Southwest Ohio Reformed Presbyterian

1. Bethel's/Jeroboam's infidelity (23:15)2. The bombs dedicated to lies/Satan (23:16)3. Testimony to the no-named prophet of Josiah (23:16)4. Jossiah's crusade against 'the Shriners'/priests (23:19,20)5. Reinstitution of true worship (23:21, 25)

1. The wooden idol (23:6)2. The ritual shrines & booths (23:7; Deut. 12:8-14)3. Cleaning up the clergy (23:8)4. Disqualifying them for future leadership (23:9)5. Cleaning up outside the temple (23:1)

1. All men - the scope of this renewal (23:1)2. The temple/church was the source of this (23:2)3. It was to be done by the book (23:3)4. By covenanting (23:4)5. By repentance (23:5)

1. The ironies of Josiah2. Shaphan's mission involving the temple (3)3. Hilkiah the high priest's discovery of the law (8)4. The prophetess Huldah's word to Josiah (15)

1. Manasseh as an idea2. Manasseh as an example3. Manasseh as an aggravated example4. Manasseh as a reason for Jesus

A. The Value of the WordB. The Vitality of the WordC. The Victory of the Word

A. The Portrait of the Sovereign (Psa. 97:1-6)B. The Prostration before the Sovereign (Psa. 97:7-9)C. The Praise for the Sovereign (Psa. 97:10-12)

1. Questions about prayer (20:1-2)2. Questions about prophecy (20:1-4)3. Questions about lifespan (20:6a)4. Questions about why God blesses us (20:6b)5. Questions about truthfulness (20:8)

1. Assyria's ignorant pride (19:11-133)2. Assyria's sinful pride (19:1ff)3. Assyria's blasphemous pride (19:22,25,27-28,35-37)

1. Samaria is seditionist Israel & judges & cursed Israel2. Samaria resettled with foreign transplants3. God cursed these people for their impiety/religious corruption4. Sennacherib improvised as high priest to reset Samaria's religion5. Yet paganism had no power to make Samaria palatable to God

1. The songs of both David & Asaph2. The decline of temple worship post David & Solomon3. Psalm-singing has always had its detractors4. Hezekiah's reform led to psycho-spiritual gladness5. Applications

1. God's unique strength/wrath is terrifying to the unbeliever2. Middle east politics at the end of the 8th century 3. The transition from Ahaz to Hezekiah4. Sargon to Sennacherib in Assyria5. Applications to our lives today

A. Flurry of Israelite kings fall (2 Kgs. 16 & 17)B. Assyrian power rises (2 Kgs. 17:5ff)C. God explains the cause of His judgments by listing Israel's faults 1. Theological (7) 2. Ethical (8) 3. Individual/private (9) 4. Multi-cultural/global (11) 5. Refusal to heed prophets (13), subjectively (14), objectively (15) 6. Worshipful (16, 17) 7. Summary (18)D. Kingdom/political consequences (20, 21, 23)

A. His Victories (14:1) 1. Securing his throne (14:3, 5) 2. Ethical virtue/mercy (14:6) 3. Military victories (14:7)B. His Errors 1. In judgment (14:8) 2. In perception (14:9ff) 3. In warfareC. His Defeats 1. By Jehoash/Israel (14:11) 2. By conspiracy (14:19)D. Compared to Christ

A. Fear is a sign for which God looks (3:16a)B. It's related to fear and meditation (3:16b)C. God makes promises to such people (3:17)D. He uses this as a key to either pass or fail (3:18)E. He even ties it to Judgment Day (4:1)F. And man's last chance (Messiah) (4:5)

A. The Case for Justice (Psa. 94:1-3)B. The Causes for Justice (Psa. 94:4-15)C. The Confession for Justice (Psa. 94:16-23)