Imitation
Why Do We Imitate Certain Things, But Not Others
King Ahaz
His Fathers – The Kings of Judah
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His Fathers Who Were King Before Him All
Modeled the Same Pattern.
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They Started Off Making Wise Choices, But Then
Ended Their Reign With Bad Choices.
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Joash – Killed His Spiritual Father

Amaziah – Fought Against His Brethren and
Lost.

Uzziah – Entered the Temple and Became a
Leper.
The Revolving Door of Kings

In Israel Their Kings Were Being Murdered One
After Another.

Zechariah
Murdered.

Shallum – Ruled 1 Month and Was Murdered.

Menahem – Ruled 10 Years and Died.

Pekahiah – Reigned 2 Years and Was Murdered.

Pekah – Ruled 20 years and was Murdered.

Hoshea – He Was Captured By Assyria
–
Reigned
6
Months
and
Was
There Was Nothing Good About Ahaz

Have We Ever Had a President Whose Wife
Aborted a Baby?

He Sacrificed His Sons to the gods (16:3).

He Sacrificed to the gods everywhere (16:4)
◦ 2 Chron. 28:24, 19
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So God Punished Him.
◦ God Allowed Judah to Be Captured By Assyria & Israel.
◦ The 1st Group of Captives Were Taken to Assyria.
His Big Mistake Was What He Wanted to
Imitate
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Why Do We Imitate Things or People?

We Admire Them.
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We Think They Will Bring Us Success, Power,
Fame, etc.

We Like What They Produce or Stand For.

King Ahaz Visited
Amazed at His Altar.
Tiglath-pileser
and
Was
His Big Mistake Was What He Wanted to
Imitate

2 Kings 16:10-15

Notice He Kept God’s Altar Around So He Could
Inquire of God By It.

By Why Did He Want This New Altar?

2 Chron. 28:23
What Do We Want to Imitate

Israel Always Struggled with God Because They
Wanted to Imitate the World.
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We Need to Imitate Jesus Christ.
◦ Morally
◦ Spiritually
◦ Physically

There Is No Greater Power, Helper, Friend, or Savior You
Will Find.
3 John 11
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but
what is good. The one who does good is of
God; the one who does evil has not seen
God.”
1 Cor 11:1
“Be imitators of me, just as I also am of
Christ.”
Gal 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is
no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
me, and delivered Himself up for me.”
James 4:4
“You adulteresses, do you not know that
friendship with the world is hostility toward
God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a
friend of the world makes himself an enemy
of God.”