Mo. 11/17/14: Malachi 1:2 –
3 What was proof of
God’s love?
“I
have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet
you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was
not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says
the Lord.
“Yet
Jacob I have loved; But Esau I have hated,
And
laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For
the jackals of the wilderness.”
What was proof of God’s love? Israel was God’s
chosen people.
Tu. 11/18/14: Malachi 3:8 –
9 What was God
robbed of?
“Will
a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me!
But
you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In
tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse,
For
you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
What was God robbed of? God was not given
tithes and offerings.
We. 11/19/14: Malachi 3:13
– 14 What did God’s
people say about Him?
“Your
words have been harsh against Me,”
Says
the Lord, “Yet you say,
‘What
have we spoken against You?’
You
have said, ‘It is useless to serve God;
What
profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And
that we have walked as mourners
Before
the Lord of hosts?
What did God’s
people say about Him? There is no present reward for following God.
Th. 11/20/14: Hebrews 3:12
– 13 What are we
cautioned to beware of?
Beware,
brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing
from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,”
lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin.
What are we cautioned to beware of? An evil
heart of unbelief in yourself.
Fr. 11/21/14: Hebrews 6:11
– 12 What is desirable in
God’s people?
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish,
but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
What is desirable in God’s people? God’s people
should be diligent to the end.