• 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!