Intro: We left off Wicked Queen Athaliah had taken the throne in
Killed all her grand kids or so she thought.
A) Spiritual Darkness in the land – Promised heirs cut off
B) Child hidden in the temple – for 6 yrs –
1) Safe place because Athaliah didn’t go there – no heart for God
C) Special priest and his wife – hid the boy – Joash
RDV.1-3
Jehoiada
was a godly man who was concerned with
restoring the throne of David to the line of David, and taking it away from
this daughter of Ahab and Jezebel.
A) He
was also the husband of Jehoshabeath, the woman who hid the young boy Joash and
protected him from the Athaliah’s massacre.
B) “The
easiest thing for Jehoiada would have been to shut himself up in the
temple, and leave things to take their course.
1)
The noble thing was to come forth, and boldly confront the rampant, evil of his
time.”
So all the assembly made a covenant with the
king in the house of God. Declared Behold, the king’s son shall reign:
A) This was a dramatic
moment. For six years everyone believed there were no more surviving heirs of
David’s royal line and there was no legitimate ruler to displace the wicked
Athaliah.
B) The secret had to be
secure, because the king’s son would be
immediately killed if his existence were revealed.
1)
The captains
must have been shocked by the sight of this six-year old heir to the throne.
C) Also a moment of faith –
Behold the kings son shall reign – a 7yrold
1)
Most 7yr olds can’t rule their room ….. a kingdom
D) Sometimes what God calls
us to do doesn’t make sense to us!
1) The last thing that makes
sense is his word
Peter
A) Graveyard shift and he
can’t go home –
B) Home to sleep get up
again – do it all over
1) Jesus says lets fish-
launch out in the deep
C) Wrong time morning –
wrong place –
1) Nets clean and mended –
Never the less at ….
Note:
One reason Athaliah was able to reign for six years was that no one knew any alternative.
A) Many people live under
the reign of Satan because they don’t really know there is a legitimate king
ready to take reign in their life.
B) Promised Child – grew man
– Victory
C) Believe His word!
RD
V.4-10 Divides the
Priest into 3rds
A) Wisdom – He had a plan
here
B) Weapons from the temple
C) It would have been too
tricky if these priests had showed up
bringing their own weapons from home. 1) It would have aroused suspicion. Show up packing
Shootout at the OK Corral
D) Weapons in the temple – Trophies – David’s victories – God’s Past
faithfulness
1) Trophies in our lives –
God’s Past faithfulness
WILDA
E) Another generation will now be victorious using the trophies that
David won in battle.
1) That means that the Lord
will use my battles to help my children and other believers to help them win
battles.
APP: God has
given to us many victories and these victories need to be mounted in the
A) The glory needs to go to
the Lord for every victory we have received.
B) Those trophies need to be
mounted. Glory given to the Lord.
1) Testimonies are like
these battle trophies of David. We are
saying: “This is the victory that that the Lord has done in my life.”
C) It brings glory to God
1) TWO - It arms the people
of God.
D) They can grab those weapons themselves to fight their battles.
1) They can be encouraged by
what God has done for YOU... “YOU had victory in that situation......God used
YOU in that insurmountable situation and now I can believe God for the same.”
E) Bob Caldwell – Sharing like Jehoshaphat – Lord no power resources –
all we have is you.
1) Hey we were there – hang
in there. – God is faithful
So everyone is in
place here – it is quite a showing
Of Priest and
Levites RDV. 10-11
A) Make a few points
First the king’s son
had to be revealed. Then they
brought out the king’s son
B) No one could support him
and he could not take his rightful throne until he was brought
out before the people.
C) Next the king’s son
had to be crowned. Put the crown on him This was the public and
official recognition of him as king.
The king’s
son had to come with the Word of
God. Gave him the Testimony Joash
appeared before the people holding the scrolls of God’s Word.
A) Deuteronomy
17:18 says that the king should have his own copy of the Scriptures.
B) “This is
the basis for the British custom of presenting the monarch with a copy of the
Bible during the coronation service.”
C) Next The king’s son
had to be received. And made him king.
1) He had the
royal right to impose his reign, but he instead allowed his rule to be
received.
D) They Anointed him:
The king’s
son could never fulfill his office without a divine anointing.
E) And said, “Long
live the king!” The king’s son received praise once he was
recognized as their king.
F) We can and
should follow the same pattern in our reception of Jesus Christ, the true king’s son.
Verse 12-15
A) This is unbelievable – the woman who Killed all of her grandkids is
yelling treason
B) Human nature: We can act horribly toward others and justify it –
1) Someone wrongs us – we get all upset
C) What you measure out is what is going to be given back to you –
Judgment – Judgment
1) Grace – Grace
RD V.16-20
After 6 years of
this woman’s reign of wickedness the people are reaffirming their commitment to
the Lord
A) Sweeping reforms
B) 3 Basic things that happen to rebuild – good description of what
should happen in our lives
1) Sometimes things get out of whack
C) For 6yrs the Kingdom was out of whack – wickedness
D) Maybe our lives are not marked so much by wickedness – but things
are not right
1) Out of whack – off center spiritually –
Note what they
did:
#1 V.16 He restored their relationship with God
That they should be the pp of God
A) Listen: I don’t know what you think might be the real problem – but
it is going to be rooted in your relationship with God.
B) Heart of the problem is a heart problem
1) The thing the Lord cares about the most is our hearts { Our
relationship with Him
C) That was made right!
#2 V.17 Then they
deal with the Sin ! Tore down the
#3 Then they started doing the right things again
V.21 The Result
21 So all the
people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain
Athaliah with the sword.
REJOICING AND PEACE
CH.24 RD V.1-4
VERSES 1-4
Joash set his
heart toward repairing the temple
A) Special place in his heart – 6yrs lived there – gratitude for God’s
house
B) Reared and nurtured there – Affection for God’s house –
1) Reared here – His word –
C) Motivation for Giving and serving – What God has done – thankful
D) So He is going to set a plan in motion to fix it
1) Guess what they need provision – things don’t change
E) Good Motive: Wrong Plan – RD V. 5-7
He sends the Priest out to collect – Not God’s plan
Not what Moses instituted –
Moses instituted
when the pp come to worship as part of their worship – they give
The Lord does NOT need your
money. We are the ones that NEED to give. It is our giving that wipes out
selfishness. Makes us like Him
New plan v8-10
Joash made a big
“agape box” and the gifts were placed in it.
A) 2 Kings 12:9 tells us that they bore a hole in the chest and you
would drop your money into that hole.
B) Here is the KEY: and all the
people rejoiced
C) The people caught the vision for the project. Like some of you have
caught a vision for what we are doing.
D) THAT is why they rejoiced.
1) NOTE: IF giving is a BURDEN or a BUMMER to you, then do NOT give
at all.
NOTE: As
they continued this practice of having boxes set up in the temple we find Marks Gospel making an interesting
observation
It does NOT say that He watched WHAT they gave, but HOW they gave
It does NOT matter WHAT you
are giving.
It matters HOW you are
giving.
If it is obligation and
burdensome then do NOT give.
RDV.11-12
The Pp gave in abundance
Then the money was put to use
Bob C . Share the need -
Biblical method – God’s pp – to partner in God’s work
Not doing capital
stewardship campaigns – not collecting
A) Need more of you to get behind this
B) If you are behind the ministry: Blessed by it
C) Building – more expensive –
1) Scaled back –
D) We need to see where we are going to be at – very soon –
RD V.13-14
RD v.15-22
A) He kills the son of the man who had mentored him nurtured – hid – in
the court of the temple
B) Joash what happened to you
C) Didn’t own his faith RDV.23-27