Breaking or delighting God's heart II Kings 17:7-18 Date: 31. 10. 2020 In our current sermon series on Kingdom-mindedness, one of the Beatitudes is "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall comforted." It refers to the mourning over sin, a repentant heart, and that the sins that breaks God's heart breaks ours too. In this text it tells of the condition where this beatitude is totally absent, captured in this words, ".... (Israel) sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger." When we cry over our sin, God forgives and comfort us. Can you picture a loving parent comforting a child who has just confess his wrong? With this beatitude we shall find happiness and blessedness from God. The opposite, when we become harden to sin, what is the consequence? "Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone." God removed them from his
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