Welcome to Enjoying the Journey with Evangelist Scott Pauli.

Today we are on a journey through Scripture.

We hope you'll join us as we make 66 stops through each book of the Word of God.

One of my favorite verses in the Old Testament is found in the little book of Zephaniah.

When I come to the end of today's episode, I want to share that verse with you because it's

encouraged me so very much. It's interesting, but the book of Zephaniah is a much neglected book.

For example, what do you know about it? When was the last time you heard anyone preach from the

book of Zephaniah? When was the last time you read the book of Zefaniah?

Zephaniah's name means hidden of Jehovah. Isn't that beautiful? Not a name we hear often today,

but hidden of Jehovah. Oh, with all that's around you today, you are hidden in Christ, and you

are hidden by God. You're in the Lord's hand. Zephaniah gives more of his

pedigree than any other prophet. We know that he was the great grandson of the good King

Hezekiah. We know that he was a contemporary of Jeremiah. When you read the book, it's

interesting, but he is a strong preacher. He's even been referred to as the hellfire and

brimstone preacher of the Old Testament. We could use a little more of that kind of bold,

thundering forth of God's word today. And he was one of the last prophets of Judah before the

Babylonian captivity. As a matter of fact, his time period fits somewhere between the time of King Josiah

and all of his reform and the Babylonian captivity. Now, one fascinating thing about that is in all

of Zefaniah's preaching and prophecy, he never mentions King Josiah's reform. Why would that be?

Well, I believe because the reform of that day was just that.

It was reform. It was outward. But there was no inward change. There was no real repentance and revival.

And Zefaniah was a spiritual man who could look past all the mechanics and all the morality to the heart

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