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Hezekiah restored the temple

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[2 Chronicles 29:35]

There were burnt offerings in abundance,

together with the fat of the fellowship offerings and the drink offerings

that accompanied the burnt offerings.

So the service of the temple of the LORD was reestablished.

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Ahaz, the twelfth king of Judah, did evil in the sight of God.

He served idols of various nations, not God.

He even gave his son to the Molech of fire in the valley of Hinnom.

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This evil is not enough, and Ahaz treats the temple of God with disgust,

breaks down temple accessories, and even closes the door to the temple.

The wrath of God caused Judah,

ruler of King Ahaz, to be constantly harassed by the surrounding nations.

Ahaz lived in this miserable situation and died.

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After Ahaz died, his son Hezekiah was on his throne.

King Hezekiah decided that, unlike his father Ahaz,

he would not go to an evil way of betraying God.

Hezekiah wanted to be a king to serve God rightly.

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King Hezekiah wanted to be the first to clean up the neglected temple of God.

King Hezekiah summoned the priests and the Levites in charge of the temple,

and told them to get rid of all the abominable things that defiled the temple.

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The Levites who heard the king's words first cleansed themselves.

The priests went into the temple, took all the abominations

that defiled the temple, and moved it into the temple courts.

Then the Levites went to the valley of Kidron with the abominations.

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God's temple has gradually regained its original form.

The burnt offering and the vessels were in place.

The vessels that should be placed in the sanctuary were also placed

where they should be.

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King Hezekiah heard the news that the temple was clean,

and he gathered leaders early in the morning.

The leaders who were commanded by the king gathered in the temple.

They sacrificed a sin offering to cleanse the sins of Judah

and cleanse the temple.

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The priests of the house of Aaron offered sacrifices for their forgiveness

with their sacrifices.

The priests took the animals according to God's command

and sprinkled their blood on the altar.

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The priests brought the male goats before the king and the people gathered there.

The king and his people laid their hands on the head of the goat.

This is the ordinance of transferring their sins to the goat.

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Then the priests killed the goats.

And he sprinkled the blood on the altar,

so that Israel would be forgiven of the sins of God.

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Later, King Hezekiah told the Levites to play cymbals, harps and lyres.

The Levites obeyed the king's words and held up David's instruments.

The priests stood with their trumpets.

This was the command of the Lord long ago through King David

and the prophets of Nathan.

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As the priests began to offer burnt offerings on the altar,

the Levites who had caught the instrument began to praise the LORD God.

They praised God by blowing their trumpets and playing harps and lyres.

All the people worshiped the Lord God until the burnt offering was finished.

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Hezekiah proclaimed to all the people,

"Now you have become people who are devoted to God.

Now, come to this temple and give thanks to the LORD."

So the people sacrificed to God with all their sincerity.

King Hezekiah and the people rejoiced greatly on that day.

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As king of Judah under God's rule,

Hezekiah did what he ought to do for the glory of God.

He cleansed the temple of the defiled God,

and in that temple the people of Judah again worshiped God.

All these things God had prepared for the people of Judah.

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Worshiping God is the most important thing a covenant people should do.

If one is downplaying worship by claiming to believe in God,

We must know that it is evil that defiles the temple.

We must remember that today we too are God's people

who made a covenant with God in the blood of Jesus.

To us, who became children of God by faith in Jesus,

The important thing is to worship.

I hope that you will always go to the place of worship with gratitude to God

and know that you will worship God with all your heart.

(This is the sample conclusion provided by CTM. Please feel free to change the conclusion to best suit the listeners of your sermon.)