Minor Prophets: Zephaniah & Haggai

Have you ever had some money in your pocket, and then a little bit later you went to get thatmoney out only to realize you had a hole in your pocket? It’s a tough feeling when you go aroundlooking and aren't sure where it might be. There's a message there, and it's the message that we findin the book of Haggai, when God's people aren't putting Him first. It's like putting money in a bag witha hole in it. Zephaniah 1:18, God says, ‘Neither their silver nor their gold, we'll be able to save them.’There were times of worldliness, there were times of prosperity in Israel, and yet during those times,the people started trusting in their wealth and not in God. It created great problems for them.Isn't that a practical message for us today? Sometimes our prosperity and our wealth gets inthe way of us putting God where He ought to be. In this lesson, we're studying the books ofZephaniah and Haggai with this powerful message in sight.Zephaniah is not one of the more well-known minor prophets.(The full transcript is available in the "Download Document" button above.)