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NASB | 1 Kings 15:14 But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 15:14 But the high places [of idol worship] were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was entirely devoted to the LORD all his days. |
Bible Question:
1 King 15:14 second part Asa's heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life (NIV) or all his days (both NASB and Amplified). 2 Chronicles 16, it mentioned that: Asa had done a foolish thing that he relied on the king of Aram (verse 7 to 9) Asa showed his resentment toward the seer's charge. He also relied not on God but the physicians concerning his feet illness. So, how should we interpret the description on 1 King 15:14 second part? Did Asa finally repent before his death? Thanks and in Christ. Azure |
Bible Answer: Dear Sister Azure, Every believer will occasionally fail. Sometimes in pretty awful ways. Abraham made some pretty foolish mistakes, the consequences of which we live with today. Eli and Samuel were men of God, but they had some clear issues that were not what they should have been. David was a "man after God's own heart" and yet he committed great sin. This subject is what theologians call "the perseverance of the saints." As William Secker put it, "Though Christians be not kept altogether from falling, yet they are kept from falling altogether." God works in the lives of His own to bring them to Himself in glory, starting with election, through regeneration, repentance, conversion, sanctification, etc. The life of one redeemed by God is characterized by a general bent toward Godliness. Thus, in the lives of the people mentioned in Hebrews 11, their lives could be generally characterized by righteousness. Not because they were good people, but because God was at work in their lives. I believe that this is the case with regards to King Asa. The characterization we see in 1 Kings 15:14 is a general statement about Asa's life. But most of all -- as it is in the life of all of the redeemed -- it is a testimony to God's grace. In Him, Doc |
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