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Hellfire & Brimstone Part 2

Nahum 2-3

November 3, 2019 • Rev. Josh Hahne

This week the sermon is about hell.  It’s a topic that is frequently misunderstood, uncomfortable for everyone, and difficult to address.  No wonder most people cite “Hellfire & Brimstone” as their biggest hang-up with preaching.  So, why bother at all?  

Because we want to know God.  His prophets are our guides.  Nahum tells us that God is a God of vengeance (as well as mercy, as we saw so clearly with the prophet Jonah) which means that he will not let the world go its own way but will intervene.  This is good news.  As we learned last week, when we began to study Nahum’s vision of the destruction of Nineveh, a day is coming when there will be justice and all will be right.  For God’s people the main take away is that this is a God to fear and obey.  This week we will consider what Nahum’s vision means for God enemies, that there will be hell to pay… 

See you on Sunday,
Josh