Sovereign Grace Church

I. [First] APPEAL = TO COMMON VALUES

A. DESPISING SOCIETY’S VALUES Mal 1:6a “A son honors his father, and a servant his master.
1. Principle (Deut 21:18-21)
2. Application

B. DESPISING GOD’S VALUES Mal 1:6b “If then I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is My fear?” says YHWH Sabaoth
1. Question
2. Implication (Rom 12:1-2)

II. [Second] APPEAL = TO COMMON DECENCY

A. DESPISING GOD’S NAME Mal 1:6c to you, O priests, who despise My Name. But you respond, ‘How have we despised your name?’
1. Opportunity (Lev 10:1-3; I Samuel 2:12ff; I Sam 8:1-3)
2. Pattern (Lev 24:11ff; Mt 6:9; Ex 34:5-7)

B. DESPISING BIBLICAL COMMANDS Mal 1:7a By offering polluted food upon My altar.
1. Intentional
2. Punishment

C. DESPISING ALL THAT IS HOLY Mal 1:7b But you say, ‘How have we polluted You?’ By saying that YHWH’s table may be despised.
1. Impudence (Lev 22:20-22)
2. Heart Attitude Shows

III. [Third] APPEAL = TO COMMON SENSE

A. DESPISING RIGHT Mal 1:8a When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil?
1. Evil
2. Right/Wrong (Is 5:20-21; James 3:11; Rom 2:29)

B. DESPISING AUTHORITY Mal 1:8b Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? asks YHWH Sabaoth.
1. Rejected
2. Payback

C. DESPISING GRACE Mal 1:9 And now entreat the favor of God, that He may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will He show favor to any of you? says YHWH Sabaoth.
1. Find Grace
2. Admit Guilt
3. Will it come when the heart is not right? (Acts 8:21-22)