2 Kings 22.
In a culture where practically anything can (and often is) declared as “hate speech” or “racism” or simply “offensive,” and when silencing books and articles becomes more than just political correctness but turns into societal expectation and sometimes even law, it should not be a surprising event when the Christians’ basis of belief, the Bible itself, is labeled as hateful. The Bible has already been banned in other countries, and it can and likely will happen in America as well. That is not to say that offending people, being racist, and speaking hatred is right. The Bible itself teaches against all those things. The gospel is offensive, but that is because it convicts us of our own sin.
So, what is the Christian’s response to this supposed to be?
Second Kings 22 and 23 give us a wonderful answer to this question. During King Josiah’s reign in Judah, the Law of God was rediscovered in God’s own temple where ironically it had been lost. The previous kings did nothing to follow the Word of God but, in fact, rejected it completely. Josiah, upon the rediscovering of the Law of Moses, mourned the sin of the nation, called for repentance, prayed for mercy, created reform, and even reinstated the Passover for the first time in hundreds of years. God still had to punish the wickedness of his people, but in His wrath, God remembered the faithful repentance of Josiah – a king who the Bible calls the most righteous king who ever lived.
Pastor Matt Thornton, Speaker.
Archive Date: 03/21/21
