JEHOSHAPHAT’S HEART

2 CHR.   17:1-5                              

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. HE HAD A HEART FOR GOD [2 CHRONICLES 17:6a]

1. He Separated from the Wrong [v. 6b]

2. He Spread the Word [v. 7-9]

3. He Sought God’s Help [18:1-7, 29-31]

 

II. HE PREPARED HIS HEART [12:14, 30:19]

1. He Received Rebuke [2 Chr. 19:1-3, Proverbs 12:1]

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish

2. He Brought People Back to God [2 Chr. 19:4, 7:14]

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

3. He Encouraged Leaders to be Men of God [2 Chr. 19:5-11]

 

III. HE ILLUSTRATES OUR SITUATION [2 CHR.]

1. He Made Some Major Mistakes [18:1-3, 29; 19:2; 20:35-37]

2. God Knows Our Hearts [1:11; 6:8, 30]

-And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart…

-But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart

-Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

3. God Wants All of Our Hearts [6:38-39; 16:9, Mk. 12:28-30]

-If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul … Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

-For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

- And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.