Bible Readings:
2 Timothy 4:1 – 22
Zephaniah 3:1 – 20
Sermon Outline:
Zephaniah 3:1–5 (NKJV)
1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city!
2 She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God.
3 Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning.
4 Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law.
5 The Lord is righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails, But the unjust knows no shame.
630 – 625 BC, ministry of Zephaniah
612 BC – Fall of Nineveh, rise of Babylon
Zephaniah 2:15 (NKJV)
15 This is the rejoicing city That dwelt securely, That said in her heart, “I am it, and there is none besides me.” How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist.
I The church as it was in Zephaniah’s days
II The privileges of the church
III What the church should do when it meets?
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 (NKJV)
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 3:16–17 (NKJV)
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you*?
17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you* are.
*you here is plural