A Secure Place to Be - 1 Kings 2:1-46

A Secure Place to Be - 1 Kings 2:1-46Series: Failed People, Faithful Word - 1 KingsPreacher: Jonny GrantDate: 9th September 2018Passage: 1 Kings 2:1-46-------------------Failed People, Faithful Word\r\n- A secure place to be! 1 Kings 2v1-46\r\n\r\nGod’s means of establishing a secure Kingdom\r\n- A King who obeys God’s word\r\n\r\n‘When the King takes the throne of his Kingdom, he is to write for himself a scroll of this law…It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better and turn from the law to the right or to the left.’ Deuteronomy 18-20\r\n\r\n- A King who acts justly\r\n\r\nGod’s response to enemies of his Kingdom\r\n\r\n- Rebels will not be tolerated\r\n- Promised justice will be done\r\n- Religion will not save you\r\n\r\n‘…so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.’ Matthew 13v40-42\r\n\r\nGod’s demands for people living in the Kingdom\r\n- A test of loyalty\r\n\r\n‘What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? ... If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Fathers glory with the Holy Angels.’ Mark 8v36, 38\r\n\r\n- Bow in submission