Scripture
2 Kings
33 sermons
2 Kings 1:1-18
2 Kings 1 records the idolatry, judgment, and death of Ahaziah, king of Israel — a man who, when facing death, turned not to Yahweh but to Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron. The chapter exposes the nature of idolatry as a practical confession that the living God is incompetent to meet one's needs, and it establishes the certainty of God's word against any king or army that would silence it. God's protection of Elijah through consuming fire is neither divine caprice nor Old Testament barbarism, but the settled, holy justice of a God who will brook no rival and whose jealousy for his own glory is inseparable from his mercy toward sinners. The passage calls hearers to examine what their instinctive cry in trial reveals about the true object of their allegiance.
The Fall of Jerusalem
The fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC is not merely a military defeat but the executed decree of a sovereign God against a covenant people who refused to repent. Working through 2 Kings 23:28–25:21, this sermon traces four movements: the death of Josiah, the rise of Nebuchadnezzar, the four final kings of Judah, and the destruction and captivity of Jerusalem. The theological thread running through every catastrophe is divine sovereignty — Nebuchadnezzar is God's servant, the exile is God's rod, and even the closing note of hope in the survival of Jehoiachin is a witness that no empire can frustrate the Davidic covenant promise that finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
The Lady Who Saved Christmas
When Athaliah usurped the throne of Judah and slaughtered the royal heirs, one obscure woman — Jehoshabah — preserved the Davidic line by hiding the infant Joash in the house of the Lord. This sermon works through 2 Kings 11 in four movements: the murderous fury of God's enemies, the quiet courage of an unsung servant of God, the secret reign of the rightful king during an illegitimate usurpation, and the public installation of the lawful heir accompanied by covenant renewal. The central application is that the same sovereign God who preserved the messianic seed through an unremarkable woman still reigns in Christ, and that covenant faithfulness — not political anxiety — is the right response of His people today.