The sermon before the sermon
2 Kings 23
- v 31. Josiah’s son Jehoahaz ascended to the throne after his father’s death in battle.
- v 32. Jehoahaz did evil in the sight of the Lord; not at all like his pious father.
- v 33. The Egyptian king alongside whom Josiah fought, dethroned Jehoahaz and imprisoned him.
- v 34. Another son of Josiah was installed as (puppet) king of Judah.
- v 35. Jehoiakim did evil in the Lord’s sight, too.
2 Chronicles 36
- v 1. Remember that the people chose Jehoahaz, and the Pharaoh Neco chose Jehoiakim. And God wasn’t pleased with either one of them.
Jeremiah 26
- v 1. Only 3 years after the death of Josiah, the land of Judah had become openly and widely corrupt again. How soon men fall back into their sin.
- v 2. Jeremiah was not the opening act for a big name performer. He was the big name. Yet nobody seemed to care what he said.
Jeremiah 7
- v 8. Ecclesiastes teaches us to beware vain pursuits. Jeremiah teaches us to beware unprofitable advice/lectures/sermons.
- v 11. Can you imagine the house of the Lord being a den of robbers? Yet, isn’t this a complaint that all to many people make about the large, organized religions?
- v 16. There are some people for whom you are forbidden to pray.
- v 24. Progress. Not regress.
- v 27. If results are based upon the number of people who accept your message, then Jeremiah was a failure from the beginning.
- v 31. Why do some religions put so much emphasis on things that God never commanded?
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