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Habakkuk 2:1-11 Live by Faith in the Middle of an Avalanche of Bad News

Habakkuk 2:1-11 Live by Faith in the Middle of an Avalanche of Bad News

 

  1. Habakkuk complains, “How Long?” 1:1-4

  2. The Lord replies: He will justly punish the sin of Judah/Israel with the Chaldeans 1:5-11 

  3. Habakkuk complains again, “What about justice for the more wicked Chaldeans? 1:12-2:1  

  4. The Lord replies again, that along with the judgment there will be life for those of faith 2:2-4

 

V. How Should You Live When There Seems be an Unending Avalanche of Bad News? 

 

  1. How does the Lord answer this question in 2:4?

 

  1. How does the Lord answer the Question, “How can I be saved from the judgment of a holy and just God?”  2:4 with Galatians 3:11

 

  1. Do you just have faith once and move on to other things after you are saved? (What is the fuller additional meaning of 2:4?)  

 

  1. How does Romans 1:16-17 use Habakkuk 2:4 to show that faith not only begins but continues the Christian life?

 

  1. How does faith that justifies and living by faith form the outline for Romans? 

 

  1. How does the quote of 2:4 in Hebrews 10:34-39 help us understand what living by faith looks like? 

 

  1. What does this persevering faith look like?   2:4

 

  1. How is Moses an example to us of living by faith? Hebrews 11:25-27 

 

  1. How can you follow the example of Habakkuk’s persevering faith? 2:1-2 (How can you be like Jesus in this regard?) 

 

  1. How can you, by faith, live just the opposite of the proud who going to be judged? 

 

  1. How can you live by faith opposite from the proud Babylonians? 2:5; Ephesians 5:18 

 

  1. How can you live by faith just the opposite of the greedy? 2:6-8; Philippians 4:10-13

 

  1. How can you live opposite of those who seek to gain through evil? 2:9-13; Romans 6:20-23

 

  1. How should you live by faith when God answers with hard times and woe?  

 

  1. How is God’s glory seen in the judgment upon Babylon? 2:14 with Daniel 5

 

  1. How should we respond, knowing that the fulfillment of God’s Word is certain? 2:3,14   

 

  1. In what ways and at what times to the knowledge of God’s glory fill the earth? 2:14; 

Revelation 14:8; 18:10,19,20   

 

  1. When and how does the Lord want you to live by faith? 



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