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Good and Bad News About the Reign of King Joash
2 Kings 12:11-21
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Lesson Number 25
Background Notes
Doctrinal Point(s)
- Spirituality is not determined by spiritual gift or spiritual position.
- Spirituality is dependant on spiritual accountability.
Practical Application
- How spiritual are you when no one is looking?
Questions
- What was the good news about the reign of King Joash?
- What was the bad news about the reign of King Joash?
- Why did Joash depart from the Lord?
- What made the workmen of the temple so pleasing to God?
Answers
- He completed the repairs of the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
- He took the treasury of the temple as well as the royal treasury and gave it to the pagan king of Syria.
- When Jehoida died, Joash no longer had his godly influence and his spiritual counsel.
- No account was required, for they dealt faithfully (see 2 Kings 12:15).
Discuss/Consider
- Have you known people who have begun well in their spiritual lives, but have not done well later on? How do you feel about this? Could you have been a positive influence on them?
- Assess your own spiritual life. Are you as keen for the Lord now as you were when you first came to Christ?
- Name some of the spiritual mentors and examples that have influenced your life. How have you shown your appreciation to them?
Challenge
- How spiritual are you when no one is looking?.
Key Verses
- “They gave the apportioned money to those who did the work, and had the oversight of the house of the Lord.” 2 Kings 12:11
- “Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.” 2 Kings 12:15
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