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Sunday, November 5, 2023
SERIES: “TOUGH LOVE \ TENDER MERCIES”
A STUDY IN MALACHI
LIVE: 11:00 AM EST
MESSAGE: AWAITING THE DAWN
Scripture: Malachi 4:1–6 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture Reading Colossians 1:15-20 ESV
Colossians 1 ESV and Audio
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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LIVE 11:00 AM EST
Sunday, November 5, 2023
SERIES: “TOUGH LOVE \ TENDER MERCIES”
A STUDY IN MALACHI
LIVE MESSAGE: AWAITING THE DAWN
Scripture: Malachi 4:1–6 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
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MESSAGE: AWAITING THE DAWN
Sunday, November 5, 2023
SERIES: “TOUGH LOVE, TENDER MERCIES”
A STUDY IN MALACHI
MESSAGE: AWAITING THE DAWN
Scripture: Malachi 4:1–6 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture: Malachi 4:1–6 ESV
Malachi 4 ESV and Audio
The Great Day of the Lord
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
SERMON NOTES
Sunday, November 5, 2023
SERIES: “TOUGH LOVE, TENDER MERCIES”
A STUDY IN MALACHI
LIVE MESSAGE: AWAITING THE DAWN
Scripture: Malachi 4:1–6 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
This final sermon from the book of Malachi is about hope. Hope is something we can’t live without. Hope gives us reason to endure. Hope lifts our eyes beyond the shadows to the dawning of the light.
And as the Book of Malachi draws to a close, it ends with a wonderous vision of hope. There’s been a lot of tough love in this book. God doesn’t pull His punches as He disciplines His beloved children. But His final word is full of tender mercies; He leaves hope ringing in the Israelite’s ears. Because hope breathes courage into our timid souls.
1) The Sun of Hope
In the Great and Awesome Day of the Lord, four things will happen: Evil will be vanquished forever; the earth will be banned, purged with fire; then upon the scorched ashes of the world that was, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings; and the righteous shall inherit the earth, set loose like bounding calves into the wide world of the New Creation.
One day the darkness will be way to the dawn.
This really is what the story of the Bible is all about. The Bible helps us see the profound depths of the darkness, because it also holds out resplendent heights of hope for the dawning of the light. The Bible helps us see the darkness of the crucifixion in resurrection light. And one day, the darkness will give way to the dawn. And healing shall come to all creation with the rising of the Sun of Hope.
2) The Soil of Hope
What difference does it make when this hope falls upon the soil of your life? When this hope rains down and sinks in how does it change us?
Endurance grows in the soil watered with hope.
Hope helps us look back to remember Whose we are. Hope helps us look ahead to all that God has promised us. Hope helps us look beyond to the glories that await us.
3) The Seed of Hope
All throughout the Bible, God is sowing this seed of hope of the world one day set to rights. These promises are sown in hope all over the Scriptures.
But the greatest seed of hope is found in Jesus Himself. Because in Jesus’ death and resurrection, we get a preview of what will one day happen to us and to all of creation.
Jesus is a microcosm of new creation hope. He’s a mini cosmos: Jesus is the firstborn of all creation; and he’s the firstborn from the dead.
Takeaway:
“Behold, I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”
Benediction
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ESV
1 Thessalonians 4 ESV and Audio
The Coming of the Lord
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
PASTOR TO PEOPLE
Whenever the calendar turns from October to November, my heart shifts toward Thanksgiving. As a culture, we often rush past Thanksgiving to embrace the merriment of Christmas. As much as I love Christmas, I think that is a huge mistake.
Spontaneous gratitude is one of the most obvious characteristics of a healthy soul. Gratitude cannot coexist with pride, or fear, or self-absorption of any kind. Gratitude is the soul’s reflexive response to grace. When grace falls on our lives, it prompts gratitude because we know we don’t deserve it. Grace humbles us to the ground, as our hearts brim with thankfulness. Grace dispels fear, reminding us that we are loved more than we ever knew. Grace draws us out of our selfishness, lifting our eyes to the horizon of the Giver. Without grace, our gratitude will always be forced. But when grace falls, gratitude flows from the heart with ease. Grace makes us grateful.
One of the ways we express our gratitude to God as a church family is through our Thanksgiving Offering. Every year we pause and give particular attention to the ways God has abundantly graced our lives above and beyond what we could ever have imagined. In light of His grace, we eagerly give an above-and-beyond offering to God in thanksgiving for all He has done for us. This year’s offering will go toward planting churches in Cuba and in Turkey, as well as responding to the basic humanitarian needs of migrant families here in Chicago. We give generously and with thanksgiving, because God has given so generously to us!
Would you please be praying about what part God would have you play in this year’s Thanksgiving Offering as we enter this month with gratitude?
Because we are loved, more than we know!
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