Southview Baptist Church
Consider Your Ways: Honor God
Pastor Nathan Wakefield begins the Malachi portion of the Consider Your Ways sermon series. This week, we must recognize that honoring God does not come from outside, but emanates from within the heart of the one who is willing to give their best to their master. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
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Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Principle 1: God is worthy of honor and his people regularly fail to show that honor. (6‑9)
• Showing honor to God is a natural, expected response to the God of the universe. (6a)
• When you offer anything less than your best you fail to show honor. (6b‑7)
• We know how to give our best so give it to God. (8‑9)
Action: Evaluate your own efforts, does it represent your best?
• Showing honor to God is a natural, expected response to the God of the universe. (6a)
• When you offer anything less than your best you fail to show honor. (6b‑7)
• We know how to give our best so give it to God. (8‑9)
Action: Evaluate your own efforts, does it represent your best?
2. Principle 2: A wrong heart and anything less than your best is not really any better than doing nothing. (10‑14)
• Wrong sacrifice is just as bad as no sacrifice and maybe worse. (10)
• God does not need sacrifice to receive honor, after all, He is God! (11)
• Sacrifice with the wrong heart profanes the sacrifice. (12‑13a)
• Sacrifice with less than the best is a cheat. (13b‑14)
Action: Ask God to soften your heart.
• Wrong sacrifice is just as bad as no sacrifice and maybe worse. (10)
• God does not need sacrifice to receive honor, after all, He is God! (11)
• Sacrifice with the wrong heart profanes the sacrifice. (12‑13a)
• Sacrifice with less than the best is a cheat. (13b‑14)
Action: Ask God to soften your heart.
3. Motivation: God's love makes offering your best worthwhile. (2‑6)
• God's love is of first importance. (2)
• Even though some might doubt God's ability to honor his promises, his promise was secure. (3‑4)
• God is not bound by anything. (5)
Action: Spend some time praising God for his love to you.
• God's love is of first importance. (2)
• Even though some might doubt God's ability to honor his promises, his promise was secure. (3‑4)
• God is not bound by anything. (5)
Action: Spend some time praising God for his love to you.
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