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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