WHY DOESN'T GOD ACT (1 OF 5)
Scripture: Habakkuk 1:2-11
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Why Doesn't God Act (1 of 5)
Series:Habakkuk: Trusting God in Uncertain Times
Stephen Whitney
Habakkuk 1:2-11
We live in an unjust world where it seems as if people get away with their evil and nothing happens to them so they continue to do evil without any consequences for their behavior.
Do you wonder why God doesn't punish evil when we see it all around us day by day? Why doesn't God step in and bring justice?
When God told Abraham that he was going to destroy the wicked city of Sodom he asked if there were fifty righteous people would God spare the city. Then he stated his trust that God is always just. Genesis 18:25 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is right?
Sin cannot go unresolved before the perfect character of God. God must and will punish sin or he would not be perfect because it is a violation of his character, his law and his holiness.
Historical background Habakkuk knew that the kingdom of Judah was rapidly deteriorating both morally and spiritually. Since the death of godly king Josiah (609 BC.) the religious reforms which he made had been abandoned. His son Jehoiakim did not follow the ways of his godly father, but instead was an evil king.
God condemned his evil behavior in Jeremiah 22:13 and17. Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages . . . You have eyes and heart only for dishonest gain, for the shedding innocent blood and for practicing oppression and violence.
COMPLAINT OF INJUSTIC :2-4 Continued violence :2-3 Cry - Heb. call for help. He wondered how long before God would answer his prayer. Why had God not answered his prayer after so long? Second word cry - Heb. to scream out in a loud voice. As he prayed about the wickedness in the land, he became more and more burdened wondering why God seemed to be indifferent.
Violence - Heb. to do what is wrong by breaking God's law. It inc ...
Series:Habakkuk: Trusting God in Uncertain Times
Stephen Whitney
Habakkuk 1:2-11
We live in an unjust world where it seems as if people get away with their evil and nothing happens to them so they continue to do evil without any consequences for their behavior.
Do you wonder why God doesn't punish evil when we see it all around us day by day? Why doesn't God step in and bring justice?
When God told Abraham that he was going to destroy the wicked city of Sodom he asked if there were fifty righteous people would God spare the city. Then he stated his trust that God is always just. Genesis 18:25 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is right?
Sin cannot go unresolved before the perfect character of God. God must and will punish sin or he would not be perfect because it is a violation of his character, his law and his holiness.
Historical background Habakkuk knew that the kingdom of Judah was rapidly deteriorating both morally and spiritually. Since the death of godly king Josiah (609 BC.) the religious reforms which he made had been abandoned. His son Jehoiakim did not follow the ways of his godly father, but instead was an evil king.
God condemned his evil behavior in Jeremiah 22:13 and17. Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages . . . You have eyes and heart only for dishonest gain, for the shedding innocent blood and for practicing oppression and violence.
COMPLAINT OF INJUSTIC :2-4 Continued violence :2-3 Cry - Heb. call for help. He wondered how long before God would answer his prayer. Why had God not answered his prayer after so long? Second word cry - Heb. to scream out in a loud voice. As he prayed about the wickedness in the land, he became more and more burdened wondering why God seemed to be indifferent.
Violence - Heb. to do what is wrong by breaking God's law. It inc ...
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