• Numbers 12:1-15
• II Samuel 3:29
• II Chronicles 26:16-21

The horrors of leprosy

The horrors of sin

Symptoms can take a long time to show up.

Hebrews 3:13

Contagious if untreated, but requires long term sustained contact

I Corinthians 5:6; 15:33; II Corinthians 6:17

Lose the ability to sense pain

I Timothy 4:2; Hebrews 3:13

Injuries due to lack of sensation

Ephesians 4:19

Paralysis

Romans 3:10-12; II Peter 1:8; Luke 14:34-35

Blindness

II Peter 1:9; I John 2:9-11; II Corinthians 4:3-4

Irreversible nerve damage

II Samuel 12:13-14

Terminal

James 1:15

• Prognosis
  • Early diagnoses and treatment usually prevent disability - Ecclesiastes 12:1; James 5:19-20; Hebrews 12:13
  • Important to finish the entire course of treatment - Philippians 3:12-14
• The cure
  • Comes from God – II Kings 5:1-3, 7; Matthew 11:5
  • Through baptism – II Kings 5:10-14; Acts 22:16
  • Life after leprosy – II Kings 5:15; Mark 1:40-42; Acts 22:15

• Timeline:
  • 607 B.C. – Habakkuk
  • 605 B.C. – Chaldea captures Jews (3 deportations)
  • 597 B.C. – second deportation
  • 586 B.C. – third deportation. Judah is conquered.
• Overview:
  • The book of Habakkuk is a dialog between man and God.
  • Question 1: Habakkuk 1:2-4 – Why do you allow all this wickedness among your people?
    • Answer (Habakkuk 1:5-11) – An army will come to punish Judah.
  • Question 2: Habakkuk 1:12-17 – Using the Chaldeans seems even more unjust because they are even more evil!
    • Answer (Habakkuk 2:2-20) – God gives a detailed description showing that he knows just how evil the Chaldeans are, and he pronounces five woes upon them.
  • A prayer of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:1-19)
• Lessons:
  • Sincere questions lead to solid faith!
    • Habakkuk 2:2
    • Judges 6:13, 39
    • Habakkuk 2:1 – Habakkuk 2:1 – Habakkuk was ready to listen to God’s answer.
    • Acts 17:11-12 – Many people believed after studying out their questions!
    • Romans 1:20
  • The righteous will live by his faith!
    • Habakkuk 2:2-4, 18-20
    • Habakkuk 3:16-19 – Habakkuk was sick waiting for destruction for come.
    • Romans 1:16-17
    • Galatians 3:9-11
    • Hebrews 10:36-39

• Exodus 19-20
• Sinai and the ten commandments:
  • Overview:
    • First 4: obligations to God
    • Last 6: obligations to other people
  • No other gods (Exodus 20:3)
  • No idols (Exodus 20:4-6)
    • All other religions used physical images.
    • See also Exodus 20:22-25.
  • Do not take God’s name in vain (Exodus 20:7)
    • See also Leviticus 19:12.
  • Observe the Sabbath day (Exodus 20:8-11)
    • Deuteronomy 5:15
    • Compare Hebrews 4:9. We work on Earth and at the end we receive rest.
    • Colossians 2:16-17 – the Sabbath is no longer commanded.
  • Honor your father and mother (Exodus 20:12)
    • Matthew 15:3-6
    • Ephesians 6:1
    • This is not just requiring obedience. You must obey and honor your parents.
  • You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13)
    • Exodus 21:12 – capital punishment
    • Numbers 35:15-34 – God distinguishes between accidental death, murder, and execution.
  • You shall not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14)
    • See also Leviticus 18, 20.
  • You shall not steal (Exodus 20:15)
  • You shall not bear false witness (Exodus 20:16)
  • You shall not covet (Exodus 20:17)
• “You shall be my own possession” (Exodus 19:5-6)
  • Compare Galatians 3:7-14; Titus 2:14; I Peter 2:9
• “The Lord came down on Mt. Sinai” (Exodus 19:20)
  • Compare Deuteronomy 5:22-29

• II Corinthians 11:1-9
• II Corinthians 11:6 – See Mark 16:20. The other apostles used miracles to confirm what they were saying and Paul did the same.
• II Corinthians 11:4 – The Corinthians were happy to follow false teachers, but were not inclined to listen to Paul (see II Corinthians 11:1).

• Matthew 25:14-30
• Colossians 1:13
• Under my rule, servants should make the most of every opportunity to serve their master!
• I need to find and use my ways to serve the Master.
  • “each according to his own ability”
  • Romans 12:4
  • I Corinthians 12:17 – We all have our unique abilities!
  • Matthew 25:37-40
• Inaction is not an option.
  • “you have what is yours”
  • Matthew 25:24
  • Esther 4:13
  • Luke 19:11-27
• There will be a day of reckoning.
  • “settled accounts with them”
  • Matthew 25:19
  • Matthew 25:31-46