December 23, 2012 Discovery

Discovery 2 Kings 22:10-11 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. KING JOSIAH had ordered repairs and remodeling to the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem. As they men began their work, the high priest Hilkiah, apparently in a cleaning out process, made an amazing discovery – the Book of the Law of Moses. We call this the Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Bible. Think about this. The priests had been doing their work in the temple, and the people had been coming to offer money and sacrifices to God, but they did not know the Word of the Lord! It’s as if you go into church, and the pastor reads from a story book of some mundane topic that teaches nothing of God. (I actually witnessed that once.) It’s as if you say you are a Christian, but you never read the word of God. (Have you ever seen anything like that?) It’s as if people gather in a church for a meeting about Jesus’ church, but they never read God’s Word and pray for guidance. (Could that be possible?) Note Josiah’s response to the Law’s discovery. He tore his clothes. He grieves in the discovery that God’s Law has been undiscovered in God’s House for about 200 years! In response to discovering the Law, Josiah begins a work throughout Judah that removes the worship of evil from the land. The Law of God becomes the law of the land. They celebrate Passover again and rightly remember the Sovereign Lord, who has called them to be his people. What must you do to discover God’s Word in your life? What must your church do to discover God’s Word in its life? It’s True! You need to know God’s Word.