Return and Rejoice

2 Chronicles 30
Return and Rejoice
Return to the Lord, Part Three
Sermon Notes for the Third Sunday in Lent, March 27, 2011 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri

Key Verse for Lent "And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them." Isa. 19:22

1. Returning to the Lord and Finding Joy - The Arc of the Text - Hezekiah a New Solomon
   Reversal of Jeroboam's Sin (1 Kings 12:32,33)
   2 Chr. 7:14 and 2 Chr. 30

2. Returning (Imperfectly) to the Lord with Our Hearts
   2 Chr. 29:34; Num. 9:9-11, April 1 CR Worship Service at RCC

3. Returning to the Lord and Humility - 1 Pet. 5:5, James 4:6; Ps. 138:6; Pr. 3:34; Mt. 23:12

4. Returning to the Lord Corporately and Liturgically
   2 Chr. 29:30b "they praised unto joy"
   2 Chr. 30:21 "instruments of power"

5. Returning to the Lord and Covenant Renewal
   "God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" Ex. 32:13; 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Chr. 29:18

6. Returning to the Lord and To Our Cities
   A. Hezekiah cleanses the temple – 29:1-36
   B. Hezekiah celebrates Passover – 30:1-27
   C. Hezekiah purges the land – 31:1-21
   D. CENTER – Yahweh saves Hezekiah and Jerusalem – 32:1-33
   C' Manasseh reverses Hezekiah's purge – 33:1-25
   B' Josiah celebrates Passover – 34:1-35:27
   A' Final kings of Judah forfeit the temple – 36:1-23

7. Returning to the Lord as Preparation for Great Deliverance

8. Returning to the Greater Hezekiah and Solomon (Mt. 12:42)