Malachi 1:1-1:14 Honor God - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Here love-hate is not emotional but rather positional, Jacob was chosen to be God's Ally and Esau was not. */

2023-07-02T01:21:03Z

‎Here love-hate is not emotional but rather positional, Jacob was chosen to be God's Ally and Esau was not.

Wakefien: /* Image: Have you ever played dumb when you knew you were wrong? */

2023-07-02T01:16:57Z

‎Image: Have you ever played dumb when you knew you were wrong?

Wakefien: /* Introduction: Let's strive for excellence */

2023-06-26T19:12:02Z

‎Introduction: Let's strive for excellence

Wakefien at 19:10, 26 June 2023

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Wakefien at 19:08, 26 June 2023

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Wakefien: Wakefien moved page Malachi 1:6-1:14 Honor God to Malachi 1:1-1:14 Honor God

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Wakefien moved page Malachi 1:6-1:14 Honor God to Malachi 1:1-1:14 Honor God

Wakefien at 19:06, 26 June 2023

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Wakefien: /* Introduction: Love is a choice */

2023-06-08T17:40:20Z

‎Introduction: Love is a choice

Wakefien: /* Image: Christian organizations should adopt the Air Force Core Values: Integrity first Service before self Excellence in all we do */

2023-06-08T17:39:44Z

‎Image: Christian organizations should adopt the Air Force Core Values: Integrity first Service before self Excellence in all we do

Wakefien: /* Motivation: God's love makes offering your best worthwhile. (2-6) */

2023-06-08T17:39:11Z

‎Motivation: God's love makes offering your best worthwhile. (2-6)

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 ======God responds with a rhetorical question: don't you remember that in the past I chose to love you, to bring Messiah through you?======
 ===Even though some might doubt God's ability to honor his promises, his promise was secure. (3-4)===
-====Here love-hate is not emotional but rather positional, Jacob was chosen to be God's Ally and Esau was not.====
+====Here love-hate is not emotional but rather positional, Jacob was chosen to be God's ally and Esau was not.====
 ====Nothing in the text is intended to communicate anything about the eternal destiny of either Jacob or Esau but rather God's chosen people/vehicle of blessing.====
 <p>"Both Israel and Edom received judgment from God at the hands of the Babylonians in the sixth century (Jer. 27:2–8). Yet God repeatedly promised to restore Israel (because of His covenant promises, Deut. 4:29–31; 30:1–10), but He condemned Edom to complete destruction, never to be restored (Jer. 49:7–22; Ezek. 35)." <ref>Craig A. Blaising, “Malachi,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 1576.</ref></p>

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 ====A question: "How are we failing to show you honor?"====
 =====Image: Have you ever played dumb when you knew you were wrong?=====
-I kind of think this is what is happening here. The priests ask the question "What do you mean?" They claim they have been doing right when in fact they had not. The priests were either in denial or completely insensitive to their sin. In either case, the problem is significant. These individuals who should have been the leaders among the people were in fact leading the people astray.
+I think this is what is happening here. The priests ask the question "What do you mean?" They claim they have been doing right when in fact they had not. The priests were either in denial or completely insensitive to their sin. In either case, the problem is significant. These individuals who should have been the leaders among the people were in fact leading the people astray.
 ====The answer: the priests were offering defiled sacrifices - food====
 =====Leviticus 22:17-30 included specific stipulations on sacrifices: unblemished, i.e. the best=====

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 '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: We must recognize that honoring God does not come from outside but emanates from within the heart of the one who is willing to give their best to their master.'''
-=Introduction: Let's strive for excellence=
+=Introduction: Let's strive for excellence (Col. 3:23)=
 ===Image: Christian organizations should adopt the Air Force Core Values: Integrity first Service before self Excellence in all we do===
 I am sorry to say that in a lot of Christian organizations, I see none of these values. Today I want to talk about Excellence as an example and I am going to pick on Christian Sunday School curriculum because I have been involved in curriculum development a lot. I will be blunt, most curricula I have seen would not fly in the real world, it simply is not of a high quality. For some reason, Christian organizations often fail to demonstrate excellence in all they do. We blame it on low wages and volunteers but that should not change how we conduct ourselves!

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 '''Theological Proposition/Focus: Honoring God is not about rituals but is a matter of sanctifying God in your heart and that requires one's best.'''
-'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: We must recognize that honoring God does not come from outside but eminates from within the heart of the one who is willing to give their best to their master.'''
+'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: We must recognize that honoring God does not come from outside but emanates from within the heart of the one who is willing to give their best to their master.'''
 =Introduction: Let's strive for excellence=
 ===Image: Christian organizations should adopt the Air Force Core Values: Integrity first Service before self Excellence in all we do===
-I am sorry to say that in a lot of Christian organizations I see none of these values. Today I want to talk about Excellence as an example and I am going to pick on Christian Sunday School curriculum because I have been involved in curriculum development a lot. I will be blunt, most curriculum I have seen would not fly in the real world, it simply is not of a high quality. For some reason Christian organizations often fail to demonstrate excellence in all they do. We blame it on low wages and volunteers but that should not change how we conduct ourselves!
+I am sorry to say that in a lot of Christian organizations, I see none of these values. Today I want to talk about Excellence as an example and I am going to pick on Christian Sunday School curriculum because I have been involved in curriculum development a lot. I will be blunt, most curricula I have seen would not fly in the real world, it simply is not of a high quality. For some reason, Christian organizations often fail to demonstrate excellence in all they do. We blame it on low wages and volunteers but that should not change how we conduct ourselves!
 ==Need: We need to honor God with our best==
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 ======Maybe you have given up on some hope you had.======
 ======God responds with a rhetorical question: don't you remember that in the past I chose to love you, to bring Messiah through you?======
-===Even though some might doubt God's ability to honor his promises his promise was secure. (3-4)===
+===Even though some might doubt God's ability to honor his promises, his promise was secure. (3-4)===
 ====Here love-hate is not emotional but rather positional, Jacob was chosen to be God's Ally and Esau was not.====
 ====Nothing in the text is intended to communicate anything about the eternal destiny of either Jacob or Esau but rather God's chosen people/vehicle of blessing.====

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 ===MTR: Evaluate your own efforts, does it represent your best?===
-==Principle 2: A wrong heart and anything less than your best is not really any better than doing nothing. (10-14)==
+==Principle 2: A wrong ''heart'' and anything less than your best is not really any better than ''doing'' ''nothing''. (10-14)==
 <p>Have you ever heard the phrase "Something is better than nothing?"</p>
 In this case, I am not sure it is correct. Look closely at verse 10. You see
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 ====I think we can fall into this, we can begin to despise the work of ministry or serving or giving.====
-==Motivation: God's love makes offering your best worthwhile. (2-6)==
+==Motivation: God's love makes offering your best ''worthwhile''. (2-6)==
 ===God's love is of first importance. (2)===
 ====The Qal perfect אָהַ֤בְתִּי (I have loved you) really carries the idea "I have always loved you."====

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 '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: We must recognize that honor God does not come from outside but eminates from within the heart of the one who is willing to give their best to their master.'''
-=Introduction: Love is a choice=
+=Introduction: Let's strive for excellence=
-==Image:==
+===Image: Christian organizations should adopt the Air Force Core Values: Integrity first Service before self Excellence in all we do===
-==Need: ==
+I am sorry to say that in a lot of Christian organizations I see none of these values. Today I want to talk about Excellence as an example and I am going to pick on Christian Sunday School curriculum because I have been involved in curriculum development a lot. I will be blunt, most curriculum I have seen would not fly in the real world, it simply is not of a high quality. For some reason Christian organizations often fail to demonstrate excellence in all they do. We blame it on low wages and volunteers but that should not change how we conduct ourselves!
-==Subject: ==
 ==Preview: God is fully worthy of honor, yet we fail to show him proper honor. Nevertheless, God has chosen to love us and so we should strive to show God honor.==
 ==Text: Malachi 1:1-14==

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 Instead of offering God their best, the people were offering God what was left-over. Moreover, since the people were expected to give their best in other areas of life (i.e. government) they knew how to give their best to God.
 ====In what is nothing short of sarcasm, Malachi calls not he people to beg God to accept their scraps.====
 ===Image: If we viewed giving like taxes===
 I want you to try something next year (actually I don't want you to do this at all because it will get you in a lot of trouble). Instead of paying your taxes, go out and spend the money first, then after you have enjoyed the little bit of extra money write a quick letter to the IRS and tell them that this year you just don't have enough money to pay your taxes. See how that works! It wont work, you will find yourself in a lot of hot water. Yet, so often, this is exactly what we do with tithing.

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 ==Motivation: God's love makes offering your best worthwhile. (2-6)==
-===God choses to love. (2)===
+===God's love is of first importance. (2)===
-===God's enemies defiantly resist God but that does not mean God will not act. (3-4)===
+====The Qal perfect אָהַ֤בְתִּי (I have loved you) really carries the idea "I have always loved you."====
 ===God is not bound by anything. (5)===
-===Image: ===
+In particular, God is not bound to work within a confined space. Here God invites the Israelites to look outside and realize that God is at work and in fact has been at work, will be at work, and his work is evidence of his love.
-===MTR: Spend some time praising God for his choice to love you.===
+===MTR: Spend some time praising God for his love to you.===
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