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Malachi:A Message

For the Madness

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Malachi:A

Message For The

Madness

M a d

A b o u t:

“Mad About

Repentance”

Malachi:A Message

For The Madness

OUR GOD:

Communicates-

Restores-

Initiates-

Changes Not

“Mad About

Repentance”

Malachi:A Message

For The Madness

Repentance:

What is it? -

Why do I need it?

-

How do Iget it?

Repentance:

- What is it?

-

Repentance:

A simultane

ous turning

from somethin

g, to somethin

g else.

- What is

it? -

“Turn” or “Return”:

A simultane

ous turning

from somethin

g, to somethin

g else.

Over 1100 times in O.T.!

Matthew 21:28-29 – “But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to

the first, and said, Son, go work to day in

my vineyard. He answered and said, I

will not: but afterward he repented, and

went.”

Exodus 13:17 – “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of

the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure

the people repent when they see war, and they return to

Egypt”

Repentance: Mind

Attitude Direction

Action etc…

- What is

it? -

CHANGE

Genesis 6:6 – “And it repented the

LORD that he had made man on the

earth, and it grieved him at his

heart.”

• Exodus 32:14 – “And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto

his people.”

• Judges 2:18 – “And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the

judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies

all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and

vexed them.”

We see

GOD’s:

Care

Repentance: Mind

Attitude Direction

Action etc…

- What is

it? -

CHANGE

We see

GOD’s:

Care-

Character

Numbers 23:19 – “God is not a man, that he

should lie; neither the son of man, that he

should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do

it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it

good?”

Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus Christ the same

yesterday, and to day, and for

ever.”

James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh

down from the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of

turning.”

We see

GOD’s:

Care-

Character-

Consistency

•Psalms 110:4 – “The LORD hath sworn, and will

not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the

order of Melchizedek.”

•Psalms 132:11 – “The LORD hath

sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy

body will I set upon thy throne.”

• Jeremiah 4:28 – “For this shall the earth

mourn, and the heavens above be

black: because I have spoken it, I have

purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from

it.”

We see

GOD’s:

Care-

Character-

Consistency

- Compelling

Ezekiel 33:11 – “Say unto them, As I live, saith the

Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his

way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O

house of Israel?”

We see

GOD’s:

Care-

Character-

Consistency

- Compelling

•2nd Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slack

concerning his promise, as some men count

slackness; but is longsuffering to us-

ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should

come to repentance.”

Repentance: A

simultaneous

turning from

something, to

something else.

- What is

it? -

CHANGE

Repentance:

-Why do I need it?

-

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

• Jeremiah 26:3 – “If so be they will

hearken, and turn every man from his

evil way, that I may repent me of the

evil, which I purpose to do unto them

because of the evil of their doings.”

• Jeremiah 26:13 – “Therefore now amend

your ways and your doings, and obey the

voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of

the evil that he hath pronounced against

you.”

• Jeremiah 26:19 – “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD

repented him of the evil which he had

pronounced against them? Thus might we

procure great evil against our souls.”

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

Joel 2:13 – “And rend your heart, and not your garments, and

turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great

kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.”

2nd Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, which are

called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,

and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and

will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”.

James 4:8 – “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye

double minded.”

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

Goodness-

Romans 2:4 – “Or despisest thou the

riches of his goodness and forbearance and

longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”

• Isaiah 55:6-7 – “Seek ye the LORD while he may be

found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him

return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon

him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

Goodness-

Godliness-

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

Goodness-

Godliness-

Grace

• 2nd Corinthians 7:8-10 – “For though I made you sorry with a

letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though

it were but for a season. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made

sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the

world worketh death.”

Repentance:

Repentance opens the door

to blessing, restoratio

n and provision.

- Why do

I need it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

Goodness-

Godliness-

Grace

Repentance:

-How do Iget it?

-

Repentance:

Allow The Spirit of God to

IDENTIFY the point of needed change in your life.

- How do

I get it ?

-

We see

GOD’s:

Care-

Character-

Consistency

- Compelling

We see

GOD’s:

Goings-

Goodness-

Godliness-

Grace

“Mad About

Repentance”

Malachi:A Message

For The Madness