Malachi: People Who Fear the Lord
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. CHARACTER
A. COURAGE
Malachi 3:16a/e Then those who feared YHWH . . . of those who feared YHWH.
1. DEVOTION (Prov 9:10)
2. DREAD (Gen 1-6)
B. COMMUNICATION
Malachi 3:16b spoke with one another.
1. DISCOURAGED (Heb 10:24-25)
2. DELIGHTED (Ps 34:4,7)
C. CHERISH
Malachi 3:16f and esteemed His Name.
1. DETERMINATION
2. DEVOTION (Phil 2:5-11; Matt 1:21)
II. CROWN
A. CONSIDERATION
Malachi 3:16c YHWH paid attention and heard them
1. DETECTED
2. DISCERNED (I Jn 3:20; Jn 21:17)
B. COMMENDATION
Malachi 3:16d and a book of remembrance was written before Him
1. DETAILS (Est 6:1ff; Ps 87:6; 56:8; 69:28; Ex 32:32-33; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:11-15)
2. DIRECTIVE
C. CREDIT
Malachi 3:17a “They shall be Mine,” says YHWH-Tsabaoth, “in the day when I gather My treasured possession”
1. DEAR
2. DAY
3. DELIVER
D. CONFIDENCE
Malachi 3:17b and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
1. DEFERENCE
2. DRAWN (Titus 2:12-13; Rom 8:18; Jn 14:3; Acts 1:11; I Thes 4:13-18; I Jn 3:3; II Cor 10:5)
III. COMMAND
A. CONTRAST
Malachi 3:18a “Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked”
1. DISTINCTION (Mt 13)
2. DILEMMA
B. CONDONE
Malachi 3:18b “between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”
1. DETERMINATION (Luke 21:36)
2. DESTINY (Ps 19:7-11)