Malachi: A Message For the Madness

Job 19:23 – “Oh that my words were now written Job 19:23 – “Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!”

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Malachi: A Message For The Madness “Mad About Darkness”

GENUINE: FEAR

Deuteronomy 4:10 – “Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.”

Biblical Fear: -Can be learned

Biblical Fear: -Can be learned - Can be taught

- Both come from the Word Biblical Fear: -Can be learned - Can be taught - Both come from the Word

Romans 10:17 – “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Proverbs 23 times in 31 chapters “FEAR” Proverbs 23 times in 31 chapters

GENUINE: FEAR FELLOWSHIP

39 times in New Testament alone “one another” 39 times in New Testament alone

Hebrews 10:25 – “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

GENUINE: FEAR FELLOWSHIP FOCUS

Proverbs 23:7 – “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee”

Philippians 4:8 – “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things”.

Elohim “great”- “mighty” God of Creation. Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” 1st name of God in the Bible.

Jehovah (Yaweh) “the self- existing one” It is the name of God applied only to the True God. God of The Promises God of The Covenant The Great I Am

Adonai “master”- “Sovereign Lord” Genesis 15:2 – “And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”

Genesis 17:1-2 – “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.” El-Shaddai

Genesis 14:20 – “And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.” El-Elyon

Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. El-Owlam

“The Lord Will Provide” Genesis 22:14 – “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”

“Jehovah- Rapha” Exodus 15:26 – “And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”

“The Lord is My Banner” Exodus 17:15-16 – “And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

“The Lord is My Peace” Judges 6:24 – “Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”

“Jehovah-Tsidkenu” Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

“ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” “Jehovah-Rah” Psalms 23:1 “ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

“Jehovah-Shammah” Ezekiel 48:35 – “It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.”

“Jehovah-Tsaba (Sabaoth)” 1 Samuel 1:3 – “And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.”

GENUINE: FEAR FELLOWSHIP FOCUS

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 God pays attention when we respond correctly.

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 When approached properly He hears every word we say.

1st John 5:14-15 – “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him”

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 God has A Book of Remembrance

Psalms 56:8 – “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”

Matthew 12:37 – “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned”

Isaiah 30:8 – “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever”

Revelation 20:12 – “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”.

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 God has JEWELS!

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 He protects those who fear Him

Principles from Malachi 3:16-18 God will convince

Philippians 2:10 – “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth”

GENUINE: FEAR FELLOWSHIP FOCUS

Psalms 51:9 – “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities”

Colossians 2:13-14 – “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross”

Malachi: A Message For The Madness “Mad About Darkness”

GENUINE: FEAR FELLOWSHIP FOCUS