Malachi: Words Betray our Hearts
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. CONDEMNATION
A. PERVERSE
Mal 3:13a “Your words have been obstinate against Me, says YHWH.”
1. SHAMEFULL (Ps 14:1; 53:1; Phil 3:18)
2. SPECIFIC (Ex 5:2 Job 21:15; Psa. 10:4; 58:3-4; Rom 8:7; 7:14; Jn 5:42; 8:44; Mat. 23:37; Jam. 4:4)
B. PRESUMPTIVE
Mal 3:13b “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against You?’
1. SORRY (Zec 7:5; I Sam 24:16)
2. SPECULATION
II. CONTENSION
A. PETTY
Mal 3:14a You’ve said, “It’s useless to serve God.”
1. SHABBY
2. SERVING (Heb 11:35-39; Ps 103:8-14)
B. PROFITLESS
Mal 3:14b “What profit is there in us guarding His ordinances?”
1. STORED UP (Eccl 9:2)
2. SENTRY (II Tim 3:16; II Pet 1:20-21)
C. POINTLESS
Mal 3:14c “or in walking humbly before YHWH-Tsabaoth?”
1. STRUGGLE (Micah 6:8; Jas 4:6, 10; I Pet 5:6; Phil 2:3-11; (Lk 14:11; Prov 22:4; Mt 23:12; Col 3:12)
2. STRIVE
III. CONCLUSION
A. PERSPECTIVE
Mal 3:15a So now we call arrogant people ‘blessed’
1. SUPERIOR
2. SECOND RATE
B. POWERLESS
Mal 3:15b “Likewise, the wicked not only prosper but they put God to the test and they slip by.”
1. STRIKE IT RICH
2. SCRUTINY
3. SMOOTH SAILING (Is 55:9 Rev 7:15-17; Rev 21:3-4; Ps 34:17-19)