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Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction
Habakkuk
• 1:1-4 Habakkuk’s 1st. complaint
• 1:12-2:1 Habakkuk’s 2nd. complaint
• 3:1-19 Transformed Habakkuk worships in awe and wonder
• 1:5-11 God’s response
• 2:2-20 God’s (longer)
response
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction
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Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction
Ancient cuneiform text referring to Jehoiakin’s ration allowance in Babylonian captivity
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4“How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails.The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2
God’s own ‘How long?’s
• Exodus 16:28 … ingratitude over manna• Numbers 14:11 … accepting 10 spies report• Matthew 17:17 … deficiency in disciples’ faith• Revelation 6:10 …
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails.The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4• The big question“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?”• The obvious problems
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4• The big question“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?”• The obvious problems
• Trouble and suffering
• Plundering and violence
• Strife and contention
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4• The big question• The obvious problems• Sin leads to lawlessness“Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails.The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4– How long? V. 2– Why? Vv. 3-4• The big question• The obvious problems• Sin leads to lawlessness
• Summary
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4• God’s response, vv. 5-11
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4• God’s response, vv. 5-11– Warning, v. 5
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed.For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.6 I am raising up the Babylonians …”
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4• God’s response, vv. 5-11– Warning, v. 5– The unexpected instrument, v. 6a
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4• God’s response, vv. 5-11– Warning, v. 5– The unexpected instrument, v. 6a– Here’s what you’ve got coming, vv. 6b-11
Habakkuk 1:1-11• Introduction• Habakkuk’s complaint, vv. 2-4• God’s response, vv. 5-11• Conclusion