2 Chronicles 17:7-19, "The Captains of Thousands" - a podcast by Benjamin Glaser

This week we continued our look at Jehoshaphat and some of the things that made him a Godly ruler over the kingdom of Judah. As he takes over for his father Asa, who had fallen short and turned away to idols at the end of his life his son Jehoshaphat had much to do to right the ship. One of the first things he does is bring the civil kingdom into order by sending out judges to make sure the nation is orderly and under control. The reason for this is that as long as a nation remains organically weak and chaotic there is much difficulty in making the other, necessary progressions in moral order. This is why after the sending of the judges Jehoshaphat next has the priests and Levites go out with the Book of the Law of the LORD (the book of Deuteronomy) to re-teach the people what God would have them to be and to do. 

The church of Christ can learn much from these reforms of Jehoshaphat. We must be people of the Book and we must be those who are teaching only that which Jesus as Prophet has revealed to us. When we turn aside to other gods for wisdom and direction it will always lead to trial and tribulation. Next Lord's Day we will see in stark contrast to his activities in this passage how this good king failed to follow in his own footsteps. 

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