Proving God

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God called His people to return to Him. These people had become wayward like their fathers before them. God invited them to return and be welcomed by Him. Listen as Pastor Leger teaches from Malachi about proving God.

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Proving God

Let’s look to the book of Malachi this morning. ()
Malachi 3:7–11 NKJV
7 Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’ 8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;
A. God called these people to return to Him. (v. 7)
1. These people had become wayward like their fathers before them.
2. God invited them to return and be welcomed by Him
B. They played dumb before God.
1. “In what way shall we return?”
2. What have we done?
C. The dynamic dialogue reveals their sin.

God Questions and Answers (8)

Malachi 3:8 NKJV
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
1. “Will a man rob God?”
a. God anticipates their answer of innocence.
b. “In what way have we robbed you?”
2. The shocking answer was, “In tithes and offerings”
3. Tithes and offerings had been taught to them for generations.
a. Abraham gave tithes before the law was given )
Hebrews 7:4 NKJV
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.
b. Jacob gave tithes ()
Genesis 28:18–22 NKJV
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21 so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God. 22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”
c. Tithes were commanded in the law ()
Deuteronomy 12:6 NKJV
6 There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
4. These people had knowingly been robbing God (v. 8)
Malachi 3:8 NKJV
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
5. Have we been withholding what we owe to the Lord?

God Challenges and Promises (v. 10)

Malachi 3:10 NKJV
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
1. “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse” For us this is the local church.
a. To obey this command demanded faith
b. How would they meed the needs of their families?
2. A divine challenge came with an unfailing promise
a. God challenges His people to prove Him
b. Fulfilling His promise will be the proof of His faithfulness.
3. What would accepting God’s challenge bring?
a. He would open the windows of heaven and bless them.
b. His blessings would be more than they could contain
4. Have you ever accepted God’s challenge of blessing?
5. Have you proved the faithfulness of God?

God Comforts and Guarantees (v. 11)

Malachi 3:11 NKJV
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;
1. “I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes”
a. They could put away their fears of committing fully.
b. God would reward them with more than they could imagine.
2. God’s guarantee would protect them from disaster.
a. Their fears of not having enough would never materialize.
b. Bountiful blessings would result from proving God by faith.
Conclusion:
A. What have you been holding back from God?
B. Risk all by proving God and find Him faithful.
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