Sermon: Convenient Faith (Cheap Faith series)

No one likes an inconvenience. We would rather not have to make difficult decisions between community events and church. We'd rather not have to sacrifice energy or sleep for prayer time or Bible study. Yet... here we are. As we look at Malachi, we can see how God feels towards his people who can't be bothered to give him the respect he's due. God is a God of love and compassion, but love and compassion at that level really insists that we show an ounce of reverence to a being capable of forgiving all our sins. As we look at how Malachi chastises the religious elite, we are faced with some hard questions: Do we give God our best? Are we willing to put him first? When we measure our actions against the calling God has placed on our lives, does it imply we serve a great and mighty God or a simple beggar who should be happy for the scraps we give him?