God’s word is final! 1 Kings 22v1-38\r\n\r\n Gracious Warning\r\n\r\n‘These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us…\r\n\r\nSo, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!’ 1 Corinthians 10v11-12\r\n\r\nOur Stubborn refusal to hear God’s voice\r\n\r\n- Rejecting the word\r\n\r\n ‘For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather round them a great number of teachers to say what their itching hears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.’\r\n\r\n 2 Timothy 4v3-4\r\n\r\n - Judging the word\r\n\r\n ‘These are the ones I look on with favour: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.’ Isaiah 66v2\r\n\r\n Our Tragic deception by rejecting God’s truth\r\n\r\n - Deceived heart\r\n - Defiant response\r\n\r\n Our Fateful consequences of defying God’s \r\n word\r\n- No hiding\r\n- Judgement falls