Summary: The clarity of Scripture Psalm 19:8 NLT "The commandments of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving insight for living." 2 Chronicles 34:14-19 TLB 14 One day when Hilkiah the High Priest was at the Temple recording the money collected at the gates, he found an old scroll that turned out to be the laws of God as given to Moses! 15 "Look!" Hilkiah exclaimed to Shaphan, the king's secretary." See what I have found in the Temple! These are the laws of God!" 16 Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and Shaphan took it to the king, along with his report that there was good progress being made in the reconstruction of the Temple. 17 "The money chests have been opened and counted, and the money has been put into the hand of the overseers and workmen," he said to the king. 18 Then he mentioned the scroll and how Hilkiah had discovered it. So he read it to the king. 19 When the king heard what these laws required of God's people, he ripped his clothing in despair. He read it. Repentance - God's Word brings us to repentance. Hebrews 4:12-13 NLT 12 For the Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes, and He is the one to Whom we are accountable. Power - God's Word gives us power. Jeremiah 23:29 NLT "Does not my word burn like fire?" says the Lord. "Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?" 2 Chronicles 34:29-33 ISV 29 The king sent word to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 Then the king went up to the Lord's Temple, accompanied by the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and descedants of Levi, and everyone else from the most important to the least important, and he read out loud all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord's temple. 31 While standing in his appointed place, the king made a public covenant with the Lord to follow the Lord, to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes, and to do so with all of his heart and soul, and to carry out what was written in the covenant contained in the book. 32 He also made everyone who was present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand in agreement with him. As a result, the inhabitants of Jerusalem reconfirmed the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. 33 Josiah also removed all the detestable things from the territories that belonged to the people of Israel, and made everyone who lived in Israel to serve the Lord their God. For the rest of his life, they didn't abandon their quest to follow the Lord God of their ancestors. Set apart - God's Word sets us apart. John 17:17-20 ISV 17 "Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth. 20 I ask not only on behalf of these men, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message. 2 Kings 23:25 GNT There had never been a king like him before, who served the Lord with all his heart, mind, and strength, obeying all the Law of Moses; nor has there been a king like him since. What will you do with it?
