Wealth and Blessing

Malachi 3:6-12 ESV

Main Question: What does God say about my money?

Everything is God’s Malachi 3:6-8
1. He has the

to do what He chooses.
2. Israel’s

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is not their own, it is God’s.
3. Our

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is not our own, it is God’s.

Old Covenant: also known as the

Covenant or the

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. God gave His perfect standard to His people in the Law, and called them to obedience. God’s people are characterized by an inability to obey the Law.

New Covenant: Jesus Christ was perfectly obedient to God the Father; fulfilling the

on behalf of God’s people. God’s people are characterized by

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in Jesus Christ, by the righteousness they receive from Christ, and by the new heart/life they receive from the Holy Spirit.

Blessing and Curse in the Old Covenant Malachi 3:9-12
1. Disobedience =

2. Obedience =

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3. Verse 10 does not make God a

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vending machine.

Blessing and Curse in the New Covenant Galatians 3:10-14
1. Disobedience =

2. Christ’s obedience + faith = blessing +

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obedience
3. The

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of Christ are eternal and unmatched in glory.

Give out of Love 2 Corinthians 8:1-9
1. Giving is motivated by love that comes from

.
2. New Covenant giving is marked by

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and

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.
3. Our money, and

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, are God’s, we are just the

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.