In This Series
- The Repetition of Human Pride (2 Kings 1)
- Responses to the Voice of God (2 Kings 2)
- Hearing What We Want to Hear (2 Kings 3)
- Clinging to the Lord (2 Kings 4)
- Offended by God's Command (2 Kings 5)
- The Justifications of Greed (2 Kings 5)
- Miracles and Human Progress (2 Kings 6:1-7)
- Blindness and a Prayer for Vision (2 Kings 6:8-23)
- Desperate Times (2 Kings 6:24-7:20)
- Elisha Wept at the Warning (2 Kings 8:1-15)
- Is This Peace? (2 Kings 9:1-37)
- With All Your Heart (2 Kings 10)
- The King and His Testimony (2 Kings 11)
- The King and His Wealth (2 Kings 12)
- The King and His Image (2 Kings 13)
- The Kings Pride (2 Kings 14)
- The Silence of the Prophets (2 Kings 15)
- Israel, Exile, and Idolatry (2 Kings 17)
- How Temptation Works (2 Kings 18)
- Those Who Mock the Lord (2 Kings 19:1-37)
- Intercession and our Self-Interest (2 Kings 20)
- Faithful and Patient (2 Kings 21)
- Heart, Soul, and Strength (2 Kings 23:1-25)
- A Coming Judgment (2 Kings 23:26-35)
- Surrendered to Sin (2 Kings 24)
- The Thin Thread of Hope (2 Kings 25)
Series Info
Second Kings (26)
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Intercession and our Self-Interest (2 Kings 20)
Chase Replogle
Pastor
Hezekiah’s rule marks one of the high points in Judah’s kingdom. Hezekiah repeatedly shows himself to be a man of prayer, but when a prophecy for the future warns of destruction, Hezekiah struggles to engage what will not be his to bear. It is a clear warning that even the most devout and faithful life can slip into self-centeredness. We find the better him of Hezekiah in Christ himself, who interceeds for those not only in the future but those who oppose and persecute him.
