{"id":1213,"date":"2024-11-10T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/321-stephen-palmer-josiah-personal-discovery-of-the-word\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:29:42","slug":"321-stephen-palmer-josiah-personal-discovery-of-the-word","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/321-stephen-palmer-josiah-personal-discovery-of-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"321: Stephen Palmer- Josiah: Personal Discovery of The Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening Class 2 from the series \u201cLiving on Appreciation for the Scriptures\u201d by Bro. Stephen Palmer entitled \u201cJosiah: Personal Discovery of The Word\u201d that was given at the Southern California Fraternal in United States in 1999. To hear the rest of the 4 class series, check out the GCT Extended Podcast!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi, I’m Chris, I’m Jason,
\nand I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
\nweek on this podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe select one talk a week to
\nhelp us get the Bible in our <\/p>\n

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\nDaily News feed.
\nEach week we post a talk that we<\/p>\n

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\npreviewed from suggestions sent
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\nworld.
\nThen we record a short intro <\/p>\n

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\nbeforehand as a personalized
\nrecommendation to you on why we <\/p>\n

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\nare sharing the talk.
\nAnd now let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nWelcome to the good Chris <\/p>\n

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\nAdelphian Talks podcast.
\nThis is brother Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is a series
\nthat was given by brother <\/p>\n

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\nStephen Palmer back in 99 at the
\nLos Angeles fraternal weekend. <\/p>\n

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\nThe four part series was called
\nLiving on Appreciation for the <\/p>\n

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\nScriptures and what we’re
\nlistening to is Class 2 which is<\/p>\n

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\nabout Josiah and the personal
\ndiscovery of the word. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Steven takes us into the
\nmindset of young King Josiah as <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of the Law was found
\nand how life changing that was <\/p>\n

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\nfor him and the nation as well.
\nAnd it brings up a lot of good <\/p>\n

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\nquestions about what knowing and
\nhaving easy access to the Word <\/p>\n

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\nof God means and does for you.
\nAnd really like. <\/p>\n

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\nNot just as a secondary
\nconsumer, not just listening to <\/p>\n

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\nwhat someone else tells you what
\na passage means, but to soak it <\/p>\n

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\nin for yourself.
\nWho are you becoming by what you<\/p>\n

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\nread?
\nWhat further questions should <\/p>\n

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\nyou be asking yourself?
\nAnd then I’ll also embrace my <\/p>\n

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\nold man get off my lawn moment
\non this platform. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I personally am all about
\nhaving my own paper Bible, <\/p>\n

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\nmarking it up, wrinkling pages,
\neven spilling my kids applesauce<\/p>\n

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\non the page if that.
\nIf that’s what it takes for <\/p>\n

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\nSunday school, so be it.
\nAnd I say that over relying on <\/p>\n

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\nphones, tablets and laptops
\nsimply for the ease of use and <\/p>\n

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\naccess that they provide you.
\nBrother Steven makes a great <\/p>\n

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\npoint about what you intend to
\npass down for others to find and<\/p>\n

35
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\nlearn from, like the book of the
\nLaw. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ve experienced for myself
\nand heard a lot of stories about<\/p>\n

37
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\ninheriting someone else’s marked
\nup Bible and seeing how the word<\/p>\n

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\ncame alive for them.
\nBut not once do I expect someone<\/p>\n

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\nto be looking to inherit
\nsomeone’s flash drive or get <\/p>\n

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\naccess to their Bible app.
\nSo hopefully that gives some of <\/p>\n

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\nyou something to consider.
\nBut as always, we hope that this<\/p>\n

42
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\ndoes strengthen your faith and
\nbrighten your day. <\/p>\n

43
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\nBrother Stephen.
\nPalmer, Josiah, and the Personal<\/p>\n

44
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\nDiscovery of the Word.
\nWhat we’ve seen it together in <\/p>\n

45
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\nour first class when sisters,
\nyoung people, is this need for <\/p>\n

46
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\ncharacter development.
\nNotice the focus isn’t on works.<\/p>\n

47
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\nIt’s not about what we are
\ndoing. <\/p>\n

48
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\nWe must do this, We mustn’t do
\nthat, although of course there <\/p>\n

49
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\nare things we must do and things
\nwe mustn’t do. <\/p>\n

50
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\nWhat the scriptures are teaching
\nus, we believe, is that in order<\/p>\n

51
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\nto do the right thing and not to
\ndo the wrong thing, what we have<\/p>\n

52
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\nto address is the character
\nwhich leads us in a certain way.<\/p>\n

53
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\nThe character that we have can
\nchange. <\/p>\n

54
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\nIt can’t be changed, and we have
\nto focus our minds on this. <\/p>\n

55
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\nWe have to change to be the
\npeople we ought to be. <\/p>\n

56
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\nIt’s a process.
\nIt’s a slow process, but it is a<\/p>\n

57
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\nprocess of change.
\nI don’t know if you’ve ever said<\/p>\n

58
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\nor heard anyone say, well, look,
\nthat’s just the way I am. <\/p>\n

59
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\nYou’ve just got to take me as I
\nam because that’s me. <\/p>\n

60
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\nThat’s unacceptable.
\nThat is not acceptable. <\/p>\n

61
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\nRather than system.
\nDid Christ die for nothing? <\/p>\n

62
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\nGod is changing us through His
\nWord, through the living example<\/p>\n

63
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nthrough the circumstances that <\/p>\n

64
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\ncome upon us, through the
\nangelic ministry working in our <\/p>\n

65
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\nlives.
\nHe is trying to change us so <\/p>\n

66
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\nthat we’re not just the way we
\nare, but that we become more and<\/p>\n

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\nmore, by God’s grace, like the
\none who has died for us. <\/p>\n

68
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\nAnd it’s our personal
\ninvolvement in this process <\/p>\n

69
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\nwhich we are addressing our
\npersonal involvement with. <\/p>\n

70
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\nThe power to change that is the
\nWord of God. <\/p>\n

71
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\nAnd so this is for everyone,
\nespecially for those who think <\/p>\n

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\nthey are small in the truth.
\nThe work of Josiah was a <\/p>\n

73
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\ntremendous example and we can
\nlook at him as a personal <\/p>\n

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\nexample manifesting the things
\nthat God requires of us. <\/p>\n

75
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\nWe’ll look at the King’s record
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nSecond King’s chapters 22 onward
\nand sometimes go to the <\/p>\n

77
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\nChronicles record, but we’d just
\nlike to point out one or two <\/p>\n

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\nthings about this man,
\nparticularly in relationship to <\/p>\n

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\nthe qualities that he showed in
\nrespect of the Word of God. <\/p>\n

80
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\nIn Second Kings 22, verse 8,
\nwe’re told that Josiah was just <\/p>\n

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\n8 years old when he began to
\nreign. <\/p>\n

82
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\nWe’re told in the Chronicles
\nrecord that when he was 16 he <\/p>\n

83
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\nbegan to seek the God of David,
\nhis father, and when he was 20 <\/p>\n

84
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\nhe began to cleanse the land.
\nHe was a remarkable young man. <\/p>\n

85
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\nHe must have had perhaps one of
\nthe worst fathers, and certainly<\/p>\n

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\none of the worst grandfathers
\nit’s possible to conceive of a <\/p>\n

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\nchild ever having.
\nHis spirituality at the age of <\/p>\n

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\n16 had nothing to do with his
\nfather, nothing whatsoever. <\/p>\n

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\nIt might just have had something
\nto do with his grandfather. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what Manasseh was the in the
\nrecord of the kings was just <\/p>\n

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\nabout the worst king who
\nintroduced such a reign of <\/p>\n

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\ncorruption, such grotesque
\nidolatry, that the nation of <\/p>\n

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\nJudah became unfit to survive.
\nIt was because of the sins of <\/p>\n

94
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\nManasseh that Judah was to be
\nremoved. <\/p>\n

95
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\nNevertheless, Manasseh repented.
\nIt’s hard to believe this, not <\/p>\n

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\nhard to believe he repented so
\nmuch. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s hard to believe that God
\naccepted his repentance, hard to<\/p>\n

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\nbelieve that God is so full of
\ncompassion that even Manasseh <\/p>\n

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\ncould find grace.
\nIt’s just quite startling when <\/p>\n

100
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\nyou read about the sins of
\nManasseh. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he did find grace.
\nAnd it may well have been that <\/p>\n

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\nin his later years, the last
\npart of his reign, that he made <\/p>\n

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\nprovision for his grandson was
\ngoing to be king, to be <\/p>\n

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\ninstructed in the things of God.
\nPossibly. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what you saw I couldn’t have
\nbeen instructed in was the word <\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nThere was a man who must have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen brought up knowing only
\nsecond-half the stories of the <\/p>\n

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\nBible.
\nIt seems there’s an indication <\/p>\n

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\nin the fact that he walked in
\nall the way of David, his <\/p>\n

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\nfather, that he had had a good
\neducation in the history of his <\/p>\n

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\nforebears, and that the man
\nDavid had been an inspiration to<\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nIt may be that there were still <\/p>\n

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\nSARS in existence, but what he
\ndidn’t have was the law, which <\/p>\n

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\nMoses recorded because that had
\nbeen lost and it wasn’t until <\/p>\n

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\nhis 26th year, six years
\ninterest reformation that the <\/p>\n

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\nBible of Moses was rediscovered.
\nSo the first part of his life <\/p>\n

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\nand the first efforts that he
\nmade to cleanse the ways of his <\/p>\n

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\npeople didn’t really have the
\nsame power that the second <\/p>\n

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\ncleansing had.
\nThe second cleansing is <\/p>\n

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\ndescribed in Second Kings 23,
\nthe first cleansing in the <\/p>\n

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\nChronicles record.
\nIf you put those two together, <\/p>\n

122
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\nyou can see there were two
\nactual cleansings of the temple.<\/p>\n

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\nJust as the Lord Jesus Christ
\ncleansed the temple at the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning and the end of his
\nministry. <\/p>\n

125
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\nThere’s a pattern which is
\nrepeated. <\/p>\n

126
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\nWhen he went into the temple.
\nAnd they said by what authority <\/p>\n

127
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\nto these things.
\nThey also must have recognised <\/p>\n

128
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\nthe echoes of Josiah’s time.
\nIt was the authority of the king<\/p>\n

129
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\nby which he did these things.
\nBut having understanding of God <\/p>\n

130
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\nsecond hand is a poor substitute
\nfor what God intends for us. <\/p>\n

131
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\nJust learning what brethren
\nteach us is a poor substitute <\/p>\n

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\nfor listening directly to the
\nWord of God. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we hope often times the two
\nthings are the same, that what <\/p>\n

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\nbrethren teaches is the Word of
\nGod, pure and simple. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it can’t be that we are free
\nfrom the weakness of our own <\/p>\n

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\nnature in our understanding and
\nthe way in which we put over the<\/p>\n

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\nWord of God.
\nWhat brethren can do is to <\/p>\n

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\ndirect us perhaps to that Word
\nso that we can pick it up for <\/p>\n

139
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\nourselves and think for
\nourselves what it’s saying. <\/p>\n

140
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\nThis personal discovery of the
\nWord of God that Josiah is <\/p>\n

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\nteaching us about.
\nWe just read about it. <\/p>\n

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\nThe book had been lost.
\nLook at the King’s record. <\/p>\n

143
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\nSecond Kings 22 and verse 8, and
\nHilkiah the high priest said <\/p>\n

144
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\ninto shape.
\nAnd the scribe, I have found the<\/p>\n

145
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\nBook of the Law in the House of
\nthe Lord, until Kai gave the <\/p>\n

146
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\nbook to Schaffen and he read it.
\nHow could the book have been <\/p>\n

147
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\nlost?
\nBut you could well imagine. <\/p>\n

148
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\nDo you remember your history
\nfrom the days of the Protestant <\/p>\n

149
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\nReformation?
\nHow the Bishop of London bought <\/p>\n

150
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\nof every copy of the English
\ntranslation of Winning Tyndale <\/p>\n

151
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\nand burns it outside Saint
\nPaul’s Cathedral? <\/p>\n

152
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\nThere was an eradication attempt
\non the Word of God, and in <\/p>\n

153
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\nManassas reign perhaps that had
\nbeen successfully accomplished. <\/p>\n

154
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\nSurely if there had been a copy
\nof the law anywhere in the land <\/p>\n

155
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\nthen wouldn’t you have thought
\nJosiah would have got hold of <\/p>\n

156
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\nit?
\nHe’d been up and down that land <\/p>\n

157
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\nfor six years trying to
\ninstitute a reformation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the sixth year a book is
\nfound and he hears it being read<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:24,760 –> 00:12:30,120
\nfor the very first time.
\nHe is stunned by what he hears. <\/p>\n

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\nHe he tore his clothes.
\nHe sent a message to hold on the<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:37,400 –> 00:12:39,680
\nprotest.
\nWhat what am I supposed to do? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:39,880 –> 00:12:46,000
\nWe’ve just found the book and it
\ndid mentions all these curses <\/p>\n

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\nwhich are going to he’d never
\nheard of that before. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:49,240 –> 00:12:54,520
\nIt was all new to him.
\nSo the book had been lost. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,840 –> 00:13:03,520
\nNotice in verse 8 it says I have
\nfound the book of the law and if<\/p>\n

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\nwe compare that with what we
\nread in Second Chronicles, it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:06,840 –> 00:13:10,520
\nvery interesting.
\nSecond Chronicles 3414, let me <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:10,520 –> 00:13:13,840
\njust read you say it says Hilki
\nthe priest found a book of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:13,840 –> 00:13:18,120
\nlaw of the Lord says in the AV
\ngiven by Moses. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:18,760 –> 00:13:23,680
\nBut in the margin it says the
\nHebrew is the law of the Lord by<\/p>\n

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\nthe hand of Moses.
\nWhat they found was the very <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:29,440 –> 00:13:35,320
\ncopy that Moses had written.
\nDo you remember in Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:35,320 –> 00:13:37,880
\nit said what Moses wants to do?
\nHe used to write a copy of this <\/p>\n

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\nlaw, and he was to put it in the
\nside of the ark, that it may be <\/p>\n

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\nthere for a witness.
\nAnd now the witness is being <\/p>\n

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\nmade because they’ve just
\nrediscovered the very book that <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:49,360 –> 00:13:51,400
\nMoses had written with his own
\nhand. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:55,120 –> 00:13:56,960
\nYou can’t believe they would
\nhave lost it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:58,520 –> 00:14:03,400
\nWhere was it?
\nThey’d lost it in the House of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord.
\nThat’s where they’d lost it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:10,680 –> 00:14:14,680
\nWhat were they doing then?
\nIn the House of the Lord, week <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:14,680 –> 00:14:22,880
\nafter week, without a Bible.
\nWe are the House of God, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,600 –> 00:14:28,600
\nbrethren and sisters, The House
\nof the living God of the Bible <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:28,600 –> 00:14:33,360
\ncan be just as much lost in US
\nand our houses, our homes and <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:33,360 –> 00:14:35,800
\nour ecclesias as it was in those
\ndays. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:42,010 –> 00:14:44,330
\nWhen the television goes on
\ninstead of doing the Bible <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:44,330 –> 00:14:46,250
\nreadings, isn’t the Word of God
\nlost? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:49,250 –> 00:14:53,690
\nWhen we pick up the magazine or
\nthe newspaper, instead of doing <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,690 –> 00:14:58,090
\nour readings, where is the word
\nof God to be found? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:01,720 –> 00:15:07,000
\nSo some heart searching is
\nrequired for us in relation to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:07,000 –> 00:15:09,160
\nthis.
\nThis isn’t just a historical <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,120 –> 00:15:14,240
\nincident, it’s a lesson of
\nrediscovery. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:15,160 –> 00:15:18,760
\nWhen the book was lost, it can
\nbe refound. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,600 –> 00:15:24,080
\nIt was difficult to read.
\nHilkiah gives it to Schaefer and<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:24,080 –> 00:15:27,000
\nhe read it, which is
\ninteresting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,280 –> 00:15:31,880
\nWe’re told that the Hebrew that
\nMoses would have written in <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,880 –> 00:15:34,240
\nwould have been quite a
\ndifferent sort of Hebrew. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:34,240 –> 00:15:36,600
\nAt least, you know, the the
\nalphabet and so on would have <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,600 –> 00:15:39,480
\nbeen written quite differently
\nfrom the Hebrew in the time of <\/p>\n

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\nJosiah.
\nNo wonder Ilkaya had to give it <\/p>\n

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\nto Shaphan the expert to read.
\nIt does seem to have been the <\/p>\n

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\nvery original copy, and it’s
\njust as well they found it. <\/p>\n

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\nRather, it’s just as well
\nbecause there were all sorts of <\/p>\n

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\nversions of the Bible that were
\ngoing around. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:01,040 –> 00:16:03,160
\nIt’s a bit like, you know, the
\nGood News Bible. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:03,640 –> 00:16:06,040
\nYou’ve ever seen that which
\nteaches that we go to heaven <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we die.
\nYou know, you can find versions <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:08,440 –> 00:16:11,640
\nof the Bible in English which
\nteach false doctrine. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if people read it, well,
\nit’s the Bible. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not the Bible, it’s a
\ncounterfeit and that is the <\/p>\n

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\nworst thing men can do.
\nHave a look what was happening <\/p>\n

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\nin Jeremiah chapter 8?
\nI would have to have the AV <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,300 –> 00:16:40,460
\nmargin to help us here.
\nNo translation is perfect. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:40,460 –> 00:16:44,380
\nIs it Jeremiah chapter 8 and
\nverse 8? <\/p>\n

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\nHow do we say we are wise, and
\nthe law of the Lord is with us, <\/p>\n

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\nThough certainly in vain made,
\nyet the pen of the scribes is in<\/p>\n

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\nvain.
\nHere was a boast of men in the <\/p>\n

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\ntimes of Josiah who were the
\nscribes, who were the experts in<\/p>\n

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\nreligious teaching and they made
\ntheir boast that the law of God <\/p>\n

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\nwas with them and Jeremiah is
\nchallenging that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the margin you may see in
\nthe AV Oxford margin, it says <\/p>\n

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\nthe false pen of the scribes
\nworketh for falsehood, the false<\/p>\n

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\npen of the scribes worketh for
\nfalsehood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:35,160 –> 00:17:40,160
\nWhat was happening is there was
\na counterfeit scripture being <\/p>\n

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\nwritten like the Good News
\nBible, the Living Bible, <\/p>\n

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\nelements that we can recognise
\nas true, but there were key <\/p>\n

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\npoints that had been turned and
\ncorrupted to suit themselves. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:55,480 –> 00:17:58,840
\nYou remember the message of the
\nfalse prophets was peace. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:00,160 –> 00:18:05,480
\nPeace when there is no peace.
\nThe message of the false <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:05,480 –> 00:18:07,720
\nprophets was for brothers.
\nSisters, we don’t need to <\/p>\n

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\nchange.
\nYou’re fine as you are. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:10,720 –> 00:18:12,640
\nGod will take you just as you
\nare. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s an evangelical song I’ve
\nheard Suck just as I Am. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ve got a lovely tune to it
\njust as I am. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:23,800 –> 00:18:27,680
\nWell, that’s the starting point.
\nIt’s not the finishing point. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:30,840 –> 00:18:32,880
\nThere isn’t peace for the
\nwicked. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we have to change.
\nAnd it’s that process of change <\/p>\n

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\nwhich the Lord Jesus Christ will
\nrecognise when he comes. <\/p>\n

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\nHe recognises it now, but he
\nwill give us an account of it <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he comes.
\nThe false pen of the scribes <\/p>\n

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\nworketh for falsehood.
\nYou know, it’s like the <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:53,760 –> 00:18:55,960
\ndiscovery of the Dead Sea
\nScrolls. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was it meant that the Bible
\nwas back on course because left <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,440 –> 00:19:06,000
\nto men the corruption of
\ntranslation and correction of <\/p>\n

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\nthe text and think they can
\nactually correct the received <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:10,400 –> 00:19:15,040
\ntext, that they can detect
\nerrors in it and put them right.<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:15,400 –> 00:19:18,120
\nAs that goes on through history,
\nyou can imagine that the word of<\/p>\n

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\nGod as translated in our
\nlanguage would divert from the <\/p>\n

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\ntruth.
\nWell imagine the Hebrew changing<\/p>\n

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\nover generations till the time
\nof Second Kings 22. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:29,600 –> 00:19:34,800
\nIt had been lost.
\nSo they discovered their Dead <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:34,800 –> 00:19:38,840
\nSea Scrolls and they could see
\nwhat the truth was. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:38,840 –> 00:19:42,000
\nOf course, the Dead Sea Scrolls
\nhas shown us that our received <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:42,000 –> 00:19:46,680
\ntext is pretty good.
\nThere really are no material <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:46,680 –> 00:19:52,280
\ndifferences in the the
\nscriptures that we have that <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:52,280 –> 00:19:54,000
\nhave come down to us over the
\ncenturies. <\/p>\n

257
\n00:19:54,680 –> 00:19:56,800
\nNow, that’s the providential
\nwork of God. <\/p>\n

258
\n00:19:57,760 –> 00:20:00,800
\nBut it’s just as well, wasn’t
\nit, that they found that scroll <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:00,800 –> 00:20:02,880
\n1 They did.
\nClearly it was providential, for<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:02,880 –> 00:20:08,360
\nGod wanted to help Josiah
\naccomplish the burning desire of<\/p>\n

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\nhis heart, which was to
\ntransform that nation at that <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,360 –> 00:20:17,360
\ntime into a people for God.
\nSo what was this reaction when <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:17,560 –> 00:20:22,760
\nthey found the word of God?
\nSecond Kings 22 Chaffin comes in<\/p>\n

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\nwith this great scroll on his
\nshoulder, talking about money <\/p>\n

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\nand the building of the
\necclesial hall. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what he had on his mind.
\nYou know, we’ve fixed the <\/p>\n

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\ntemple.
\nIt’s already. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, oh, by the way,
\nit’s almost, it’s almost like <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nBut by the way, Hilki found a <\/p>\n

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\nbook, but she asked me to think
\nto you. <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t realise the
\nsignificance of it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:51,000 –> 00:20:54,520
\nThe verse 10 sheaf and the
\nscribe showed the king said how <\/p>\n

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\nKaya, the priesthood delivered
\nme a book back in verse eight. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was the book.
\nThere was a scribe unfamiliar <\/p>\n

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\nwith his responsibilities of
\nexpounding the word of God, but <\/p>\n

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\nhe read it and the king rent his
\nclothes. <\/p>\n

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\nHe showed a contrition, which
\nyou might say, well, why? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:23,040 –> 00:21:25,280
\nHe wasn’t the one committing all
\nthese sins. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:25,280 –> 00:21:29,200
\nHe was a godly man.
\nIt was all these other people <\/p>\n

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\nthat were doing all these
\nthings, but Josiah was <\/p>\n

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\nidentifying with his nation.
\nIt was his people and he was one<\/p>\n

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\nwith them.
\nSo what does he do? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:43,400 –> 00:21:48,920
\nHe sends his men to enquire of
\nthe Lord in verse 13. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:50,520 –> 00:21:53,920
\nEnquire of Yahweh for me and for
\nthe people and for all Judah <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:53,920 –> 00:21:57,760
\nconcerning the words of this
\nbook that is found. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:59,360 –> 00:22:02,720
\nHe sought to understand what he
\nshould do. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:03,320 –> 00:22:07,840
\nHe showed an awareness and a
\nwillingness to change, didn’t <\/p>\n

288
\n00:22:07,840 –> 00:22:10,440
\nhe?
\nYou know, if the Bible has not <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:10,440 –> 00:22:13,160
\nbeen in our lives and then
\nsomeone tells us that it should <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:13,160 –> 00:22:16,440
\nbe, we can say, well, it’s all
\nvery well for him to tell me <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:16,440 –> 00:22:19,040
\nthat.
\nWhat is he now about my life? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,680 –> 00:22:24,760
\nI’m fine as I am.
\nWe can say to ourselves, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:24,760 –> 00:22:31,960
\ncheek, the nerve.
\nHow dare that sort of thought <\/p>\n

294
\n00:22:31,960 –> 00:22:33,600
\nhas ever crossed anybody’s
\nminds. <\/p>\n

295
\n00:22:35,360 –> 00:22:41,200
\nNow let him sort himself out.
\nOf course that’s true, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:41,200 –> 00:22:44,520
\nBut if the Word of God is saying
\nthat to us, then we better <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:44,520 –> 00:22:51,600
\nlisten.
\nJosiah was contract when he <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:51,600 –> 00:22:56,720
\nheard those words.
\nHe believed them and he acted on<\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nWho will find out what I’m going<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:58,600 –> 00:23:01,280
\nto do?
\nAsk the prophetess to tell me, <\/p>\n

301
\n00:23:02,360 –> 00:23:05,720
\nwhat does God require of me?
\nHe was the greatest man in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:05,720 –> 00:23:08,480
\nland.
\nHe was the king, showing the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:08,480 –> 00:23:17,800
\nhumility of a child.
\nThat’s the attitude we have to <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:18,120 –> 00:23:24,120
\nadopt ourselves.
\nWe can, brethren, be so proud <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:24,880 –> 00:23:28,600
\nthat we have refused to change,
\nto give anybody the satisfaction<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:30,600 –> 00:23:36,400
\nof seeing that change.
\nSo proud that we will be <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:36,840 –> 00:23:40,960
\nunwilling to climb down from
\nthat height that we have set <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:40,960 –> 00:23:45,400
\nourselves up on.
\nAlways unwilling to admit we <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:45,400 –> 00:23:52,920
\never made one mistake, never
\nprepare to admit we were wrong <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:54,160 –> 00:23:58,080
\nor to say sorry.
\nCan’t be like that at home, <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:58,080 –> 00:24:03,040
\ncan’t it?
\nWhere a husband or a wife never <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:03,120 –> 00:24:07,720
\never prepared to say I was
\nwrong, Only ever prepared to <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:07,720 –> 00:24:12,320
\npoint out the contribution that
\nthe other made to the problem, <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:13,360 –> 00:24:15,920
\nor if not that problem, some
\nother problem from years gone <\/p>\n

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\nby.
\nYou’re not so perfect yourself, <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:20,120 –> 00:24:24,800
\nare you?
\nNow these are human reactions to<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:25,240 –> 00:24:26,880
\nbeing told that we are in the
\nwrong. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:28,960 –> 00:24:35,320
\nJosiah was told he was in the
\nwrong and he sought and enquired<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:35,440 –> 00:24:46,260
\nof the Lord.
\nThere is another clue in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:46,260 –> 00:24:48,260
\nrecord as to what he did about
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:51,220 –> 00:24:56,340
\nIf you look at Second Kings 22
\nand verse 2, you find an <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:56,340 –> 00:25:01,560
\ninteresting statement.
\nHe did that which was right in <\/p>\n

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\nthe sight of the Lord, and
\nwalked all the way of David his <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:03,760 –> 00:25:11,680
\nfather, and turned not aside to
\nthe right hand or to the left. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:13,200 –> 00:25:17,080
\nThat’s the verse.
\nThen he turned not aside to the <\/p>\n

326
\n00:25:17,080 –> 00:25:20,760
\nright hand nor to the left.
\nHe just went straight down the <\/p>\n

327
\n00:25:20,760 –> 00:25:24,320
\nnarrow way.
\nBut that’s a reference to <\/p>\n

328
\n00:25:24,320 –> 00:25:30,800
\nDeuteronomy chapter 17.
\nYou can find that by looking up <\/p>\n

329
\n00:25:30,800 –> 00:25:33,240
\na concordance.
\nSometimes your margin will have <\/p>\n

330
\n00:25:33,560 –> 00:25:36,720
\nthese sort of cross references,
\nbut just follow up these <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:36,720 –> 00:25:41,280
\nphrases.
\nYou know, I the way of David, <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:41,280 –> 00:25:44,600
\nwhere does that occur?
\nIt’s a very rare expression and <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:44,600 –> 00:25:46,600
\nso on.
\nBut what about this expression? <\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:46,840 –> 00:25:50,440
\nYou turn not aside to the right
\nhand or to the left. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:50,840 –> 00:25:58,080
\nYou find it in Deuteronomy
\nchapter 17 and verse 20 where it<\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:58,080 –> 00:26:02,480
\nsays that his heart be not
\nlifted up above his brethren, <\/p>\n

337
\n00:26:03,080 –> 00:26:09,040
\nthat he turn not aside from the
\ncommandment to the right hand or<\/p>\n

338
\n00:26:09,280 –> 00:26:15,040
\nto the left.
\nThat’s the reference that Second<\/p>\n

339
\n00:26:15,040 –> 00:26:18,120
\nKings 22 it’s drawing our
\nattention to. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:26:18,560 –> 00:26:24,560
\nJosiah did, but Deuteronomy 17
\nsays he should have done because<\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:24,560 –> 00:26:29,920
\nDeuteronomy chapter 17 is the
\nchapter in the law which had to <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:29,920 –> 00:26:34,600
\ndo with the king.
\nNow they’ve lost this. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:26:35,080 –> 00:26:39,600
\nThey didn’t have this book when
\nJosiah came to the throne, but <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:40,720 –> 00:26:43,560
\nonce he discovered it, he was
\nnot too proud. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:43,560 –> 00:26:47,840
\nYou can imagine him saying,
\nchiffon, read that again. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:48,920 –> 00:26:52,040
\nWhat?
\nWhat the passage you just read <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:52,040 –> 00:26:54,600
\nDeuteronomy 17.
\nRead it again. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:56,400 –> 00:26:58,480
\nWhy?
\nBecause it’s about me. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:59,200 –> 00:27:07,040
\nRead it Deuteronomy 17, verse 14
\nWhether I come unto the land <\/p>\n

350
\n00:27:07,040 –> 00:27:10,120
\nwhich the Lord thy God giveth
\nthee, and shall possess it, and <\/p>\n

351
\n00:27:10,120 –> 00:27:14,600
\nshall dwell therein, and shall
\nsay, I will set a king over me, <\/p>\n

352
\n00:27:14,840 –> 00:27:18,880
\nlike as all the nations that are
\nabout me, thou shalt in any way <\/p>\n

353
\n00:27:18,880 –> 00:27:22,520
\nset in king over thee, whom the
\nLord thy God shall choose one <\/p>\n

354
\n00:27:22,520 –> 00:27:25,720
\nfrom among thy brethren shalt
\nthou set king over thee. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:26,120 –> 00:27:28,840
\nThou mayest not set a stranger
\nover thee which is not thy <\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:28,840 –> 00:27:32,640
\nbrother, but he shall not
\nmultiply horses to himself. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:32,640 –> 00:27:36,800
\nAnd so it goes on verse 17.
\nNeither shall he multiply wives <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:36,800 –> 00:27:41,200
\nto his himself, neither shall he
\ncorrectly multiply to himself <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:41,200 –> 00:27:44,400
\nsilver and gold.
\nWe know that you don’t go to <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:44,400 –> 00:27:47,960
\nEgypt for horses.
\nYou don’t multiply wives, you <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:47,960 –> 00:27:51,200
\ndon’t multiply silver and gold.
\nThe three things, of course, <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:51,200 –> 00:27:55,240
\nthat Solomon contravene, which
\ntook him away from the truth, <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:57,360 –> 00:27:59,640
\nthe three things that kings
\nwould delight to have. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:28:00,320 –> 00:28:03,400
\nYou know, if you were told you
\ncould have whatever you wanted, <\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:04,840 –> 00:28:09,560
\nwhatever it is, you can have it,
\nbut that’s what most men would <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:09,560 –> 00:28:15,400
\ngo for.
\nThen it goes on to say in verse <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:15,400 –> 00:28:19,320
\n18, And it shall be when he
\nsitteth upon the throne of his <\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:19,320 –> 00:28:24,960
\nKingdom, that he shall write him
\na copy of this law in a book, <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:25,560 –> 00:28:29,040
\nout of that which is before the
\npriests and the Levites. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:31,160 –> 00:28:35,160
\nAnd it shall be with him, and he
\nshall read therein all the days <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:35,160 –> 00:28:39,560
\nof his life, that he may learn
\nto fear the Lord his God, to <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:39,560 –> 00:28:43,480
\nkeep all the words of this law
\nand the statutes to do them. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:43,680 –> 00:28:47,480
\nThat his heart be not lifted up
\nabove his brethren, and that he <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:47,480 –> 00:28:50,320
\nturned not aside from the
\ncommandment to the right hand or<\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:50,320 –> 00:28:53,320
\nto the left, to the end that he
\nmay prolong his days in his <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:53,320 –> 00:28:55,560
\nKingdom, he and his children in
\nthe midst of Israel. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:57,080 –> 00:28:59,400
\nSo now Josiah knows exactly what
\nhe’s got to do. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:59,600 –> 00:29:03,320
\nHe’s got to sit down.
\nHe may be the king, but he’s got<\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:03,320 –> 00:29:07,400
\nto sit down at his desk and he’s
\ngoing to get his scroll and his <\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:07,440 –> 00:29:11,840
\npen and he’s going to write his
\nown personal copy of that law. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:12,800 –> 00:29:16,720
\nSo now he’s got his own copy in
\nhis home, and now he’s going to <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:16,720 –> 00:29:23,040
\nread in it every day of his life
\nto keep him in his rightful <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:23,040 –> 00:29:27,000
\nposition, which is straight down
\nthe line, turning neither to the<\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:27,000 –> 00:29:30,160
\nleft nor to the right.
\nAnd King said he did it. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:30,720 –> 00:29:35,760
\nHe did it.
\nHe muster made a copy of that <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:35,760 –> 00:29:39,120
\nlaw, and he must have read in it
\nall the days of his life. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:39,480 –> 00:29:43,320
\nThat was the secret of Josiah,
\nthat when the Bible was <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:43,320 –> 00:29:47,680
\nrediscovered, he made his own
\npersonal copy of the law and he <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:52,480
\ntranslated it into his life.
\nAnd that’s brethren, sisters, <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:52,480 –> 00:29:54,400
\nwhat we have to do, every one of
\nus. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:56,920 –> 00:29:59,800
\nAnd if we haven’t been doing it,
\nbrethren, how can we teach our <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:59,800 –> 00:30:03,760
\nbrethren and sisters?
\nHow can we exalt? <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:04,560 –> 00:30:08,000
\nHow can we build up the faith of
\nthe young ones in the truth? <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:08,360 –> 00:30:12,280
\nHow can we instruct our children
\nif we haven’t made our own copy <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:12,280 –> 00:30:14,480
\nof the law written on our own
\nhearts? <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:16,760 –> 00:30:19,640
\nHow can we speak the Word of
\nGod, neither diverting to the <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:19,640 –> 00:30:24,960
\nleft nor to the right?
\nHow can the ecclesia be strong <\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:25,320 –> 00:30:29,040
\nif we don’t get diligence to the
\nthings that God has laid before <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:29,040 –> 00:30:32,920
\nus?
\nWe can’t substitute the <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:32,920 –> 00:30:36,040
\nphilosophy of the world.
\nWe can’t substitute the <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:36,040 –> 00:30:39,080
\nreligious writings of those
\naround us, or or business <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:39,080 –> 00:30:45,160
\ntheory, or management theory.
\nThis is the word of God which <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:45,280 –> 00:30:49,560
\nmakes us go down that far.
\nOtherwise, we’re off to the <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:49,560 –> 00:30:52,200
\nleft, we’re off to the right.
\nThe children are going some <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:52,200 –> 00:30:54,200
\nother direction where we don’t
\nknow where they are. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:55,920 –> 00:30:58,040
\nWhy?
\nBecause we haven’t made our own <\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:58,040 –> 00:31:05,400
\ncopy of the Word of God.
\nThat’s what you cited, that he <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:05,400 –> 00:31:13,560
\nwas one of the nation that says
\nyou will take a king, you shall <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:13,560 –> 00:31:18,600
\ntake a king.
\nHe says not a stranger from <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:18,600 –> 00:31:21,800
\namong thy brethren.
\nAnd this is the way he was going<\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:21,800 –> 00:31:25,320
\nto keep himself in his true
\nunderstanding that his heart be <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:25,320 –> 00:31:28,720
\nnot lifted up.
\nSo there was the real danger <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:28,720 –> 00:31:32,040
\nthat pride would take him a
\ndifferent way and the people <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:32,040 –> 00:31:36,760
\nwould follow.
\nNow, if that was true then, it’s<\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:36,760 –> 00:31:41,480
\ntrue now.
\nWe mustn’t let pride determine <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:41,480 –> 00:31:46,560
\nhow our ecclesias are run and
\nhow we speak to one another. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:48,120 –> 00:31:52,280
\nWe must let the Word of God,
\nrightly divided, be the rule by <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:52,280 –> 00:32:00,920
\nwhich we live our lives.
\nNow have a look at Jeremiah 22 <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:00,920 –> 00:32:04,400
\nto see what this meant.
\nSee, it’s not a matter of <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:04,800 –> 00:32:07,080
\nmechanics that.
\nI mean, there may be some great <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:07,080 –> 00:32:10,320
\nvirtue in US writing out their
\nown copy of the Bible, but that <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:10,320 –> 00:32:13,600
\nwouldn’t wouldn’t actually make
\nthe transformation. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:16,560 –> 00:32:21,880
\nI’m told you can buy a computer
\nprogram now that you can read <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:21,880 –> 00:32:25,160
\ninto the computer and the
\ncomputer will type it out here. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:27,400 –> 00:32:29,920
\nJust take your voice, then it
\nwill type it out. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:31,560 –> 00:32:33,480
\nThat doesn’t make the computer
\nspiritual. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:35,880 –> 00:32:38,240
\nThat computer has no mind of its
\nown at all. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:39,880 –> 00:32:43,080
\nSo it’s not the mechanics of it.
\nAnd it wasn’t mechanical for <\/p>\n

429
\n00:32:43,120 –> 00:32:48,360
\nJosiah because we have this
\nwonderful insight into his <\/p>\n

430
\n00:32:48,360 –> 00:32:55,800
\ncharacter in Jeremiah 22,
\nJeremiah 22, verse 16. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:32:57,160 –> 00:33:00,680
\nThis is the chapter where
\nJosiah’s sons, who sadly <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:00,680 –> 00:33:03,320
\neveryone was, was thoroughly
\nrotten. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:05,360 –> 00:33:07,920
\nThat doesn’t mean to say that
\nJosiah hadn’t instructed them <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:07,920 –> 00:33:11,320
\nproperly because the law says
\nthat he should instruct his <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:11,320 –> 00:33:14,160
\nchildren in the ways of God.
\nAnd there was nothing in that <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:14,160 –> 00:33:17,880
\nlaw that He didn’t do with his
\nwhole heart and soul and might. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:18,280 –> 00:33:21,200
\nHe had a unique distinction.
\nThere was no man like him before<\/p>\n

438
\n00:33:21,200 –> 00:33:24,200
\nor since amongst the kings of
\nIsrael that turned to Yahweh <\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:24,200 –> 00:33:25,760
\nwith all his heart, soul and
\nmight. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:33:26,880 –> 00:33:28,720
\nHe put into practice everything
\nit says. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:33:28,720 –> 00:33:31,680
\nDeuteronomy 6 and sauna, but
\ninstructing his trouble, I am <\/p>\n

442
\n00:33:31,680 –> 00:33:38,800
\nsure nevertheless, Nevertheless,
\nthey turned to the ways of the <\/p>\n

443
\n00:33:38,800 –> 00:33:43,560
\nworld, that the reason lay in
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:45,840 –> 00:33:54,120
\nThe verse 21 Jehiakim Jeremiah
\nsays, I speak unto thee, and thy<\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:54,120 –> 00:33:56,480
\nprosperity.
\nBut thou saidst thy will not <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:56,480 –> 00:33:59,560
\nhear.
\nThis has been thy manner from <\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:59,560 –> 00:34:03,040
\nthy youth, that thou obeyst not
\nmy voice. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:06,080 –> 00:34:09,120
\nSo they had chosen not to follow
\nthe example of their father. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:09,760 –> 00:34:14,880
\nThey had rejected the word of
\nGod in their youth, and <\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:14,880 –> 00:34:17,320
\ntherefore they would not
\nprosper. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:34:17,600 –> 00:34:21,600
\nContrast the father himself,
\nJosiah in verse 16. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:34:22,320 –> 00:34:25,560
\nHe judged the cause of the poor
\nand needy. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:26,320 –> 00:34:32,679
\nThen it was well with him.
\nWas not this to know me, Saith <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:32,679 –> 00:34:35,920
\nthe Lord.
\nSee the link with our first <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:35,920 –> 00:34:40,280
\nstudy.
\nThere was not this to know me. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:34:40,440 –> 00:34:44,800
\nThat’s what Moses asked God,
\nshow me thy way that I may know <\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:44,800 –> 00:34:47,400
\nthee.
\nAnd therefore was revealed the <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:47,400 –> 00:34:50,679
\nloving kindness of God in his
\nname manifest. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:51,520 –> 00:34:54,400
\nI just saw it taking hold of
\nwhat had been revealed, and he <\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:54,400 –> 00:34:58,480
\nhad translated it into his life.
\nSo he judged the cause of the <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:58,520 –> 00:35:02,360
\npoor and the needy.
\nHe manifested those qualities of<\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:02,360 –> 00:35:07,560
\nmercy and grace for those who
\nneeded assistance and help. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:09,320 –> 00:35:13,240
\nThere’s a lovely little point in
\nthe Second Chronicles 35 record <\/p>\n

464
\n00:35:13,240 –> 00:35:17,400
\nI just draw your attention to
\nwhen Jeremiah lamented for <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:17,480 –> 00:35:27,320
\nJosiah must have been a sad day.
\nIt says in verse 26. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:27,320 –> 00:35:33,080
\nNow the rest of the acts of
\nJosiah and his goodness, <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:33,840 –> 00:35:36,960
\naccording to that which was
\nwritten in the law of the Lord <\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:37,680 –> 00:35:41,440
\nand his deeds first and last,
\nbehold there written the book of<\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:41,440 –> 00:35:47,560
\nthe kings of Israel and Judah in
\nverse 26, when it says His <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:47,560 –> 00:35:50,680
\ngoodness.
\nThat is the word Chess said. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:50,680 –> 00:35:52,600
\nThat is the word loving
\nkindness. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:52,600 –> 00:35:58,120
\nIt is the one word, the only
\nword that is used twice in the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:58,120 –> 00:36:03,800
\nrecord of the divine character.
\nIn Exodus chapter 34, there’s <\/p>\n

474
\n00:36:03,800 –> 00:36:08,280
\none word which is used twice.
\nIt’s the word Chess said, the <\/p>\n

475
\n00:36:08,280 –> 00:36:13,000
\ngoodness, the mercy of God, or
\nthe loving kindness. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:36:13,280 –> 00:36:17,120
\nThat is the word that Jeremiah
\nuses of this man. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:18,520 –> 00:36:23,200
\nDo you see what’s happened?
\nHe has become what he’s read. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:24,760 –> 00:36:28,880
\nHe has become like the God he
\nhas served. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:29,440 –> 00:36:35,080
\nHe has been changed by the word
\nof God in his heart, soul and <\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:35,080 –> 00:36:39,200
\nmind.
\nBut how can that happen to us? <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:40,080 –> 00:36:45,120
\nHow can we change, perhaps a a
\nbitter character into a sweet <\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:45,480 –> 00:36:53,120
\ncharacter, a selfish person into
\na selfless person, a proud <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:53,120 –> 00:36:57,520
\nperson into a humble person?
\nWhat are we? <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:58,000 –> 00:37:00,760
\nWhat are our failings?
\nBrethren and sisters? <\/p>\n

485
\n00:37:02,840 –> 00:37:10,040
\nWe know them and from time to
\ntime we want to change to we say<\/p>\n

486
\n00:37:10,040 –> 00:37:12,240
\nto yourself, or if only I wasn’t
\nlike that. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:37:13,200 –> 00:37:14,920
\nI wish I could have bitten my
\ntongue. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:37:15,400 –> 00:37:20,320
\nWhy can’t I control what I Why
\ncan’t I feel differently towards<\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:20,320 –> 00:37:25,920
\nbrother X or sister Y?
\nWhy can’t I rise above the <\/p>\n

490
\n00:37:25,920 –> 00:37:30,360
\nproblem, try to see it as God
\nwould help me deal with it? <\/p>\n

491
\n00:37:32,840 –> 00:37:36,960
\nWhy do I always fall into the
\nsame sin that I asked <\/p>\n

492
\n00:37:36,960 –> 00:37:43,760
\nforgiveness for yesterday?
\nHow are we going to change in <\/p>\n

493
\n00:37:43,760 –> 00:37:48,760
\nthis way?
\nFaith comes by hearing, and <\/p>\n

494
\n00:37:49,520 –> 00:37:53,280
\nhearing by the Word of God.
\nAnd if we’re not prepared to put<\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:53,280 –> 00:37:57,680
\nthe television off and to open
\nour Bibles, we’re not going to <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:57,680 –> 00:38:01,640
\nchange.
\nWe have to make a sacrifice. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:38:01,640 –> 00:38:08,400
\nIt’s not a huge sacrifice, but
\nwe have to start somewhere, <\/p>\n

498
\n00:38:08,400 –> 00:38:11,880
\ndon’t we?
\nIf our eye offends, let’s pluck <\/p>\n

499
\n00:38:11,880 –> 00:38:14,440
\nit out.
\nIf our hand offends us, cut it <\/p>\n

500
\n00:38:14,440 –> 00:38:16,640
\noff.
\nThat’s what the Lord is <\/p>\n

501
\n00:38:16,640 –> 00:38:19,920
\nexpecting, You know.
\nHe’s not going to say, well, <\/p>\n

502
\n00:38:19,920 –> 00:38:22,320
\nthere was a real secret to the
\nway in which you could have <\/p>\n

503
\n00:38:22,320 –> 00:38:24,280
\nchanged your life and you didn’t
\nfind it, did you? <\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:24,280 –> 00:38:26,000
\nHe’s not going to say that to
\nus. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:28,360 –> 00:38:30,480
\nWe agonise over it, don’t we?
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:31,680 –> 00:38:35,920
\nWhy don’t we just do it?
\nRemember, Brother Bob’s talk in <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:36,040 –> 00:38:38,640
\nNewport, I think, was just do
\nit. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:38,880 –> 00:38:41,320
\nThat’s the answer, brethren and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:41,320 –> 00:38:45,680
\nJust do it tonight.
\nLet’s start tonight. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:45,680 –> 00:38:48,280
\nWhen we go home.
\nDon’t switch it on. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:38:49,160 –> 00:38:53,840
\nJust don’t do it.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:38:53,840 –> 00:38:58,800
\nI just wonder how many of us are
\nmaking notes of of expositional <\/p>\n

513
\n00:38:58,800 –> 00:39:00,840
\npoints that we haven’t heard
\nbefore. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:39:01,000 –> 00:39:03,040
\nI don’t know.
\nPerhaps everybody’s heard it all<\/p>\n

515
\n00:39:03,040 –> 00:39:06,000
\nbefore.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:39:06,800 –> 00:39:10,800
\nSo we never remember, will we?
\nWell, we will. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:10,800 –> 00:39:13,000
\nOf course we will, We say to
\nourselves now, of course I’ll <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:13,000 –> 00:39:16,360
\nremember.
\nAnd then tomorrow somebody asks <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:16,360 –> 00:39:17,600
\nus, what did they say?
\nI don’t know. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:22,080 –> 00:39:27,040
\nSo it’s worth, you know, having
\na pen and paper and making a <\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:27,040 –> 00:39:29,440
\nnote, following it up.
\nWas he right? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:39:29,880 –> 00:39:33,160
\nI says crazy brother who comes
\nover for two days from Cardiff <\/p>\n

523
\n00:39:33,160 –> 00:39:36,880
\ntelling you the truth.
\nOr did he make it all up? <\/p>\n

524
\n00:39:39,800 –> 00:39:43,360
\nIs this some peculiar Welsh
\ntheory that he was expounding? <\/p>\n

525
\n00:39:47,560 –> 00:39:52,360
\nWell, what’s our personal
\ninvolvement in these things? <\/p>\n

526
\n00:39:54,760 –> 00:39:57,480
\nHow should we study?
\nWell, everyone has their own <\/p>\n

527
\n00:39:57,480 –> 00:40:01,200
\nidea I suppose, but just look at
\nSecond Kings 22 and see the <\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:01,200 –> 00:40:07,360
\nemphasis that’s given in the
\nreaction of Josiah and the way <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:07,360 –> 00:40:11,160
\nin which the record through
\nrepetition makes the point. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:11,520 –> 00:40:14,760
\nIf we see something repeated
\nthen we really ought to take <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:14,760 –> 00:40:20,200
\nnote of it.
\nIn fact, you know, I have a <\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:20,200 –> 00:40:21,840
\nchild like approached these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:21,840 –> 00:40:23,880
\nI colour them in with coloured
\npencils. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:24,320 –> 00:40:28,040
\nBecause it stands up and just
\ndoing the readings with, with <\/p>\n

535
\n00:40:28,040 –> 00:40:31,320
\nthe children, you know, Ben,
\nwho’s 10 now, he always comes up<\/p>\n

536
\n00:40:31,320 –> 00:40:34,560
\nwith the keyword in the chapter.
\nSometimes it’s, and sometimes <\/p>\n

537
\n00:40:34,880 –> 00:40:37,560
\nit’s his third.
\nSometimes he’s right. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:40:38,280 –> 00:40:44,400
\nBut you see, because they’re
\nlooking for repetition and, and <\/p>\n

539
\n00:40:44,400 –> 00:40:48,920
\nkey ideas, even a little child,
\nthey can pick these things up. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:40:48,920 –> 00:40:52,840
\nAnd, you know, surprising how
\noften Ben is the first one to <\/p>\n

541
\n00:40:52,840 –> 00:40:56,880
\nsee the point.
\nHe’s he’s at least as good as <\/p>\n

542
\n00:40:56,880 –> 00:40:59,320
\nany of the others at picking up
\nthe point. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:01,320 –> 00:41:04,640
\nBecause a child’s mind is not
\nplattered with all sorts of <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:04,640 –> 00:41:07,840
\nclever thoughts.
\nWhat we’re looking for is the <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:07,840 –> 00:41:11,640
\nsimple truth.
\nAnd when it’s this pointed out, <\/p>\n

546
\n00:41:11,840 –> 00:41:16,040
\nnow we say it’s obvious.
\nNow you mentioned it, but I <\/p>\n

547
\n00:41:16,040 –> 00:41:19,200
\nnever saw it.
\nAnd these obvious things are <\/p>\n

548
\n00:41:19,200 –> 00:41:23,760
\nsimply looking at the words
\nwhich are there nothing more <\/p>\n

549
\n00:41:23,760 –> 00:41:25,760
\nthan that.
\nAnd this is what comes up. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:41:25,760 –> 00:41:28,480
\nJust stop talking and look.
\nThat’s to me. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:41:28,680 –> 00:41:34,240
\nVerse 11 came to pass when the
\nking had heard the words of the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:41:34,240 –> 00:41:36,320
\nbook of the law that he rent his
\nclothes. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:41:36,680 –> 00:41:40,240
\nVerse 13.
\nThe second Kings 22 concerning <\/p>\n

554
\n00:41:40,240 –> 00:41:44,600
\nthe words of this book that is
\nfound for greatest the wrath of <\/p>\n

555
\n00:41:44,600 –> 00:41:46,920
\nthe Lord that this kindly
\ngangsters people, our fathers <\/p>\n

556
\n00:41:46,920 –> 00:41:53,320
\nare not the words of this book.
\nVerse 16, Therefore even all the<\/p>\n

557
\n00:41:53,320 –> 00:41:57,080
\nwords of the book.
\nVerse 18, that’s touching the <\/p>\n

558
\n00:41:57,080 –> 00:42:00,280
\nwords which thou hast heard.
\nChapter 23. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:42:00,280 –> 00:42:05,240
\nVerse 2 And he read in the ears
\nall the words of the book of the<\/p>\n

560
\n00:42:05,240 –> 00:42:08,040
\ncovenant.
\nVerse 3 to perform the words of <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:08,040 –> 00:42:10,400
\nthis covenant that is written in
\nthe book. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:11,160 –> 00:42:14,720
\nNow he could have just said the
\nbook, He could have said the <\/p>\n

563
\n00:42:14,720 –> 00:42:19,080
\nlaw, but it gives us this
\nextensive phrase, the words of <\/p>\n

564
\n00:42:19,080 –> 00:42:26,280
\nthe book of the Law.
\nThat’s the way to study, to <\/p>\n

565
\n00:42:26,280 –> 00:42:32,320
\nlisten to the words of the book.
\nThere is an exactness required <\/p>\n

566
\n00:42:32,320 –> 00:42:35,280
\nof us in our appreciation of the
\nWord of God. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:42:35,280 –> 00:42:39,720
\nIt is not sufficient to have the
\ngist of it, the broad idea, the <\/p>\n

568
\n00:42:39,720 –> 00:42:44,160
\nmain theme that I got the
\ngeneral sense of the passage. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:42:45,600 –> 00:42:47,840
\nRead it quickly and go, yeah, I
\ngot the idea. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:42:47,840 –> 00:42:50,880
\nNow, No, brethren and sisters,
\nthat is not Bible study. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:42:53,360 –> 00:42:58,640
\nThat is human pride replacing
\nthe exact attention to the <\/p>\n

572
\n00:42:58,640 –> 00:43:01,640
\ndetail of the Word.
\nThat’s why translation matters. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:43:01,640 –> 00:43:04,400
\nThat’s why it does matter what
\nversion we’re using. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:05,720 –> 00:43:08,480
\nNot that there is one right
\nversion, but it does matter. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:12,800
\nIf we were using the Good News
\nBible or whatever, that wouldn’t<\/p>\n

576
\n00:43:12,800 –> 00:43:16,680
\nbe good for us.
\nIt would so dilute the power of <\/p>\n

577
\n00:43:16,680 –> 00:43:20,040
\nGod’s Word as to remove the
\nexactness, the precision. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:43:20,560 –> 00:43:24,120
\nWould you like to go into an
\noperating theatre, you know, to <\/p>\n

579
\n00:43:24,120 –> 00:43:27,800
\ngo under the knife of the
\nsurgeon and know that the <\/p>\n

580
\n00:43:27,800 –> 00:43:30,520
\nsurgeon had taken the scalp, you
\nknow, and he’d been knocking it <\/p>\n

581
\n00:43:30,520 –> 00:43:36,720
\naround so the edge wasn’t clean,
\nbut all jagged, blunt. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:43:37,680 –> 00:43:39,400
\nAnd then he tried to do his
\noperation. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:43:40,880 –> 00:43:44,640
\nOh, no.
\nYou want the surgeon’s knife to <\/p>\n

584
\n00:43:44,640 –> 00:43:50,960
\nbe sharper than A2 edged sword.
\nThat is what the Word of God is.<\/p>\n

585
\n00:43:51,440 –> 00:43:55,080
\nThat’s what we have to get back
\nto an exact understanding. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:43:55,080 –> 00:43:58,560
\nI was very impressed with the
\nsister I met at the Bible <\/p>\n

587
\n00:43:58,560 –> 00:44:04,240
\nschool.
\nShe was, I think she was 91 and <\/p>\n

588
\n00:44:05,560 –> 00:44:10,080
\nsitting talking to the sister
\nand she was blind in one eye and<\/p>\n

589
\n00:44:10,120 –> 00:44:14,480
\nalmost blind in the other.
\nAnd she had a Bible like this. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:44:17,600 –> 00:44:20,480
\nAnd she said, ever since I lost
\nthe sight of my eye, I’ve been <\/p>\n

591
\n00:44:20,480 –> 00:44:26,480
\nvery interested in words.
\nShe could only see one at a <\/p>\n

592
\n00:44:26,480 –> 00:44:30,560
\ntime.
\nI mean, I was so impressed now <\/p>\n

593
\n00:44:30,720 –> 00:44:34,480
\nbecause she could say, you see
\nthat word there, but if you look<\/p>\n

594
\n00:44:34,480 –> 00:44:38,320
\nit up in Strong’s Concordance,
\nit is such and such. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:44:39,120 –> 00:44:41,640
\nAnd she was looking at her
\nconcordance, Strong’s <\/p>\n

596
\n00:44:41,640 –> 00:44:46,440
\nConcordance, in the lexicon,
\nfollowing the numbers and going <\/p>\n

597
\n00:44:46,440 –> 00:44:49,000
\nthrough the passage word by
\nwords. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:44:49,000 –> 00:44:52,040
\nThat’s an interesting word.
\nShe was 91. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:44:54,480 –> 00:44:59,120
\nNow come on, brethren, who can
\nsay that we can’t do it. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:45:01,840 –> 00:45:04,680
\nIt takes time.
\nIt takes a lot longer than than <\/p>\n

601
\n00:45:04,680 –> 00:45:07,920
\ngetting our ideas from somewhere
\nelse. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:45:09,840 –> 00:45:11,640
\nAnd it’s not for brethren only,
\nis it? <\/p>\n

603
\n00:45:11,640 –> 00:45:14,800
\nIt’s not a matter of, well, I’ve
\ngot to speak next week, so I <\/p>\n

604
\n00:45:14,800 –> 00:45:16,920
\nbetter do some study.
\nSurely not. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:45:17,400 –> 00:45:22,080
\nSurely Bible study isn’t
\nrelegated to that unimportant <\/p>\n

606
\n00:45:22,080 –> 00:45:26,080
\nlevel.
\nIt’s the power to change your <\/p>\n

607
\n00:45:26,080 –> 00:45:28,600
\nlife, sisters, as well as our
\nhusbands. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:45:29,560 –> 00:45:32,440
\nIt’s the power to instruct our
\nchildren in the right way. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:45:33,960 –> 00:45:35,960
\nBut have a look at Second Kings
\n23. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:45:35,960 –> 00:45:41,320
\nWhat does God expect?
\nHere is Josiah trying to <\/p>\n

611
\n00:45:41,480 –> 00:45:44,160
\nimplement what he’s read.
\nAnd he’s brought all the people <\/p>\n

612
\n00:45:44,160 –> 00:45:45,960
\ntogether, and he’s going to make
\na covenant. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:45:45,960 –> 00:45:49,600
\nHe’s going to say, right?
\nAre you going to sign up now? <\/p>\n

614
\n00:45:49,600 –> 00:45:52,720
\nAre you going to change with me?
\nWe know what we’ve got to do. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:45:52,720 –> 00:45:55,680
\nAre you with me?
\nYeah, we’re with you. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:45:56,160 –> 00:45:57,760
\nYeah.
\nWe’re going to change just like <\/p>\n

617
\n00:45:57,760 –> 00:46:02,200
\nyou, Josiah.
\nAnd so look at who he gathers <\/p>\n

618
\n00:46:02,200 –> 00:46:03,920
\ntogether.
\nVerse 2. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:46:05,560 –> 00:46:09,200
\nAnd the king went up into the
\nHouse of the Lord, and all the <\/p>\n

620
\n00:46:09,200 –> 00:46:13,680
\nmen of Judah and all the
\ninhabitants of Jerusalem with <\/p>\n

621
\n00:46:13,680 –> 00:46:18,400
\nhim, the priests, the prophets,
\nand all the people, both small <\/p>\n

622
\n00:46:18,440 –> 00:46:22,680
\nand great.
\nAnd he read in their years all <\/p>\n

623
\n00:46:22,680 –> 00:46:24,760
\nthe words, the book.
\nNow that’s repetition. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:46:25,120 –> 00:46:28,840
\nEveryone was expected to be
\nthere, both small and great. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:46:31,960 –> 00:46:37,640
\nSo it was for everybody and
\nunderstanding the Word of God is<\/p>\n

626
\n00:46:37,640 –> 00:46:42,240
\nnot a competition.
\nIt’s not so that we can shine in<\/p>\n

627
\n00:46:43,720 –> 00:46:48,160
\nin our discussion group or by
\nthe class or sisters class or in<\/p>\n

628
\n00:46:48,160 –> 00:46:50,120
\nyouth.
\nThat’s not what it’s about. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:46:52,080 –> 00:46:56,000
\nThe measure isn’t whether I know
\nmore than you and you know more <\/p>\n

630
\n00:46:56,000 –> 00:47:00,400
\nthan me, but whether we are
\ncoming to know God. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:47:02,120 –> 00:47:05,320
\nLet’s have an example of that.
\nIf you look in Second Kings 23 <\/p>\n

632
\n00:47:05,320 –> 00:47:11,400
\nand verse 25, you notice there
\nit says about Josiah that he <\/p>\n

633
\n00:47:11,400 –> 00:47:14,360
\nturned into the world of all his
\nheart, all his soul, and all his<\/p>\n

634
\n00:47:14,360 –> 00:47:18,960
\nmutt.
\nThe people didn’t know all those<\/p>\n

635
\n00:47:18,960 –> 00:47:21,240
\npeople that had gathered and
\nsaid, yes, we’re with your <\/p>\n

636
\n00:47:21,240 –> 00:47:23,000
\nJosiah.
\nThey were just trying to keep <\/p>\n

637
\n00:47:23,000 –> 00:47:27,120
\nhim happy, keep him quiet, keep
\nthem, keep him off their backs. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:47:27,840 –> 00:47:30,720
\nThey weren’t with him really,
\nnot in their hearts. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:47:32,040 –> 00:47:36,680
\nJeremiah 3 verse 10 says this.
\nPeople have turned unto me <\/p>\n

640
\n00:47:37,360 –> 00:47:44,840
\nfaintly, faintly.
\nIt was almost on his own. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:47:46,560 –> 00:47:50,720
\nHe couldn’t take the people with
\nit because their hearts weren’t <\/p>\n

642
\n00:47:50,720 –> 00:47:53,080
\nin it.
\nBut there was a woman who <\/p>\n

643
\n00:47:53,240 –> 00:47:56,480
\nexemplified the spirit of
\nJosiah. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:47:56,760 –> 00:47:59,640
\nShe’s recorded for us in Mark
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:48:09,800 –> 00:48:12,800
\nI mentioned the parallels
\nbetween Josiah’s time and the <\/p>\n

646
\n00:48:12,800 –> 00:48:15,240
\nLord Jesus.
\nAnd when the Lord went in to <\/p>\n

647
\n00:48:15,240 –> 00:48:18,800
\ncleanse the temple, He was doing
\nwhat Josiah had done before. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:48:19,120 –> 00:48:22,240
\nWhen he goes into the temple, he
\nquotes Jeremiah Chapter 7. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:48:22,760 –> 00:48:25,800
\nYou’ve made the House of God a
\nden of thieves. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:48:25,960 –> 00:48:30,360
\nHe’s quoting a passage from
\nJosiah’s Ray when he offers them<\/p>\n

651
\n00:48:30,600 –> 00:48:33,720
\nthe parables.
\nHe is taking hold of words from <\/p>\n

652
\n00:48:33,760 –> 00:48:36,640
\nChronicles about the way in
\nwhich Israel had dealt with the <\/p>\n

653
\n00:48:36,640 –> 00:48:39,880
\nprophets over the years.
\nHe’s drawn a parallel with <\/p>\n

654
\n00:48:39,880 –> 00:48:43,960
\nJosiah’s reign and many
\nconnections can be found. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:48:44,160 –> 00:48:48,400
\nSo when a a lawyer comes up to
\nthe Lord and and challenges him <\/p>\n

656
\n00:48:48,400 –> 00:48:52,400
\nto say which is the first
\ncommandment in chapter 12 and <\/p>\n

657
\n00:48:52,400 –> 00:48:55,840
\nverse 30, the Lord answers.
\nThou shalt love the Lord thy God<\/p>\n

658
\n00:48:55,840 –> 00:48:59,360
\nwith all thy heart, with all thy
\nsoul, with all thy might, and <\/p>\n

659
\n00:48:59,360 –> 00:49:03,080
\nwith all thy strength.
\nAnd as we say, there is only one<\/p>\n

660
\n00:49:03,080 –> 00:49:06,240
\nman in Scripture who is recorded
\nas fulfilling that. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:49:06,240 –> 00:49:09,440
\nOf course the Lord Jesus did,
\nbut only one other man, and <\/p>\n

662
\n00:49:09,440 –> 00:49:15,000
\nthat’s Josiah.
\nSo Josiah must have been in the <\/p>\n

663
\n00:49:15,000 –> 00:49:23,480
\nmind of the Lord.
\nLavin explained This was the <\/p>\n

664
\n00:49:23,480 –> 00:49:30,600
\nfirst command to love the Lord
\nwith all, and that was greater <\/p>\n

665
\n00:49:30,600 –> 00:49:36,040
\nthan all whole burnt offerings.
\nThe Lord says to his disciples, <\/p>\n

666
\n00:49:36,280 –> 00:49:38,000
\ncome over here and have a look
\nat this. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:49:38,800 –> 00:49:42,040
\nIt’s there in the great court of
\nthe temple where the the chests <\/p>\n

668
\n00:49:42,040 –> 00:49:44,200
\nwere where the people brought
\ntheir offerings. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:49:46,720 –> 00:49:49,840
\nIn the verse 41 it says, Jesus
\nsat over against the treasury, <\/p>\n

670
\n00:49:50,280 –> 00:49:54,160
\nand beheld how the people cast
\nin money into the treasury, and <\/p>\n

671
\n00:49:54,160 –> 00:49:56,800
\nmany that were rich cast in
\nmuch. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:49:58,440 –> 00:50:01,080
\nAnd there came a certain poor
\nwidow, and she threw in two <\/p>\n

673
\n00:50:01,080 –> 00:50:05,320
\nmonths, which make a Farthing.
\nAnd he called unto him his <\/p>\n

674
\n00:50:05,320 –> 00:50:09,440
\ndisciples, and said unto them,
\nVerily I say unto you, that this<\/p>\n

675
\n00:50:09,440 –> 00:50:14,560
\npoor widow had cast more in than
\nall they which have cast into <\/p>\n

676
\n00:50:14,560 –> 00:50:17,960
\nthe treasury.
\nFor all they did cast in of <\/p>\n

677
\n00:50:17,960 –> 00:50:22,160
\ntheir abundance.
\nBut she of her want did cast in <\/p>\n

678
\n00:50:22,440 –> 00:50:27,560
\nall that she had even all her
\nliving. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:50:29,040 –> 00:50:32,680
\nYou notice there by repetition
\nagain Now what the Lord says <\/p>\n

680
\n00:50:32,680 –> 00:50:39,000
\nabout that woman is she cast in
\nall that she had and it’s <\/p>\n

681
\n00:50:39,000 –> 00:50:43,440
\nobviously LinkedIn the chapter
\ncure O Israel, thou shalt love <\/p>\n

682
\n00:50:43,440 –> 00:50:50,200
\nthe Lord thy God with all and
\nthe example the scriptures give <\/p>\n

683
\n00:50:50,200 –> 00:50:56,440
\nis a woman who had nothing.
\nSo the Lord wasn’t talking about<\/p>\n

684
\n00:50:56,440 –> 00:51:00,840
\nthe great kings of the earth.
\nHe was talking about a woman who<\/p>\n

685
\n00:51:00,840 –> 00:51:02,720
\nwas a widow.
\nShe had nothing. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:51:02,720 –> 00:51:07,240
\nShe was nothing and she cast in
\nmore than they all. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:51:07,320 –> 00:51:10,840
\nWhat does that tell us about God
\nand how he judges our <\/p>\n

688
\n00:51:10,840 –> 00:51:13,280
\ncontribution.
\nIs there anybody who is too <\/p>\n

689
\n00:51:13,280 –> 00:51:18,840
\nsmall, who feels so
\ninsignificant that they can’t <\/p>\n

690
\n00:51:18,840 –> 00:51:25,560
\ngive to God all this, this
\nlovely woman had a choice, <\/p>\n

691
\n00:51:25,560 –> 00:51:29,520
\ndidn’t she?
\nYou know, she had two coins. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:51:31,600 –> 00:51:37,680
\nShe could have cast in half of
\nall she had, but she cast in all<\/p>\n

693
\n00:51:37,680 –> 00:51:41,600
\nshe had.
\nShe made a conscious decision to<\/p>\n

694
\n00:51:41,600 –> 00:51:45,720
\ngive everything to God, to cast
\nherself upon the mercy of God, <\/p>\n

695
\n00:51:48,000 –> 00:51:51,720
\nand she excelled all the rich
\nmen of the earth in the faith <\/p>\n

696
\n00:51:51,720 –> 00:51:58,720
\nthat she shot.
\nHow did she come to such a <\/p>\n

697
\n00:51:58,720 –> 00:52:04,800
\ncommitment to the truth?
\nThou shalt love the Lord thy God<\/p>\n

698
\n00:52:06,040 –> 00:52:08,160
\nwith all.
\nShe was a woman who loved the <\/p>\n

699
\n00:52:08,160 –> 00:52:13,320
\nLord.
\nThat’s where the motivation was.<\/p>\n

700
\n00:52:13,320 –> 00:52:20,880
\nThat’s where the power was.
\nAnd so Josiah went out and the <\/p>\n

701
\n00:52:20,880 –> 00:52:24,200
\nsecond time he cleansed the
\nland, it was more thorough and <\/p>\n

702
\n00:52:24,200 –> 00:52:28,400
\nmore complete than before.
\nIt’s very interesting. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:52:28,400 –> 00:52:31,440
\nYou may have this in your home.
\nThe Biblical Archaeological <\/p>\n

704
\n00:52:31,440 –> 00:52:34,400
\nReview just came to my house
\nlast week, the July, August <\/p>\n

705
\n00:52:34,400 –> 00:52:38,040
\nedition.
\nIt’s got on the cover a picture <\/p>\n

706
\n00:52:38,440 –> 00:52:45,680
\nof a a pot in the shape of a
\nperson, and it’s an idol from <\/p>\n

707
\n00:52:46,040 –> 00:52:48,520
\nIsrael.
\nAnd the article is called <\/p>\n

708
\n00:52:48,760 –> 00:52:52,640
\nSmashing the Idols.
\nAnd they found from the Times of<\/p>\n

709
\n00:52:52,680 –> 00:52:58,600
\nJosiah, a shrine in southern
\nIsrael in which every idol is <\/p>\n

710
\n00:52:58,600 –> 00:53:04,200
\nsmashed to pieces deliberately.
\nAnd they’re wondering whether <\/p>\n

711
\n00:53:04,200 –> 00:53:13,500
\nthis was Josiah’s work himself.
\nBut I think not. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:53:13,940 –> 00:53:16,260
\nIt may have been one of his
\nfollowers, but I don’t think it <\/p>\n

713
\n00:53:16,260 –> 00:53:18,380
\nwas his work because you won’t
\nsee it. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:53:18,380 –> 00:53:21,680
\nBut there’s a picture here of a
\nwoman piercing together the <\/p>\n

715
\n00:53:21,680 –> 00:53:25,080
\nidol.
\nShe’s taken all the fragments <\/p>\n

716
\n00:53:25,440 –> 00:53:28,760
\nand she stuck them together, and
\nthere she’s got the idol again. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:53:29,400 –> 00:53:31,760
\nThat’s exactly what Josiah was
\nworried about. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:53:33,520 –> 00:53:43,000
\nIf you look at Second Kings 23,
\nthis is a feature of what he did<\/p>\n

719
\n00:53:43,280 –> 00:53:47,680
\nwith idols that he found Second
\nKings 23. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:53:47,680 –> 00:53:50,240
\nJust take verse 15 as an
\nexample. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:53:51,080 –> 00:53:54,720
\nMoreover, the altar that was at
\nBethel and the high Place, which<\/p>\n

722
\n00:53:54,720 –> 00:53:58,560
\nJeroboam, the son of Nebat, who
\nmade Israel to sin, had made <\/p>\n

723
\n00:53:58,840 –> 00:54:01,360
\nboth that altar and the high
\nplace. <\/p>\n

724
\n00:54:01,560 –> 00:54:07,000
\nHe breakdown and burned the high
\nplace and stamped it small to <\/p>\n

725
\n00:54:07,000 –> 00:54:09,000
\npowder.
\nIf you follow that through, <\/p>\n

726
\n00:54:09,000 –> 00:54:11,280
\nyou’ll see that that’s a feature
\nwhich is repeated. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:54:11,800 –> 00:54:16,400
\nHe literally pulverized these
\nimages. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:54:17,240 –> 00:54:19,920
\nWhy?
\nSo that they couldn’t do what <\/p>\n

729
\n00:54:19,920 –> 00:54:24,920
\nthis lady is doing.
\nThey couldn’t repair the idols <\/p>\n

730
\n00:54:25,160 –> 00:54:32,240
\nand be drawn back into idolatry.
\nAnd that’s what we have to do if<\/p>\n

731
\n00:54:32,240 –> 00:54:36,400
\nwe are serious about the truth.
\nWe have to take those things <\/p>\n

732
\n00:54:36,400 –> 00:54:40,880
\nwhich we know are stumbling
\nblocks to us, and we have to <\/p>\n

733
\n00:54:40,880 –> 00:54:46,000
\npulverise them so that we can’t
\nthe next day replace them in our<\/p>\n

734
\n00:54:46,000 –> 00:54:49,400
\nminds, in our thoughts, in our
\nhopes. <\/p>\n

735
\n00:54:50,880 –> 00:54:59,200
\nJust one last point.
\nIn Second Kings 23, verse 24, it<\/p>\n

736
\n00:54:59,200 –> 00:55:04,400
\nsays, moreover, the workers with
\nfamiliar spirits and the Wizards<\/p>\n

737
\n00:55:05,000 –> 00:55:09,960
\nand the images and the idols and
\nall the abominations that were <\/p>\n

738
\n00:55:09,960 –> 00:55:13,800
\nspied in the land of Judah,
\nJerusalem, did Josiah put away <\/p>\n

739
\n00:55:14,360 –> 00:55:16,880
\nthat he might perform the words
\nof the Lord? <\/p>\n

740
\n00:55:18,120 –> 00:55:23,000
\nThe word images is the word
\nterraphim, and the terraphim <\/p>\n

741
\n00:55:23,000 –> 00:55:27,360
\nwere household gods.
\nThese were the little gods that <\/p>\n

742
\n00:55:27,360 –> 00:55:31,120
\nyou could keep on the
\nmantelpiece in your own home. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:55:33,160 –> 00:55:37,280
\nIt’s not mentioned in the first
\ncleansing, but it’s part of the <\/p>\n

744
\n00:55:37,280 –> 00:55:42,480
\nsecond cleanse where he was more
\nthorough because him was more <\/p>\n

745
\n00:55:42,480 –> 00:55:45,360
\nexact according to the Word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:55:46,360 –> 00:55:49,200
\nSo not only did they go to the
\nland, they went into every home <\/p>\n

747
\n00:55:49,200 –> 00:55:53,560
\nin the country and they cleaned
\nout everything which caused <\/p>\n

748
\n00:55:53,560 –> 00:55:59,200
\noffence and they smashed it to
\npowder so that no one could ever<\/p>\n

749
\n00:55:59,200 –> 00:56:02,680
\nreplace in their lives anything
\nwhich would compete with the <\/p>\n

750
\n00:56:02,680 –> 00:56:06,400
\nWord of God for supremacy.
\nMay brothers, sisters, that be <\/p>\n

751
\n00:56:06,400 –> 00:56:10,960
\nthe spirit in which we implement
\nwhat we know of the Word of God.<\/p>\n

752
\n00:56:25,150 –> 00:56:27,230
\nThank you for listening to the
\ngood Christadelphian Talks <\/p>\n

753
\n00:56:27,230 –> 00:56:29,830
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754
\n00:56:29,830 –> 00:56:31,350
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755
\n00:56:32,510 –> 00:56:34,550
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757
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758
\n00:56:41,190 –> 00:56:43,640
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759
\n00:56:43,640 –> 00:56:46,440
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760
\n00:56:46,440 –> 00:56:50,520
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761
\n00:56:50,760 –> 00:56:53,320
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762
\n00:56:54,560 –> 00:56:57,040
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763
\n00:56:57,040 –> 00:56:59,560
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764
\n00:56:59,560 –> 00:57:03,080
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765
\n00:57:03,080 –> 00:57:04,640
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766
\n00:57:05,000 –> 00:57:07,600
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\ntalks that we post and hear one <\/p>\n

767
\n00:57:07,600 –> 00:57:09,840
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768
\n00:57:10,440 –> 00:57:13,440
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769
\n00:57:13,440 –> 00:57:16,480
\nwebsite or message us on any of
\nour social media accounts. <\/p>\n

770
\n00:57:17,080 –> 00:57:19,960
\nThank you for listening.
\nGod bless and talk to you next <\/p>\n

771
\n00:57:19,960 –> 00:57:20,200
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321: Stephen Palmer- Josiah: Personal Discovery of The Word<\/a><\/blockquote>