Dynamic Life Baptist Ministries - Pastor Victor Clay

Sermon Title: Do You Honor God by Your Relationships?
Sermon Text: Malachi 2:10-16
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to Honor God's name, by Honoring relationships established by God.
Sermon Proposition: There are 3 relationships that believers can be guilty of profaning.

1. The profaning of human relationships. v10

   • The relationship with created people. v.10a (Gen 1:26-27)

   • The relationship with convenant people. v10b (Amos 3:2; Hosea 11:1)

   
   
   

2. The profaning of institutional relationships. v.11-13

   • The abomination of profaning Holy institutions. v.11

   • Marriage (Genesis 2:24-25)

   • Family (Genesis 1:28)

   • Church (Matthew 16:18)

   • Government (Romans 13:1-4)

   • The aftermath of profaning Holy institutions. v.12 (Neh. 13:23-31; Ezra 9:1-2, 9:13-15; Deut. 7:1-7)

   • The adultry of profaning Holy institutions. v.13 (2 Cor. 7:1; Deut. 10:12-13; 2 Cor. 6:14-18)

   
   
   

3. The profaning of marital relationships. v.14-16

   • The treachery of profaning marital relationships. v.14-15

   • The Witness

   • The Convenant

   • The Oneness

   • The Offspring

   • The Conclusion

   • The tragedy of profaning marital relationships. v.16 (James 4:1-4, 5-8; Matt. 5:31, 19:6-8)