WHEN GOD NEITHER REGARDS NOR RECEIVES

MALACHI 2:10-17

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE COMMONALITIES [v. 10]

1. Common Heritage [Matthew 3:9]

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Matthew 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

2. Common Creation [Acts 17:22-32]

3. Common Problem [Romans 5:12]

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

II. THE CRIMINALITY [v. 11-13]

1. The Wicked Charge [v. 11]

2. The Weep-weary Consequence [v. 12-13]

3. The Widespread Corruption [v. 12-13]

III. THE CRITICALITY [v. 14-17]

1. God’s Purpose for Marriage [v. 14-15]

2. God’s Hatred for Divorce & Domestic Violence [v. 16]

3. God’s Weariness for Hypocrisy [v. 17]

Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.