Nahum

STANDING THE TEST OF TIME:

1.    The character of the God who brings judgment.

a.    Nahum 1:1 

b.    In the prophets, a burden is a heavy message of weighty importance, heavy in the sense that it produces sorrow or grief.

2.    The wrath of a merciful God.

a.    Nahum 1:2-3,6-8 

b.    Why would God send Jonah 125 years earlier to preach?

c.     Jonah 3:4 

d.    God’s mercy is about His namesake.

e.    Isaiah 48:9 

f.      Ezekiel 20:44 

g.    Psalm 109:21

h.    Romans 5:8

3.    The case against Nineveh drifting back into old ways.

a.    Nahum 1:14-15 

b.    From revival to ruin.

c.     Hebrews 2:1-3

What are some threats that cause drifting?

d.    Busyness is a relationship killer.

e.    Culture creep. 

f.      Beware of counterfeit substitutes. 

g.    2 Timothy 4:7 

4.    The consequences of drifting away from God.

a.    Nahum 2:6

b.    Nahum 3:7 

c.     Nahum 3:19 

5.    The lesson we can learn is not to get weak internally.

a.    Nahum 2:10