Second Place (Matt. 6:33)

Second Place (Matt. 6:33)

I. Notice To All Challengers: (Isa. 41:21)

A. Unbelievably Inadequate...1 Ki. 18:27

1. Jerubbaal...Jud. 6:25-32

2. Dagon...1 Sam. 5

3. Mt. Carmel...1 Ki. 18:20-40

B. A 'True Test'...Isa. 41:21-29

C. To His Dismay...Jer. 2:20-35

II. No Better Teacher! (Ex. 19:4)

A. 400 Years In The Making...Gen. 15:12-16; Ex. 9:15-17

1. Totally In Control...Gen. 26:1-33; 37; 42; 46:1-4

2. Just As He Promised! Ex. 3; 7:1-5; 10:1-7; 14:13-31

3. "You Have Seen For Yourselves"...Ex. 19, 20:18-23

B. How Do You Explain? 1 Ki. 12:28

1. In The First Place...1 Ki. 11:26-39

2. His Thinking...1 Ki. 12:25-33

3. Unacceptable! 1 Ki. 13:1-10; 14:1-18

C. He Never Forgot...Matt. 16:5

1. "Forty Days"...Lk. 4:1-13

2. "Yahshua Lifted Up His Eyes"...Jn. 11:1-44

3. "Do You Not Remember?" Lk. 16:5-12

III. A Shocking Choice (Jer. 2:5)

A. Choosing...Deut. 30:15-20

1. Everything...Prov. 23:23

2. They Chose Correctly, Though Painfully...Ezek. 21:1-17; Jer. 15:1-16

B. Despite The Mountains 🏔️ Of...Matt. 24:3-12

1. And Then...Rev. 13:1-8

2. Even Worse...Rev. 13:11-18

C. "Faithful"...Lk. 16:10-16