SERMONS ON NAHUM
Our sermon ideas on the book of Nahum will help you preach a powerful message on God’s reaction to unrestrained cruelty and evil. While the violence in the text is often difficult to comprehend—Nahum addresses both the oppressed in Judah and the oppressing Assyrians. Prepare your message on God’s Word in Nahum with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Nahum: Where Is God's Justice? (10 of 17)
by Chris Brown
How to interpret Nahum today Nahum 1-3 Nineveh and Israel are symbols for Nineveh and Israel Nahum gives the hope and encouragement that: God has great power. God will judge the wicked. God will bless those who stay faithful. How it applies to us today: Psalm 73, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10, 1 Chronicles 6:31-39, 15:16-19, 16:1-7, 37-38, 25:1-2, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Nehemiah 11:17-22 I have to change the all about me and all about now attitude. Focusing on others will depress us.Psalm 73: 2-12 Focusing on self will disappoint us. Psalm 73: 13-14 Something to think about: Do I measure God’s blessings by the prosperity of life, or my...
Series: Taking God Seriously (4 of 6)
by Stuart Briscoe
A century after Jonah's remarkable ministry in Nineveh, Nahum proclaimed Jehovah's message again to the Assyrians. I. The Context of Nahum's Message. A. Legendary city and empire. B. The ministry of Jonah. C. The repentance of the Assyrians. D. The repentance of their repentance E. The siege of Samaria. 2 Kings 17 F. The invasion of Judah. 2 Kings 18:13-37 G. The defeat of Sennacherib. 2 Kings 19:35-37 II. The Content of Nahum's Message. A. A message of consolation to Jerusalem. 1. A reminder of God's character. 2. A statement of God's purposes. 1:15 B. A message of warning to Nineveh. 1. What came...
The Book of Nineveh
by Jerry Vines
How many of you have ever heard a sermon from the book of Nahum? We have one fellow over here. I've never heard one myself. I can hardly wait to hear what I'm going to say about the book of Nahum.The first statement in the first verse says ''the burden of Nineveh.'' A message of judgment concerning Nineveh. This is the second book in the Bible that has to do with the city of Nineveh. Nineveh was the capital of the wicked nation of Assyria. You may recall that God gave the prophet Jonah a message for the city of Nineveh. The Lord told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and preach to them, that they were...
Nahum: God Is - He Really Is! (15 of 20)
by Roger Thomas
Introduction: Many people have a problem with God. Most people believe in God. Few are atheists. However, the god that many folk believe in is much different that the God of the Bible, the God of Noah's Flood, the God that brought judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, or the God who spoke the Ten Commandments so forcefully at Mt Sinai. The most popular god has more in common with Santa Claus than Jehovah. He is a nice god who loves and blesses and is at home on the range because he never utters a discouraging word. This popular god would never become angry and could never ever send anyone to hell. Not this god! The problem is-this popular god is imaginary-as imaginary as the Easter...
A Whale's Belly for a Pulpit (7 of 17)
by Clarence E. Macartney
Jonah preached the shortest and the greatest sermon on record. It was a sermon of just eight words, ''Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.'' That sermon brought the great city of Nineveh to its knees and to repentance, from the king upon his throne to the beggar on the dunghill. Yet that sermon would never have been preached had Jonah himself not repented and prayed unto God out of the belly of the whale. Jesus himself recognized Jonah as a great preacher, for he said that Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah, but ''a greater than Jonah is here.'' The call of God came to Jonah telling him, ''Go to...
Faith for Dark Days (48 of 54)
by Stan Coffey
AUTHORSHIP: The name Nahum means ''Comfort, Consolation, or Relief''. The prophet came from Elkosh (Chapter 1:1). Though the location of Elkosh is unknown, suggestions include Capernaum which is literally translated ''the village of Nahum''. DATE: 663 - 612 BC THEME: Nahum proclaims the doom of the Assyrian capitol of Nineveh. Among the reasons for the condemnation of the city are the following: I. The inhumanities of the Assyrian army (Chapter 2:12) II. The vices of the city (Chapter 3:4) SIGNIFICANCE: The nature of God and His wrath and His justice and His power makes it inevitable that His enemies...
Programmed for Self-Destruction or Success
by Nelson Price
JESUS CHRIST doesn't want to save you and launch you into life like a skyrocket at Christmas. Though skyrockets are fun, they are not a pretty picture of a purposeful life. The erratic route of the rocket soon blazes out and falls purposeless to earth. Jesus Christ want to save you and become your on-board guidance system. He wants your life to be typified more by one of NASA's most successful deep space rocket launches. Those deep space probes reach their objective because on board is an on-board guidance system. It is based on a gyroscopically balanced ''stable platform'' within the rocket. The guiding ''eye'' of the system...
Prophet of Vengeance
by Jerry Vines
We are going to consider tonight this relatively brief book in the old testament. One of the minor prophets which speaks a message to modern America. It is the book of Nahum a three chapter book in the Old Testament. Now some have suggested that the book of Nahum ought to be titled Ho Hum. That it is a very boring, dull and an uninteresting book. But when you understand what the book is intended to be and the message that god has for us from it. I think you will discover that its truths are exciting and very applicable to our day. Now the book gives us its meaning at the very beginning in the opening sentence....
The Story of the Lamb
by Zach Terry
OPENING ILLUSTRATION: The life of Dr. William Petit was forever changed on July 23, 2007. In his first interview since his family was murdered Oprah Winfrey asked Dr. Petit, ''Can you forgive?'' Dr. Petit said, ''You can forgive somebody who stole your car. You can forgive somebody who slapped you in the face. You can forgive somebody who insulted you. You can forgive somebody who caused an accident. I think forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate.'', ''I don't think you can forgive ultimate evil.'' I think the foundational story of the Bible is answering the question, ''Can God forgive Ultimate Evil?'' If by ''forgive'' you mean...
Experiencing His Passionate Love (1 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: I once heard a man tell of WHY he entered the ministry. He said he entered the ministry because he was afraid of God. Now granted, Scripture tells us we should fear God. Proverbs 9:10 tells us ''The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.'' But THIS man's fear of God bordered on terror. His God was a stern, unloving deity with long flowing robes who sat in a judgment throne…- waiting for him to make just one mistake- waiting for him to sin - waiting for him step out of line even just little bit- so that He could… punish him or destroy him with a wave of His hand.I...
