Triumphant Faith - Message 1 - The Burden of Habakkuk. As we begin our new sermon series through the Book of Habakkuk titled “Triumphant Faith”, the first message will be preached appropriately on Reformation Day, the 493 anniversary of the nailing of Martin Luther's “95 Theses” to the church door at Wittenberg. Just as Luther was used by God to bring about the Reformation through the rediscovery of the great truth of the doctrine of justification by faith alone, so too we see in the Scriptures that God often raises men up to bring about reform and revival to the church and even to whole nations of people. Habakkuk begins by telling us that the message he has to proclaim from the Lord is a burden to him. He has questions and boldly confronts the Lord to ask Him about why He is not doing what the people and the prophets expect Him to do. But there is also a burden because as the Lord promises impending judgment. The Book of Habakkuk was written around 609 BC, just a few years after the death of King Josiah, who had been a great reformer that God used to bring revival and restoration to the Land of Judah. The Bible tells us that there was never a king like Josiah. But it also tells us that in spite of all his work to reform the people, in spite of revival and obedience to the Word of God, the sins of the people under Manasseh had been so great that the judgments prophesied were still going to come to pass. A nation must repent and deal with its sin before God if they hope to escape judgment, and even then at times, the reformation is too little too late and what a nation has sowed toward sin it will reap in the wrath of God.
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Phillip was called to new life in Christ at age 9, called to preach at age 14, and ordained to the gospel ministry at age 20. He graduated from The Criswell College (Dallas, Texas) in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a major in Evangelism. He...
