Church notes - 27th June 2021
Isaiah 32:9 - 20
Malachi 1, 2
There are going to be disappointments and setbacks.
Identifying what we need to change.
Confronting complacency.
Complacent about God's love.
vs 1:2
They were doubting God's love.
They were looking for something more.
1:5
See what God is doing. This is what God is doing. Look beyond your disappointment. See Jesus on the Cross, dying for your sins.
Complacent in worship.
vs 6 - 8
Disrespecting God.
Worship is about God and our love for Him.
Deuteronomy 15:21
Malachi 1:11
Has our worship and service of God become a tiresome burden?
We need to give God our best!
vs 14
Psalm 96:8, 9
Complacency in Marriage vows.
Malachi 2:11
Marriage is a covenant.
Deuteronomy 7:3
Malachi 2:!3
God is witness to the marriage covenant.
More than two people.
Divorce is "breaking faith" with your spouse.
We are God's property by creation.
God hates divorce.
Malachi 2:16
God Abhor's marital violence.
The desire for divorce is a spiritual problem.
We need to affirm and build the marital relationship.
Divorce and marital violence hinder our prayers
1 Peter 2:7
We should not be complacent. Marriage is a covenant, which reflects the covenant God has with us.