Hezekiah the King

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Hezekiah the King

• Khinckley1_at_yahoo.com

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The Law of Sacrament Meeting

• I am thy father, and this is LAW of the
  Sacrament Meeting for my children.
• Attend thy Sacrament Meetings and honor thy
  parents with thy quietness. Sit upright and
  slouch not, and lie not on the floor or in the
  aisle but if thou liest in the aisle kick not
  thy feet upon the bench so that it noise makes.
• Make not eye contact with thine friends or
  enemies in yonder bench, nor shout to them, nor
  wave, nor make signals with thy hands which
  suggesteth that thy brother or sister is crazy.
  Yea verily, roll not thine eyes at this
  commandment, lest thou be smitten with the curse
  of sitting between thy father and mother for the
  rest of the meeting.
• Eat no more than one of the sacrament bread, nor
  touch the other bread on the tray despite the
  pleasing taste. To touch the other bread upon the
  tray is loathsome unto me and those others on
  this same bench. Honor thy Mother and do not
  wipe thy mouth with the back of thy hand after
  drinking the sacrament water and speak not that
  it hit the spot. Keep not the sacrament cup as
  a toy, but returneth it to the tray. Do not set
  it on thine head as a tiny hat, for to do so
  makes others laugh loudly and makes thy mother
  full of sharp looks toward thee.
• Beg not to use the bathroom, for thou shalt use
  the bathroom before the meeting begins, but if
  thou holdest thyself, and speaketh that thou must
  go really, really bad then thou mayest go to
  the bathroom, but thou shall receive my look of
  disapproval and unhappiness. Smile not, as thou
  leavest for the bathroom, lest thou be not
  believed, nor wave to thine friends when retiring
  to the bathroom.
• Return not unto the bench with water still
  unswallowed in thy mouth, lest thou recievest my
  wrath, for thou didst not ask to get a drink, but
  only to use the bathroom, and if thou dost giggle
  and dribble water upon thy chin and shirt, then
  shalt the anger of they parents again be kindled
  toward thee.
• Speak not out loud that the speaker is boring,
  even though it be true, for such is forbidden in
  the chapel, but speak it only on the drive home
  when thy mother and father can agree and share
  mirth with thee.

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See John 1715

• Make them one, Father, as thou and I are one. In
  the world, but not of the world. I pray not that
  thou shouldest take them out of the world, but
  that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."

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• In
• The
• World

• Of
• The
• World

How do we know where that line is?
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New King Hezekiah

• (2 Chronicles 292-10.)
• Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and
  twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty
  years in Jerusalem.
• And he brought in the priests and the Levites,
  and gathered them together into the east street,
• For our fathers have trespassed, and done that
  which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God,
  and have forsaken him, and have turned away their
  faces from the habitation of the LORD,
• Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah
  and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to
  trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye
  see with your eyes.
• For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword,
  and our sons and our daughters and our wives are
  in captivity for this.
• Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with
  the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may
  turn away from us.

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Hezekiahs Three Step Plan of Happiness

• Step 1
• Repent and clear out the idols

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2 Kings 18

• He removed the high places, and brake the images,
  and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the
  brasen serpent that Moses had made for unto
  those days the children of Israel did burn
  incense to it and he called it Nehushtan.

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President Kimball

• Sadly, however, we find that to be shown the way
  is not necessarily to walk in it, and many have
  not been able to continue in faith. These have
  submitted themselves in one degree or another to
  the enticings of Satan and his servants and
  joined with those of "the world" in lives of
  ever-deepening idolatry
• An older couple retired from the world of work
  and also, in effect, from the Church. They
  purchased a pickup truck and camper and,
  separating themselves from all obligations, set
  out to see the world and simply enjoy what little
  they had accumulated the rest of their days.
• They had no time for the temple, were too busy
  for genealogical research and for missionary
  service. He lost contact with his high priests
  quorum and was not home enough to work on his
  personal history. Their experience and leadership
  were sorely needed in their branch, but, unable
  to "endure to the end," they were not available.

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Question

• Some Idols are out in the world
• The idols Hezekiah removed were in and on the
  Temple Mount.
• Are there some inside idols, inside the church
  or culture we must beware of?
• Can WE be our own idol?

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Hezekiahs Three Step Plan of Happiness
he strengthened himself, and built up all the
wall that was broken, and raised it up to the
towers, and another wall without

• Step 2
• Build a wall around the righteous

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"In Jewish tradition, the personal application of
the laws is called the "fence" around the law
that protects one from accidentally or
inadvertently breaking any commandment.  As one
applies a commandment in his own life, he
establishes for himself how he will interpret the
Lord's law and put it into practice.  If he is
unsure of his capacity to fully obey the law, he
may also need to put a fence around the law to
protect himself." (Victor L. Ludlow, 1982, Isaiah
Prophet, Seer, and Poet, p. 261)
Written Law
Oral Law (More Important)
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Building A Fence Around Our Family
Endure to the end
Service in Church Callings
Baptism and Gift of the Holy
Baptism and Gift of the Holy
Receive Temple Ordinances
Keep the Commandments
Baptism and Gift of the Holy Ghost
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Hezekiahs Three Step Plan of Happiness

• Step 3
• Bring In Living Waters

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Hezekiahs Tunnel
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Michael Wilcox

• The wilderness of Judaea is a dead,
  sun- baked land where almost nothing grows,
  but Ezekiel saw that wherever the river
  flowed, life came to the barren desert
• Ezekiel describes the river's impact on all it
  touches with these words "And it shall come to
  pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth,
  whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live .
  . . because these waters shall come thither for
  they shall be healed and every thing shall live
  whither the river cometh." (V. 9 emphasis
  added.)
• As we read these words, the Spirit seems to
  whisper, "What will literally be true, one day,
  of the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, is true now,
  spiritually, of all the Lord's temples. From the
  doors of each one a healing, life-giving river
  flows.
• Latter-day temples are the source of a powerful,
  deeply refreshing river. It is a river of peace,
  revelation, truth, light, and priesthood power.
  But above all else, it is a river of love that
  flows from the doors of the temples.

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Abraham LincolnAfter Gettysburg

• Well, I will tell you how it was. In the
  pinchwhen everybody seemed panic-stricken
  and nobody could tell what was going to
  happen, oppressed by the gravity of our
  affairs, I went to my room one day and locked
  the door and got down on my knees before Almighty
  God and prayed to Him mightily for victory at
  Gettysburg. I told Him that this war was His,
  and our cause His cause, but we could not stand
  another Fredericksburg or Chancellorsville.
• Then and there I made a solem vow to
  
  Almighty God that if He would stand
  
  by our boys at Gettysburg, I would stand
  
  by Him, and He did stand by the boys
  
  and I will stand by Him. And after that, I dont
  
  know how it was, and I cannot explain it, soon
  
  a sweet comfort crept into my soul. The feeling
  came
  that God had taken the whole business
  into His own
  hands and things would go right
  at Gettysburg,
  and that is why I had no fears
  about it