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Speaker 1: the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah

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Speaker 1: and in Jerusalem. Did Josiah put away second kings? Twenty

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Speaker 1: three twenty four, My Lord, I want to take time

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Speaker 1: to thank you for guiding me and protecting me in

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Speaker 1: my youth so that I could get to the place

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Speaker 1: where I am now. As I rest and meditate on

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Speaker 1: your goodness in times past, I will remember that you

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Speaker 1: are the reason for the celebration and the gratefulness in

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Speaker 1: my life. Through my intentional devotion, I tear down any

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Speaker 1: false idols and ungodly ways of being that may have

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Speaker 1: crept into my life. Anything that I have erected over

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Speaker 1: your word, like work, money, relationships, or comfortability that serve

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Speaker 1: as an idol, I tear down right now. Let your

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Speaker 1: will and your ways be the focus of my attention.

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Speaker 1: Let your heart be the focus of my affection, for

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Speaker 1: in your presence is everything I'll ever need. May my

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Speaker 1: legacy be a mirror of King josiahs in today's reading,

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Speaker 1: A legacy known for putting your presence before my pleasures

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Speaker 2: Amen Josiah's reforms. In our last story, Josiah became king

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Speaker 2: and became beloved as the righteous King of Jerusalem. He

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Speaker 2: restored the temple and repented on behalf of the people.

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Speaker 2: In this story, we see Josiah bringing Judah out of

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Speaker 2: Second Kings, Hello.

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Speaker 3: Pastor Jack Graham. Here with today's episode of the Bible

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Speaker 3: in a year, We're always glad to open God's Word together.

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Speaker 3: In our previous episode, we were introduced to King Josiah.

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Speaker 3: He began to rule Judah at a very early age,

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Speaker 3: and during the restoration, the scroll of the Law of

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Speaker 3: Moses was discovered. God's word. When faced with the reality

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Speaker 3: even though the prophecy he received foretold judgment and captivity,

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Speaker 3: Josiah committed himself and his people to live in obedience

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Speaker 3: cleansing them from sin and idolatry that had kept them

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Speaker 2: Midday was beginning to turn into dusk. The sun was

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Speaker 2: grazing the top of the Holy Temple. The gold adorned

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Speaker 2: on the pillars spread the light into a hundred different directions.

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Speaker 2: Josiah climbed the smooth steps into the House of the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Behind him were all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. All people

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Speaker 2: Moses to the tent of meeting. There, Josiah knelt before

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Speaker 2: It was a new feeling for them. They had spent

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Speaker 2: an odd sight. They wondered, if this is what David

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Speaker 2: filled Josiah as he peered up at it. How many

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Speaker 2: In his people, Don's light was covered from the lingering

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Speaker 2: It was then when Josiah restored the Passover feast as

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Speaker 2: reminder that God is the source of true freedom. After

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Speaker 2: Josiah was not a mighty man of war like his

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Speaker 2: with courage. Nekko, the king of Egypt, spotted Josiah from

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Speaker 2: Josiah's heart stopped beating before he could even hit the floor.

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Speaker 2: Thus ended the rule of Josiah. Never had there been

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Speaker 3: Today. Scripture passage is a fantastic scripture when king Josiah

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Speaker 3: gathers the people for a tremendous, momentous occasion. The Book

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Speaker 3: was no museum relic. This was the living word of God,

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Speaker 3: which is the key to living right before the Lord

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Speaker 3: and others. Josiah knew that people needed to hear the

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Speaker 3: word of God. Like David, the Psalmus and the King.

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Speaker 3: His delight was in the Law of the Lord, and

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Speaker 3: if the people would only hear it and read it

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Speaker 3: and open their hearts, healing could begin. In Judah, God's

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Speaker 3: Law expresses God's love, his incredible love for his people

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Speaker 3: how Israel and Judah were set apart from all the

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Speaker 3: the Jewish peace people became the people of God. After

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Speaker 3: reading the Book of the Covenant, Josiah renewed his promises

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Speaker 3: with God as we read in Second Kings twenty three

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Speaker 3: and verse three. And the King stood by the pillar

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Speaker 3: and made a covenant before the Lord to walk after

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Speaker 3: Covenant don't miss this. Just as an evil king turns

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Speaker 3: the Lord shepherds God's people back to the Lord. It's

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Speaker 3: to our faith for our family. As pastors and church leaders,

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Speaker 3: as national leaders and governmental leaders, we are to turn

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Speaker 3: from our sins. We are to renew our hearts always

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Speaker 3: But Josiah knew that this was just one part of

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Speaker 3: the process. Evil needed to be rooted out and the

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Speaker 3: for so long. He had already torn down these evil

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Speaker 3: But the country was large, and in the shadows of

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Speaker 3: demonic altars that needed to be destroyed. He sent his

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Speaker 3: this for us to learn? Though you may not have

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Speaker 3: an altar or an idol in your life, often dark

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Speaker 3: joy of the Lord. Josiah was truly committed to cleansing

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Speaker 3: God is all about releasing the captives and freeing his

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Speaker 3: of a life very well lived. Josiah, the most righteous

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Speaker 3: king in Judah, ultimately died in battle. Never in all

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Speaker 3: This does not mean that he was a perfect man,

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Speaker 3: but he was God's man, and God had his heart

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Speaker 3: to his last day. Dear God, we thank you for

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Speaker 3: good King Josiah, for his life and his legacy. We

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Speaker 3: also pray that we will live for you to our

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Speaker 3: days of our lives until you take us home to

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Speaker 3: be with you forever. Thank you for the strength of

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Speaker 3: your spirit to do this in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank

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Speaker 3: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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Speaker 3: I'm pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Let me encourage

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Speaker 3: you to download Theprey dot com app and always make

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Speaker 3: Bible reading and Bible study a priority in your life

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Speaker 3: And if you want more resources from me, Jack Graham

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Speaker 3: as to how you can grow in your Christian life,

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Speaker 3: then go to Jack Graham dot org. That's Jack Graham

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Speaker 3: dot org. God bless you,