- Malachi exposes our selfish perspectives
- Introduction
- We don’t even recognize God’s blessings.
- “How have you loved us?” – Malachi 1:2
- God had blessed them the whole way, but they failed to recognize it.
- Do we make the mistake of thinking God does not love us if some specific prayer is not answered?
- Hebrews 2:9-18; 4:15-16; 12:2-3 – Jesus knows the suffering and temptation we face!
- We offer pitiful worship and claim it’s good enough.
- “How have we despised your name? … How have we defiled you?” – Malachi 1:6-7
- “My, how tiresome it is!” – Malachi 1:13
- “How have we robbed you?” – Malachi 3:8
- We live in sin and then pretend to worship.
- “For what reason does God reject my worship?” – Malachi 2:14
- Malachi 2:10-15
- Matthew 5:23
- I Peter 3:7, 10-12 – Mistreating your wife hinders your prayers!
DW
April 15, 2018
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