August 28, 2016
Passage:  Nahum
Speaker:  Bill Knepper
Main Point:  The Lord is slow to anger but great in power.

I. God is merciful.
         A. God gave Nineveh an opportunity to change.

            B. God gives the world a chance to change.

II. God is just.
            A. Nineveh comes to the end of God’s patience.  
            B. No one will escape a reckoning with God.  

III. God is in control.
            A. Every prophecy  made about Nineveh is fulfilled.  
                        1. It was destroyed during drunkenness.   (v 1:10)
                        2. It was destroyed by a flood.   (v 1:8; 2:6,8)
                        3. It was burned.   (v 3:13)
                        4. It was never rebuilt.   (v 3:19)
                        5. It was hidden (until the 1800’s).  (v3:11)
            B. The faithful trust in the plan of God.