2 Chronicles 34:14

 2 Chronicles 23:14 says, And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.  When they were bringing out the money from the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Law that had been given to Moses.  I wonder how they had missed this for so long, but sometimes we as Christians seem to fail to follow God's law.  Also, it does not say the law of Moses, but the law of God given to Moses, which is what it actually was.  We must stand on God's law and not on what someone may say that it states.  Verse fifteen adds, And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.  Hilkiah stated to Shaphan the scribe that he had found the book of the law and gave it to him.  We may have many Bibles today, but we need to discover what it really says instead of just forming our own opinions or listening to those of others.  Verse sixteen continues, And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.  Shaphan took the book of the Law to the king.  As priests and scribes, it was the responsibility of Hilkiah and Shaphan to present the law to all the people, but the king would have been a good one to start with.  As a part of the priesthood of the believers, it is our responsibility to present the gospel to everyone, but if we can reach those in power, it would be a good place to start.  Verse sixteen states, And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.  Shaphan started by telling the king that they had delivered the money for the repair of the temple to the workmen.  That was what the king had commissioned them to do.  We need to do what we have been charged with doing in being responsible for how we use our tithes and offerings, but that is not the main thing we need to do.  The main thing we need to do is proclaim the gospel to the lost.  Verse seventeen adds, Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.  After telling the king that they had delivered the money to the workmen, he then added that Hilkiah had found the book of the Law.  To me, this would have been more important news, just as having and following the Bible today is more important than anything else we may do with the resources God has blessed us with.  Verse nineteen continues, And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.  When Josiah heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes, because he knew he needed to follow what it said.  When we discover God's law, starting with the gospel, we need to repent and ask God's forgiveness if we realize there are things we haven't been doing in accordance with His law, even if we have been doing good things before.  Verse twenty says, And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,  Verse twenty-one adds, Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.  Josiah then commissioned some of the priests and scribes to present the word of the law to those who were left of the people of Israel and Judah.  He further stated that their fathers had not kept the word of the Law, resulting in them having the wrath of God poured out on them.  Of course, some of the leaders who had gone before had followed the book of the Law and some hadn't, but overall, more hadn't than had.  No matter what may have happened in the past, we must present the gospel to everyone today and we must live by the word of God ourselves.