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Malachi 1:6-2:9 Worshiping In Spirit and Truth

Evening 17 December 23

Malachi 2:10-16 A Call to Covenant Faithfulness

Evening 14 January 24

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,…

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,…

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…

Exegetical Summary When God’s Priests compromise their charge and fail to honor God by walking in truth and teaching the people the Word of God, the people suffer and the priests blessings of peace and life are removed. Please open your bibles to Malachi chapter 2. We will be continuing to look at God’s…

The theme of our message this morning is on the idea of honor or reverence. This past week I was accosted with two ungodly examples of honor and reverence. 1). An add popped upon on my screen this week that told me it was pride month, and that I needed to “honor” pride month. What a contradiction of…

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…

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…

The honor of God rests on the proper worship of the Lord by His priests who are called to His service. If we are called a nation of priests how much more should we teach the proper worship of the Lord? The command of the Lord is to guard yourself in your Spirit and to not be faithless

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…

Previously: Malachi’s burden ( Mal 1:1 ) God’s love for Israel ( Mal 1:2-5 ) God condemns polluted sacrifices ( Mal 1:6-14 ) This chapter starts by giving direction to the priests. We can apply this teaching to leaders at all levels. PRAYER 1 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will…

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…

Wednesday Night Sunday School online during the COVID-19 Virus.

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…

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