Lesson 5
Outline:
III. Day of the Lord – Condemnation of religious indifference and skepticism,
2:17-4:6
C. New Defense of Jehovah’s justice, 3:13-4:3
1. 3:13-15 – Verse 13 – What charge does the LORD make at the beginning of this verse?
– What was the response of the people to this charge?
– Verses 14-15 – God describes how the people have spoken against Him. Put the thought of these verses into your own words.
2. 3:16-18 – Verse 16 – Who spoke to one another here?
– How did the LORD respond to those who spoke?
– Verse 17-18 – “In that day,” God would acknowledge the people as His own and He would spare them as a man spares his own ________ who serves him.
– What is the message of verse 18?
3. 4:1 – What is in store for the proud and wicked in the coming day of judgment?
4. 4:2-3 – In contrast to the punishment of the wicked, those who fear the LORD shall find blessing in “the day of the LORD” of this passage.
– Verse 2 – Who would arise with “healing in His wings?”
– What other promise is made here to those who fear the LORD
– Verse 3 – What would the righteous do, according to this verse?
D. Closing admonitions, 4:4-6
5. 4:4-6 – Verse 4 – What exhortation is given here?
– Verse 5 – Who would come before the “great and dreadful day of the LORD?”
– Who do you think is talking about?
– Verse 6 – What things would this one who was to come do?