- Worldly trouble doesn’t mean God’s absence vv17-20
- Who has caused Israel’s trouble? Who is Achan? Josh 6-7
- ‘He controls His foes as truly as He does His friends.’ – A.W. Pink. Gen 50.20; Rom 8.28. God is good and in control.
- It is still a choice to say nothing at all v21
- 2 Kings 6.16-17.
- ‘It was as if they had a racing sandal on one foot and a ski boot on the other.’ – P.G. Ryken. Ex 32.26; Josh 24.14-15.
- ‘Everywhere men are trying to win both the smile of the world and the “well done” of Christ.’ – F.B. Meyer
- ‘God will not accept a divided heart: He will have all or none.’ – A.W. Pink
- Matt 12.30; Rev 3.15; Mark 3.1-6
- The LORD always has the advantage vv22-24
- 450 times 0 is still 0.” – P.G. Ryken
- 2 Kings 16.3; 21.6 ‘passed through fire’
- Lev 1.3; Ps 40.6; Hos 6.6; Heb 10.5-6
- ‘The fire of God’s wrath must fall either on the guilty people or on a sacrificial substitute.’ – A.W. Pink