“Responding To God’s Faithful Intervention” Series  – Part Two
Lesson Six: “The Day of God’s Wrath” (Part 3)
Zephaniah chapters 1 through 3

Conquerors Sunday School Class – Sunday, November 26, 2023

Our Lesson’s Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…
“Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.”
Zephaniah 1:7
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Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this one Simple Statement…
“The Right Kind Of Fear Will Prompt Us To Do Right!”
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Lesson: ‘The Day of God’s Wrath

I           : Introduction to Zephaniah

            A: The man (Zephaniah 1:1)

            B: His Times (Zephaniah 1:1)

            C: His Style (Zephaniah 1:1)

II          : Judah’s Coming Judgment

            A: Judgment on the Whole Earth (Zephaniah 1:2-3)

            B: Judgment on Judah

                 1: The Idolatry of Judah (Zephaniah 1:4-6)
                 2: The Social Evils of Judah (Zephaniah 1:7-13) 

III        : The Day of the Lord

             A: A Description of the Day of the Lord (Zephaniah1:14-18)

             B: A Call To Repentance (Zephaniah 2:1-3)

IV        : Judgment Upon Surrounding Nations

             A: The Philistines (Zephaniah1:4-7)

             B: The Moabites and Ammonites (Zephaniah 2:8-11)

             C: The Ethiopians (Zephaniah 2:12)

             D: The Assyrians (Zephaniah 2:13-15)

V         : Judgment Upon Judah (Zephaniah 3:1-7)

VI        : Israel in the End Time (Zephaniah 3:8-20)

Conclusion:

Solomon wrote in Proverbs 9:10 how that “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”

May we never forget that the right kind of fear will always prompt us to do what is right and holy in the eyes of the Lord!

Child of God, have you become complacent in your ways and manners of living before the Lord God today?

Let me encourage each of you here today…if you are truly born again, and if you truly know the Lord as your own personal Saviour, live for Him in holy fear and respectful admonition today!

The fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of all wisdom and knowledge! So let’s determine to live our lives today as wise children of God so that we warn those that are lost around us of God’s Day of Wrath that is indeed so quickly approaching!