Sermons About Covenant
God's Promises: Pregnant with Reality
God makes wonderful and certain promises to His people, but these promises are pregnant with time, hardship and contradiction. They are meant to build Gospel-based trust into our hearts rather than serve as "holy credit cards" that get us what we want when we want it. God's promises don't keep us from hard times, they get us through hard times.
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Path to Covenant #3
Glenn summarizes what it will mean to covenant with the Gathering Network ... and goes over the 3 loves and 4 commitments.
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Path to Covenant #2
Jordanne interviews Melissa on living a compassionate life both in Kansas City and Haiti.
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8/30/2009 The Book of Malachi 1:1-5 – A Fresh Word to the Church
2 Peter 1:16-21 Malachi 1:1-5
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The Promise and The Pieces
God's Promises to his children are unconditional because He performs the perfect work demanded.
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Lest We Be Scattered
Lest We Be Scattered - Introduction and Setup, Chapter 10 - The Curse of Babel - The Reverse of the Curse - Don't Reverse the Reverse of the Curse
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HONORING THE MARRIAGE COVENANT AND ENJOYING GOD'S FAVOR (Malachi 2:10-16 * Message #3/6) 08-23-09
INTRODUCTION TO TODAY’S MESSAGE: 1) Relevance to our Daily Lives: Understanding God’s beautiful and protective plan for marriage; Taking to heart the consequences of marital sins and the connection between spiritual growth & healthy marriages; and Enjoying God’s favor by supporting/living out godly marriages and by seeking reconciliation after divorce. 2) The Six Disputations in Malachi (appearing in chiasmic form): Chiasm: a literary structure with reoccurring themes and a common center (often used in Scripture). For example, instead of 6 topics being arranged in an outline form as “ABCDEF”, a chiasm might consist of three topics that are each repeated, in this order “ABCCBA” (or a variation of this such as “ABBABBA”). In the outline below, notice God’s disputes with Israel concern 3 topics, each mentioned twice: (Israel’s Experience of God; Israel’s Offerings; & Israel’s ungodliness). --> A. God’s Love & Israel’s Experience (1:1-5): The LORD rebukes Israel for doubting His love, and says they will proclaim His greatness when He judges their enemies; --> B. God’s Name & Israel’s Offerings (1:6 - 2:9): The LORD rebukes the priests for accepting Israel’s half-hearted, begrudging offerings that dishonor God’s name; --> C. God’s Favor & Godly Marriages (2:10-16): The LORD rebukes Israel for those men who have married women outside of the Jewish faith and for divorcing their Jewish wives, and consequently God withholds His favor from them; --> C’. God’s Justice & Godly Living (2:17 - 3:5): The LORD rebukes Israel for her ungodly living (adultery & social injustices) while Israel questions God’s justice (as evil doers seem to go unpunished), but God will purify His people & judge sinners; --> B’. God’s Faithfulness & Israel’s Offerings (3:6-12): The LORD rebukes Israel for giving offerings half-heartedly, begrudgingly, and assures His people that they will experience His faithful provisions if they return wholeheartedly to God; --> A’. God’s Promise & Israel’s Experience (3:13 - 4:6): The LORD rebukes Israel’s blasphemous complaints against Him (that it is futile to serve God), and He assures the faithful remnant that they will experience His promise of the coming blessing, because they are His treasured possession. 3) Two Reoccurring Phrases in Malachi: --> “The LORD of hosts” - Israel’s personal God (Yahweh) reigns over all; --> “… but you say…” - refers to the disputes Israel has against her God. HONORING THE MARRIAGE COVENANT: --> In light of God and His Creation (v10); --> Thru Our Covenant with God (vs10-12); --> As a Covenant between a Man and a Woman (vs13-15) [including Companionship & Oneness]; --> By Multiplying Godly Offspring (v15). ENJOYING GOD’S FAVOR: --> By Guarding our Spirits against Compromise (vs15-16); --> By Confronting Domestic Violence & Overcoming It (vs15-16) [see: the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233 Website: www.ndvh.org]; --> By Preserving Marriages and Finding Healing after Divorce (vs10-16).
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