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==Message==
==Message==
The message of the book can be concisely summarized as judgment of the wicked and hope for the faithful. "Zephaniah reminds us that God is offended by the moral and religious sins of His people. God's people will not escape punishment when they sin willfully. Punishment may be painful but its purpose may be redemptive rather than punitive. The inevitability of the punishment of wickedness gives comfort in a time when it seems that evil is unbridled and victorious. A person has the freedom to disobey God but not the freedom to escape the consequences of that disobedience. Those who are faithful to God may be relatively few, but He does not forget them."<ref>[http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Zephaniah.html ''Book of Zephaniah''] (2008) Got Questions Ministries. Retrieved 19 November 2008.</ref>
The message of the book can be concisely summarized as judgment of the wicked and hope for the faithful. "Zephaniah reminds us that God is offended by the moral and religious sins of His people. God's people will not escape punishment when they sin willfully. Punishment may be painful but its purpose may be redemptive rather than punitive. The inevitability of the punishment of wickedness gives comfort in a time when it seems that evil is unbridled and victorious. A person has the freedom to disobey God but not the freedom to escape the consequences of that disobedience. Those who are faithful to God may be relatively few, but He does not forget them."<ref>[http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Zephaniah.html ''Book of Zephaniah''] (2008) Got Questions Ministries. Retrieved 19 November 2008.</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
*[http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/MatthewHenryComplete/mhc-com.cgi?book=zep&chapter=001 ''Zephaniah''] Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706). Hosted at Crosswalk. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
*[http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/MatthewHenryComplete/mhc-com.cgi?book=zep&chapter=001 ''Zephaniah''] Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706). Hosted at Crosswalk. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
*Keathley, Hampton IV [http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=976 ''Study on Zephaniah''] (Biblical Studies Foundation 1993). Hosted at Bible.org. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
*Keathley, Hampton IV [http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=976 ''Study on Zephaniah''] (Biblical Studies Foundation 1993). Hosted at Bible.org. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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