2. Not going to bore you with a map and laser pointer—but with a graph and laser pointer
Trij-oo-uhm (like the tridge in Sanford)

3. The righteousness that:
Week 1: Jeremiah 33:14-16
The righteousness that:
enables us
2. frees us
3. empowers us
The coming of “the LORD our righteousness

4. Week 2: Malachi (Luke, Revelation)
What is it?

5. “Hope involves a vision for how to move forward (pathway) and the motivation to get there (agency)”
(McMinn, Mark R.. The Science of Virtue: Why Positive Psychology Matters to the Church (p. 125). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition).

6. Who are the recipients of hope?

9. The Fall of Humankind
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made”
(Immanuel Kant “Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose” Sixth Proposition qtd in Brooks. "The Road to Character"p.11)

10. HOPE
Direction

12. HOPE
Messages of directional hope to those in the state of spiritual …
Direction

13. I. Apathy

14. I. Apathy
Messenger:
Malachi
"Far more ominous than the economic and political hardships the people faced was their spiritual distress"
(Stuart. "The Minor Prophets" vols 3 ed. McComiskey p1254).
context

15. I. Apathy
"The earlier era of hope had yielded to a widespread attitude of disaffection with faith in Yahweh. The people to whom Malachi preached were saying, in effect, 'God doesn't seem to care anymore. And if he doesn't care, why should we?'"
(Stuart. "The Minor Prophets" vols 3 ed. McComiskey p1255).

16. I. Apathy
"See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years.
Malachi 3:1-4

17. I. Apathy
Return to me

18. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
I. Apathy
Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:7

19. I. Apathy
“So one of the most important things God does in the process of growth is to send us his Spirit of truth. He is always showing us the truth about ourselves, about life, about relationships, about God and his Word, and about our path. The Spirit convicts us when we are wrong, teaches us when we need it, guides us when we need to see the path, and shows us how to get there”
(Cloud, Henry. How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth (p. 106). Zondervan. Kindle Edition).

20. Father Gabriel Richard 1767-1832
I. Apathy
Father Gabriel Richard

21. I. Apathy

22. I. Apathy

23. “We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes.”
I. Apathy
“We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes.” 

24. Apathy
Pedigree

25. II. Pedigree
Messenger
John the Baptist
Luke 3

26. II. Pedigree
John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." "What should we do then?" the crowd asked.
Luke 3:7-10
context

27. (Bock. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series: Luke p.70).
II. Pedigree
"To come to Jesus we must come on his terms, not through a pedigree or by association with a certain organization"
(Bock. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series: Luke p.70).
context

28. II. Pedigree
“Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system….An intellectual assent to that idea is held to be of itself sufficient to secure remission of sins…
. . .Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate”
(Bonhoeffer "The Cost of Discipleship" p44-45).
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

29. II. Pedigree
Repentance.

30. II. Pedigree
John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." "What should we do then?" the crowd asked.
Luke 3:7-10
context

31. Apathy
Pedigree
Poverty

32. III. Poverty
Messenger
Jesus
Rev 3

33. III. Poverty
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation 3:14-18

34. III. Poverty
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation 3:14-18

35. III. Poverty
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation 3:14-18

36. III. Poverty
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation 3:14-18

37. III. Poverty
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm-- neither hot nor cold-- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Revelation 3:14-18

38. III. Poverty
Open the Door

39. III. Poverty
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:19-20

40. III. Poverty
"We shut Him out when we succumb to the temptation to trust other sources for life - money, possessions, and human remedies for our happiness. In our failure to repent we miss His grace in our lives. That grace frees us to become zealous to choose God's ways more intentionally, and then we experience the presence of Christ more profoundly. The promise of eating with Him implies the deepest fellowship that Christians can enjoy in God's company"
(Marva J. Dawn. Joy in Our Weakness: A Gift of Hope from the Book of Revelation (Kindle Locations ). Kindle Edition).

41. What is my spiritual condition? Which direction do I need to go?
Call to Faith
What is my spiritual condition?
Which direction do I need to go?