The Fall Of Israel

We look again today at an evil king. You will see the end of the kingdom of Israel today. The enemies of Israel, the Assyrians, take over the land and lions begin to attack them. Because of this, the Assyrians assume that the god of the land must be angry, so they get one of the priests of Israel to go back and dwell there and teach the Assyrians about the laws of God, which the Israelites did not keep! Astounding that the pagans had enough sense to recognize the need to learn the law of the god of the land! This is the epitome of foolishness with the people of God! They are driven from the land because of no fear of the Lord and wickedness and idolatry and people who do not know God recognize the need to learn how to fear Him! We see this pattern over and over even during Jesus’ time where it was the heathen, the pagan not the religious that responded and served the Lord when His own people did not. We may be in a time similar to that today. To know God and yet not become like Him is the height of folly. Let’s not be duplicitous and seek a relationship rather than religion.