Devotion 335
“Our Fathers Have Not Hearkened To The Words of This Book”
Reference: II Kings Chapter 22
2 Kings 22:1-2 “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. [2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.”
Josiah turned not to anything else but the Lord. He believed!
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:3-8 “And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, [4] Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: [5] And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, [6] Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. [7] Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. [8] And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.”
Judah was in sin and idolatry because the Word (book of the law) was not opened to the people. Without the Word of God, we perish in darkness.
The people perish because the answer to their problems was never read. Most of our problems today is because we do not read the Word of God.
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Without reading the Word of God, we become like unbelievers. We have a zeal for God but without knowledge.
Romans 10:2-3 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. [3] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”
The Word is the Light to our path. Without knowing the Word, we perish in darkness irrespective of our zeal for the Lord.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:9-11 “And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. [10] And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. [11] And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.”
The Word of God is honey to the soul. It will make some shout, some will cry, and others like Josiah will rent their clothes.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:12-13 “And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, [13] Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.”
The Word of God describes the Grace of God and the Wrath of God. Faith with knowledge draws the Grace of God, unbelief (zeal without knowledge) draws the wrath of God.
They did not know the Word to believe because they did not care for the Word. They did not care for the Word enough to pass it to the next generation.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:14-17 “So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. [15] And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, [16] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: [17] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.”
God is His Word. They forsook God when they forsook the Word. Hence the cause of the evil.
He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever. If He forsook those who forsook His Word then, He will forsake those who forsake His Word today. If He brought evil to those who forsook His Word then, He will bring evil to those who forsake His Word today.
We conclude our reading:
2 Kings 22:18-20 “But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; [19] Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. [20] Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.”
The child of God who is in line with the Word is not appointed unto wrath.
Before God will flood the world, every believer was first placed in Noah’s Ark.
Before God destroyed Sodom with fire, the believers were brought out of that wicked city.
Before He brought His wrath upon Judah, He promised to take Josiah home.
Likewise, before the upcoming great tribulation, He promises to rupture His children out of the world..
What a promise!
Let your faith be with knowledge, and knowledge of the Word. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever, in Christ!
Reference: II Kings Chapter 22
2 Kings 22:1-2 “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. [2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.”
Josiah turned not to anything else but the Lord. He believed!
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:3-8 “And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, [4] Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: [5] And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, [6] Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. [7] Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. [8] And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.”
Judah was in sin and idolatry because the Word (book of the law) was not opened to the people. Without the Word of God, we perish in darkness.
The people perish because the answer to their problems was never read. Most of our problems today is because we do not read the Word of God.
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Without reading the Word of God, we become like unbelievers. We have a zeal for God but without knowledge.
Romans 10:2-3 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. [3] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”
The Word is the Light to our path. Without knowing the Word, we perish in darkness irrespective of our zeal for the Lord.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:9-11 “And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. [10] And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. [11] And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.”
The Word of God is honey to the soul. It will make some shout, some will cry, and others like Josiah will rent their clothes.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:12-13 “And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, [13] Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.”
The Word of God describes the Grace of God and the Wrath of God. Faith with knowledge draws the Grace of God, unbelief (zeal without knowledge) draws the wrath of God.
They did not know the Word to believe because they did not care for the Word. They did not care for the Word enough to pass it to the next generation.
We continue our reading:
2 Kings 22:14-17 “So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. [15] And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, [16] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: [17] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.”
God is His Word. They forsook God when they forsook the Word. Hence the cause of the evil.
He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever. If He forsook those who forsook His Word then, He will forsake those who forsake His Word today. If He brought evil to those who forsook His Word then, He will bring evil to those who forsake His Word today.
We conclude our reading:
2 Kings 22:18-20 “But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; [19] Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. [20] Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.”
The child of God who is in line with the Word is not appointed unto wrath.
Before God will flood the world, every believer was first placed in Noah’s Ark.
Before God destroyed Sodom with fire, the believers were brought out of that wicked city.
Before He brought His wrath upon Judah, He promised to take Josiah home.
Likewise, before the upcoming great tribulation, He promises to rupture His children out of the world..
What a promise!
Let your faith be with knowledge, and knowledge of the Word. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever, in Christ!
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