Does Faith Make a Difference?

Is God Just?

“Bad” people have “good lives”

Is God There?

“Where is God?”

God Promised a Messenger

Malachi 3:1

Malachi 3:1 ESV

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Are We Ready for the Message?

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Malachi 3:2 ESV

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.

The Messenger Will Make Us Ready

Malachi 3:3–4 ESV

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

God’s Justice Will Roll and Rule

Malachi 3:5 ESV

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:5

What do we learn about God?

He is.

He is just.

He will punish sin.

He will welcome the forgiven.

What do we learn about ourselves?

God has spoken.

We should live

God has sent the Son.

God will send the Son again.

What do we learn about salvation?

Right is right and wrong is sin.

God will punish sin.

God sent the Savior.

What do we need to do?

Obey the Gospel

Live because of the Gospel

Live for the Gospel