Delightful Land

Malachi 3:6-18

1. The same yesterday and today and forever.  Hebrews 13:8

• The Lord does not change, he will keep his promises and his precepts never go out of date. Malachi 3:6 
• We must not follow our culture, when it departs from biblical principles. 
• The prophet proclaimed that the people robbed God when they withheld their tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:8 

2. Tithes and offerings

• Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. “Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room for it.” Malachi 3:10
• Your crops will prosper; the pests will not take them nor will they cast their fruit. Malachi 3:11 
• Even from a distance people will be able to see that you are blessed! Malachi 3:12 

3. A future and a hope

• Those who fear the LORD will belong to God, and he will teat them as beloved children. Malachi 3:16-17 
• There will come a day when there will be a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. Malachi 3:18 
• In God We Trust.