The Peril of Negligence (34 of 66)
Series: Route 66, A Road trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Nahum
My high school science teacher was Paul Cottam and I can remember four things about him. First, he loved the minutia of science (think of the science teacher in The Wonder Years). Second, he spoke in a monotone. Third, his favorite expression was, ''Stick with me now.'' Fourth, he killed a frog in class one day.
Mr. Cottam placed a frog in an oversized beaker that was half-filled with water. The beaker rested over a Bunsen burner, and Mr. Cottam gradually raised the temperature of that Bunsen burner.
That frog rested on top of the water, spread-eagle. He never moved or kicked. No sound was ever heard. The water warmed, then it got hot, and that frog was boiled alive without the least bit of resistance.
Mr. Cottam taught us the Principle of Erosion. When something happens slow enough, when it is tolerated long enough, our ruin is eventually achieved, and we aren't even aware that we're boiling from the inside out!
We've already seen that principle in action in the lives of Achan, Solomon, Judas Iscariot ... and it still happens today. The severity of our situation is not even realized until it is too late to reverse course. That's what the book of Nahum is all about!
We're in a series called Route 66, and we're Taking a Road-trip Through the Bible. This is week No. 34 and we're in the last section of the Old Testament. Nahum is the seventh of twelve Minor Prophets.
The setting is the Assyrian city of Nineveh, a city on a slow boil because of erosion. One hundred years earlier, the whole city repented and turned their affection toward God. The Assyrians believed his message, but now a Bunsen burner was percolating.
Nahum reminds us of the important virtue of vigilance! I believe that our culture is eroding and we are the frog in beaker of boiling water. And if we aren't careful, we'll be just as guilty as the Ninevites who forgot to evange ...
Series: Route 66, A Road trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Nahum
My high school science teacher was Paul Cottam and I can remember four things about him. First, he loved the minutia of science (think of the science teacher in The Wonder Years). Second, he spoke in a monotone. Third, his favorite expression was, ''Stick with me now.'' Fourth, he killed a frog in class one day.
Mr. Cottam placed a frog in an oversized beaker that was half-filled with water. The beaker rested over a Bunsen burner, and Mr. Cottam gradually raised the temperature of that Bunsen burner.
That frog rested on top of the water, spread-eagle. He never moved or kicked. No sound was ever heard. The water warmed, then it got hot, and that frog was boiled alive without the least bit of resistance.
Mr. Cottam taught us the Principle of Erosion. When something happens slow enough, when it is tolerated long enough, our ruin is eventually achieved, and we aren't even aware that we're boiling from the inside out!
We've already seen that principle in action in the lives of Achan, Solomon, Judas Iscariot ... and it still happens today. The severity of our situation is not even realized until it is too late to reverse course. That's what the book of Nahum is all about!
We're in a series called Route 66, and we're Taking a Road-trip Through the Bible. This is week No. 34 and we're in the last section of the Old Testament. Nahum is the seventh of twelve Minor Prophets.
The setting is the Assyrian city of Nineveh, a city on a slow boil because of erosion. One hundred years earlier, the whole city repented and turned their affection toward God. The Assyrians believed his message, but now a Bunsen burner was percolating.
Nahum reminds us of the important virtue of vigilance! I believe that our culture is eroding and we are the frog in beaker of boiling water. And if we aren't careful, we'll be just as guilty as the Ninevites who forgot to evange ...
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