Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, our text this evening presents Manasseh’s evil. As we saw last time, judgment very nearly fell on Judah in 701 B.C., and only Hezekiah’s intercession and God’s mercy postponed it. Yet Hezekiah’s own son Manasseh was already an agent of judgment, and one who sealed the fate of Judah. Because of his wickedness, exile was certain. Our text is not afraid to juxtapose God’s promise that Israel would remain in the land with God’s other promise to deliver in Israel into the hands of its enemies. Indeed, the bulk of our text is given over to presenting Manasseh’s wickedness and God’s verdict on that wickedness. The thing that we see preeminently here is that God will not turn a blind eye toward sin, even if it’s in His chosen people, even if it’s in David’s line. God sees sin and He will wipe it out from among His people as a man wipes a dish. That’s the message of this chapter — and it’s one that behoves us to hate and flee sin!
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...