Grace Bible Church, of Seabrook, MD Sermons

Zephaniah. 1.14-2.3

1. Get Challenged, not Threatened (1.14-17)

2. Discover Who Your Real Master Is (1.18) 

3. Fight for Deliverance (2.1-3)
   Gather with God’s People
   Intend to Know God Intimately
   Implement Your Tools: Obedience, Righteousness, & Humility

1 Peter 4.7-19

1. Accept Politics

2. Stay Prophetic (1.1) “The Word of the Lord . . .”

3. Proclaim God’s Kingdom (1.2-13)

   1. Remember the Great Divorce Is Coming (1.2-3)

      1. See Acts 24.24-25 and Proverbs 25.28

   2. Start with the People of God (1.4-1.9) (1 Peter 4.7-19)

      1. Baal Worship (Syncretism) (1.4-7)

      2. Worldly Leaders (1.8)

      3. Superstitious/Occultic/Magical Practices (1.9)

      4. Violence and Fraud (1.9b)

   3. Understand Why We Set Ourselves up for Judgement (1.10-13)

Zephaniah 1.1-13

1. Accept Politics

2. Stay Prophetic (1.1)

3. Proclaim God’s Kingdom (1.2-13)

Malachi 3.16-4.6

1. Sign God’s Registry (3.16-18)

2. Prepare for the Great Divorce (4.1-3)

3. Listen to God’s Word (4.4)

4. Watch for YOUR Day of the Lord (4.5-6)

1 Corinthians 15.50-58

Malachi 3.13-18

1. Is Your Heart Hard toward God? (13)

2. Do You Know Where You Are Vulnerable? (14-15)

3. Who Do You Really Huddle with? (16)

4. Can you Persevere in Serving? (17-18)

Malachi 3.6-12

1. Start with God’s Character (6)

2. Return to Him (7)

3. Use Giving to Lead Your Heart (7b-8)

   1. The OT System (3-Fold Tithe)

   2. The NT Teaching (1 Cor 16.2; 2 Cor 8.1-8)

   3. The Example of Jesus (2 Cor 8.9; Luke 21.1-4)

   4. The Overarching Principle (Matt 6.19-34)

      Financial Giving Heals the Heart

4. Apply Malachi Accurately Today (8-12)

Philippians 2.1-15

1. Fix Your Own Attitude (1-5)

   Find What you Glory in (6a)
   Let That Glory Go (6b-7a)

2. Enter the Current System As a Servant (7b)
   Serve Even If It Kills You (8a)

3. Put Obedience above Understanding  (8b-11)
   This Demonstrates Humility
   Humility’s Self-Mastery Defeats Evil

4. Discover Pure Motivation (“Fear & Trembling”) (12-15)

   1. Sorcery

   2. Adultery

   3. Perjury

   4. Unjust Work Conditions/Wages

   5. Oppressing Widows & Orphans

   6. Harshness toward “Immigrants”

   7. No Fear of the Lord

      1. Confess God’s Word (Spirit)

         This Strengthens Your Spirit

      2. Confess Your Wounds (Psyche/Self)

         This Brings Authenticity & Healing

      3. Confess Your Bad Works (Sin Beast)

         This Creates Ownership, not Blaming

Malachi 2.17-3.5

1. Empathize with Joseph’s Story

2. Judge between Good and Evil (2.17)

3. Trust What Prophecy Reveals (3.1-4)

4. Discern Signs of Growing Evil (3.5)

   1. Sorcery

   2. Adultery

   3. Perjury

Revelation 3.14-19

1. Remain Faithful to God – Don’t Abandon Him (2.10) 

   1. Stop Making Marriage About Yourself (2.11-12)

   2. Get Woke - God Is Serious About Marriage (2.13)

   3. Fool Yourself, But God Isn’t Fooled (2.13-14)

   4. Recognize the Stakes – Marriage Is the Earthly Key (2.15)

2. Define Divorce Biblically (2.16)

3. Fulfill the Covenant of Marriage

   It Honors God.

   It Preserves Society.

   It Sanctifies You.

   Failure Is Catastrophic.

Malachi 2.10-16

1. Take a Step Back

   1. Examine Your Heart/Affections (Malachi 1) (Be careful – The Theory Determines the Experience!)

   2. Reset Your Thinking (Malachi 2.1-9) (This is the Priest/Mediator’s Primary Job!)

   3. Judge Your Behavior (Malachi 2.10- 3.15)

      1. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage (2.10-16)

      2. “Tolerating”/Condoning Bad Behavior (2.17-3.6)

      3. Financial Giving (3.7-12)

      4. Your Commitment to Ministry (3.13-15)

   4. Embrace God’s Intent (3.16-4.6)

2. Seek Wisdom Regarding Marriage

3. Fulfill the Covenant of Marriage

???? – Adam and Eve (Gen 1-2)

1800 BC – Isaac and Rebekah (Gen 24)

1400 BC – Moses authorizes divorce “for hardness of heart” (Deut 24; Ex 21)

710 BC – Israel Hardens Heart/Divorces. God grants certificate (Isa 50.1)

625 BC – Israel Divorces God through Adultery. God grants certificate (Jer 3.8)

430 BC – Malachi rebukes the One Who Divorces (Mal 2.10-16)

5 BC – Joseph almost divorces Mary (Matt 1)

30 AD – Jesus teaches on divorce (Matt 19)

55 AD – Paul teaches on divorce (1 Cor 7)