What Matters Most to God: Coming to Him Only in the Way That He Has Provided—Christ!

Why is God furious with Jeroboam, and why doesn't He seem to care much about the king's endeavors and successes? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 1Kings 13:33–14:20 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these twenty-two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that what matters most of all is receiving and coming to God Himself only in the way that God Himself has chosen because that way, ultimately, is Christ! Coming in our own way is to cast God Himself behind our backs.