SAFE PASSAGE

ISRAEL MISSED THE WARNING…WILL WE? God promised to judge Israel and every nation that gets involved in their punishment.  Are we on a path to join them in this promise?  If we have had a real relationship with God should we seek his wisdom to avoid this?  Has he given us wisdom to discern truth

AT RISK

DO SO AT YOUR OWN PERIL God offered an end to war to Israel, but he seems to know that they will chose not to obey his commandments.  They had the bad examples of Solomon for too long, and his sons will do no good.  God continues to lay out the end that rebellion will

IF PEACE…

NO MORE WAR…? Last week we considered the importance of the smallest word “if”.  The little word keeps getting bigger.  If you trust the word of God, this bible, then his words provide us with both opportunities and threats.  For people of faith you might think that a threat from God would provoke some fear. 

IF

THE PARTY IS OVER Solomon lived to write, ignore, and rediscover wisdom.  At the end he pointed to the way, and prophesied of a greater king who will make us righteous.  But his sins were the examples that led his sons astray, and brought Israel to judgment.  In the years that followed both Israel and