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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. ULTIMATE FATE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS
A. SURETY OF JUDGMENT
Mal 4:1a “For behold, the Day is coming”
1. RESOLUTION (Josh 1:7-9; 24:13-24)
2. RIGHTING WRONGS (Isa 3:10-11)
B. CHARACTER OF THE JUDGMENT
Mal 4:1b “when all unbelievers and all wrong-doers will be stubble.”
1. SINNERS
2. STUBBLE (Mt 25:46; Mark 9:42; Luke 12:4-5)
C. TYPE OF JUDGMENT
Mal 4:1c “burning like an oven. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze”, says YHWH-Tsabaoth
1. REFINING FIRE
2. ABLAZE
D. RESULT OF JUDGMENT
Mal 4:1d “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
1. NO HOPE (Jn 5:28-29)
2. LOVING GOD (I Thes 1:9-10; Mt 23:29-33)
II. ULTIMATE FATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
A. SURETY OF BLESSING
Mal 4:2a “But the sun of righteousness shall rise”
1. FINAL RESOLUTION
2. SUNBEAMS
B. CHARACTER OF THE BLESSING
Mal 4:2b “for you who revere My name.”
1. SALVATION (II Thes 1:4, 7-10)
2. CONTRAST (Ps 1:6)
C. TYPE OF BLESSING
Mal 4:2c “. . with healing in its wings. You will go out leaping like calves [released] from the stall.”
1. HEALING (Is 53:5; I Pet 2:24; II Pet 3:10-13; I Thes 3:11-13)
2. FREEDOM
D. RESULT OF BLESSING
Mal 4:3 “And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act”, says YHWH-Tsabaoth.
1. PROGRESSION
2. NEW CRUSADE (Rom 12:14)