Dangerous God Sermon Series Repost (5th sermon of 10)

May 5, 2025·47 min·4 clips

God declared the Amorites' judgment 400 years before it happened, revealing his terrifying prerogative over sin.

A young convert gets taken to Bible study. From that first Genesis study, the host remembers learning the Bible outside the church he grew up in and getting pulled into Abraham's walk with God. Then the sermon turns harder. That tender beginning gives way to Yahweh's judgment, the Canaanites, Exodus, Leviticus, and a warning no one gets to sand down. Do not turn away. He says God was long-suffering with the Canaanites, giving them 400 years, and still meant what he said about wrath. He will not apologize for it. Love, in this sermon, means holding up Yahweh as he is, not trimming him into something easier to take. Worship or flee. That phrase becomes the dividing line, because the host will not leash God or make him harmless. Blessing is concrete. Leviticus is his witness: obedience brings abundance, protection, security, victory, peace, provision, multiplication, and God walking among his people. Rebellion has consequences. The warning gets severe: terror, fever, useless labor, enemies, barren land, and God setting his face against disobedience. This is adult talk. He contrasts the biblical God with a cartoon God and pushes the listener to choose which one they mean to worship. No soft landing arrives. Even the closing prayer carries urgency, eternity, and a refusal to tickle ears. God is not explained away here. He is presented as the God who is: long-suffering, wrathful, and worthy of worship.

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A bracing sermon on God's holiness, covenant faithfulness, and the choice to worship or flee.

The speaker raises a blunt question: what should a listener do with a holy God who blesses covenant faithfulness and judges rebellion? He moves from Abraham and Genesis into Leviticus 26, then keeps pressing the point with repeated warnings, urgent language, and the stark claim…

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If you want a sermon that does not flinch, start here.

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