the book of 2 Kings here this morning. 2 Kings, gonna take a look at chapter 11. 2 Kings chapter 11. And we're gonna begin there in verse 1 here in just a couple of moments. 2 Kings chapter 11. I have entitled this message Crown a New King. Crown a New King, 2 Kings chapter 11. We'll begin there in verse 1. Here in just a couple of moments as you're finding your way there, we're gonna be talking about a lady by the name of Thank you talking to talking about a lady by the name of Athelia, and I'll tell you what what a What a person she was she's a good representation of a good number of different things evil of course Athelia was the daughter of King Ahab and Jezebel just a wicked, wicked woman. She would be, she was in essence almost a spitting image of her mother and her father. She was the only woman to ever sit on the throne of David. She was a servant of Baal, a worshiper of Baal, of course, just like her parents. Her son was killed by Jehu. And there was a lot that was going on before we get to chapter 11 where we see her actually take the throne. And so what I found as I was going through this, we can see that Athelia is a great representation of sin. She's a great representation of Satan himself. And as we think about that, as we go through the verses here this morning, I pray that it be a blessing to you. Now we understand the devil likes to work. And when things are confusing, when things are in turmoil, you know, whenever life is tumultuous, you know, when things are difficult, you know, the devil also likes to add to that confusion. And when things are confused already, the devil likes to compound that and make it that much even worse. And Athelia was one of those ladies as well. She was, as I said, great representation of sin a good representation of the devil also now when we think about the things that she's ditched I mean she was she was a power-hungry woman just like her mother Jezebel she was an evil wicked person as I said served in essence really worship demons a deceiver she was a murderer a destroyer she was religiously and morally corrupt filled with envy and pride and All these different things, the same things that we would in essence really think of what the devil would be like and what he is full of. She in essence really, even as the Lord Jesus said about the devil, that the devil came to kill, steal, and destroy. She in essence had really done a lot of the same thing. She had come to steal the throne of David. She had come to destroy the house of God and all that was there. She came to destroy all the royal seed. She was there to kill anybody that was in her way. And so the devil, in essence, is really the same thing, and sin destroys everything that it touches. And so we can see a good representation of what this woman is all about, an evil, wicked woman. And in the midst of all the things that was going on prior to this chapter right here, as I said, Jehu on the scene, and her son gets killed. And in the midst of all of this, what she decides to do, in the midst of all of this confusion, in the midst of all of the turmoil, is she decides to do the one thing that the devil, of course, loves to do, and that is to invade and take control. And that is what Atheliah did. And in the midst of it all, we get to chapter 11, take a look at verse 1. The Bible says that when Atheliah, the mother of Ahazaz, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. Now, did you know that all the seed royal were her grandkids? Exactly right. She didn't have, she wasn't worried about who she had to destroy to get out of her way. She wasn't worried about who she had to kill to get out of her way. Her son had been slain by Jehu and she wanted the throne and it made no difference whatsoever what she had to do to get into power. Didn't matter who they were. Didn't matter how young they were. If they were in her way, she was going to destroy them. And that's exactly what Atheliah did. And so she came in, in the midst of the turmoil and confusion, as the devil does, and she comes in and she destroys and kills all the seed royal. We get to verse two, the Bible says, but Jehoshibah, the daughter of the king Jehoram, sister of Ahazei, took Joash. the son of Ahasei, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain, and they hid him, even him and his nurse in the bedchamber, from Ophelia, so that he was not slain. And so in the midst of this rampage, in the midst of all that was going on, we see Atheliah, she comes in, she desires control, she desires power, and so she comes in and she begins to destroy everybody in her path, destroys everything and everybody in her way so that she can ascend to the throne and put the crown of David, in essence, on her head. And as she goes through, notice the Bible says that in the midst of the massacre that was taking place, in the midst of all of the confusion, in the midst of all the chaos, there was a woman by the name of Jehoshibah, the daughter of the king Jehoram. The Bible says the sister of Ahaziah took a little boy by the name of Joash, this little baby there, took Joash in the midst of all the confusion, in the midst of everybody being massacred and killed, Jehoshibah runs in and she grabs this little baby and she flees and takes off. runs to the house of the Lord. And when she gets to the house of the Lord, the Bible tells us there in verse two that him and the nurse, they hid in the bedchamber from Atheliah so that he was not slain. What I enjoy about this text is, of course, we think about Athelia and we think about what her name means. Now, Athelia, her name means, as she is a good picture of sin and Satan, her name means to one who is, as I said, a picture of sin and Satan, we see that her name has the idea of one that is afflicted by God and also slash God is exalted. And I began to wonder why her name was kind of both of those sayings that was kind of confusing on which one that it would be. Those very two things. A woman who is afflicted by God, but also means God is exalted. And I began to wonder what this is all about. Well, it seems like when you read through this whole story, you see that she was a woman who was afflicted by God. God did judge her. God did bring judgment upon her. But at the same time, God was exalted. And you see that happen throughout this story. And not only that, but we see what her name means, but you get down to Joash. Joash, his name means the fire of Yahweh. The fire of Yahweh. And in the midst of everything that's going on, we can see that this little child as he is hid away in the chamber, we can see this little child in the fire of Yahweh that is there, that is waiting fire, representing judgment. And in the scriptures we also see another name, right there in verse two, by Jehoshibah. Jehoshibah means Jehovah's oath. It means Jehovah's oath. What I find remarkable about all of this is you see the devil for a long time had been doing everything he could to destroy God's people. And ever since there in the book of Genesis when God himself, whenever he was speaking to Adam and Eve and he told them that there would be a son that was born that would crush the head of the serpent, but at the same time would bruise his heel. From that moment forward, the devil did everything he could to keep the son of man from coming. And all throughout the scriptures we see that the devil is doing everything he can to keep the Lord Jesus from coming on the scene because he was told there in the Garden of Eden, told right there that the Son of God would come and that he would give victory to mankind. And so from that moment all the way through, we see the devil doing everything he could to keep the Son of Man from coming. But what I like about this is even though the devil maybe at this point thought that he had won, just like at some other places, you know, listen, just in our lives, sometimes the devil in the midst of chaos, in the midst of turmoil in our life, he comes in to try to make things worse, and here we see Athelia, she comes in, this picture of sin, this picture of Satan, coming in when things are bad and aren't looking good, and she comes right in, and as she's there, she begins to wreak havoc in their lives and ruin everything that's around. But here in the midst of it all, we see Jehoshibah. Jehoshibah who steps in on the scene, Jehovah's oath in the midst of everything looking bad, we see Jehovah's oath. What does that mean? In essence, God's promise. Well, God's promise for what? Well, we see that she destroyed everybody except Joash. She thought that everybody was dead. And Joash was the only one that was left that would carry on this seed and it would be out of Joash, this one little boy right here, that the Lord Jesus would descend from. And so there at one time in history, we see that everything come down to this one little boy, Joash. and Jehosheba, whose name means God's promise, God's oath. You know what that is? It's the Davidic covenant. When God told David, he says, of your kingdom there shall be no man, and was talking about how the Messiah would come and sit on the throne of David, and so it all boiled down to this one little boy right here. The devil maybe perhaps had thought he had won, he had got it all the way down to this, to annihilating everybody using Atheliah, to wipe everybody out and the devil thought perhaps that he had won. But old Tukta the here to this side off into a little bedchamber in the house of God was the nurse and was little baby Joash who was growing and growing and growing and she had no idea what was happening. I tell you what, the devil likes to come into our lives and sin comes in our life in the same way as I say it oftentimes in the midst of confusion and chaos and comes in and destroys everything that's around us and taints our lives and destroys parts of our lives. And we can see there in verse one that Ophelia, she had no mercy. She didn't care who was around, she didn't care who it was, but she came in and destroyed all the seed royal, even her own grandchildren. Listen, let me tell you something, the devil doesn't care here this morning who you are, he don't care about your kids, he don't care about your grandkids, and listen, he don't care about your life, listen, he cares less about any of those types of things. All he desires to do is just like sin, and the devil is to come into your life and wreak havoc and make the most ruin out of it as he possibly can, and that's exactly what happened right here. There in verse two, Jehoshibah, the daughter of the king, The first truth is concealed, concealed the king. You know what, Austin, as we apply this to our life, we saved here this morning, let's understand something. The devil in sin, whenever we get off into sin, the devil likes us, would love for us to do everything we can just to kind of conceal the king away. just to kind of hide him away in our life and nobody know about it. You know, if you read on down, you'll see, you'll see there in verse three, the Bible says that, and he was with her, he hid in the house of the Lord six years. So for six years, Athelia ruled and reigned on the throne. for six years. And six is a symbol of what? Numerology. It is a symbol of sin. It is a symbol of human weakness. It is a symbol of evil as well. And so for six years, she was the epitome. She was the fulfillment of wickedness and sin. And so we can see right here in the text that he was hid away for six years. When we think about our Christian lives here this morning, listen, I'm just trying to get you to see, by way of application, that listen, the devil would love nothing more than for us to, in the midst of confusion and chaos and turmoil in our life, and things ain't going good, that we would just hide the king off to the side, that we would just keep him in a little chamber over here, because listen, the more that we tolerate sin in our life, and the more that we allow it to come to the forefront, listen, as long as you keep the king tucked away, Sin will do everything it can to keep ruling and reigning in your life. and do everything it can. Listen, sin doesn't mind being out in the forefront. It don't mind everybody looking at it and sinning. Sin don't mind taking control and taking charge. It don't mind ruining everybody's life. It could care less about any of those things. And as long as a people, as long as we as a people decide to hide sin in our heart and not rebuke sin and turn away from sin, as long as we keep the king tucked away in some little bedchamber over here somewhere, and we just let the devil have the rule and reign in our life, then what's gonna happen is, is we're gonna see ruin and destruction in our life and all around us. And as long as the king is just tucked away, as long as he's just set off to the side, sin doesn't mind ruining and reigning. And Atheliah was just like that. She didn't mind ruling and reigning in their lives. She didn't mind being the ruler of the kingdom because that's what she desired. That's, that is exactly what she wanted. And there in verse three, the Bible says that the king, he was hidden in the house of the Lord for six years and Athelia did reign over the land. So I got to ask you this morning, as we look at as we look at Athelia as a picture of sin, as we look at her as a picture of Satan as well, all together, we think about all lumped up in together, the Athelias of our life. If we allow them to rule and reign, they certainly will. Listen, there's gonna have to be at some point, at some time in our life, we're gonna have to say, you know what? I'm tired of the aphelios in my life, drooling and raining. I'm tired of this having control of me. I'm tired of this having control of me. I'm tired of my God just being set off to the side. Here, listen, I need to let him shine in my life and I need to be the man and woman of God that God needs me to be Listen, Athiliah will come in, sin will come in, no matter what it is, you just name it, you just call out whatever that Athiliah is in your life, it is a host of different things, and that sin will come in, it'll put a crown on its head, and it'll rule and reign there on that throne and bring ruin and destruction to you and everybody around you. Everybody. As long as you keep the king tucked away, Athiliah's gonna rule. There has to come a moment, there has to come a time that we say within ourselves, you know what, I'm tired of Athelia ruling and reigning in my life. I'm tired of this sin ruling and reigning in my life. And there came one day, there in verse two, so we can see the, number one, we can see the concealment. We can see the concealment, but number two, let's take a look at this. We can see the confession. Watch what happens there. Watch what happens there in verse two. You see, eventually what happened is, is during the six-year period, man, people, they started getting tired. Can you only imagine as, can you only imagine Athiliah ruling and reigning six years? Everything is destroyed. Everything is terrible. And Jehoiada, the priest, and the nurse, Jehu Sheba, has this little boy tucked away. And for six years, while all of this stuff is going on, they're just looking at Joash and they're just thinking, oh Lord, one of these days we're gonna bring him out. one of these days we're gonna bring him out, one of these days we're gonna introduce him to everybody, one of these days we're gonna bring him out, and listen, during that time they may have been trying to nurture him and grow him and strengthen him and teach him, and that is very possible, but listen, I think also we do have to understand that the longer that we keep the king tucked away, the longer that Ophelia is gonna have the rule and reign in our life. And so there has to come a moment where we, as God's people say, I'm not gonna keep the king tucked away any longer. I'm gonna bring him out. I want everybody to see him. He's gonna be on the throne of my life and he's gonna wear the crown on his head and I'm gonna destroy Ophelia. At some point we have to say that. And that's exactly That's exactly what happened. We get down here to the next verse, take a look there at verse three. The Bible says there in verse, I'm sorry, there in verse four, the Bible says, in the seventh year, isn't that something? Number seven, see, numbers mean something. In the seventh year, at the number of completion, the seventh year, Jehoiada, his name means Yahweh knows. Aren't you glad God knows everything? Aren't you glad God knows everything that there is to know? I tell you what I sure am, and there in verse four we see the Bible says, in the seventh year, Jehoadai sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds with captains and the guard and brought them to him in the house of the Lord and made a covenant with him and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord. Watch this now, and showed them the king's son. You see, there came a point during this six-year period where they got tired of tucking the king away, and as things got worse and worse and worse, they begin to realize, hey, now is the time. We gotta let the king out. We gotta show everybody to the king. Listen, I don't wanna conceal the king any longer. Listen, God's people, you're sitting here saved this morning. Let's go conceal the king. Let's bring him out. Let's let everybody see him. Let's let everybody know who he is and the love that he has and the grace and the forgiveness and long-suffering that he offers to every single one of us and to everybody who chooses to believe. Let's don't keep the king just tucked away in a little bedchamber, but let's bring him out and let everybody see who he is. And that's what they did. There came this moment where they got tired and they said, you know what, six years is enough. And so on that seventh year, they brought out Jehoiada. They didn't conceal it any longer, and so we can see the confession. And the confession was there in the latter part of verse four, that they showed them the king's son. Listen, I tell you what, can you imagine what a blessing it was when they saw Joash come out? They had no idea the king was even there. For seven years, they had no idea that Joash was hit off to the side. They had no idea, they had no clue. And on that seventh year, Jehoiada the priest comes out and he says, man, I got something to show you guys. You ever heard that, you ever seen that Gomer Powell long time ago when he says, surprise, surprise, surprise. Listen, that's what it was. Hey, y'all see what I got. Look what I got right here. Oh, I got the king over here, he's been tucked away. But we're gonna bring him out now. We're not gonna just leave him tucked over to the side, but we're gonna show him to everybody. We're gonna let everybody know who the king is. Let my dear say, dear Christian, I think it's high time that we let all the people see that who God is and we show him who God is. to everybody, that we don't just conceal the king in a bedchamber of our heart, and that we don't just hide him off to the side that nobody can see. No, we wanna represent the Lord Jesus. We wanna be the salt of the earth, and we wanna be the light of the world, and the city that is set on the hill that cannot be hid. Listen, that's what we wanna be, so that everybody can see, and that's exactly what they did right here. But there has to come a moment, there has to come a time when you say within yourself, I'm tired. and things going the way they're going. I'm tired of the sin. I'm tired of the ruin. I'm tired of the destruction. We look around, I guarantee it, even in this church and churches all around us and the world over, people that are tired. People that are tired of what sin does, they're tired of what sin is causing, they're tired of all the effects and all the things that you have to do, having to deal with the effects of sin. Because listen, the Bible says no man lives for himself and no man dies for himself, so the thought that I'll just sin on my own, listen, that don't just affect you, your sin affects everybody. The Bible says one sinner destroyeth much good. Listen, whenever Adam and Eve reached up and they took a bite out of that fruit, look what happened today. Their sin affected us all. And see, theirs does and yours does too. And mine does too. One sinner destroyeth much good. And listen, I'm just telling you this morning, there is so much stuff that's going around in Athelia. All the Athelias of this world, they are ruling and reigning in hearts all across America today. And even folks that are saved, they're on their way to heaven, but for whatever reason, they backslid on God and they've allowed sin to come into their life. And the Lord Jesus that used to sit on that throne, Now he is just kind of tucked away on the side over here. He's no longer on the throne. He no longer has on the crown because we've allowed Atheliah to come in and resume that place and to rule and reign in our life. Let's don't conceal the king any longer. Let's don't conceal the son any longer. But let's bring him out. I heard, I think it was, maybe Dave Ramsey said one time a long time ago get sick and tired of being sick and tired. You ever been sick and tired of being sick and tired? I know I have been. We get sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I tell you, as I said, we see the devil just running rampant, we see the effects of sin and what all it's causing, and we look around the world today, we see everything that's going on, and I'm telling you, as God's people, we have to say within ourselves, listen, I can no longer conceal the king, but I've got to confess him, I've got to let him go, I've got to get him out, I need to let everybody see who he is, and that's what happened there in verse four. The Bible says in the seventh year, Jehoiada, sin and fetch the rulers. Latter part of verse four, the Bible says, they showed them the king's son. Can you imagine the excitement of those men when they saw the king's son? Had no idea that he was around, but now all of a sudden, boom, there he is. Look, I got a surprise for you. The king's been tucked away. The king's alive, the king's not dead. Hey, praise the Lord, the Lord Jesus is the same way. They thought they killed the Lord Jesus, but then three days later, he rose again. Let everybody know that he was still around, right? Man, praise God for that. Jehoash and the Lord Jesus, I can see in many similarities are kind of the same way. You know, Jehoash was kind of hid away. and he was just waitin' for that time to come out, just waitin' for that moment, and I kinda see the Lord Jesus the same way. He's seated at the right hand of the Father, and he's just like, I'm just waitin' to go back and get my people. I'm just waitin' for everybody to see it, but you know what? But before that day comes, why don't we be the people that shows everybody Jesus? Why don't we be the people that confesses Christ to everyone? Why don't we be the one that is the light? The Bible says there in the text, there in verse four, he showed them the king's son. And only imagine the excitement, as I said, they probably had. I imagine the same excitement as hundreds of folks that I've seen during the Arise conference of the people that got saved. and the people that were crying, and the people that had their hands up in the air, and all the lives that were changed, and the people that were saved, and just how God dealt with everybody there at the Arise Youth Conference, and I imagine is still even doing so this morning. And I'm just trying to get you to see that, listen, whenever we bring the king out, it don't just affect us, but it excites everybody. Amen. Man, bring the king out. Let's don't conceal him. Let's let everybody know the power of God and who God is. Let's don't conceal him, but let's confess him. Let's show him off. Let's show him out because we got a lot to brag about as God's people. Man, we look back in our life and we think about, we think about all the things that God has brought us through and the things that God has done for us. How can we not shout? How can we not praise? How can we not lift up our hands in holy thanks? The Bible says there in verse four, they showed the king's son. And he commended them saying, this is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you enter in on the Sabbath and shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house. And a third part shall be at the gate of Sir. And a third part at the gate behind the guard. So shall you keep watch of the house that it not be broken down. And the two parts of all of you that go forth on the Sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king. and you shall can pass the king round about. Every man with his weapons in his hand. And he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain. And be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. I tell you what, when you abide by the king and you go out as he goes out and you come in as he comes in, you're in the safest place you could ever possibly be. The Bible says, and the captains over the hundreds did according to all the things that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And they took every man his men, and when they were come in on the Sabbath with them, that they should go out on the Sabbath, and came Jehoiada the priest. And to the captains over hundreds did the priests give King David's spears and shields that were in the temple of the Lord. And the guards stood every man with his weapons in his hand round about the king. From the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. Now we get to number three, the third truth is, let's don't conceal him, let's confess him. And after we confess him, let's do number three, let's crown him. The Bible says there in verse 12, we can see Athelias, she came in to assert the throne and took the crown for herself, not knowing, not knowing that the king was tucked away. When we get down here to this verse, in verse 12, the Bible says, and he brought the king's son. Watch this now. He brought the king's son, they bring the child out, and they're marching him there through the temple, and they're bringing him there, he's in the house of God, and they're bringing him through, and the Bible says there in verse 12, the Bible says he brought the king's son, watch this now, and he put the crown upon him, gave him the testimony, and they made him king, and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, God saved the king. And there in verse 12, we can see one of the things that they did is they brought him out, they crowned him. Let me ask you this morning, are we gonna continue to conceal the king today, or are we gonna confess him and show him to everybody? Because listen, if we're gonna do that, then one of the things we need to do is, is we need to make sure that we crown the new king. that we declare to the world and we declare to ourself that all the aphelios of this world and all the sins of this world, regardless of what it is, I'm not gonna let it have control of my life, but greater is he that is in me than he that is in this world and that I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me and that we allow the Lord Jesus with the power of the Holy Spirit to live through us and help us to battle and help us to fight and be the men and women of God that we need to be and there in verse 12, They brought out the king's son and they placed the crown upon him. We asked you this this morning, are you gonna put the crown where it's supposed to be? Are you gonna put the crown where it's supposed to be? Who deserves the crown of your life? It's the Lord Jesus. Christ deserves that crown. Listen, don't keep him hid aside in the bedchamber no longer. Don't keep him tucked away there in the darkness. Don't just keep him out there because listen, I'm telling you this morning, the longer that you keep the king concealed in your life, the longer you just kind of keep him tucked away over here, the sins and all the Athelias, all those things, they will rule your life and they will run your life and they will ruin your life. Listen, as long as you let them. Does that make sense? As long as you let them. There has to come a moment where you say, I gotta bring him out. I just can't keep living like this. I just can't keep doing this. I just can't keep dealing with this sin. I can't let this keep ruining my life. I can't keep letting these things run over me and destroy everything that I have, but I'm gonna have to do something about it. And you let the king be where he's supposed to be. The Bible says there in verse 12, they brought him out and they put a crown on his head. Not only did they put the crown on his head, which represents power, which represents authority. And we have to ask ourselves what has the power and what has the authority of our life. My Bible tells me that I shall not be brought under the power of any. And so what I want to do is I want to make sure that Christ has complete control and complete power in my life, that He is the one that has the authority in all that I do, that in regard to despite the things, I want to despite my own self-ambitions and despite my own plans, that I do everything I can to submit myself daily to God, that I die to Him and carry my cross and say, Lord, I'm gonna let you have complete control and authority over me. God, I surrender you. Always sing that song, I surrender all. Are we surrendering it all this morning? Are we just gonna say, well, I'm gonna keep this over here for myself, and I'm just gonna keep this over here for myself, and listen, as long as we do that, the king isn't sitting on the throne. The Lord Jesus said himself to his disciples, he says, why call you me, Lord, if you do not the things that I say? And so listen, let's don't be a people that just confesses that Christ is king, but let's be a people that shows that Christ is king. because that's exactly what they did. Let's not just confess it, but let's demonstrate it. Let's manifest the Lord amongst the people. And there in verse 12, the Bible says they put a crown upon him. But not only did they put a crown upon him, but notice what they did. The Bible says they gave him the testimony. Well, what is the testimony? Well, that's the law of God. And so they took this little boy and they put the crown on his head and said, you now have power, you now have authority. and they tucked inside of his hand the word of God, the word of God. Listen, how are we supposed to be what we need to be without the word of God? How can we rule? How can we operate in our lives, of course, without Christ the one being the king? How can we know what to do? and so they take the word of God, they take the testimony and they took it away and they give it to this little lad and there he is, a seven year old boy, he's holding the word of God in his hand. Not only is he wearing the crown and not only does he have the word of God, how many of you have the word of God with you this morning? Man, praise God if you do. The Bible says there in verse 12, they put the king, they put the crown on the king and gave him the word of God, and now here he is with the crown, here he is with the word of God, and then they did this, and they made him king, and then what'd they do? They anointed him. They anointed him. They poured that oil, fresh oil on his head like they anointed the kings. You know that oil is a representation? the power of the Holy Spirit of God. This is God's blessing, this is what God wants, and this is what God desires, and he is the one that God said there is to be king, and so they take him, they crown him, they put the word of God in his hand, and then they anoint him with oil, and so what they desired and what they wanted was a man that would lead them, who would be the king, who would lead with the instruction and the wisdom of God in his life, and would go forth in the power and might of the Holy Spirit, Listen, how can we, even young people here this morning, and any of us here today, how can we live the Christian life without the Word of God in our hand? How can we live the Christian life without Jesus sitting on the throne, being crowned the King of kings and the Lord of lords? How can we live the Christian life not being anointed by the Holy Spirit of God, and walking in the Spirit, and living in the Spirit, and being filled by the Spirit? How can we? I dare say we'd be in a lot of trouble if we don't crown Jesus as the king this morning of our life. If we don't follow the word of God, we don't walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. And that's what they did right there as that little boy sat on the throne, as he stood there. and crown him as king. Put the word of God in his hand and anoint him as a symbol of God's chosen man, a symbol of the power and the might of God on his life. And listen, you here this morning can live the same way, but we have to say at some point in our life, I'm tired of all the Athelias ruling and reigning in my life. And you can call them whatever you want to call them. Whatever it is that is ruling and reigning, whatever it is that has the power and control in your life, you just call it what it is. That's an Atheliah. And the longer that you let Atheliah reign, she'll be happy to do it. And she'll be happy to bring more destruction. She'll be happy to bring more ruin. She'll be happy to bring more sorrow. But one day, you're gonna have to say, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, and I'm not gonna keep the king concealed any longer, and I'm gonna bring him out, but I'm gonna ask you, how long is that gonna be? Is it gonna be six years? Is it gonna be seven years? Is it gonna be two years? Is it gonna be one year? Is it gonna be three months? Is it gonna be two weeks? Is it gonna be today? Are you here this morning gonna say, you know what? I'm not letting Athiliah take another day from me. I'm gonna confess the king. I'm gonna show everybody who he is, and I'm gonna live in the might and power of God. What are you gonna do this morning? Nobody can make that decision but you. All I can do is cheer you on and I can pray for you and try to be the best man of God I can be for you, but you're sitting here this morning, you're gonna have to be the one that makes that decision to say, I'm tired of things being this way, I'm tired of living this life, I want things to change, I want things to be different, and I'm not gonna keep God tucked away, but I'm gonna show him, I'm gonna crown him, I'm gonna follow the word of God, I'm gonna walk in the power and might of the Holy Spirit. What's your decision? What's your decision? Almost done, keep looking. The Bible says there in verse 12, he brought the king's son, they put the crown upon him, they gave him the testimony, they made him the king, they anointed him, and then the Bible says, and they clapped their hands and said, God saved the king. You're saved here this morning, give God a hand. Hey, praise the Lord, praise the Lord. Listen, God deserves a whole lot more than that. The Lord Jesus, he went to that old rugged cross, and I tell you what, he was beat, he was bruised for our iniquities, he was marred more than any other man. He did it for you, he did it for me, he did it for the sins of the world. Listen, God deserves our praise. The king of kings deserves our praise and our thanksgiving. And there in verse 12, they clapped their hands and said, God saved the king. Well, in the midst of all of this, something began to brew. In the midst of all of this going on, all these hundreds of people gathering together, and all this noise, and the trumpets blowing, and everybody clapping their hands. Somebody got wind of something. Oh, with Elia, sitting off over here somewhere. Theophilius sitting off over here somewhere, she don't know what's going on. Don't you like to get the devil by surprise? Man, I tell you what, aren't you glad the devil don't know everything? That's right. Because if he did, he'd have known Joash was there. But all of this praise, and all of this stuff going on, and old Theophilius sitting up here, and she hears something. She perks up. What's going on over there? What's happening over there in the house of God? I mean, she don't ever go. What's happening over there in the house of God? And she goes running over there to see what's going on. Take a look at the text, pick it up, verse 13. And when Atheliah heard the noise, listen, I think we ought to make a noise this morning. I think with the clapping of our hands and the shout of God's people that we ought to let the devil know that you're not gonna keep control of my life any longer, that you're not gonna keep ruining me, but I'm gonna live for God. I got the holy, I'm anointed by the power of the Holy Spirit. I got the word of God tucked in my hand this morning, and I'm gonna confess him and show him to everybody. I'm not gonna conceal him off to this side any longer. We ought to let sin know, and we ought to let the devil know that he's no longer gonna be able to have control over us. We ought to do that. We ought to do that. And we ought not be ashamed. What's the Bible say? For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation, to the Jew first and to the Greek. Let us not be ashamed, but let's lift up our holy hands and praise and thanksgiving. Let us give the Lord a hand. And there in verse 13, Athelia heard the noise. The moment that you, inside your heart this morning, began to name that Athelia. When you began to name that Athelia, and you began to clap for God, Athelia perked up, because you got her attention. And you know, just as well as I do this morning, we all got an Athelia in our life. Something that wants control, something that wants that power, that besetting center, that weight, whatever it is, we all got one, we all got some. They're doing everything they can to stay in control, to stay in power, and as soon as you thought about it, as soon as it come across your mind, and you begin to lift up your hands and praise God that you are saved, you, Athelia, just raised up her head, and you got her attention. Now listen, we're gonna do something about that. The Bible says in verse 13, Athelia, I heard the noise of the guard and of the people. And she came to the people in the temple of the Lord, and she looked, and behold, the king stood by a pillar as the manor was, and the princes and the trumpeteers by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew with trumpets, and Atheliah ran her clothes and cried, treason, treason. You see there in verse 14, we see everybody excited that Atheliah is being overcome. that Atheliah has been pushed off to this side, that she is no longer the king of our life, and we see the trumpeteers, man, they're playing. Everybody's praising God and rejoicing, but I tell you what, it sure did make her upset. The Bible says Atheliah ran her clothes and cried treason, treason. See, Atheliah wants to make you think that if you serve God, there's something wrong with it. Athelia, I see your sin wants you to think that if you try to get it out of your life that you're not doing right. That you ought to feel bad for trying to get rid of me. I've been in your life for so long and I thought we was best friends. and now here you are trying to get rid of me. I can't believe you'd do such a thing. That is treason, that is treason. Well listen, let me tell you something. If that's what you think is treason, then I'm all for it because I don't want you here no more. And that's what we all should think and that's how we all should feel. We don't want to fill the eyes and stare around in our life, but the devil will get you to think, the devil will do everything he can to make you think that you should be guilty for trying to get rid of your sin. And you know, then the devil do everything he can to make it as hard and as difficult as he can. That is treason, that is treason. You shouldn't be praying to get rid of me. I mean, we've been together for such a long time. Remember all the good times that we've had together. You shouldn't be trying to get rid of me. But the king's sitting on the throne. I don't know what's going on back here. This ain't gonna lie, is it? But the king's sitting on the throne. He wants you to know this morning. You need to kick Athelia out. And she's gonna go kicking and screaming. She's gonna go kicking and screaming. Listen, don't you think for one second you're gonna try to get rid of sin in your life and it's just gonna say, okay, I'll just, you know, whatever. No. You're gonna try to kick sin out of your life, and let me tell you what's gonna happen. You're gonna get right with God. You're gonna crown the Lord Jesus as the king of your life. You're gonna walk around with the word of God in your hand, and guided by his knowledge and guided by his wisdom and instruction, you're gonna live in the might and power of God, anointed by the Holy Spirit, and that sin is gonna go away, kicking and screaming and doing everything you can to stay in. The Bible shows us right here, take a look. So what are we gonna do about this? In verse 15, the Bible says, but Jehoiada, the priest, commanded the captains of the hundreds and officers of the host and said to them, have her forth without the ranges. And him that followeth her, kill with the sword. Not only are we gonna take care of her, but we're gonna take care of everybody that's following her too. We don't want nothing left and we don't want nobody else left. If you're gonna follow in that direction, you're gonna follow in that path. Listen, we don't want you around. And he says there in verse 15, have her forth without the rangers and him to follow with her, kill with a sword. For the priest had said, let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. So what do we gotta do? The very last truth is not only do we not to conceal the king in our life. But we confess him, we crown him, and then we crush him. In verse 16, we stop with this. And the Bible says they laid hands on her. I like that. Can you imagine the scene? There she is, oh, she's pitching a fit. She sees the new king sitting over there. She sees everybody's all excited. Atheliah don't like the fact that she's not on the throne. She don't like the fact that she's not in charge. She don't like the fact that there's a new king in town. So here she is doing everything she can to make them feel bad and make them feel guilty about what they're doing, but you know what? They don't feel bad at all. You know why? Because for the last six years, they've seen the destruction that she's caused, the ruin that she's caused, and they don't want her around any longer. And listen, let me tell you something. We look in our lives, we see the things, all the Athelias that have control in our life, we need to look at it and say, you know what? What have you really brought me? What have you really given me? You've given me nothing but a path of destruction. I can see everything that you've laid waste in my life. You have brought ruin. You have decimated everything that I love and hold dear. You have killed, you have murdered, you have deceived. I don't want you here. And we gotta, notice what the Bible says there in the text. Take a look at it there in verse 16. They laid hands on it. You know what you gotta do? You gotta lay hands on it. You gotta take your hands and you gotta take her. Notice the Bible says they laid hands on her and she went by the way which the horses came into the king's house and there she was slain. There she was slain. You gotta take those Ophelia's this morning. These things that wanna rule and reign in our life and we gotta drag it out. We gotta drag it out and slay it in the street. We cannot allow these Athelias to remain in power and control in our life. There's some things in our life, especially these Athelias, we can't pamper it, we can't pet it, we can't prance around it, but we have to do what we can to drag it out and get rid of it. You have to drag it out and kill it. You have to crush it. You have to declare that you are conquering it this morning. You say, well, how am I gonna do that? It sure does sound difficult. No, it's not there in verse 12. You crown the king. Make the Lord Jesus the king of kings and the Lord of Lord in your life. You put the testimony of God in your hand there in verse 12. You let God's word rule your life and run your life and guide you and direct you. Let it be the light to your feet and the lamp to your path. And the Bible says there in verse 12, and not only that, but walk in the power of God, be anointed by him. And just clap and praise God. The whole way, just clap and praise God. Just clap and praise God. I'm telling you this morning, I believe God wants us to praise Him and thank Him. There has to come a moment where you say, you know what, I'm not gonna allow it to live anymore, I'm gonna drag it out. I'm gonna drag it out in the street and we're gonna slay this Athelia out here. It'll go out kicking and screaming, but you can overcome it with the power of God. Keep the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords on the throne of your heart. Keep the Word of God in your hand. Walk in the power and might of the Holy Spirit. And if God be for us, who can be against us? Whatever your Athelia is here this morning, it's time to drag it out. Time to drag it out. Let's pray. As you're sitting here this morning, as the piano just plays lightly, they're gonna sing here in just a few minutes, but... She's just gonna play lightly here for just a moment. Whenever she gets ready, but if you're here this morning, and you don't know Christ as your Savior, the greatest person you can ever know is the Lord Jesus. The greatest person you can ever know is Christ. Christ would change your life. He changed mine. He changed these young people here this morning. He's changed you. Let God change your life. Give Him the chance, give Him the opportunity. You know what the Athelias are in your life. Could be drugs. Could be alcoholism. Could be pornography. It could be all different types of things. It could be bitterness, unforgiveness, hate. Whatever it is in your life, don't let it remain the king. Because it'll stay the king of your life as long as you let it. But one day, let that day be today. One day, that day, today. You declare within your heart and your life, you say, you know what? I'm not gonna let those Athelias be the king of my life not a second longer. God, I give it to you this morning. Lord, I'm praying today. I'm giving it to you, crowning you as my king. I'm gonna confess you. I'm gonna show you. I'm gonna praise you and thank you. I'm gonna walk in the power of your might. I'm gonna walk in the instruction of your word. And I'm gonna let you rule and reign in my life. Today, I crown a new king. If you're here today and you're not saved, the greatest thing you can do is get saved. God loves you. The Bible says he sent his only begotten son on that old rugged cross to die for you. John 3, 16, the Bible says, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever that believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Is that what you desire this morning? Sins forgiven and everlasting life. It awaits you and you can have it. The Lord Jesus is here and he is ready. His hand is not shortened that he cannot save. And you just pray today and you ask him, Jesus, I know I'm a sinner. I know I've sinned and done all kinds of terrible things in my life, but today, Lord, I'm praying that you would forgive me, wash me and cleanse me of my sin, and be my savior today. As we stand to our feet and they get ready to sing the song, we're gonna open up the altar. If you're here this morning and you've never gotten saved, You take this old preacher by the hand and say, preacher, I need to get saved today. And I'll have somebody take the word of God and show you from the word of God how you can get saved. Would you come? As we open up the altar, maybe you're sitting here this morning saying, you know what? I don't want to conceal the king. God, give me the strength to confess him in my life. Lord, help me to be the one that walks in the power and strength of your might. in the Holy Spirit of God. Listen, if you're not saved, come up here and let me know. Preach, I want to get saved. I want to get saved. Listen, God loves you. He sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. Let today be that day. I'm crowning a new king. Crowning a new king. Amen. ♪ And I don't need fortune ♪ And I don't need fame ♪ I don't really care if anyone ♪ Knows my name ♪ Cause I know Jesus ♪ And Jesus says Father, I pray you to be with these young men. I pray God you guide them into a better life. I'll do everything that they do for you, Tim. I'll bring out your blessing abundantly, and I always look to you. I'll come and thank you for it. I'll preach your blessing today. Whatever it is that they need, I'll pray that you would take heed to their prayers. As you said, cast your care upon me, for I care for you. I pray for these men this morning that they stay strong in me and in you. Oh, dear Lord, I thank you for being there. What a blessing he is to my life. I pray God you continue to surround him, Lord, with your love and grace. Lord, whenever it is that he's praying about this woman, I pray God that you hear him today. I pray God you keep him strong. I thank you that he's my friend. I thank you for his love and support. I pray God to give him the desires of his heart. I love you and thank you, Lord. Sing it. ♪ When I'm in trouble, caught in the storm ♪ He takes care of me That's right. ♪ He's all I need All I need. ♪ And that time will come when I cross that river ♪ When my life here is done Amen. ♪ And I've fought the battle, the victory's been won ♪ He's all I need Amen, praise the Lord. Keep singing, we got still a couple more people. I'm sorry. ♪ I don't need fortune ♪ And I don't need fame ♪ I don't really care if anyone ♪ Knows my name Amen. That's right. That's right, praise him this morning. ♪ He's all I need when trials come ♪ And he's all I need when there's nowhere to turn ♪ And when I'm in trouble, caught in the storm That's right. Amen. This is where victory is won right here. This is how we make it happen right here. Amen, that's right. This is how we stay in the 6%. And God's tugging at your heart. Come on. Tell Ophelia she's not the king anymore. Today's a new day. It's all you need. That's right. Hey, got some folks at a loss, come pray for them. You need something, come on. That's right. God is faithful. Amen. Amen. Amen, that's right. ♪ He's all I need when trials come ♪ He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn ♪ When I'm in trouble, caught in the storm ♪ He takes care of me That's right. ♪ He's all I need when time will come When I cross a river, when all I fear is done, When I've fought the battle and victory's been won, He's all I need. He's all I need when my time has come. Hey. Lord's still working, keep going. That's right. Hey. God tugging at your heart, come on now. ♪ He's all I can give ♪ He's my salvation ♪ He's why I live ♪ He's all I need ♪ When trials come and He's all I need ♪ When I'm in trouble, I'm caught in the storm ♪ He takes care of me Got some things you're struggling with, bring it on up here, give it to God. ♪ That's all I need, when that time will come ♪ When I cross that river, when my life here is done ♪ And I've fought the battle, the victory's been won There we go, got more coming, that's right. God's moving. You need to get saved. If you don't know Christ as your Savior, there is no greater time, no greater moment than right now. This moment right here. Call upon him while he is near, the Bible says. ♪ He's all I need when trials come ♪ He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn He's scared of me. And he's all I need. I'm your father, baby. I thank you so much for just a little bit of the best that you've spent ever in my life. And I'm so thankful that you can be my friend. He's all I need. He's all I need. My time will come, when I cross that river with a luckier son. And I will call to battle, victory's still won, peace all I need. He wants to see not only success, not only what you've got in the world, but we all have our freedoms in our home. Whatever's in mine, whatever's in his, whatever's in God's, they're not the same. That's right. ♪ He's all I need when trials come He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn. When I'm in trouble, caught in the storm, He takes care of me. And He's all I need when that time will come. When I cross the river and all I fear is done, and I fall to the ground. ♪ Victory's been won, he's all I need ♪ And I don't need... What you praying for this morning? What you need? ♪ Don't really care if anyone knows my name Folks looking for victory. He's the master. Crown him king this morning. He's all I need when trials come. He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn. ♪ When I'm in trouble and caught in the storm ♪ He takes care of me ♪ He's all I need ♪ And that time will come when I cross that river ♪ When my life here is done ♪ And I've fought the battle and victory's been won ♪ He's all I need Keep going, we'll pray. Father, we come to you today, we just pray, God, you'd help us this morning. Lord, as folks are doing business with you, Lord, I pray that you'd help all of us, God, to search our hearts. Lord, if there's somebody in here that's not saved, that God, before this service is over, that they would come forward. Lord, that they'd let you know, God, that they need you. I pray that your Holy Spirit, Lord, would speak. Lord, I pray that to be attentive to your heart and your voice, Well, folks in here that are struggling this morning with a number of different things. Athelia is in her life, waits and beset in sins. God, that you would break these chains. And God, you give folks victory today. Lord, we're praying that you'd help us to walk in your truth. to build a hedge of protection about every family that's here this morning, to build a hedge about our church, God, help us to honor you and to serve you and to lift you up and to be the lighthouse, God, you've called us to be here. God, as we do what we can to honor you with our lives and our praise and thanksgiving, help us, Lord, to be a people that can make an impact on each other and in this community, God, for you. Lord, you said in your word, without me you can do nothing. I pray God you'd help us to keep you in the center of everything that we do. Lord, that everyone here that may be battling and struggling with whatever it could be, that God we all have battles and we all have struggles, that you're not alone. You're not by yourself. It could be God's knocking on the door of your heart saying, listen, I want out. Don't conceal me any longer, but let me go. Show me. Show me. ♪ Knows my name ♪ Because I know Jesus ♪ Jesus knows me That's all that matters. He is the master. He's my everything. He's all I need when trials come. He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn. And when I'm in trouble and caught in the storm, Amen. God, we pray that your power would continue to fall upon us today. Pray, God, your Holy Spirit would deal with every heart. Help us to see this morning that you're all we need. ♪ When I've fought the battle, the victory's been won ♪ He's all I need He's all I need. ♪ And I don't need silver ♪ And I don't need gold Amen. ♪ I don't need the things of this world ♪ To satisfy my soul He's all I need. When trials come, He's all I need. ♪ When I'm in trouble and caught in the storm ♪ He takes care of me That's right. Eight. ♪ He's all I need when my time will come ♪ When I cross the river and my life here is done ♪ I fought the battle but the victory's still won Amen. ♪ He's all I need ♪ And I don't need fame ♪ Don't really care if anyone ♪ Knows my name ♪ Amen ♪ I know Jesus ♪ Jesus knows me ♪ That's all that matters, he is the master ♪ He's my everything. That's right. Come unto me and I'll give you rest. ♪ When trials come, he's all I need ♪ When there's nowhere to turn He's all I need. He's all I need. The time will come when I cross a river, when all my fear is done. I've fought the battle. The victory's been won. He's all I need. And I don't need silver. And I don't need gold. Amen. That's right. As I finish up this last few verses of this song, let's praise God for how good he's been. Worship him this morning and give praise. When trials come, He's all I need when there's nowhere to turn. When I'm in trouble, Lord in the storm, He takes care of me. He's all I need. Last time has come when I crossed that river ♪ I don't need fortune ♪ And I don't need fame ♪ I don't really care if anyone ♪ Knows my name ♪ Because I know Jesus ♪ Jesus knows me That's right. ♪ When I cross that river and my life here is done ♪ And I've fought the battle, praise him one ♪ He's all I need ♪ He's all I need, when that time will come ♪ When I cross that river and my life here is done ♪ And I've fought the battle, praise him one As we do, let's give the Lord a hand this morning. Amen. Amen. Amen. What we're gonna do is we're gonna be dismissed in prayer right here where we are. I'll tell you what, we had a great service today. Thank you so much for being here. God's been honored, we have been blessed, and God has moved in people's lives, and that's the reason why we come, amen. We wanna see God work, we wanna see God move. Thank you so much for being here today. Let's be dismissed in prayer. Father, we thank you so much for this day. Lord, you have been so good. It's so great, Lord, whenever we see you visit us in such a way. Lord, I pray that you continue to move and work in everybody's life. Lord, if there's one amongst us that doesn't know you as their Savior, that God, as we leave here today, that Lord, that you would just not let them rest, Lord, in their sin, but God, that they'd call out to you for salvation, whether it's here after the service, whether they're on their way home, when they get home, whether they're at work sometime this week, whatever it is, God, I pray that your Holy Spirit would not leave them alone, and God, that you'd burden their heart to get saved. And Lord, if there's someone amongst us or all of us, Lord, that we need to to crown a new king and not let the Athelias rule and reign in our life. God, I pray you to help us with that as well. We're so thankful, Lord, for your goodness. God, we praise you this morning. Lord, I pray that you keep us safe as we get ready to leave today. As we come back again tonight, we just thank you for it all. In this we pray in Jesus' name, amen.