1 Kings 15:9-15

Reformation.

The moral condition of Judah was fearful when Asa came to the throne. The apostasy of Solomon had inaugurated a retrogression which was aggravated in the reigns following, so that for three generations the abominations of the heathens were increasing. The condition of Israel was even worse, under the system introduced by Jeroboam, to which the successors of that monarch tenaciously held. When the Holy Land was in such a state of degeneracy, what was the condition of the world at large! There was, therefore, the greatest need for reformation.

I. OF THIS ASA BECAME THE SUBJECT AND SPECIMEN . Reformations have ever been inaugurated by individuals who have embodied and exemplified their principles. Witness Luther in Germany, Knox in Scotland, etc. Such also was Asa.

1 . He " did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord ."

2 . In this he is compared with David .

3 . Such commendation was eminently creditable to Asa .

II. OF THIS ALSO HE BECAME THE INSTRUMENT . This is God's order ( 1 John 1:3 ). What he felt he tried to promote.

1 . Beginning with his own house .

2 . Then influencing the nation .