Life is not always black and white. There are “bad” people who sometimes do good deeds. And there are “good” people who perform wrong and unkind actions. II Chronicles 14-16 tells the story of King Asa who started his reign in righteousness. He trusted in God in times of great trial and performed courageous acts of faith and reformation deposing his own grandmother (or possibly his mother) as Queen Mother because of her horrid idolatry.  In II Chronicles 15:17 the Scriptures record, “Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.”  Yet Chapter 16 records foolish, angry, oppressive and stubborn actions from King Asa.  He bribes a pagan king to make a defense treaty with him which seems to accomplish what he wants but earns a rebuke from God through Hanani the seer.  Angered by the seer, Asa puts him in prison and oppresses some of the people. (Read More)