Repairing the Temple
F. W. P. Greenwood, D.D. 2 Chronicles 24:4-14 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.… 1. To each one among us there is a temple which should be far holier in his eyes than was even the temple at Jerusalem in the eyes of the children of Israel. 2. This holiest of temples, a man's own self, is exposed to injury and decay. 3. As year passes after year, let us be reminded to repair each one of us to that house of God which is built within him, and which has been dedicated to the worship of God by the Holy Spirit which dwells in it. 4. In repairing the spiritual temple, one of our main purposes should be to ascertain what in it needs to be stripped away and what demands preservation. 5. The things to be discarded are — (1) Old enmities; how they interfere with the pure worship and mar the quiet beauty of the house! (2) Old weaknesses and vanities. (3) Old habits of self-indulgence and self-degradation. (4) Old sins, presumptuous sins, secret sins. 6. The things which must be retained are — (1) Old friendships. (2) Old habits of order and punctualness, of truth, of kindness and prayer. (3) Old virtues. (F. W. P. Greenwood, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. WEB: It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.