PPT-Scripture Reading -Malachi 3:6-12

6 I the Lord do not change So you the descendants of Jacob are not destroyed 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them Return to me and I will return to you says the Lord Almighty But you ask How are we to return8 Will a man rob God Yet you rob me But you ask How are we robbing you In tithes and offerings 9 You are under a curseyour whole nationbecause you are robbing me 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house Test me in this says the Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe says the Lord Almighty 12 Then all the nations will call you blessed for yours will be a delightful land says the Lord Almighty. dos . Cristãos. . Resgatados. de Deus em Angola. RCCG – City Church Luanda . Sul. www.citychurchluanda.org. Sunday. School. TITHING. .. . . . TITHING. Memory Verse: . M. alachi 3:10a. “. 10a . Part . 2. (Malachi 3:1–6). . “Why then are we . faithless. to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?” . (. Malachi 2:10. ). . “. Judah has been . faithless. …” . . (. I. . THE MINOR PROPHETS. Jonah. , . Amos. , . Hosea. – N. orthern. Kingdom (Israel. ) before Assyria. Joel. , . Micah. , . Zephaniah. , . Nahum. , . Habakkuk. , . Obadiah. – Southern Kingdom before Babylon. THE STORY OF JESUS IN THE PROPHETS. UNEXPECTED . HOLINESS. MALACHI 3:1-4. Q&A WITH GOD. GOD: “I have loved you.”. “How have you loved us?” (1:2). “Why does he not accept our offerings?” (2:14). Malachi 2:17-4:6. MALACHI . 2:17-4:6. The Question: Where is God’s Justice (2:17; 3:13-15)?. The Charge: You Are Hypocrites (3:5-12)!. MALACHI 2:17-4:6. Excuses for sin: . Everybody does it!. Nobody will know! . Luke 5:34-35. 1. The . earth . is. the . Lord. ’s, and all its fullness,. The world and those who dwell therein.. Psalm 24:1. 8 . ‘The silver . is. Mine, and the gold . is. Mine,’ says the . How does the Lord say, “I love you”?. The book of Malachi is a book of chastening. . Elder . D. Todd . Christofferson. made this statement about the Lord’s . chastening: “Correction . is vital if we would conform our . Malachi: God’s Messenger. Malachi = my messenger. Message: Faithful to God vs. Faith in God. Date of writing 458-432 BC. Malachi is God’s last word to the Jews. It is a capstone to the message of the Old Testament and a final preparation for the ministry of John the Baptist and of Jesus. The next word from God will be “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near” (John the Baptist). The . Lord. said to Moses. , . Speak . to the entire . assembly. . of Israel and say to them: . Be . holy because I, . the . Lord. your God, am . holy. 1 Peter 1:15-16. J. ust . as he who called you is holy, . MATTHEW 5:17-20. How Jesus Viewed Scripture. Luke 4:1-13 . Jesus viewed the scriptures as . relevant. He . applied. the scriptures to . His life. A. guide . for His . life . Psalm 119:104. Luke 4:16-27 . ’ . simply means “My [that is, God’s] . messenger;”. Last Prophet;. Last book in the Old . Testament;. Key Message – “Return . to me, and I will return to . you” . says the . Lord. . Almight. Malachi 3:3. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.. The term “canon” has its origin in a family of Semitic words that referred to a reed or a rod. . In ancient times a straight rod might be marked for the purpose of measuring. . The word came to refer to a series of marks used for measurement. . Reading the Old Testament Prophets (Jeremiah-Malachi) 10. When you wonder, “Does God really love me?” God answers, “Yes, I have . always. loved you deeply.”. Malachi 1:2. . “I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob,.