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Malachi 2:17-3:7 The Purifying Justice of Jesus

Remembrance As we gather this evening it is for the purpose to remember what Jesus Christ did… As we gather together we remember Him as we come to the Lord’s table, an sacrament instituted by the Lord Himself… The night that He would be betrayed… Jesus did something unique with His followers The Bread……

Good Morning. Glad we can be here this morning. It is the second week of advent and we draw one week closer to celebrating the coming of our Lord. The other day I was thinking about one of the unique joys though of the holiday season. Travel We all love it. You have to drive different places to see family…

Evening 25 February 2024

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…

TEXT: MALACHI | THE LORD’S MESSENGER There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Nearly a century has passed since the completion…

I was reading the other day about the early church and their celebration of Advent and how different it was from how we recognize it today. I was struck by their attention to the words in scripture that refer to fear being associated with the coming of the Lord. How often have you associated fear with…

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…

Proposition: Through the message of the Messiah God offers His people hope for the future. Question: How does God’s message of the Messiah in the minor prophets offer us hope? Jesus offers us hope through: 1). Reversal (Hosea) 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God,…

We have been exploring the book of Malachi and have reached the second division in the text. The first half of the book focused on the sins of Isreal as a lifestyle that have turned from the teaching of their Lord. They have turned so far that they do not even recognise that they are doing anything wrong.…

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…

Previously from My Messenger The returned remnant has some recurring problems the prophet is promptly addressing Previously Malachi, whose name means “My Messenger” had some strong messages for the people. A contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah (about 444B.C.) He had Identified and attacked the spiritual…

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…

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…

17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord , and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” When is God tired of listening to us? God’s people identify and proclaim the…

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…

How should we respond to injustice? we live in a world filled with injustice. Where right is wrong and wrong is right. Where the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. We often walk around with rose coloured glasses thinking that if it doesn’t effect me or my family I can ignore it all. 42 “But woe…

Discovering God's Unfailing Love Malachi 1:1-5

Keep the fire burning! William Booth (Founder of Salvation Army) once said “I want you young men always to bearing mind that it is the nature of a fire to go out; you must keep it stirred and fed and the ashes removed.” Paul wrote Timothy to 2Tim1:6-8 6 For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

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…

This Week’s Theme: He is Just This Week’s Word is Justice: The moral righteousness of God is revealed in his laws and expressed in his judicial acts. God’s commands and judgments meet perfect standards of justice, and his apportioning of punishments and rewards is also perfectly just. God’s justice is…