The Final Word


Malachi 4:4-6

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Exposition

Introduction

  • Last book in our O.T.
  • Not Last book in the Hebrew O.T.
  • Last prophecy from God
  • Final Word from God

Exposition

  • vs. 4 – Remember
    • What? How? Why? (Deut. 6:4)
    • Law, statutes, judgments
    • Moses
  • vs. 5 – I will send- anticipate
    • Simeon, Anna, Zacharias, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist
    • What? How? Why?
    • Elijah
  • vs. 6 – Explanation in Luke 1:17
    • lest I come
      • a curse = ban = some that happened to Palestine when Israel came = destruction
      • depart from me, ye cursed
    • curse
      • justice in word ‘curse’
      • holiness in word ‘curse’
      • power in word ‘curse’
      • mercy/love in word ‘curse’
  • A contrast with the word curse – Rev. 22:21
    • Two final words- mutually dependent (cannot have one without the other)
    • Christ made law stronger and man more sinful
      • justice in word ‘grace’
      • holiness in word ‘grace’
      • power in word ‘grace’
      • mercy in word ‘grace’
      • love in word ‘grace’
  • Men believe in this order
  • Man will have one or the other
  • Same Lord will perform both
    • Will You Heed His Final Word?
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Published by Jeff Voegtlin

Dr. Jeff Voegtlin has been in Christian service for over twenty years. He is an associate pastor at Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana, and a Vice President of Fairhaven Baptist College. As conductor of the church and schools' orchestra program, and overseer of the educational program of the college, his teaching has helped to train hundreds of young adults to prepare for full-time ministry. After completing a bachelor's degree from Fairhaven Baptist College, he received a master's degree in Bible from Pensacola Christian College. In 2007, he completed the requirements to finish a doctor's degree in education from Bob Jones University. Dr. Voegtlin is available for seminars in instrumental and choral music practice and philosophy, for education seminars, and to preach and present the college ministry.