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May I , 1955 Jehosha photos Righteous Leadership 2 Chr. 17:1-7, 9:19:4-7 Pointers on the Lesson In Jehoshaphat Judah possessed a king who followed in the good steps of his father, Asa. In his royal position he sought to be the kind of a leader he ought to be. He was both a man of faith and of action. Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah 17:1-7 A king ought to be a minister of bless ing to the people over whom he reigns. It was so in the case of Jehoshaphat. In verses 1 and 2 he provided adequate pro tection for his people. H e did not leave them open to assault. In verses 3 and 4 he provided them with a worthy example in that he “ walked in the first ways of his father David” and kept away from all idolatrous affiliations. Moreover, he looked to the Lord for guidance and “ walked in his commandments.” He did not follow after the apostate ways of the ten tribes which gave themselves to calf worship and the like. God blessed him abundantly because of his faithfulness and the people appreciated him also and brought him many presents (v. 5 ). In addition to these things it seems that Jehoshaphat had a peculiar longing to please the Lord. “ His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord,” and he took away those things which would inter fere with the realization of God’s presence in his own life and that of the nation. Jehoshaphat Teaches Judah 17:7, 9 These two verses record the effort of Jehoshaphat to instruct his people in the way of the Lord. He appointed special ministers to engage in this sort of thing in the towns of Judah. It was the first practical measure adopted b y any of the kings for the spiritual instruction of the people. It was a grand project. The book
of the law referred to here m ay mean either the whole Pentateuch, or only the book of Deuteronomy, which contains an abridgment of the former. Thus there was instituted a series of community Bible classes in the cities of Judah. Jehoshaphat Revives Judah 19:4-7 A t a later time we find Jehoshaphat again ministering to the people of his kingdom, probably through special Bible teachers as before. There had been a spiritual declension and he was able through this latest ministry to bring the people back “ unto the Lord God of their fathers” (v. 4 ). A t this time he also sought to bring more order into his king dom b y appointing judges in the land for the welfare of the people. These judges were to do their work in “ the fear of the Lord” (v. 7). In other words, they were to accomplish the divine w ill to the end that everything in the kingdom would be done “ decently and in order” (1 Cor. 14:40). Helps for the Children The Traveling Teachers 2 Chr. 17 MEMORY VERSE: "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not" (Prov. 8:33). King Jehoshaphat was one of the good kings in the Old Testament. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he sought His wisdom in ruling the Jewish people and because He obeyed God’s command ments. The people brought rich gifts to this righteous king to show their love and their honor for him. K ing Jehosha phat sent traveling teachers throughout his kingdom to help his people to learn and to understand God’s law. Enemy countries around Palestine began to send gifts to Jehoshaphat to show their re spect for him. They no longer made war against God’s people. God blessed the king of His people m ightily because Jeho shaphat allowed God to give the wisdom
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Being broken conditions a man for success. The man who gets there with out it spoils instead of maturing. The thing is to see that God orders— or allows— things in a man’s life that are designed to break him. “Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth.” Back of this breaking process— this chastening— this discipline—is the infinite wisdom— the changeless love— the perfection of a heavenly Father who never makes a mistake. He knows just how much a man can bear . . . just how hot—how radical—how severe the tempering process needs to be. He loves enough not to stop the discipline short of its perfect goal. ^ — Dick Halverson in Perspective THE KING'S BUSINESS
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