2Ch 24:1-2, … JOASH DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF JEHOIADA THE PRIEST.
Joash was a weak leader and he did what his advisors told him to do! He had a godly man, Jehoiada, who raised him and advised him!
2Ch 24:5, … “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money TO REPAIR THE HOUSE OF YOUR …
YOUR GOD? NOT OUR GOD OR MY GOD, BUT YOUR GOD! JOASH ONLY DID LIP SERVICE TO THE LORD!
Isa 29:13, … “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT HAVE REMOVED THEIR HEARTS FAR FROM ME, …
2Ch 24:17-18, Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king. AND THE KING LISTENED TO THEM. THEREFORE THEY LEFT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS, AND SERVED WOODEN IMAGES AND IDOLS; AND WRATH CAME UPON JUDAH AND JERUSALEM BECAUSE OF THEIR TRESPASS.
2Ch 24:20, Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest… and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? BECAUSE YOU HAVE FORSAKEN THE LORD, HE ALSO HAS FORSAKEN YOU.
Joash ignored the warning of GOD, and killed the son of the man who raised him! He was unstable in all his ways (Jas 1:8). Joash was killed by his own servants while he laid in bed!
Joh 12:43, FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD.
Gal 1:10, For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? FOR IF I STILL PLEASED MEN, I WOULD NOT BE A BONDSERVANT OF CHRIST.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY, IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT THE LORD SAYS! WHOM DO YOU SERVE? CHRIST OR MAN?