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Lesson Summary:

Malachi announces the coming of the Messiah to judge and rebukes the people for robbing God.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Refiner’s Fire: The Coming of Messiah (Malachi 2:17-3:5)

Principle: Only those whom God Purifies will be able to Stand with Him.
Application: Have you complained about God’s actions without considering your own sin? How prepared are you for the coming of the Day of the Lord?
Scripture Reference

¹¹For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
¹²instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
¹³looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
¹⁴who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Titus 2:11-14 (NASB)

II. Redeeming Grace: The Call to Return to God (Malachi 3:6-12)

Principle: God’s People Rejoice in Honoring Him with their Wealth.
Application: How does your attitude about giving to the Lord need to change? What does it reflect in terms of your relationship with Him?
Scripture Reference

⁶Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
⁷Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
⁸And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;
2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (NASB)