Manasseh Did Evil

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Manasseh Did Evil

• Restored idol worship 2 Kings 211-3
• Idol worship was forbidden Exodus 203-4
• "You shall have no other gods before Me. You
  shall not make for yourself a carved image, or
  any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,
  or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
  the water under the earth.

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Manasseh Did Evil

• Restored idol worship 2 Kings 211-3
• Idol worship was forbidden Exodus 203-4
• Profaned the temple and sacrificed children (4-8)
• Caused the people to sin (9)
• Became worse than the Heathens Deut 94-6

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• Do not think in your heart, after the Lord your
  God has cast them out before you, saying,
  'Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought
  me in to possess this land' but it is because of
  the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is
  driving them out from before you. It is not
  because of your righteousness or the uprightness
  of your heart that you go in to possess their
  land, but because of the wickedness of these
  nations that the Lord your God drives them out
  from before you, and that He may fulfill the word
  which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham,
  Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore understand that the
  LORD your God is not giving you this good land to
  possess because of your righteousness, for you
  are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 94-6
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Manasseh Did Evil

• Restored idol worship 2 Kings 211-3
• Idol worship was forbidden Exodus 203-4
• Profaned the temple and sacrificed children (4-8)
• Caused the people to sin (9)
• Became worse than the Heathens Deut 94-6
• Ignored the word of the Lord (9)
• Prophets gave stern warnings (10-15)
• Did he repent? (16)

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Manasseh Repents

• Punished by God 2 Chronicles 3311-13
• Truly repents (12)
• God forgave him (13)
• We must repent and pray Acts 822
• "Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and
  pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may
  be forgiven you.

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Manasseh Repents

• Punished by God 2 Chronicles 3311-13
• Truly repents (12)
• God forgave him (13)
• We must repent and pray Acts 822
• God does the same for us today 1 Tim 115-16

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• This is a faithful saying and worthy of all
  acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world
  to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for
  this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first
  Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a
  pattern to those who are going to believe on Him
  for everlasting life.

1 Timothy 115-16
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Manasseh Repents

• Punished by God 2 Chronicles 3311-13
• Truly repents (12)
• God forgave him (13)
• We must repent and pray Acts 822
• God does the same for us today 1 John 19
• If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
  to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
  unrighteousness.

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Manasseh Repents

• Punished by God 2 Chronicles 3311-13
• Truly repents (12)
• God forgave him (13)
• We must repent and pray Acts 822
• God does the same for us today 1 Tim 115-16, 1
  John 19
• Repentance must be true Isaiah 116-20

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• "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean Put away
  the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
  Cease to do evil, learn to do good Seek justice,
  rebuke the oppressor Defend the fatherless,
  plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason
  together, says the Lord, Though your sins are
  like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow
  though they are red like crimson, they shall be
  as wool. If you are willing and obedient, you
  shall eat the good of the land but if you refuse
  and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword
  For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 116-20
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Attempt To Reform

• Tore down the idols (14-15)
• Commanded that God be worshipped (16)
• People continued in sin (17)
• Could not undo evil influence over his son
  (21-24)
• His evil influence spanned generations
  2 Kings 2312, 25-27
• Fall of Jerusalem 2 Kings 241-4

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Repentance

• The power of repentance is the forgiveness of sin
• Repentance can not undo the damage sin causes.
• Can not undo evil influence
• Can not stop sins consequences
• But it will stop the condemnation of your soul!