Malachi 217 46 Shortsighted vision see life only as it is Farsighted vision see life as it will be Their Question 1 st occurrence 217 Where is Gods justice in this wicked world ID: 635546
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Live in Lightof That Day
Malachi 2:17 - 4:6Slide2
Shortsighted vision: see life only as it is
Farsighted vision: see life as it will beSlide3
Their Question1
st
occurrence: 2:17
“Where is God’s justice in this wicked world?”
2
nd
occurrence: 3:13-15
“Why serve God when we see no reward for it?”Slide4
Their QuestionBut wait! 3:5,7
So their real question:
“Why bother obeying God when injustice goes unpunished and righteousness goes unrewarded?” Slide5
Their QuestionShortsighted vision excuses:
“no big deal” sins
“no one will ever know” sins
“everybody’s doing it” sins
sins of omissionSlide6
God’s Answer1
st
answer: 3:1-5
“I’m about to send my two messengers” (v1)
“And it will be unbearable” (v2)
His people will be refined (v3-4)
His enemies will be judged (v5)Slide7
God’s Answer2
nd
answer: 3:16-4:3
God’s Day of Judgment is coming
His people will be delivered (v17,2)
The wicked will be destroyed (v1,3)Slide8
The Day of the LordThere’s 2 of them!
Is Imminent
1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. Slide9
The Day of the LordThere’s 2 of them!
Is Imminent
Involves a series of events:
Rapture
of the churchSlide10
The Day of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Slide11
The Day of the LordThere’s 2 of them!
Is Imminent
Involves a series of events:
Rapture
of the church
7 year
TribulationSlide12
The Day of the Lord
Matthew 24:21–22
“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
Unless
those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short
.”
Slide13
The Day of the LordThere’s 2 of them!
Is Imminent
Involves a series of events:
Rapture
of the church
7 year
Tribulation
Return
of Christ
Millennial
Kingdom
Judgment & hel
l for the lost
Heaven & reward
for believersSlide14
The Day of the Lord
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
…each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.Slide15
The Day of the LordThere’s 2 of them!
Is Imminent
Involves a series of events
Only one way to survive it – the gospel
John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”Slide16
God’s ApplicationObey Me in your
giving (3:7-8)
Obey Me in every way (4:4)Slide17
“If Jesus shows up right now, will He be pleased,
or will I be ashamed?”
Live
every
day in light of
that
DaySlide18
Live in Lightof That Day
Malachi 2:17 - 4:6