Applying Jonah & Nahum

Nahum 3:1-19 ESV

Series Main Idea: There is no one too far from the

, and no one who can escape

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.

“Satan continues his efforts to make

less offensive,

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less appealing,

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less horrific, and the

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less urgent.”
John MacArthur

1. God’s character and attributes are

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a. He is “slow to anger and great in

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.” ^{Nahum 1:3}
— He

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with authority for His purposes.
b. He is

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, a stronghold, and our refuge. ^{Nahum 1:7}
c. He breaks the

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of our enemies. ^{Nahum 1:13}
d. He is the

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of His people. ^{Nahum 2:2}

2. Our character and disposition are

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a.

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: lying, stealing, and killing. ^v.1
b.

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: cunning, betraying, and victimizing ^v.4
c. Ignorant: deserving of being exposed and put to

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^v.5
d. Guilty: being a

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will not be comforting. ^vv.6-7

“The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all people everywhere to

, because He has fixed a day on which He will judge the world in

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.” ^{Acts 17:30-31a}

3. He’s the God of

:
a. He showed

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to Nineveh in Jonah.
b. He called them to

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.
c. He

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the generation that turned to Him.
d. He executed

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on rejecting Nineveh in Nahum.
e. He comforted His children as a great

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&

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.
f. He put our guilt, shame, and unfaithfulness on Christ on that dreadful

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so that all who trust in Him will be free. Heb. 12:1-2

Jesus Christ is making

!! Revelation 21:5