Josiah was a good king. A really good king. But even good King Josiah had to repent. Why? Because he, like all people, was a sinner. Jesus is a good King too. A great King. The greatest King! He never had to repent. Why? He is without sin. Peter writes of Jesus that he “committed no sin” (1 Pet. 2:22), and John says that “in him there is no sin” (1 John 3:5). This does not mean that Jesus was never tempted to sin. He was! In fact, he was tempted just like we are tempted and yet he never sinned (see Heb. 4:15). But Jesus’s goodness would have done us no good unless he died for us to save us from our sin. And he did just that! For our sake God “made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Cor. 5:21). Jesus destroyed our sin on the cross. And when he returns, he will destroy sin in the world. All of it! King Josiah smashed some idols; King Jesus will wipe out all idolatry and every evil. What good news!