Sermon Neal Parker. Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no...
-
Upload
jaxon-loan -
Category
Documents
-
view
214 -
download
1
Transcript of Sermon Neal Parker. Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no...
Sermon
Neal Parker
Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
-
Aesop
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Luke 18:1-8 (II Corinthians 13:5-6)
–Examine Ourselves – Perseverance?
–Are we in The Faith? – Conviction?
–Prove Ourselves – Constancy?
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Faith – “Persuasion” / Credence–Morally – Conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God)
–Reliance upon Christ for our salvation
–Abstract – Constancy, in such profession; By extension the system of religious truth itself
Assurance / Belief / Believe / Fidelity
Quick Facts…Malachi–Last of the “Minor Prophets” books in the OT (written about 450 – 430 BC), before John the Baptist
–Malachi means “My Messenger”–Condition of the people / “indifferent and lethargic”
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:1-5–The Messenger
…the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple;”
Isaiah 40:3 Clear the way…(Clear the obstacles out of the road)
Mark 1:2-4 Repentance clears way for The Way of Christ
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:1-5–The Messenger
…the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple;”
Matthew 21:12-13 – Last Week of His Ministry John 2:13-17 – Beginning of His Ministry
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:1-5–The Messenger
…the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple;”
Revelation 11:1-6 – Two Witnesses Measure the Temple, the Alter and those who
worship in it Revelation 11:15-19 / Revelation 19:11 -1 19
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Points For Consideration:– Is there a connection between
Christ cleansing His Father’s House in His physical appear and a future cleansing of His Church?
– In the future will Christ “purify” a kingdom of priest, by bring judgment to His Church? Romans 8:29-30
I Peter 4: 17-19
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:6-12–Return To Me And I Will Return To You Hebrews 13:8
–Will A Man Rob God? Nehemiah 13:10-12Increase / Time / Energy / Devotion / Fellowship / Obedience
–Test Me Matthew 6:31-34
Points For Consideration:– Do we give ourselves (time / energy
/ obedience, etc.) with cheerfulness?
II Corinthians 9:6-8
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:13-15–Harsh Things Said Against God
Psalm 73:12-20 Do we obey God in order to gain something from Him?
Why do we serve God? Is it to get something out of Him or to honor Him, because we love Him?
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 3:16-18–Book of Remembrance (i.e. records of noble deeds; Esther 2:21-23 / the Book of Acts & Final 3 Books of John?) Fear or Revere God Spoke to one another / Assembling themselves together / Encouragement in fellowship
God give attention and listens
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi 4:1-6–The Day Is Coming
Arrogant / Evildoer Eventual End
Isaiah 5:24 Matthew 3:11-12 I Peter 3:3-9
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
A Reminder And A Promise–Remember the Law of Moses My Servant I John 2:3-6
– John the Baptist a forerunner of Jesus Christ Luke 1:13-17
Points For Consideration:– Could it be that one of the end time
missions of the two witnesses be to come to the Church, in the power of Elijah (message of repentance)? Revelation 11:1-4 / Zechariah 4:9-14
– What should be our Call To Action? II Peter 3:14-15
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom
Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
-
Aesop
Malachi: Fighting Spiritual Boredom