Session 5 1 Kings 15:9-22

RETURN

FOCUS ATTENTION

who has watched any of the television shows where a home
undergoes a drastic makeover.

Ask:

• Why do you think those home make-over shows are so popular?

State:

today we see how King Asa performed a “make-over”
and turned Judah toward honoring God again.

Discuss:

• In what ways is our past present?
• What makes breaking from the past so challenging? (p. 45)

Transition:

Let’s see how Asa, a man committed to God,
led the people back to God.

EXPLORE THE TEXT

Review:

Use Pack Item 2 (Outlines of 1, 2 Kings)
and Pack Item 7 (Handout: 1,2 Kings Time Line)

review the kings covered in the study so far and
note the progression through 1 Kings. Use the information in Understand the Context (p. 45)
and Pack Item 9 (Kings of the Divided Kingdom)
to briefly summarize the reigns of the kings, bringing to today’s study of Asa.

Highlight:

Note that Asa’s father Abijam is described this way:

“Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed,
and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God
as his ancestor David had been”

(1 Kings 15:3).

Transition:

Asa did not have a strong role model to follow.
He faced a decision of whether to choose spiritual rebellion
like his father or to chart a new course
toward spiritual renewal.

Let’s see what steps he took..