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Key Passage Lord , are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, Lord , have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish. Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?…

Introduction Audience: Written to Judah, but the conversation is between the prophet and God. Date: 626-590 BC. It was most likely written after the destruction of the northern kingdom, but before the Judaen exile. This was a period of decline and rebellion in Judah before they were judged. Author: Nothing…

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

Gospel Power Things we are sometimes ashamed of: Minor (towels in the guest bathroom) Major (A serial killer in the family, working for a company that is found out to be full of fraud) This morning we look to the gospel of Jesus Christ, the gospel Paul proclaimed, the same gospel I proclaim today, and…

Obadiah 1:1-21 Genesis 32:3-36:43 Review Picture of Malachkim 3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. Picture of Shelach Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 32:3-36:43 Picture of Esau and Jacob Picture of Esau and Jacob - meaning Descendants…

Habakkuk is a picture of simple interaction between God and a man who is commited to God. It is a simple presentation of the impact of one’s faith in the wake of distress, change, and the unraveling of life as one know’s it. Habakkuk asks God the questions that every child of God, at one time or another…

ZEPHANIAH | JEHOVAH HIDES There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : The book written by Zephaniah was written some time around…

Intro Have you heard the story of the greatest deacon meeting that ever occurred? There was a group of men surrounding a table. There was holy conversation, the word of God was shared, their was gospel centered reflection on their lives, a hymn was sung, there was only one disgruntled person in the room,…

Good Morning. I hope you have your Bibles today. Turn with me to Luke chapter 1. The title of our message today is, “The Trouble of a Doubting Heart.” Throughout God’s Word, we see that people actually heard God and the very words of God, and yet as they did, they continued too stagger in unbelief. And…

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.…

TEXT: HABAKKUK There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Habakkuk was written around 610-605 BC, meaning he prophesied around…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

Season of preparation… season of getting ready. Who’d ready for Christmas? Christmas is coming, but even more importantly, Jesus is coming. Now one of those is good news… We are excited to think that Jesus is coming back… our world is in such a mess. How we long for that to be. But Christmas???? We just…

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come…

“Uh, Woe!” If you joined us last week, you know that we began a three part series on the book of Habakkuk. If you weren’t here, I want to catch you up with a very quick overview: The book of Habakkuk was written by the prophet of the same name, it is one of the minor prophets in the Old Testament. When…

When You See Darkness... Back in the day, when we had Bibles that had paper pages, it was not difficult to see the personal Bible of fellow Christians. What I mean by that is that if you were to take a person’s Bible and hold it up, it would be easy to see what their personal canon was, that is the books…

Woe to the Chaldeans Recap of Habbakkuk thus far: Pronunciation of Habakkuk: Hahv a kook Habakkuk’s conversation with God is recorded. First, a complaint, “How Long?” He is tired of seeing iniquity, destruction, violence, strife and contention. He feels God is letting things slide, that he is allowing…

Habakkuk’s Complaint Lsat week, we looked at the first part of Habakkuk, where he stated his complain to God, and his complaint was that all around him, he saw people doing evil. People were doing offensive things against God. And he was not simply looking outside his own community, he was looking at…

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Whoever then…

A troubling time. Judah just like Israel was under judgment from the Lord because of ungodly choices and living. They were looking like the world instead of being a light to the world. This is a oracle addressed in similar fashion as: Zephaniah and his prophesy to Judah (640-609 B.C.) Nahum pronouncing…

Intro: Questions! We all have them! Much of the time we value them because we were created with a desire to know. If you have a 2 or 3 year old all the questions can be annoying. Answers to our questions give us the opportunity to make adjustments and shape our lives. We can get with reality, or choose…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Habkkuk chapter 1. We will begin reading in verse 12 and we will read all the way through verse 4 of chapter 2. We began our study of Habakkuk last week with Habakkuk’s first complaint to the Lord. Habakkuk found himself…

12 Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord , you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof. 13 You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent…