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Message Notes:
1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. 3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. – 2 Chronicles 29v1-5 (ESV)
2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. – Revelation 2v2-5 (ESV)
“The early church was married to Poverty, Prisons and Persecutions. Today, the church is married to Prosperity, Personality, and Popularity.”– Leonard Ravenhill
How to declutter
1. Open the Doors
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. – 2 Chronicles 29v3 (ESV)
And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar. – 2 Kings 16v14 (ESV)
2. Gather the Levites
He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east – 2 Chronicles 29v4 (ESV)
The levites are worshippers by blood, not by occupation
And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered. – 2 Kings 16v16 (NIV)
3. Clean out the Filth
and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. – 2 Chronicles 29v5 (ESV)
When the temple gets cleansed, the nation gets changed
your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, – 1 Corinthians 6v19 (ESV)
Ahaz - “to grasp, to seize”
Hezekiah - “Jehovah is my strength”
My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.” – 2 Chronicles 29v11 (ESV)
“Stand in his presence” prayer and adoration
“Minister to him” worship and praise
“Be his ministers” meaning
“Make offerings to him” mission
Hezekiah is a son who cleanses the temple…
Jesus is the Son who cleans the world...
