The document discusses how Habakkuk asked God for judgment against injustice. It notes that Israel was looking for a political deliverer, but God provided a spiritual deliverer in Jesus. It also notes that while the world looks for an intellectual gospel, the message of the cross is seen as foolishness by those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to those being saved.

1. I Asked God

2. Scripture Reading:
Habakkuk 1:1-11

3. Habakkuk 1:1-11
1 The burden which the
prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 O
LORD, how long shall I cry, and
You will not hear? Even cry
out to You, “Violence!” and
You will not save.

4. Habakkuk 1:1-11
3 Why do You show me
iniquity, and cause me to see
trouble? For plundering and
violence are before me; there
is strife, and contention
arises.

5. Habakkuk 1:1-11
4 Therefore the law is
powerless, and justice never
goes forth. For the wicked
surround the righteous;
therefore perverse judgment
proceeds.

6. Habakkuk 1:1-11
5 “Look among the nations
and watch— be utterly
astounded! For I will work a
work in your days which you
would not believe, though it
were told you.

7. Habakkuk 1:1-11
6 For indeed I am raising up
the Chaldeans, a bitter and
hasty nation which marches
through the breadth of the
earth, to possess dwelling
places that are not theirs.

8. Habakkuk 1:1-11
7 They are terrible and
dreadful; their judgment and
their dignity proceed from
themselves.

9. Habakkuk 1:1-11
8 Their horses also are swifter
than leopards, and more
fierce than evening wolves.
Their chargers charge ahead;
their cavalry comes from afar;
they fly as the eagle that
hastens to eat.

10. Habakkuk 1:1-11
9 “They all come for violence;
their faces are set like the east
wind. They gather captives like
sand. 10 They scoff at kings, and
princes are scorned by them.
They deride every stronghold, for
they heap up earthen mounds
and seize it.

11. Habakkuk 1:1-11
11 Then his mind changes, and
he transgresses; he commits
offense, ascribing this power
to his god.”

15. I Asked God
• Habakkuk asked God for
judgment

16. Habakkuk 1:5,6
5 “Look among the nations
and watch— be utterly
astounded! For I will work a
work in your days which you
would not believe, though it
were told you.

17. Habakkuk 1:5,6
6 For indeed I am raising up
the Chaldeans, a bitter and
hasty nation which marches
through the breadth of the
earth, to possess dwelling
places that are not theirs.

18. 2Corinthians 12:7-9
7 And lest I should be exalted
above measure by the
abundance of the revelations,
a thorn in the flesh was given
to me, a messenger of Satan
to buffet me, lest I be exalted
above measure.

19. 2Corinthians 12:7-9
8 Concerning this thing I
pleaded with the Lord three
times that it might depart
from me.

20. 2Corinthians 12:7-9
9 And He said to me, “My
grace is sufficient for you, for
My strength is made perfect
in weakness.” Therefore most
gladly I will rather boast in my
infirmities, that the power of
Christ may rest upon me.

21. I Asked God
• Habakkuk asked God for
judgment
• Israel was looking for a
political deliverer

22. Acts 1:4-6
4 And being assembled
together with them, He
commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to
wait for the Promise of the
Father, “which,” He said, “you
have heard from Me;

23. Acts 1:4-6
5 for John truly baptized with
water, but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit
not many days from now.”

24. Acts 1:4-6
6 Therefore, when they had
come together, they asked
Him, saying, “Lord, will You at
this time restore the kingdom
to Israel?”

25. Matthew 16:21-23
21 From that time Jesus began
to show to His disciples that
He must go to Jerusalem, and
suffer many things from the
elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be
raised the third day.

26. Matthew 16:21-23
22 Then Peter took Him aside
and began to rebuke Him,
saying, “Far be it from You,
Lord; this shall not happen to
You!”

27. Matthew 16:21-23
23 But He turned and said to
Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan!
You are an offense to Me, for
you are not mindful of the
things of God, but the things
of men.”

28. Luke 9:43-45
43 And they were all amazed
at the majesty of God.
But while everyone marveled
at all the things which Jesus
did, He said to His disciples,

29. Luke 9:43-45
44 “Let these words sink down
into your ears, for the Son of
Man is about to be betrayed
into the hands of men.”

30. Luke 9:43-45
45 But they did not understand
this saying, and it was hidden
from them so that they did
not perceive it; and they were
afraid to ask Him about this
saying.

31. I Asked God
• Habakkuk asked God for
judgment
• Israel was looking for a
political deliverer
• The world is looking for an
intellectual gospel

32. 1Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross
is foolishness to those who
are perishing, but to us who
are being saved it is the
power of God.

33. 1Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of
God, the world through
wisdom did not know God, it
pleased God through the
foolishness of the message
preached to save those who
believe.

34. 1Corinthians 1:23
… but we preach Christ
crucified, to the Jews a
stumbling block and to the
Greeks foolishness, …

35. 1Corinthians 1:25
Because the foolishness of
God is wiser than men, and
the weakness of God is
stronger than men.

36. 1Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world
is foolishness with God. For
it is written, “He catches the
wise in their own
craftiness”;

37. I Asked God
• Habakkuk asked God for
judgment
• Israel was looking for a
Messiah
• The world is looking for an
intellectual gospel