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Do you want God's will or your own? Are you hiding your sin? Do you take credit for God's gifts? In today's episode, Keith shares how 2 Kings 17:6-23 encourages us to say to Jesus, "thy will be done." If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 2 Kings 17:6-23

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.1	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Keith Simon.
0:13.0	C.S. Lewis wrote, there are only two kinds of people in the end.
0:16.4	Those who say to God, thy will be done, and those to whom God says in the end, thy will be done.
0:23.3	It's a sobering line. Now, I think when Lewis wrote that line, he was thinking about eternity,
0:28.9	and yet it's a choice that we make every single day. Do I do God's will or do I do my will?
0:36.8	That's exactly what we're talking about in 2nd Kings
0:39.3	17. After generations of warning, God finally gives Israel what they've effectively been asking for,
0:46.9	a life without him. He says to Israel, if you don't want to do my will, you can do your own
0:52.9	will and live without me.
0:55.7	The Assyrian army captured the capital of Israel, a city called Samaria.
1:00.1	The people are exiled, their homes are emptied, their identity is lost.
1:04.7	And the writer doesn't leave us guessing why it happened.
1:07.5	In 2nd Kings 17, it says, and this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned
1:13.3	against the Lord their God who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt and feared other gods.
1:19.5	See, this was God's judgment for their idolatry. This was God's judgment for their rebellion against
1:27.0	him. It wasn't an accident. It wasn't politics. It wasn't bad luck. It wasn't poor military performance.
1:33.3	No, it was God's judgment. And that judgment should be a wake-up call for you and me.
1:39.3	Before we dive further into the passage, let's pray.
1:43.3	Father, these are heavy words. We don't always want to
1:46.9	hear them, but we need to hear them. So help us listen to your word with open hearts. Show us where we've
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