Ep. 378: Stone Cold Response to the Word of the Lord

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Kim discusses the dangers of having a hardened heart towards God's Word, contrasting King Josiah's tender heart with his son Jehoiakim's stone cold response.

SHOW NOTES In Podcast Episode 378, “Stone Cold Response to the Word of the Lord,” Kim discusses the dangers of allowing our hearts to be hardened to God’s Word. Recently, we examined the tender heart of King Josiah and how hearing God’s Word changed him and how he led. This week, we see that his son Jehoiakim’s heart was as hard as Josiah’s was tender. How tender or hard is your heart to God’s Word? Our focal passage for this episode is Jeremiah 36:1-32, with 21-25 as the focal verses: 21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama’s room and read it to the king as all his officials stood by. 22 It was late autumn, and the king was in a winterized part of the palace, sitting in front of a fire to keep warm. 23 Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took a knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up. 24 Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard. 25 Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn’t listen. WEEKLY ENGAGEMENT FEATURE: On a scale…

People in this episode

Host: Kim Smith

Topics covered

• hardness of heart
• God's Word
• King Josiah
• Jehoiakim
• repentance
• spiritual engagement

Keywords

• hardened heart
• God's Word
• King Josiah
• Jehoiakim
• repentance
• Jeremiah 36
• spirituality
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jeremiah 36, 2 Kings 22

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