***How we perceive God influences how we worship Him*** Through their worship the whole world would know He is the GRAET King (Malachi 1:11, 14b). ***The people of Israel had become bored with God, and to them they were just fulfilling rituals and no relational worship*** Malachi was a Pre-Exilic prophet, the last OT Prophet, and after his prophesies, there was silence for 400 years until Jesus was born. Malachi 1:5 Great is the LORD, even beyond

***Also referred to as the Spirit of God, Spirt of Christ, Spirt of Truth or Spirit of Wisdom Romans 8:5 We should have our minds set on what the spirit desires. v6 Mind governed by flesh is death; mind governed by spirit is life and peace. v7 Mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God v8 Those in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. ***v9 Anyone who doesn’t have the spirit of Christ doesn’t belong to Christ. v11 The spirit that raised

1 Samuel 3:1 God’s word was rare in those days Genesis 3:8 God would walk in the Eden and have fellowship with Adam in the cool of the day. John 10 (Don’t go out of his sheepfold) v1 The thief and robber climbs over the wall or some other place to the sheepfold. The shepherd goes through the Door/Gate. v2 A shepherd is a protector and provider. v3 His sheep know his voice and pay attention to it. He calls his own sheep by name and leads out his

God would visit Adam and Eve in the cool of the day (Genesis 3) John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. **God is a great listener***we have become too busy to listen***Noise can come from the mind, media etc.** Jesus spent 40 days in silence or solitude (Luke 4) Ecclesiastes 3:7 There is a time to be silent Luke 5:16 He often withdrew to lonely places and prayed James 1:19 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to

Isaiah 9:2 / Matthew 4:16 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; and those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Why is this? Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called, “wonderful counsellor, mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace.” Isaiah 7:14 The son will be called Emmanuel John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness,

Cain’s problem with God started from the altar, for he had no respect for the altar. ***The condition of his heart was not right before God – He approached God without faith, and was un repentant *** The spirit of Cain: despises worship, sacrifice ***tries to kill the spirit of Abel (spirit of worship and sacrifice). The spirit of Abel acknowledges that a tenth of everything is Holy unto God*** John 17:3 To have eternal life is to know the only

Zerubbabel built the temple, then Ezra brought worship reforms, while Nehemiah built the broken wall of Jerusalem’s temple. Nehemiah means the Lord comforts. Nehemiah 1:3 – Back home there was great trouble [There was no protection for the wall had been broken], and disgrace [shame for Gates had been burnt with fire]. ***The work of a wall is to protect, and gates were the control points and justice was served there too. *** v4 Nehemiah sat down

a. Help comes even from the most unexpected Prophet Jeremiah had prophesied that the Israelites would stay in Babylon for 70 years (Jeremiah 25:11-14, 32:36-38). v1 After Cyrus king of Persi conquered Babylon, God moved [stirred, put in motion] his heart. **This was in order to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah *** For no word returns to God without being fulfilled – Isaiah 55:11*** After his heart was moved, he made a proclamation

What happened my bride? Jeremiah 2:2  I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me throughout the wilderness. v3 You were holy to the LORD v5 What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. v11 Has a nation ever changed its god’s? (Yet they are not gods at all). But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless

Hosea 9:10 – When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. **But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they love. Hosea 11:1-4 – When Israel was a child, I loved him and out of Egypt I called my son. v2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. **They sacrificed