Week 1: Getting Started Day 3: Asshur Revisited Matthew 4:12-17 As we went through the Old Testament we saw not only the Lord’s desires toward the fatherless, but also towards several other groups, specifically, strangers, widows, the oppressed and the poor and needy. These groups are found in the New Testament as well. In fact, …
NT 1:2 Lessons From A Man Who Eats Locusts
Week 1: Getting Started Day 2 – Lessons From A Man Who Eats Locusts Mark 1:1-8; Luke 1:11-17, Malachi 4:5,6; Luke 7:18-35; Malachi 3:1; John 1:23; Isaiah 40:3 John the Baptist is an interesting fellow. I mean, anyone who would wear camel skin and eat locusts is going to be an attention grabber. But, I …
NT 1:1 A Heart Unchanged
Week 1: Getting Started Day 1 – A Heart Unchanged: (Mark 1:1-8; Luke 1:11-17, Malachi 4:5,6; Luke 7:18-35; Malachi 3:1; John 1:23; Isaiah 40:3) Four hundred years. That’s a long time to live in silence, a long time not hearing from the One you love. That’s how long it had been for Israel. The God …
Green Bean Project Report
Four times, Psalm 107 says to praise the Lord for His wonderful works among the children of men. So, here goes! About a month ago I was starting to get a little panicked about the outcome of the Green Bean Project. We had about 22 days left in the project and I realized that the …
OT 9:4 The Final Word
Week 9: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4 – The Final Word: Malachi 4:5,6 Malachi ends with yet another prophecy of the ministry of John the Baptist. There seems to be some controversy surrounding the prophecy, but Scripture is really pretty clear if you just take the time to look it over. Jesus clearly …
OT 9:3 Robbing God
Week 9: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Robbing God (Malachi Cont’d): Malachi 3:7-17 Since Malachi only mentions the fatherless once, you might think that we should have been done with this yesterday, but we’re not. Why? Because the next section goes on to discuss something that directly affects them. This is why …
OT 9:2 Malachi and the Fatherless
Week 9: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – Malachi and the Fatherless: Malachi 3:1-6 Finally, we come to the climax of the book. The hook that keeps you waiting for the next installment: The promise of the Messiah and the one who will go before Him to prepare the way. “Behold, I will …
OT 9:1 (Malachi Cont’d) 1+1=1
Week 9: Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1: 1+1=1 (Malachi Cont’d) Solomon said that there is nothing new under the sun. He, of course, was right. One of today’s most frequently asked questions was also posed to Judah by Malachi: “Have we not all one father? hath not God created us? why do we …
OT 8:5 Dung on Your Face (Part 2) – Priests Gone Astray
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5 – Dung on Your Face (Part 2) –Priests Gone Astray: Malachi 2:1-9 The message of Malachi chapter two was written to the priests. God had made a covenant with the Levites, but they had “departed out of the way” (2:8). This passage addresses very clearly …
OT 8:4 Dung on Your Face
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4 – Malachi – Dung on Your Face: Malachi 2:1-3 This is a hard post for me to write, not because I don’t want to write it, but because I want to scream it from the housetops and know that I can’t. Imagine this scene, a …
