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[4262.52 --> 4281.40] Praise me on earth, praise me on earth, through the peace that God delights in. |
[4281.40 --> 4290.56] Amen, amen. |
[4292.52 --> 4295.72] Peace be with you. |
[4322.52 --> 4324.52] Amen. |
[4324.52 --> 4326.52] Amen. |
[4326.52 --> 4328.52] Amen. |
[4328.52 --> 4330.52] Amen. |
[4330.52 --> 4332.52] Amen. |
[4332.52 --> 4334.52] Amen. |
[4334.52 --> 4336.52] Amen. |
[4336.52 --> 4338.52] Amen. |
[4338.52 --> 4368.50] Thank you. |
[4368.52 --> 4398.50] Thank you. |
[4398.52 --> 4428.50] Thank you. |
[4428.52 --> 4458.50] Thank you. |
[4458.52 --> 4460.52] Thank you. |
[4488.52 --> 4490.52] Thank you. |
[4518.52 --> 4520.52] Thank you. |
[4548.52 --> 4550.52] Thank you. |
[4578.52 --> 4580.52] Thank you. |
• Introduction to a new series on Habakkuk |
• Reading and interpretation of Habakkuk 1:1-13 |
• Addressing the problem of evil and suffering in relation to God's goodness and power |
• Personal story of crisis of faith and spiritual depression |
• Connection between the problem of evil and Habakkuk's experience |
• Acknowledging that many people struggle with similar doubts and questions |
• Habakkuk's struggle with evil in the world |
• The problem of why evil exists |
• God's sovereignty and reasons for all things, including evil |
• Historical context: the prophet Habakkuk, Judah, and Babylon |
• The background to Habakkuk's prophecy: Babylon's rise to power, defeat of Assyria, and conflict with Egypt |
• Judah's history with Babylon: from allies to vassal state |
• The betrayal felt by Judah towards Babylon |
• The local concerns in Judah: corruption and abuse of religious leaders, the paralyzed law, and injustice |
• Habakkuk's cry out to God amidst evil and suffering |
• Habakkuk's reaction to the abuses of power and exploitation of the poor in his world |
• The problem of evil and why God allows suffering and injustice to exist |
• The limitation of human perspective and understanding of God's intentions |
• The concept of sovereignty and control, with God being in charge of all history |
• Humility and trusting that God can be God despite not knowing the reasons for suffering |
• The Christian God's sovereignty and plan amidst human suffering |
• Peter Kreeft's quote on the Christian God deliberately experiencing pain through Jesus Christ |
• Christianity providing resources for facing suffering with hope and courage |
• Trusting in God's goodness despite evil and injustice in the world |
• Worship as a response to evil, doubts, and hardships, leading to rest for one's soul |
• The importance of community in times of crisis and struggle |
[0.00 --> 10.38] this morning in our worship we're gonna start a new series together we're gonna |
[10.38 --> 20.94] spend the next few weeks looking at the book of Habakkuk Habakkuk Mr. Eric there's one B not |
[20.94 --> 28.08] Habakkuk so we're gonna spend our time in Habakkuk and we're gonna read this morning the first 13 |
[28.08 --> 34.26] verses and so really encourage you as always to open a Bible have that up on your phone whatever |
[34.26 --> 39.92] the case may be it will also be on the screen but if you have a Bible or with your phone in hand you |
[39.92 --> 48.38] can refer back as we go through I'm going to read starting at verse 1 through to verse 13. |
[48.38 --> 60.80] The Oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received how long oh Lord must I call for help but you do not |
[60.80 --> 68.86] listen or cry out to you violence but you do not save why do you make me look at injustice why do |
[68.86 --> 74.98] you tolerate wrong destruction and violence are before me there is strife and conflict abounds |
[74.98 --> 83.76] therefore the law is paralyzed and justice never prevails the wicked hem in the righteous so that |
[83.76 --> 92.00] justice is perverted look at the nations and watch and be utterly amazed for I am going to do something |
[92.00 --> 100.90] in your days that you would not believe even if I told you I am raising up the Babylonians that |
[100.90 --> 107.48] are ruthless and impetuous people who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their |
[107.48 --> 113.86] own they are a feared and dreaded people they are a law unto themselves and promote their own honor |
[113.86 --> 121.56] their horses are swifter than leopards fiercer than wolves at dusk their cavalry gallops headlong |
[121.56 --> 130.40] their horsemen come from afar they fly like a vulture swooping to devour they all come bent on violence |
[130.40 --> 138.64] their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand they deride kings and scoff at |
[138.64 --> 145.10] rulers they laugh at fortified cities they build earth and ramps and capture them then they sweep past |
[145.10 --> 155.76] like the wind and go on guilty men whose own strength is their God oh Lord are you not from everlasting |
[155.76 --> 164.60] my God my holy one we will not die oh Lord you have appointed them to execute judgment oh rock you have |
[164.60 --> 174.96] ordained them to punish your eyes are too pure to look on evil you cannot tolerate wrong why then do you |
[174.96 --> 185.28] tolerate the treacherous why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves |
[185.28 --> 187.76] this is the word of the Lord |
[187.76 --> 206.48] as we begin together this morning i am well aware of what our experience has been for the past year |
[206.48 --> 215.76] and we are well aware of the unknown and the confusion and the chaos that exists in the midst of the right now |
[215.76 --> 224.56] a series that we are beginning this morning i'm calling wrecked and worshiping and it comes out of a context |
[224.56 --> 232.72] in which many of us are just feeling wrecked and weak and overwhelmed with everything that has been going on |
[232.72 --> 243.12] now as we jump into this first know that you are not alone that we are all experiencing this together |
[243.12 --> 250.16] and we all have these kinds of experiences and out of that we all ask the same sorts of questions and so |
[250.16 --> 258.00] let's ask those questions today together i'll begin with a bit of a personal story |
[260.00 --> 269.28] a number of years ago while i was still in seminary i had what you know i would call rightly i think a crisis |
[269.28 --> 276.88] of faith i was in seminary and i was taking a graduate level class on post-enlightenment philosophy |
[276.88 --> 283.60] and i was reading a lot of books and a lot of essays from people who were just opposed to orthodox |
[283.60 --> 289.68] biblical christianity and these authors in their writing right would challenge the authority of the bible |
[289.68 --> 297.44] they would attempt to kind of dismantle the claims of authority of faith and the rationality of faith and |
[297.44 --> 303.76] they would challenge right from the very existence of god on the basis of reason or science or logic or |
[303.76 --> 314.88] history or whatever the case may have been i was reading this all and unfortunately due to the busyness of |
[314.88 --> 321.92] my schedule in school i didn't make time to read other things to read good things constructive things |
[321.92 --> 333.36] devotional things helpful things and so i was eventually consumed by the chaos of this thinking |
[333.36 --> 341.92] and thought and i began to slide and slide and slide and i slipped into a time that can only be called |
[341.92 --> 349.68] spiritual depression right and maybe faith apathy and for a couple of months maybe even half a year |
[349.68 --> 360.48] my friends and i would argue and debate and we would fight and i would push buttons and i would raise concerns |
[360.48 --> 368.56] and i would make arguments against faith and christianity together and i was in seminary remember |
[369.20 --> 374.24] and a good seminary at that it got dark in my heart |
[374.24 --> 385.52] and i would challenge my friends and my professors and myself and how could god let this kind of thing |
[385.52 --> 393.52] happen right how could god create a world in which he knew there would be sin right right down to the |
[393.52 --> 400.08] sometimes more complicated questions of why is there no external evidence for the resurrection of jesus don't |
[400.08 --> 405.28] you think that the annals of roman history would have recorded something as significant or important as that |
[408.00 --> 413.20] really i was in deep and i was spiraling out of control |
[415.28 --> 423.36] i suspect many of you if not all of us know what that's like right i was in seminary training to be a |
[423.36 --> 428.88] minister of the word and i had these doubts i had this crisis of faith i had this spiritual depression |
[428.88 --> 434.40] and if church leaders like me or future church leaders back then like me can face those kinds of |
[434.40 --> 443.12] things surely everyone does i know that many of us had these sorts of struggles maybe you aren't sure |
[443.12 --> 451.44] what to believe or if you believe or even if belief is possible maybe you're there right now maybe you're here |
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