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Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in 1&2 Kings “From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook” Chart adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book |
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Title for 1&2 Kings |
1&2 Kings: Theme |
2 Kings 17:20 |
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“Turning Away” |
God expels Israel and Judah from His presence in the Promised Land when their kings turn away from Torah. |
“and the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he cast them out of his sight.” |
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Christ-Focus in 1&2 Kings |
Implications from 1&2 Kings |
Hooks from 1&2 Kings |
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God turns away from Jesus on the cross as judgment against those who have turned away from him. as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” – Roman 3:10-12 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And at about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” – Matthew 27:45-46 |
We need to rely on God’s strength and the encouragement of each other to keep from turning away from the path of life. “Take care, brothers lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” – Hebrews 3:12-13 |
What is your “rule of life?”
What spiritual disciplines can help you know the life God wants for you in relationship with Him?
What are you more likely to do: what you know is right or what you want to do at the time? Have you considered the long-term consequences of your choices? What are you doing to guard against turning away from God? Are you trying to stay faithful on your own, or are you drawing on the strength of God and His people? |
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