Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, our text tonight is troubling. Tonight we see not a battle, or a war; we don’t see human beings murdering each other. Rather, we see the grisly consequences of idolatry. That’s why I’ve titled this sermon “Idolatry Kills 103.” It kills Ahaziah, of course. It kills 2 captains of 50, and it kills two units of 50. All told, the body count here is 103 men, every last one of them struck down by God for failing to keep the first commandment. Yet what our text highlights is not only the exclusive demands of God, but first and foremost His persistent grace. God warns against idolatry seven times in this chapter. Six times the warning goes unheeded, but before the climactic seventh warning the third captain of fifty shows us what it looks like to heed such a warning and to repent before God. Yet Ahaziah missed it. He ignored the first six warnings, and by the time the seventh one came, it was too late. Idolatry killed him. Brothers and sisters, tonight with God’s help I will show you that idolatry kills. God’s fiery wrath will consume every last person who refuses to heed His insistent, repeated warnings.
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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...
