Habakkuk 1-3

Introduction

• The name Habakkuk means “embrace.”

• The book was most likely written between 612 and 606 B.C.

Habakkuk 1

• Habakkuk 1:1-4 – Habakkuk can’t understand why God allows evil.

• Habakkuk 1:5-11 – God replies that His is bringing the Chaldeans to punish Judah.

• Habakkuk 1:12-17 – Habakkuk asks how God can use people more wicked than Judah to punish Judah.

Habakkuk 2

• Habakkuk 2:1-5 – The Chaldeans would be punished, but the just shall live by faith. It is a fundamental principle that God will punish evil. The passage is referenced from Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:30.

• Habakkuk 2:6-19 – Woe to the Chaldeans! See Jeremiah 1. Babylon would be destroyed.

• Habakkuk 2:20 – See Psalms 11:4.

Habakkuk 3

• Habakkuk 3:1-19 – Habakkuk’s prayer for deliverance.

Lessons for us:

• The just shall live by faith.

• The Lord is in His holy temple.

  • God is still in control!

• When doubts arise, take them to God.

  • We can find the answers in God’s word.

• While God’s judgments are for the punishment of the wicked, they are also for salvation of the faithful.

• The differences between the evil and the righteous is pride vs. faith.

• The man of faith will rejoice in the end.

• Evil is self-destructive (Habakkuk 3:17-18).

• In judgment, pray for mercy.

• All will ultimately answer to God (II Corinthians 5:10).

• The Lord is our strength (Habakkuk 3:19).

• God has gone out for the salvation of his people (Habakkuk 3:13).

  • He wants us to be saved, but the choice is ours!