Dynamic Life Baptist Ministries - Pastor Victor Clay

Sermon Title: Do You Honor God by Your Worship? Part II
Sermon Text: Malachi 2:1-9
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to evaluate themselves in light of the evidence and results of dishonorable worship.
Sermon Proposition: There are 4 disturbing signs of dishonorable worship of God. (1 Peter 2:5; Rom. 12:1; Eph. 2:18; Rev. 1:5-6; Job 1:5)

1. The pronouncement of a curse from God. v.1-2

   • The failure to take God's Honor seriously. v.1a-2

   • The failure to enjoy God's Blessing. v.2b (Deut. 27:15-26; Num. 6:23-27; Job 1:5; Num. 18:21)

   
   
   

2. The penalty of a curse from God. v.3-4a

   • The disgrace of the priest in order to shake complacency. v.3a

   • The humiliation of the priest in order to shake complacency. v.3b-4a (Deut. 28:15-20, 22-25; Ezekiel 34:1-10)

   
   
   

3. The purpose of a curse from God. v.4b-7

   • To turn backsliders to persistent adoration that honors God. v.4b-5

   • To turn backsliders to persistent actions that honors God. v.6

   • To turn backsliders to persistent activities that honors God. v.7 (Ezekiel 34:11-16; 1 John 2:7-11; John 13:34-35; Matt. 22:37-40; 2 John 5-6)

   
   
   

4. The proof of a curse from God. v.8-9

   • The 1st proof is a lack of visible fellowship. v.8

   • The 2nd proof is a lack of visible fruitfulness. v.9 (Heb. 12:7-11; James 1:2-4)