Sermon Outline

1. We all face unpredictable futures and times of crisis.
2. To who will you turn in the struggles of life?
   1. Ahaziah’s injury (2Ki 1:2)
      1. Who was Ahaziah?
      2. What happened to him?
      3. A Snapshot of his heart
   2. Ahaziah’s sin
      1. Rejected the God of Israel (2Ki 1:7-8, 1:3, 6, 16)
      2. Inquiring of a false god
         1. Ekron was a Philistine city on the southern shore of Israel and the Med. Sea.
         2. Baalzebub
            1. means “lord of flies”
            2. All false gods = Satan (Mt 12:24)
      3. When life throws a curve ball, where will we turn?
3. Turn to the Lord (2Ki 1:13-14)
   1. Coming in humility
   2. Coming in deference
   3. Coming with a prayer for mercy
   4. Come to the one who has turned to you.