North Glencoe Baptist Church
Sunday, December 9, 2018 / Pastor Thom
Malachi 3:1-4 ESV
I. “”Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me.
a) Luke 3:7-10
b) Luke 3:15-17
Luke 3:7-10 ESV
Luke 3:15-17 ESV
II. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
a) Deuteronomy 18:15-16
Deuteronomy 18:15-16 ESV
“Consider the similarities presented between Moses and Jesus. Jesus is sent by God to deliver his people (Matt. 1:21), pursued as an infant by a murderous serpent-like king (Matt. 2:16), and spared in Egypt through providential means (Matt. 2:13). Next Jesus comes out of Egypt, enters the wilderness for forty days of testing (Matt. 4:1-11), and then goes up on a mountain to deliver a new law (Matt. 5:1-7:27). Matthew also tells us that Jesus is known to miraculously feed large crowds of people in desolate, wilderness-like places (Matt. 14:13-21) and is spotted by his disciples on a mountain with his face shining like the sun (Matt. 17:1-8). Sound familiar?"
Whitney Woollard
III. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
a) 2 Peter 3:8-14
b) We too need to be prepared!
1) Ephesians 1:13-14
2) Ephesians 5:15-18
2 Peter 3:8-14 ESV
Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV
Ephesians 5:15-18 ESV
IV. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.”