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    Adult Christian Life: 4th Quarter 2014
    Adult Christian Life: 4th Quarter 2014
    Adult Christian Life: 4th Quarter 2014
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    Adult Christian Life: 4th Quarter 2014

    By Winfrey-Couch Wardine

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    Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for people ages 25 and older. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning for life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
    Release dateJul 23, 2014
    ISBN9781589428874
    Adult Christian Life: 4th Quarter 2014

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      Adult Christian Life - Winfrey-Couch Wardine

      THE REWARDS OF PATIENCE

      Unifying Topic: Rejoice Anyway

      HABAKKUK 2:1-5; 3:17-19

      BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: JOB 1; PSALM 56; HABAKKUK 1—3

      The New National Baptist Hymnal, 21st Century Edition, #126 (NNBH #116); God’s Promises Bible, Habakkuk 2:1-5; 3:17-19; Boyd’s Commentary for the Sunday School

      Habakkuk 2:1-5; 3:17-19

      MAIN THOUGHT: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:18, KJV)

      LESSON SETTING

      Habakkuk was a prophet and the author of the book that bears his name. The book was likely written between 615-598 B.C., during the reign of the evil King Jehoiakim of Judah. Habakkuk ministered to the people of Judah and preached during the last days of Judah, prior to its destruction in 586 B.C. This book is unusual in that this is one of the first times in the Bible that a prophet asks God such bold questions regarding His righteousness and sovereignty. God not only answered Habakkuk’s questions but also gave him a vision of Himself and told Habakkuk about His intentions.

      EXPOSITION

      The name Habakkuk could mean embraced by God or one who embraces God, although neither can be verified with great certainty. Habakkuk, like many of us today, had trouble understanding how a loving and merciful God could seemingly ignore the evil that was ravaging His country and His world. How could God stand by and do nothing about evil? Habakkuk needed answers; thus he prayerfully took his questions to God.

      I. HABAKKUK SEEKS AN ANSWER FROM THE LORD (Habakkuk 2:1)

      Like many of us today, Habakkuk had questions he wanted God to answer: O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble? (Hab. 1:2-3, NRSV). We would be wise to follow Habakkuk’s example when confronted with seemingly unexplainable or unanswerable questions. Habakkuk had grown frustrated with the circumstances facing God’s people. He did not understand why God remained silent while the wicked Babylonians destroyed His people. They were, after all, more righteous when compared to their oppressors (see Hab. 1:13). Habakkuk found it impossible to understand why God would allow injustice to continue and further why He would let the evil Babylonian nation rejoice over His own people, even given Jerusalem’s acknowledged guilt.

      The prophet questioned God’s seemingly high tolerance for evil. Although Habakkuk took his questions to God, he approached Him in humility and respect. There is never an excuse for us to approach God in any other way. We must remember that, regardless of our feelings or disappointments in God, we must always come to Him reverently and with the highest regard. In spite of the deteriorating circumstances, Habakkuk kept faith in God. Even though he did not understand God’s plans, Habakkuk believed that God was sovereign as well as faithful.

      RIGHTEOUS

      (Hebrew: TSADIQ)

      (Habakkuk 2:4)

      The righteous are contrasted with the arrogant in this passage. Although it is tempting to over-spiritualize the concept of righteousness, in the Old Testament righteousness usually refers to the concrete ways in which a person or people lived. The righteous did things like keeping God’s Laws by worshiping Him alone and caring for the poor, the orphan, the widow, and the

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