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THE HARDEST RETURN IN THE
WORLDMalachi 3:7
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed
tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all
uncleanness.Matthew 23:27 NKJV
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”I. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR
WAY" WE LEAVE GOD ON OUR TERMS
I. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LEAVE GOD ON
OUR TERMS
A. You Are Gone Away
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his
servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children
of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at
Jerusalem.
II Samuel 11:1 KJV
Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman
among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people,
that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she looks
good to me.”
Judges 14:3 NASB
I. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LEAVE GOD ON
OUR TERMS
B. You Have Not Kept My
Ordinances (Or Laws)
They continue this day according to
Your ordinances, For all are Your servants.
Psalm 119:91 NKJV
Your first father sinned; those I
sent to teach you rebelled against
me.Isaiah 43:27 NIV
And He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the
children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has
rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have
transgressed against Me to this very day.
Ezekiel 2:3 NKJV
I. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LEAVE GOD ON
OUR TERMS
C. You Have Done This From
The Days Of Your Fathers
And those of you who are left shall waste away in
their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their
fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall
waste away.
Leviticus 26:39 NKJV
For the Lord loves justice,And does not forsake His
saints; They are preserved forever, But the
descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 37:28 NKJV
You will not be joined with them in burial,Because you have destroyed your landAnd slain your people. The
brood of evildoers shall never be named.
Prepare slaughter for his childrenBecause of the iniquity of their
fathers,Lest they rise up and possess the land,And fill the face of the world
with cities.
Isaiah 14:20-22 NKJV
Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist, but
we bear their punishment.
Lamentations 5:7 HCSB
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those
who hate Me,but showing mercy to thousands, to
those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Exodus 20:5-6 NKJV
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”II. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR
WAY" WE RETURN TO GOD “OUR WAY”
II. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE RETURN TO
GOD “OUR WAY”
A. You Return Unto
Me
III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE RETURN TO
GOD “OUR WAY”
B. I Will Return Unto
You
You have wearied the Lord with your words; Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say,
“Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the Lord, And He delights in them,” Or,
“Where is the God of justice?” Malachi 2:17 NKJV
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and
refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring
offerings in righteousnessMalachi 3:3 NKJV
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR
WAY" WE LIVE A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION
III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LIVE A LIFE OF
FRUSTRATION
A. But You Say, Wherein
…?
III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LIVE A LIFE OF
FRUSTRATION
B. Wherein Shall We Return?
III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS "OUR WAY" WE LIVE A LIFE OF
FRUSTRATION
C. These People In Malachi’s Day Were Outwardly
Spiritual
Turn us O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger
toward us to cease.
Psalm 85:4 NKJV
Turn us back to You, O Lord, and
we will be restored; Renew
our days as of oldLamentations 5:21 NKJV
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’
and not do what I tell you?Luke 6:46 NLT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”
I. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY” WE LEAVE GOD ON OUR TERMS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”
II. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY” WE RETURN TO GOD “OUR WAY”
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY?”
III. WHEN WE ARE RELIGIOUS “OUR
WAY” WE LIVE A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION