Manasseh

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

2 Chronicles 33:12-18

And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,…

We shall consider Manasseh —

I. AS A SINNER.

1. He sinned against light, against a pious education and early training. It is a notorious fact that when men do go wrong after a good training they are the worst men in the world. The murder of John Williams at Erromanga was brought about by the evil doings of a trader who had gone to the island, and who was also the son of a missionary. He had become reckless in his habits, and treated the islanders with such barbarity and cruelty that they revenged his conduct upon the next white man who put his foot upon their shore.

2. He was a very bold sinner.

3. He had the power of leading others to a very large extent astray.

II. AS AN UNBELIEVER. He did not believe that Jehovah was God alone.

1. The unlimited power that Manasseh possessed had a great tendency to make him a disbeliever.

2. His pride was another cause.

3. Another cause was his love for sin.

III. AS A CONVERT. He believed in God —

1. Because God had answered his prayer.

2. Because He had forgiven his sin.

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