_Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?_ STOPPING THE FOUNTAINS Nothing was more thought of in ancient times in order to add to the greatness of a city than an abundant water supply. It was one of the greatest glories of old Rome that it had never-failing aqueducts, and the same... [ Continue Reading ]
_With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God._ HEZEKIAH AND THE ASSYRIANS The story of Hezekiah and his preservation is one of the most vivid and thrilling. Rightly interpreted, it echoes the words of our text to all time. The king of Assyria is a representative character. The pow... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prayed and cried to heaven._ TRUE PRAYER True prayer is not pestering the Throne with passionate entreaties that a certain method of deliverance which seems best to us, should be forthwith effected; but is a calm utterance of need, and a patient, submissive expectance of fitting help, of which we... [ Continue Reading ]
_In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death._ HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY I. The great contrasts in the events of life. II. The suddenness with which these events happen. III. The distress with which they are often attended. IV. The wonderful deliverance which God can grant. (_James Wolf... [ Continue Reading ]
_Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart._ HEZEKIAH’S SIN AND HUMILIATION I. Show the nature and grounds of hezekiah’s humiliation. His sin does not seem great in human estimation; but it was exceeding sinful in God’s sight. 1. He sought his own glory. He wished to sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart._ HEZEKIAH’S FALL CONSIDERED AND APPLIED I. Hezekiah’s sin. 1. Its nature. (1) All sin originates in the heart. Hezekiah’s sin did not, like that of David, break forth into gross and external violations of the Divine law, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness._ HEZEKIAH’S GOODNESS I. The genuine goodness shall not want appropriate record and remembrance. 1. God, the inspirer of goodness in the hearts of men, will not forget it. 2. The beneficiaries of goodness will not be unmindful of their bene... [ Continue Reading ]