Well, at Athe Creek, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book.

And on Sundays, we take our text from our upcoming Wednesday, and we usually cover a verse

or two, or sometimes even a whole chapter.

But today, we're going to cover a whole book of the Bible.

Man, you guys are in for it.

This is great.

So strap on your safety belts, the whole honking book of Obadiah.

Some of you are like, oh boy, this could be bad.

One pastor made this statement.

He was known for long-winded sermons, you know, and he said, hey, don't worry everybody.

We'll have you home in time for the Super Bowl. And they're like, pastor, the Super Bowl's next week. And he said, hey, don't worry everybody. We'll have you home in time for the Super Bowl.

And they're like, pastor, the Super Bowl's next week.

And he said, exactly.

But good news for you, the book of Obadiah is small but mighty.

It's called a minor prophet, but I would say it's got a major message and one that is worthy of our study today.

And it's in the scriptures for inspiration.

All scripture is given by inspiration, God breathe, for instruction and correction and reproof.

All these things, it's good for us to read the book of Obadiah.

There's some good things we're to learn from this.

And even though it's a minor prophet with a major message, only 21 little verses, so it's not

a long book. But the cool thing is, it's got kind of a heavy theme, but it's a good reminder

for us of what not to do. And it has to do with, in fact, the theme of the book of Obadiah is the doom

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