100606 god’s garbage dump

Israel’s Latrine • Their

issues:– Sexual

immorality– Violence– Substance

abuse

• Associated with heathen idolatry2 Kings 10:18-27

• Our issues:– Sexual

immorality– Violence– Substance

abuse

• Associated with hedonistic world

Israel’s Latrine They demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine - 2 Kings 10:27

Judah’s Garbage Dump

Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. – Lev. 18:21

Judah’s Garbage Dump

Ahaz … burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire – 2 Chron. 28:3

Judah’s Garbage Dump

Manasseh … sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom – 2 Chron. 33:6

Judah’s Garbage Dump

Josiah … desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech – 2 Ki 23:10

Judah’s Garbage Dump

The days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. – Jer. 19:6

God’s Garbage Dump• “I did not

come to judge the world, but to save it.”- John 12:47

God’s Garbage Dump• Anger• “But

anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” - Matt. 5:22

God’s Garbage Dump• Lust• “It is better for

you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” – Matt. 5:29

God’s Garbage Dump• Hypocrisy• “You brood

of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?”– Matt. 21:33

God’s Garbage Dump• Worse than

death• “Be afraid

of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” - Matt. 10:28

God’s Garbage Dump• Eternal• “Their worm

does not die and the fire is not quenched” – Mark 9:48

God’s Black Hole“But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”– Matt. 8:12

Eternal JudgmentThen they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. – Matt. 25:46

Eternal Judgment• Beliefs of

Americans:–90% believe in God–84% believe soul

will survive death–82% believe in

heaven–69% believe in hell

Avoiding Gehenna• They will be

punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power – 2 Thess. 1:9

Discard Your Waste Now

I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ. – Phil. 3:8

Discard Your Waste Now