EPISODE · Jul 21, 2024 · 48 MIN
God’s Justice, Our Neighbouring
from RHCCC DTM Latest Sermon · host Pastor Jon Nip
God’s Justice, Our NeighbouringSpeaker: Pastor Jon NipScripture: Malachi 2:17-3:5You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask…—Malachi 2:17aBut you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.—Isaiah 43:24All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?—Malachi 2:17bIDENTIFIES & RESISTS FALSEHOODSI will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the LORD Almighty.—Malachi 3:1Malachi: “messenger of God.”REFINED BY HIS TRUTHGod’s justice is compassionateYet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!—Isaiah 30:18God’s justice refines and restoresFor he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. —Malachi 3:2-3God’s justice is for allBut who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? —Malachi 3:2So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice. —Malachi 3:5Devotion and worship to God is INCOMPATIBLE with injusticeWORKING FOR JUSTICE AND AGAINST INJUSTICELong for humility, conviction, and correctionListen and learn from the marginsLive out a holistic gospelLaying down ourselvesIf you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.—Matthew 19:17-19Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.—Matthew 19:21
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God’s Justice, Our NeighbouringSpeaker: Pastor Jon NipScripture: Malachi 2:17-3:5You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask…—Malachi 2:17aBut you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.—Isaiah 43:24All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?—Malachi 2:17bIDENTIFIES & RESISTS FALSEHOODSI will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the LORD Almighty.—Malachi 3:1Malachi: “messenger of God.”REFINED BY HIS TRUTHGod’s justice is compassionateYet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!—Isaiah 30:18God’s justice refines and restoresFor he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. —Malachi 3:2-3God’s justice is for allBut who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? —Malachi 3:2So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice. —Malachi 3:5Devotion and worship to God is INCOMPATIBLE with injusticeWORKING FOR JUSTICE AND AGAINST INJUSTICELong for humility, conviction, and correctionListen and learn from the marginsLive out a holistic gospelLaying down ourselvesIf you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.—Matthew 19:17-19Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.—Matthew 19:21
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