The Minor Prophets: The God of Our Salvation
Pastor Tommy Bailey
Joel 1
The Minor Prophets
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
The Minor Prophets
- Timeline: 780 BC – 420 BC
- Two major events:
- 722 BC – The fall of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
- 586 BC – The fall of Judah (Southern Kingdom)
1. A time for waking (vs. 5)
“Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”
Mark 13:35–37
“A Christian congregation is a group of people who decide, together, to pay attention.”
Eugene Peterson, On Living Well
2. A time for lamenting (vs. 8, 13)
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:1
“The purpose of confessing our sins is not to render us miserable by simply reminding us what great sinners we are. It is to remind us of what a great Savior we have.”
Iain Duguid
3. A time for repenting (vs. 14)
“Repentance is a return to sanity, an awakening to our desperate need for God’s mercy.”
Jack Miller
4. A time for reviving (vs. 14, 19)
Discussion Questions
- Who was your generational spokesperson for the Gospel (v. 1-3)? Do you feel the responsibility of being this for someone else?
- We see locusts waking up the people of God in the book of Joel (v.4). Have you ever been dramatically awakened from spiritual sleepiness by God? How can you actively “stay awake” for the Lord?
- Have you ever been sorry for the consequences of sin instead of the sin itself?
- It is never too late to repent—to return to the Lord. Are you convinced of this? Do you make allowance for this in your own life, and in the lives of those who seem to be the furthest away from God?