Zechariah 1:1-6

 Homiletics                                                       Study:        Exile & Return                               

Lesson    17                                                     Passage:    Zechariah 1:1-6

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Return to Me & I’ll Return to You (Zechariah 1:1-3)   1. Word of Lord comes to Zechariah (1) 2. Lord reminds of anger with ancestors (2) 3. Lord’s “ask” and “promise” of Zechariah to tell the people… (3) a. Return to me (3a) b. I’ll return to you (3b)

Turn from your Evil Ways & Practices (Zechariah 1:4-5)   1. Don’t be like ancestors whom other prophets spoke to them: a. Turn from evil ways and practices (4a) b. They didn’t listen or pay attention (4b) 2. Where are they now, and prophet do they live forever? (5)

Repentance and Remembrance (Zechariah 1:6)   1. Did My words, decrees from prophets overtake your ancestors (6a) 2. The response… repentance saying the Lord has done to us what was deserved as He determined (6b)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Return to Me & I’ll Return to You	Zechariah 1:1-3
Turn from your Evil Ways & Practices	Zechariah 1:4-5
Repentance and Remembrance	Zechariah 1:6

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Zechariah hears and declares word of Lord; ancestor reminder warning.

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATL that God is faithful to His word and calls us to righteousness.

Application Questions

How can you have that vibrant closer walk with Jesus?

What do you need to turn away from to be all that God wants?

How do you see God’s hand at work in you? How is He calling for change and growth?

Principles to Remember           

God call for righteousness

Faithful followers are Used for His purposes

Repentance is what is called for

Characteristic of God

Righteous Father

Theme

God calls for His people to turn away from evil to do His words and decrees.  Live righteous lives.