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“Mishpat!” Habakkuk 1:2-4

“Mishpat!” Habakkuk 1:2-4. Recap. A book for faithful people in any time or place who find themselves living in the meantime between redemption and fulfillment. Myth = When you trust Jesus your problems fade.

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“Mishpat!” Habakkuk 1:2-4

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  1. “Mishpat!” Habakkuk 1:2-4

  2. Recap

  3. A book for faithful people in any time or place who find themselves living in the meantime between redemption and fulfillment

  4. Myth = When you trust Jesus your problems fade

  5. Christians who claim to be w/o problems or doubt are not telling the truth or not growing.

  6. Habakkuk 1:2-4

  7. How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?

  8. Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

  9. Mishpat! The act of doing justice, acting justly

  10. Sometimes You Just Gotta Shout at God. He Can Handle It.

  11. Habakkuk’s Cry

  12. 1:2 - “call for help” shiwaa-atti

  13. 1:3 - “scream” ezaq

  14. 1:3 - “violence” chamas!

  15. [this is what someone would scream if they were being attacked on the street]

  16. In the ancient Near East: Justice was the most necessary characteristic of society

  17. Habakkuk calls attention to the miscarriage of justice in political, judicial and economic institutions in Israel

  18. [He cries out to God]

  19. Why is it so hard for us to turn to God?

  20. Becky Storro &An Acid Attack

  21. What was her purpose?What can we learn from this?

  22. There is a self-destructive aspect to a life lived outside of a covenant with God.

  23. So what do we do with our helplessness?

  24. Habakkuk screamed not out of doubt, but out of faith.

  25. He knew that the world should be better, and he believed in the One who would make it so.

  26. Sometimes You Just Gotta Shout at God. He Can Handle It.

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