Introduction
II Kings 17:5Genesis 12:7 – Promises to AbrahamII Kings 17 – God’s assessment of what went wrong with Israel.Quit trying to be like the world.
II Kings 17:7-13 – Israel started living like the people of the land who God had punished for living that way!II Kings 17:19 – Israel was then a bad influence on Judah.Acts 2:38-40 – “Be saved from this perverse generation.”Philippians 2:14-15Judges 2:12Israel started to blend in with the sinful world.Romans 12:2 – We must become what God wants us to be.James 4:4I John 2:15Get back to God’s word.
II Kings 17:12-13; Exodus 20:4 – God’s instructions on this were clear.Jeremiah 7:1-10We have a good amount of control over what influences us. It is our choice how much we read our Bible!Luke 8:19-21Proverbs 30:5Psalms 119:101-104God will definitely punish.
II Kings 17:18-23Deuteronomy 4:25-27Joshua 23:14-16 – God promised they would be punished.II Peter 3:7-9, 17-18 – God doesn’t want anyone to be punished but He is just.