1) A REBUKE! (3:13) Your words have been hard against Me says the Lord The people were cynical – it’s vain to serve God 2) A RECOGNITION! (3:14-16) Those who feared the Lord and esteemed His name were His treasured possession 3) A RETURN! (4:1-6) The great and awesome Day of the Lord A Day…
1) RETURN! (v7) To the Lord of hosts 2) RESPOND! (v10) In obedience and in faith Bring in your tithes 3) RECEIVE! (v10-12) All of heaven’s blessings
The Lord Unchanged and Unchanging: 1) IN HIS CHARACTER! For I the Lord do not change 2) IN HIS COVENANT! Therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed 3) IN HIS CALL! Return to Me and I will return to you
1) JUSTICE! (2:17) Where is the God of justice? 2) JESUS! (3:1-4) His herald, His majesty, His purity, His grace 3) JUDGEMENT! (3:5) I will draw near to you for judgement, the Lord of hosts and Judge of all.
1) IN WITNESS! (v10-12) You say you love the Lord but in fact you love the world. You are unequally yoked. 2) IN WEDLOCK! (v13-16) Your spirit I see. You have divorced the wife of your youth 3) IN WORD! (v17) Your empty words and cynical attitudes….. God will judge
God says to the priests: 1) YOU ARE CURSED! (v1-2) “I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them.” 2) YOU ARE CORRUPT! (v3-8) “You have corrupted the covenant of Levi (v8) says the Lord of hosts.” Your spirituality, credibility & integrity are a sham. 3) YOU ARE CONTEMPTIBLE! (v9) “I make you despised…
1) YOU DESPISE MY NAME! (v6) With Irreverence. You don’t honour or fear the Lord of Hosts 2) YOU DEFILE MY ALTAR! (v7-13) With Indifference. With second rate offerings 3) YOU DEBASE MY WORSHIP! (v13-14) With Insolence. You profane and cheat with wearisome worship…repent or be ruined!
Apologies…sermon was not recorded. I love you! How do You love us? You are: 1) CHOSEN! (v2) Jacob I have loved 2) CHERISHED! (v2-4) Compare your state to Edom’s fate. Edom is like the world: Empty (v2), Broken (v4), Hopeless (v4), Lost (v4). But you are under my blessing 3) CHANGED! (v5) My love for you…