Sermon Verses for the week of June 13, 2021

Mal 1:6   “A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master,                         Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have                     we despised Your name?’

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 Mal 1:7   “You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, ‘In what way have we defiled You?’ By saying, ‘The table of the LORD is                        contemptible.’

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 Mal 1:8   And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it                        then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?” Says the LORD of hosts.

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 Mal 1:9   “But now entreat God’s favor, That He may be gracious to us. While this is being done by your hands, Will He accept                       you favorably?” Says the LORD of hosts.

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 Mal 1:10   “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have                      no pleasure in you,” Says the LORD of hosts, “Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

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 Mal 1:11   For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place                            incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,” Says the                        LORD of hosts.

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 Mal 1:12   “But you profane it, In that you say, The table of the LORD[fn] is defiled; And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’

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 Mal 1:13   You also say, ‘Oh, what a weariness!’ And you sneer at it,” Says the LORD of hosts. “And you bring the stolen, the                             lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” Says the LORD.

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 Mal 1:14   “But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is                                     blemished  — For I am a great King,” Says the LORD of hosts, “And My name is to be feared among the nations.

Malachi 1:6-14