The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 22 June 2026 – The End Of The Wicked
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TOPIC: The End Of The Wicked
READ: Zephaniah 1:1-9 (KJV)
1 The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
THE MESSAGE:
Before the call of Zephaniah, a wicked king, Manasseh, had ruled in Judah for fifty-five years. Manasseh drove the kingdom into in a terrible and decayed spiritual state which was worse than the original Canaanites who were known for wickedness and immoral acts. The Lord raised Zephaniah the prophet to warn them as he revealed the judgment of God and the coming destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, for their wickedness. The people sold themselves to the devil and engaged in anti-God practices such as worship of Baal, worship of stars, and engaging in foreign religious practices, against the commandments of God.
Beloved, the biblical stories of the wickedness of people in the past and the consequences that followed, reminds every believer in Christ to be watchful. You must be aware and sensitive to the wickedness of the present day, especially the evil practices and occurrences around you. Every impure thought and extreme desire is evil (Galatians 5:19-21). You must not be part of the present day wickedness; do not take part in the present day evil. Flee all appearances of evil (I Thessalonians 5:22). You must stand against evil and wickedness and warn the sinner about the judgment of God on wickedness and sinful acts (Psalm 37:10). Stay away from anything that can lead you astray from God.
PRAYER: Lord, keep and uphold me with Your right hand of love; give me the grace to stay away from the present day wickedness in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
