{"id":4863,"date":"2019-06-09T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2019-06-09T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:41:46","slug":"when-nothing-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4863","title":{"rendered":"WHEN NOTHING MAKES SENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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“When Nothing Makes Sense”<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:2-3, 3:17-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A SORRY SOCIETY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Habakkuk 1:1-4 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. <\/span>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0O LORD<\/span>, how long shall I cry for help,<\/span> and you will not hear?<\/span> Or cry to you \u201cViolence!\u201d<\/span> and you will not save?<\/span>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong?<\/span> Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.<\/span>
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth.<\/span> For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Habakkuk 2:2-3 (ESV) <\/b>
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the LORD answered me:<\/span> \u201cWrite the vision;<\/span> make it plain on tablets,<\/span> so he may run who reads it.<\/span>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end\u201d\u201dit will not lie.<\/span> If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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A SORRY SITUATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 Corinthians 11:24-27 (ESV) <\/b>
\n24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
\n25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;
\n26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
\n27 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.<\/p>\n

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THE FATHER STAYS IN OUR STRUGGLES<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Psalm 138:7-8 (ESV) <\/b>
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life;<\/span> you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,<\/span> and your right hand delivers me.<\/span>
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The LORD<\/span> will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD<\/span>, endures forever.<\/span> Do not forsake the work of your hands.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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THE SON DEEPENS OUR CHARACTER<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Romans 8:28-29 (ESV) <\/b>
\n28 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
\n29 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 17:3 (ESV) <\/b>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.<\/span>
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THE SPIRIT WIDENS OUR MINISTRY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (ESV) <\/b>
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. <\/span><\/p>\n

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (ESV) <\/b>
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Though the fig tree should not blossom,<\/span> nor fruit be on the vines,<\/span> the produce of the olive fail<\/span> and the fields yield no food,<\/span> the flock be cut off from the fold<\/span> and there be no herd in the stalls,<\/span>
\n18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.<\/span>
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0GOD<\/span>, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer\u201d\u2122s;<\/span> he makes me tread on my high places.<\/span> To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. <\/span><\/p>\n

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