Being Blessed | Obadiah 1.15-21
Pastor Jim Fikkert
After declaring Edom guilty, God lays out the punishment that is coming. This payment is more than revenge…it is justice. It is the right requirement to make things right again. Our God is a God of redemption. This means that He isn’t just here to repair broken things, but His plan is one of making […]
Being a Brother | Obadiah 1.10-14
Pastor Jim Fikkert
God builds a case against Edom, citing their mistreatment of Judah. He rebukes them for mistreating their ‘brother.’ There are a lot of nations attacking Israel, but Edom’s problem is that they are suppose to have a different relationship. As brothers, they are supposed to see their welfare as overlapping; they are supposed to be […]
Being Minor | Obadiah 1.1-9
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The irony of this book is that it is written by what we assume is a somewhat unimportant person on behalf of a defeated nation to a nation that stands over it mocking its losses. It is the weak threatening the strong. Obadiah tells the powerful Edomites that they will get what is coming to […]