mal 3_7-12 good news for the bad time
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GOOD NEWSfor the Bad Time
Malachi 3:7-12
What is the most popular topic in the Bible?
• FAITH– Mentioned 500 times
• PRAYER– Mentioned 500 times
• MONEY– Mentioned 2000 times!
ACCUSATION - Malachi 3:7-9
7 “From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 “You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
GOOD NEWS – Malachi 3:10a
10a “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” …
The Good News:
• God did not send destruction
• But God send an instruction– Offer to God 1/10 of income– So there will be resources in God’s house– A new beginning: go ahead and test God
RESULTS – Malachi 3:10b-12
10b … “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts.
12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.
RESULTS – Malachi 3:10b-12
10b … “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts.
12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.
RESULTS – Malachi 3:10b-12
10b … “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts.
12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.
RESULTS – Malachi 3:10b-12
10b … “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts.
12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.
RESULTS – Malachi 3:10b-12
• PROVISION (pouring out of blessings)
• PROTECTION (rebuke the devourer)
• PROGRESSION (the nations will come)
The Good News will come
when we obey God in our offering!
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NASB95)
9 Honor the Lord from your wealth
And from the first of all your produce;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
The Good News will come
when we obey God in our offering!
5 Levels of Giving
1. Incidental Giving (occasional $5-10 bills)
2. Regular Giving (1-2%)
3. More Substantial Giving (3-5%)
4. Tithing (10%)
5. Sacrificial Giving (> 10%)
The Good News will come
when we obey God in our offering!
RESULTS of our Giving:
• PROVISION (pouring out of blessings)
• PROTECTION (rebuke the devourer)
• PROGRESSION (the nations will come)
But that’s NOT the real Good News!
The REAL Good News
Malachi 3:7 (NASB95)
“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
The REAL Good News
Malachi 3:7 (NASB95)
“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
The REAL Good News is that we get to return to an intimate relationship with God,
a place where we really belong!
Hi Sinh Vì Con (TC#97)
1. Ta hi sinh vì con hết,
Huyết tuôn tim nầy tan tành,
Đem con ra từ nơi chết,
Chuộc tội đặng con lại sanh;
Ta đã phó tánh mạng cho con rồi,
Phó chi cho ta, con ôi? (2X)
Hi Sinh Vì Con (TC#97)
2. Nơi Cha ta ngự đẹp đẽ,
Ngôi ta sang trọng vô cùng,
Nhưng ta vui lòng lâm thế,
Đê hèn, buồn thảm, hư không;
Ta đã bỏ hết vì con kia rồi,
Bỏ chi cho ta, con ôi?