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For Marriage Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image,…

Malachi 2:10-16 A Call to Covenant Faithfulness

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Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Evening 31 December 23

Southern Israel is on fire. Israel has declared a state of war, the first such declaration since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Hamas, the Palestinian Arab terrorist organization in Gaza unleashed an attack on the general population of Southern Israel, killing over 200 and injuring more than 1,000 men,…

During the French Revolution, there were three Christians who were sentenced to die by the guillotine. One Christian had the gift of faith, the other had the gift of prophecy, the other had the gift of helps. The Christian with the gift of faith was to be executed first. He was asked if he wanted to…

Last time, we addressed the sin of the priests who had become lax in their worship as they sacrificed blind, lame, and sick animals to God. This showed their disregard for the Lord and what he required from them. They kept the best for themselves and dishonored God with the worst. They were loving God…

Exegetical Summary Marriage is a holy covenant that is witnessed by God, God’s people must be on guard to keep marriage holy, this produces a Godly generation. We have been going through the book of Malachi. The time period after the exile and right before the end of the OT. God has been rebuking the…

Do you ever question God’s love for you? The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. “I have loved you,” says the Lord . But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord . “Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country…

Sin’s of the people Sin’s led to captivity for Israel. Sin’s led to captivity for Judah, even after seeing what happen with Israel. God sent messengers , prophets to proclaim so to call to repentance, but sometimes people quickly forget the past and return to old lifestyle they once repented of. Malachi…

Review Malachi - Author and Messenger He was the author & His name means My Messenger Theme: True worship is an expression to God from a good relationship with Him . It is not a deed done, or ritual, event, or religious practice. David H. Roper said, “The Israelites were experiencing a decline in the…

Reading Mal 1.6-11 Overview Malachi - Author and Messenger He was the author Name means My Messenger Key terms: Lord of hosts 24x “I will...” 12x My Name 8x “In what way” or “How” 7x Key beliefs: God as Father 1.6; 2.10 God is Master 1.6 God as Creator 2.10 Yet the people believed God had lost interest…

INTRODUCTION 1. The value of Proverbs is that it provides wisdom from God to guide us in every realm of life 2. Whether it be family, business, social or spiritual relationships, we find inspired advice that enables us to walk in wisdom, "redeeming the time, because the days are evil" - cf. See then…

Verse 1 While Ezra prayed and made confession… (What we covered last week in Ezra 9:6-15 ), after he had already been so distraught about the sin of the people in intermarrying with the people who worshipped other gods that he had pulled out his own hair and beard hair... As he prayed and made confession…

Intro: We live in an hour in which the home is under attack. And, I realize that this is an unpleasant topic to preach about, but it is one which touches every life in this room in one fashion or another. My desire this morning in talking about the matter of divorce and remarriage is to be sensitive…

I think it’s important to preach expositionally because: We don’t skip over issues We learn scripture, not personal interpretation We see God’s proactive plan at work, not my reactive opinion 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

The book of Malachi is a 15-minute summary of the entire Old Testament. I’m not saying you should read it and not the rest of the OT, but you’ll find almost all of the primary OT themes in it. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and…

THE SECRETS OF LASTING LOVE 8 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord , your Redeemer. The love of God is everlasting. His anger is for a short time, but for those who are Christians, those who know the Lord as…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Malachi Malachi 1 “This is an oracle, the Lord’s message to Israel through Malachi: “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?” “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland…

Peace, we need it! Peace/Justification through Jesus ( Rom5:1 ) Peace/reconciliation through Jesus ( 2Cor5:18 ) Peace with mankind ( Eph2:11-17 ) Peace with yourself ( Php4:7-8 ) Jesus spoke of peace about families ( Mt10:21-22 ; 10:34-37 ) 21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child;…