Introduction
Zephaniah 1:1Idols distract us.
Zephaniah 1:4-5You don’t have to make a statue to be guilty of idolatry.Colossians 3:5 – Greed is idolatry!Idols are anything that distract us from God.Zephaniah 1:6When I am worried or happy or insecure, do I seek God or something else?Zephaniah 2:1Zephaniah 3:1We must not be distracted with things of the earth.Laziness is deadly.
Zephaniah 1:12II Peter 3:3-7Zephaniah 1:13-17 – Punishment is coming. Don’t get complacent!We must see our sin and decide to change!God always wins.
Zephaniah 2:8-11 – This happens today – people taunting Christians.Zephaniah 2:13-15 – Ninevah, the largest city in the world would fall by God’s hand. World powers are no problem for God, so we can’t be scared of them as Christians.Acts 4:3-5, 13-15, 19, 24-28 – The powerful people thought they had Jesus taken care of. The quote here is from Psalm 2. God in heaven laughs at the attempts of powerful people. Take courage!