Israel's December: Hoshea, Exile, Samaria Resettled

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 2 Kings 17:1-41
November 24, 2024

Sermon Outline

1. The beginning of the end

• Picture an imaginary future for the United States

• Israel’s situation in today’s text

2. Israel’s final days and ultimate collapse

• Too little, too late

• Hoshea’s folly

• Assyria’s vengeance

3. Why God let this happen

4. What counterfeit religion looks like

• Counterfeit religion often begins with ingratitude toward the one true God

• Counterfeit religion focuses on what is aesthetically pleasing

• Counterfeit religion invents itself; biblical faith receives what is revealed

• Counterfeit religion is after results; biblical worship is after God

• Counterfeit religion rots a person’s soul

• Counterfeit religion ruins not just ourselves, but also our descendants

• Counterfeit religion leads to judgment

5. How counterfeit religion is guarded against

6. The weeping Judge