MALACHI 3:1-5

1 “I will send my messenger, whowill prepare the way before me.Then suddenly the Lord you areseeking will come to his temple; themessenger of the covenant, whomyou desire, will come,” says theLord Almighty.

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2 But who can endure the day of hiscoming? Who can stand when heappears? For he will be like arefiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.3 He will sit as a refiner and purifierof silver; he will purify the Levitesand refine them like gold and silver.

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Then the Lord will have men whowill bring offerings in righteousness,4 and the offerings of Judah andJerusalem will be acceptable to theLord, as in days gone by, as informer years.

MALACHI 3:1-55 “So I will come to put you on trial.I will be quick to testify againstsorcerers, adulterers and perjurers,against those who defraud laborersof their wages, who oppress thewidows and the fatherless, anddeprive the foreigners among you ofjustice, but do not fear me,” says theLord Almighty.

Questions are a part of every

relationship. You ask questions; you

answer questions

When there is high trust, there are

fewer questions. When there is low

trust, there are far more questions.

MALACHI 2:1717 “You have wearied the LORDwith your words. "How have wewearied him?" you ask. By saying,"All who do evil are good in the eyesof the LORD, and he is pleasedwith them" or "Where is the God ofjustice?"(NIV)

In Malachi 2:17,

“You have wearied the Lord

The Hebrew word “wearied” is

“yaga” which means “to gasp.”

God can not be exhausted, He just

could not stand sin in His sight.

God can hear the questions of our

hearts. Let us be careful on how our

hearts may question God in time of

troubles.

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Israelites did not realize they were

fighting God by constantly

questioning God in sarcastic way in

their daily conversation. We might

sound like them sometimes.

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GENESIS 3:11 “Now the serpent was more craftythan any of the wild animals theLORD God had made. He said tothe woman, "Did God really say,`You must not eat from any tree inthe garden'?"(NIV)

The devil wears out Eve by

constantly throwing question

DANIEL 7:25

25 “He shall speak words againstthe Most High, shall wear out theholy ones of the Most High, andshall attempt to change the sacredseasons and the law; and they shallbe given into his power for a time,two times, and half a time.”(NRSV)

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In the presence of evil does not

mean the absence of God, it only

means it’s not yet time for evil to be

judged.

MALACHI 3:11 Behold, I send My messenger, Andhe will prepare the way before Me.And the Lord, whom you seek, Willsuddenly come to His temple, Eventhe Messenger of the covenant, Inwhom you delight. Behold, He iscoming," Says the LORD ofhosts.(NKJV)

LUKE 2:21

21 Eight days after his birth, the childwas circumcised and named Jesus.This was the name the angel hadgiven him before his motherbecame pregnant.

LUKE 2:22

22 After the days required by Moses'Teachings to make a mother cleanhad passed, Joseph and Mary wentto Jerusalem. They took Jesus topresent him to the Lord.

LUKE 2:34

22 Then Simeon blessed them and

said to Mary, his mother, "This

child is the reason that many people

in Israel will be condemned and

many others will be saved. He will

be a sign that will expose

LUKE 2:36

36 Anna, a prophet, was also there.She was a descendant of Phanuelfrom the tribe of Asher. She wasnow very old. Her husband haddied seven years after they weremarried,

LUKE 2:37

37 and she had been a widow for 84years. Anna never left the templecourtyard but worshiped day andnight by fasting and praying.

LUKE 2:38

38 At that moment she came up toMary and Joseph and began tothank God. She spoke about Jesusto all who were waiting forJerusalem to be set free.

LUKE 2:42-47

42 When he was 12 years old, theywent as usual. 43 When the festivalwas over, they left for home. Theboy Jesus stayed behind inJerusalem, but his parents didn'tknow it.

LUKE 2:42-47

44 They thought that he was with the others who were traveling with them. After traveling for a day, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they didn't find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.

LUKE 2:42-47

46 Three days later, they found him

in the temple courtyard. He was

sitting among the teachers, listening

to them, and asking them questions.47His understanding and his answers

stunned everyone who heard him.

MALACHI 3:11 Behold, I send My messenger, Andhe will prepare the way before Me.And the Lord, whom you seek, Willsuddenly come to His temple, Eventhe Messenger of the covenant, Inwhom you delight. Behold, He iscoming," Says the LORD ofhosts.(NKJV)

MATTHEW 11:10-13

10 John is the one about whomScripture says, 'I'm sending mymessenger ahead of you to preparethe way in front of you.'

MATTHEW 11:10-13

11 "I can guarantee this truth: Of allthe people ever born, no one isgreater than John the Baptizer. Yet,the least important person in thekingdom of heaven is greater thanJohn.

MATTHEW 11:10-13

12 From the time of John the

Baptizer until now, the kingdom of

heaven has been forcefully

advancing, and forceful people have

been seizing it.

MATTHEW 11:10-13

13 All the Prophets and Moses'

Teachings prophesied up to the

time of John.

• John the Baptist is the messenger

of Jesus

• The greatest man who ever lived

according to Jesus.

• He was great because he prepared

peoples heart for Jesus. You can

also be great as you prepare

peoples heart for Jesus

MALACHI 3:2

2 But who can endure the day of hiscoming, and who can stand when heappears? For he is like a refiner's fireand like fullers' soap;(NRSV)

LUKE 4:17

17 And the scroll of the prophetIsaiah was given to him. Heunrolled the scroll and found theplace where it was written,

LUKE 4:18

18 The Spirit of the Lord is uponme, because he has anointed me toproclaim good news to the poor. Hehas sent me to proclaim liberty tothe captives and recovering of sightto the blind, to set at liberty thosewho are oppressed,

LUKE 4:19-20

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's

favor." 12 And he rolled up the scroll

and gave it back to the attendant

and sat down. And the eyes of all in

the synagogue were fixed on him.

LUKE 4:21

21 And he began to say to them,

"Today this Scripture has been

fulfilled in your hearing."

LUKE 4:28-30

28 When they heard these things, all

in the synagogue were filled with

wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove

him out of the town and brought him

to the brow of the hill on which their

town was built, so that they could

throw him down the cliff.

LUKE 4:28-30

30 But passing through their midst,

he went away.

MALACHI 3:2

2 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.

MALACHI 3:3

3 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.

MALACHI 3:4

4 Then the offering of Judah andJerusalem will be pleasing to theLORD as in the days of old and asin former years.

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5 Then I will draw near to you forjudgment. I will be a swift witnessagainst the sorcerers, against theadulterers, against those who swearfalsely, against those who oppressthe hired worker in his wages, thewidow and the fatherless, against

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5 those who thrust aside thesojourner, and do not fear me, saysthe LORD of hosts.