Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come tonight to the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah. He narrowly escaped being murdered by his own grandmother, and he was concealed in the temple for seven years until the day of his coronation. His ascending the throne meant that his grandma was killed in the street, and that sort of ambivalence marks his entire reign. You see, Joash was part David and part Ahab, and both parts get some attention in this chapter. We see God’s blessing and God’s curse, and we see above all His faithfulness. He kept both His promise to David and His threat to Ahab, and that duality is reflected in Joash’s ambivalence toward the Temple. It also has resonance for us: Do you want to die in Ahab (Adam) or to live with David (Christ)?
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
