{"id":1512,"date":"2010-09-14T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2013-06-17T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T20:34:13","slug":"currid-on-habakkuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"Currid on Habakkuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/currid-Habakkuk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1513\" title=\"currid Habakkuk\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/currid-Habakkuk.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>John D.\u00a0 Currid, in his recent commentary, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0852347006?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thechildrshou-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0852347006\">The Expectant Prophet: Habakkuk Simply Explained<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" jlilrdqroorqnqngipio jlilrdqroorqnqngipio egatgnsimdguhfetnfnf\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thechildrshou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0852347006\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em>, sets the stage of this minor prophet with these words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the very heart and core of the Scriptures is the doctrine of the sovereignty of God.\u00a0 What this means is that God is the Creator of the universe, Lord and Master of heaven above and the earth beneath, and his will is the cause of all things.\u00a0 He is simply sitting on the throne of the universe.\u00a0 He maintains creation, directs it and works all things according to his own will and purpose.\u00a0 Everything that happens in heaven or on earth occurs because of God&#8217;s decree, will and purpose.\u00a0 This is the Bible&#8217;s teaching, and we reject it at great peril.\u00a0 The centrality of the doctrine of the sovereignty of God is much needed in the church today.\u00a0 The <em>zeitgeist<\/em> of the day is man&#8217;s self-centeredness &#8211; that is, that the entire world revolves around humanity.\u00a0 The self-absorbed &#8216;me-ism&#8217; of the day in the West is almost overwhelming.\u00a0 We need a radical change in thinking that acknowledges that God is the centre of reality, and not we ourselves.\u00a0 It should be theism over &#8216;me-ism&#8217;.&#8221;\u009d (9)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a good commentary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John D.\u00a0 Currid, in his recent commentary, The Expectant Prophet: Habakkuk Simply Explained, sets the stage of this minor prophet with these words: &#8220;At the very heart and core of the Scriptures is the doctrine of the sovereignty of God.\u00a0 What this means is that God is the Creator of the universe, Lord and Master &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1512\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Currid on Habakkuk&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,141,116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2756,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}