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Vanguard Church
05.03.2026
HINDERANCES TO GOD’S GREATER WORKS IN US ------ 2 KINGS 16:1-17:41
Locations & Times
Vanguard Church - Central
3950 Academy Blvd N, Colorado Springs, CO 80917, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
HINDERANCE #1: FEAR OF MAN.
RESULT #1: LEADS TO THE ABANDOMENT OF DIVINE WORSHIP.
RESULT #1: LEADS TO THE ABANDOMENT OF DIVINE WORSHIP.
QUESTION: What fear in your life is eroding your worship of Jesus?
The Fall of Israel
Exile Because of Idolatry
HINDERANCE #2: SECRET SINS.
Look at 2 Kings 17:9 again, “the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right.”
Then God responds…
LOOK BACK AT THIS PASSAGE AND WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF SECRET SINS:
RESULT #2: LED TO GOD REMOVING THEIR LEADERSHIP
QUESTION: What secret sin in your life is destroying your effectiveness for God?
QUESTION: What secret sin in your life is destroying your effectiveness for God?
Assyria Resettles Samaria
HINDERANCE #3: RETURNING TO OLD SINFUL BEHAVIOR. (VERSE 34)
RESULT #3: THEY PASSED ON GENERATIONAL SINS. (VERSE 41)
RESULT #3: THEY PASSED ON GENERATIONAL SINS. (VERSE 41)
QUESTION: What old sin patterns are you returning to?
SUM UP:
1. Refuse to give into your fear of man.
2. Confess your secret sins to God.
3. Refuse to go back and live in the old patterns of sin.
1. Refuse to give into your fear of man.
2. Confess your secret sins to God.
3. Refuse to go back and live in the old patterns of sin.