Malachi: Preparing for the Future
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. MATTER OF PREPARATION
A. PREPARE BY REMEMBERING
Mal 4:4a “Remember”
1. PLAN (Jn 1:17; Deut 28:1-29)
2. PLEA (Rev 20:11-13; Mal 3:16)
B. PREPARE BY KEEPING
Mal 4:4b “the Law of My servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.”
1. PERFORMANCE (Torah; Tsavah; Khoke; Mishpawt)
2. PERSONAL (I Cor 10:11)
II. MESSENGER OF PREPARATION
A. PREPARE BY LISTENING
Mal 4:5a “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet”
1. PRECURSOR (Ex 3:1; 1 Kgs 19:8-18; Mt 17:1-5)
2. PROPHET (Mt 11:13-14; Mark 9:11-13; Luke 1:13-17; Jn 17:11-12; Rev 11:3-12)
B. PREPARE BY ANTICIPATING
Mal 4:5b “before the great and awesome ‘Day of YHWH’ comes.”
1. PERSPECTIVE
2. PROSPECT (Jer 32:40; Lk 21:26; I Pet 3:15b)
III. METHOD OF PREPARATION
A. PREPARE BY REPENTING
Mal 4:6a “And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers”
1. PROMISE
2. POSSIBILITY (II Cor 5:21; I Pet 2:24; Rom 6:11-12; Col 3:5-7; Gal 5:16)
B. PREPARE BY CHOOSING
Mal 4:6b “lest I come with a decree to strike the land with utter destruction.”
1. PROPOSAL
2. PENALTY (Deut 28-30; Gal 3:10-14; Rev 1:5-6; 5:12-13; 22:21)