Do You Want God to Heal Our Land?

Introduction: If My people Called by My name Chorus If my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, hey. Then will I hear from heaven, then will I forgive sin and heal their land. Now my eyes are open, now my ears attentive, to hear their prayer.

I. God’s People Must Turn from Their Wick Ways for God to Heal Our Land

Hebrews Meaning of Land: to be firm; the earth (at {Large} or partitively a land): -X {common} {country} {earth} {field} {ground} {land} x {nations} {way} + {wilderness} world.

2 Chronicles 7:14 “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.”

A. Isreal Followed Other gods

1. Baal: Elijah Lead Back Serve God

1 Kings 18:19–23 “19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

2. God Answered Elijah Calling on Him by Fire and the People Turn Back to God

1 Kings 18:37–39 “37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.”

3. The People Worshiped Nebuchadnezzar Golden Image

Daniel 3:5–8 “5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

4. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego Refused to Bow Down to Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Image and Were Cast into the Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:16–19 “16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.”

Daniel 3:20–25“20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

4. God Delivered Them Out of the Fiery Furnace and Nebuchadnezzar Charge the People to Worship Their God

Daniel 3:26–28 “26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”

II. King Lead Isreal Back to God After the Lost Book of the Law Were Found

A. Hilkiah Found the Lost Book of the Law and Told Shaphan the Scribe

2 Chronicles 34:15–18 “15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.”

B. Shaphan Showed King Josiah the Lost Book of the Law

2 Chronicles 34:19–22 “19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

C. King Told Him to Inquire About the Book of the Law

21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.

D. He Found a Hilkiah the Prophetess

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.”

E. She Told Him to Tell King That God Was Provoke Because They Worshiped Other gods

2 Chronicles 34:23–26 “23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;”

F. Because King Josiah Heart Was Tender, Humble Himself Before God, Rent His Clothes, and Weep Before God, God Promised That He and the Nation of Judah of Would Not Experience God’s Wrath While He Was King.

2 Chronicles 34:27–28 “27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.”

G. But When His Son, King Jehoahaz, Became King Over Judah, He and the Nation Stop Keeping the Law, and They Went into Captive to Babylon.

III. In the New Testament, the People Said That It Was the Voice of God When King Herod Tetrach Spoke

A. The People Shouted It is the Voice of god

Acts 12:21–23 “21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

B. Immediately the Angel of the Lord Smote Him, and He Dropped Dead and the Worms Eat Him, Because He Did not Gave God the Glory

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.”

C. We Are Not to Worship a King, President, Religion, or Any Person

Exodus 34:14–16 “14 For thou shalt worship no other god:

D. For the Lord is a Jealous God

for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

E. Because You Go a Whoring After Other gods

15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.”

IV. King David Kingship Will Last Forever, Because He Repented and Kept God’s Commandments

A. King David’s Kingdom Will Never End

Isaiah 9:6–8 “6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, To order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice From henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

B. King David’s Kingdom Will Be Established Forever, If He is Constant in God’s Commandments and Judgments

1 Chronicles 28:7 “7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.”

C. King Saul’s Kingdom Was Not Forever, Because He Didn’t Keep God’s Commandments

1 Samuel 13:13–14 “13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.”

D. King Saul Had Been Anointed and Prophesied With the Prophets

There is a Person Who a Lot of the Church People, Are Saying is the Chose One. Who is Not Keeping God’s Commandments. He Lies and Wants People to Worship Him. He Will Not Repent.