 NLT
I said, ‘Plant
the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek
The Lord, that He may come and shower righteousness upon you.’
Did The Lord hear and answer King Jehoahaz prayer? Yes, and He stands
ready always to hear our prayer of repentance and plea for help.
The God Who
Hears And Answers Prayer:
Joshua 10:14 KJV
And there was
no day like that before it or after it, that The Lord hearkened unto
the voice of a man: for The Lord fought for Israel.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
Job 22:27 KJV
Thou shalt make
thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee..."
Psalm 6:9 KJV
The Lord hath
heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear
my voice.
Psalm 65:2 KJV
O thou that
hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 66:19 KJV
But verily God
hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 88:1,2 KJV
1 O lord God of
my Salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer
come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalm 91:15 KJV
He shall call
upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 99:6,8 KJV
6 "...they
called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
8 Thou
answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them..."
Psalm 102:17 KJV
He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 15:8,29
KJV
8 The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 38:5 KJV
“...I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears...”
Isaiah 56:7 KJV
"... for
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 58:9 KJV
Then shalt thou
call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say,
Here I am...:"
Isaiah 65;24 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
KJV
And ye shall
seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your
heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
KJV
Call unto Me,
and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
Zechariah 13:9
KJV
And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
Joel 2:32 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be delivered..."
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Matthew 6:6 KJV
But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV
7 Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 18:19,20
KJV
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 26:41
KJV
Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Mark 11:24,25
KJV
24 Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 11:9,10 KJV
9 And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 18:1,7,8
KJV
1 And He spake
a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
7 "...don’t
you think God will surely give justice to His chosen people who cry
out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off?
8 I tell you,
He will grant justice to them quickly! But when The Son Of Man
returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke 21:36 KJV
Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son
Of Man.
John 14:13,14
KJV
13 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that The Father
may be glorified in The Son.
14 If ye shall
ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
John 15:7,16 KJV
7 If ye abide
in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
16 Ye have not
chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My name, He may give it you.
John 16:23,24
KJV
23 And in that
day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask
The Father in
My name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Ephesians 6:18
KJV
Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Don’t worry
about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you
need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians 4:2
NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I Thessalonians
5:17 KJV
Pray without
ceasing.
I Timothy 2:8
KJV
I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
James 1:6 KJV
But let him ask
in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you
James
5:13-16 KJV
13 Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of The Lord:
15 And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
I Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of
all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I John 3:22 KJV
And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
I John 5:14,15
KJV
14 And this is
the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing
according to His will, He heareth us:
15 And if we
know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of Him.
Revelation 8:3-5 NLT (Prayers heard and kept)
3 Then another
angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a
great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of
God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended
up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
5 Then the
angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
