1. The Day of the LORD, rightly understood (5:18, 20) 2. God's special contempt for false faith (5:21ff) 3. Worship as noise (5:23ff) 4. A comparison to wilderness Israel (5:25ff)

1. Lamentation -5-1-3--2. Repentance and change -5-4-7--3. God's omnipotence -5-8--4. Interim strategy for individual Israelites -5-13-

1. Lamentation (5:1-3) 2. Repentance and change (5:4-7) 3. God's omnipotence (5:8) 4. Interim strategy for individual Israelites (5:13)

1. Exegesis of passage -4-1-13--2. Sin - Ethics -4-1--3. Faith- the end of all godliness -4-11d, 12d--4. Application to our day

1. Exegesis of passage (4:1-13) 2. Sin & Ethics (4:1) 3. Faith: the end of all godliness (4:11d, 12d) 4. Application to our day

1. Proclaimed, not merely discussed -3-9, 11, 12, 13--2. Understood, not just secretly dreaded -3-10--3. Expected, as a real specter of God's wrath -3-11c-

1. Proclaimed, not merely discussed (3:9, 11, 12, 13) 2. Understood, not just secretly dreaded (3:10) 3. Expected, as a real specter of God's wrath (3:11c)

1. Faith is personal -3-1--2. Personal is responsible -3-2--3. Personal is real -3-3-8-