One Hit Wonders – Week 1 – Obadiah – March 3, 2024
March 3, 2024

One Hit Wonders – Week 1 – Obadiah – March 3, 2024

“The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!” Obadiah 1:1 ESV

“The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb. Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.” Obadiah 1:20-21 ESV

We cannot live God’s way with

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in the way.

Four ways to move pride out of the way:

  1. Resist the

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    of pride.
    “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?” Obadiah 1:3 ESV

    “Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty…” Proverbs 18:12a ESV

  2. Resist the

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    of pride.
    “On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.” Obadiah 1:11-12 ESV

    “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” 1 John 3:17 ESV

  3. Refuse to plant

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    of pride.
    “For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.” Obadiah 1:15 ESV

    “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:36-37 ESV

    “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:7-8 ESV

  4. Reject the

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    of pride and with
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    embrace God’s grace.

    “Those the Lord has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the Lord.” Obadiah 1:21 CEV

    “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.” Psalm 20:7-8 ESV

    “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV