The Very Best: Refiner's Fire

Message based on Malachi 2:17 - 3:6.Our God is a consuming fire. We endure discipline and the refining process that strengthens us. From seeking righteousness to understanding God's desire for acceptable sacrifices, we examine passages from the Bible, including Malachi and Peter. In our exploration, we challenge the notion of a God who only prioritizes our happiness, emphasizing the significance of right relationships and helping those in need. Delve with us into the depths of spiritual refinement, and explore what it truly means to embrace the refining fire.Quotes:George Whitefield prayed: O may God put me into one furnace after another, that my soul may be transparent; that I may see God as he is.C. S. Lewis: What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?’ We want, in fact, not so much a Father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven — a senile benevolence who, as they say, ‘liked to see young people enjoying themselves,’ and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, ‘a good time was had by all.’Angus Reid poll: asked 1,528 Canadians for their moral perspectives on a wide variety of issues. Among the findings: while 51% thought that using plastic straws is always or usually morally wrong, only 20% thought the same of “doctor-assisted dying” and just 26% for abortion.To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist