Aim: To comprehend the wide nature and workings of God—in the church and the world.
Doctrine: God's judgment and redemption, though polar opposites, are always related. Though in the darkest of days there is impending doom, there is still yet the hope of salvation.
Exegesis: The range of God's dealings with His church and the world: covenant unrepentance sparks divine displeasure (vv. 7-9); the world's scorn raises God's compassion (for His people) (vv. 10-13); the church's humbling opens the door to worldwide evangelism (vv. 14-17).
Further application: The church's duty, here and now: let us sincerely seek out our sin, with repentance, and let us cast ourselves upon the mercy of God.
Key verse: v. 6 ''And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
