Inside Out E-Book

Daniel Bryant

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Everyone faces trials of many kinds in their lives. It is not a matter of "if", but "when". Jesus said, "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world. How do you face your trials?

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Inside Out

Inside Out By Daniel M. Bryant

Habakkuk 3:17-19:

“Though the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vine, Though the olive crop fails, and the fields produce no food, Though there are no sheep in the pen, and cattle in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength, He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights.”

Habakkuk’s History;

Habakkuk lived somewhere around 625 B.C. During the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He was a temple-prophet in Judah, and probably a Levite priest. Habakkuk was likely raised as a proper Hebrew child, trained in the Law of Moses, and taught the temple rites by his elders.

Habakkuk’s Dilemna:

Habakkuk watched as his once great nation divided into factions and fell into a state of moral degeneration and idolatry. This broke his heart. How long can it go on like this?, he wondered to himself. How long, O 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 wrong? 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. (Habakkuk 1:1-4)

Habakkuk’s questions have echoed down through the ages by men of every nation. “If God is sovereign, if he is in charge, if He does rule, then why all this wrong? Why doesn’t He bring justice? Why doesn’t He do something about it?”

How many times have you heard someone make statements like this: “If there really is a God, why does he let innocent children starve to death? Why does He let people be born with physical and mental handicaps? Why does He allow people to hurt each other? Why doesn’t He stop all this? These “seem” like legitimate questions, and to the natural mind (the mind that has not been enlightened by the Word of God) they are legitimate questions. Christians should not give the brush off to those who ask these questions, because they provide an opportunity to share God’s truth about all these things. As the apostle Peter writes: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”

Habakkuk was in good company with many people who ask the same questions.

Habakkuk’s questions answered, a bigger dilemma posed: