Habakkuk 1:12-2:5 pg 933 God’s True, Important, Certain Announcement of How You Can Have His Gift of Life
Habakkuk 1:12-2:5 pg 933 God’s True, Important, Certain Announcement of How You Can Have His Gift of Life
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Habakkuk’s first complaint 1:1-4
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The Lord unveils His first answer 1:5-11
III. Habakkuk’s Second Complaint 1:12-17; 2:1
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What truth does Habakkuk affirm about God even though he has more questions? 1:12
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What does Habakkuk believe will be the outcome for him because of his relationship to God?
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How does Habakkuk complain about the way God is going to punish Judah? 1:13
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In what circumstances have you had a similar complaint?
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How do some answer the question, “How can a good and all-powerful God let wicked people get ahead with sin and injustice?”
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How does Habakkuk describe the wickedness the Chaldeans will exercise to punish people less wicked than they are? Verses 13-17
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When Habakkuk thinks he has gone too far with his complaint, what does he prepare for? 2:1
IV. The Lord Replies to Habakkuk With Astonishing Gentleness
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The Lord responds to Habakkuk’s questions about justice by placing before us two different lives and two different consequences. 2:2-4
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What are the indications that the reply from the Lord is significant? 2:2
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What are the two results for the two different people in 2:4?
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Who is the only One who can declare you to be legally righteous? Why is this? 2:4
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How does the Lord confirm Habakkuk’s cry of faith, “We will not die!”? If God is just, and we sinners are deserving death, how can it be true that “We will not die!”?
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Can we become righteous enough to gain life by trying to do better? 2:4
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Galatians 2:16; 3:10,11 page 1165-1166
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Galatians 3:6,9
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Why must righteousness come to us as a gift received by faith? Romans 4:16 page 1129
Philippians 3:8-9 page 1176
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What do you need to do if you are convinced that Christ is the truth but are still waiting outside him?
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What comfort is there when you come to the Lord, trusting Him in faith? 1:4
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