What Made Hezekiah Great I What Made Hezekiah

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What Made Hezekiah Great? I. What Made Hezekiah Great Was Not… A. …His Parents.

What Made Hezekiah Great? I. What Made Hezekiah Great Was Not… A. …His Parents. � His father Ahaz was very wicked (2 Kings 16: 1 -4). B. …His Children. � His son Manasseh was very wicked (2 Kings 21: 1 -2).

What Made Hezekiah Great? I. What Made Hezekiah Great Was Not… C. …His Age.

What Made Hezekiah Great? I. What Made Hezekiah Great Was Not… C. …His Age. � He ascended the throne at twenty-five (2 Kings 18: 2). D. …His Wise Judgment. � He showed the riches of the kingdom to the envoys from Babylon (2 Kings 20: 1219).

What Made Hezekiah Great? II. What Made Him Great Was… A. …His Faith. �

What Made Hezekiah Great? II. What Made Him Great Was… A. …His Faith. � “He trusted in the Lord God of Israel” (2 Kings 18: 5). B. …His Commitment. � “He held fast to the Lord” (2 Kings 18: 6). C. …His Obedience. “He did what was right in the sight of the Lord” (2 Kings 18: 3). � “…Kept His commandments” (2 Kings 18: 6). �

What Made Hezekiah Great? II. What Made Him Great Was… D. …His Uncompromising Loyalty.

What Made Hezekiah Great? II. What Made Him Great Was… D. …His Uncompromising Loyalty. � “It is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel” (2 Kings 18: 4; 2 Chron. 29: 111). E. …His Prayerfulness. � “Hezekiah prayed before the Lord” (2 Kings 19: 14 -19; 20: 1 -3).

What Made Hezekiah Great? III. We May Be Equally Great If We… A. …Strive

What Made Hezekiah Great? III. We May Be Equally Great If We… A. …Strive to be right in God’s Sight (Col. 1: 21 -23). B. …Trust in the Lord (Prov. 3: 5). C. …Keep the Lord’s Commandments (John 14: 21).