Life At The Ridge

As we read of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem on what is known as Palm Sunday we encounter three different groups of people in the crowd. Jesus came as the King but do we accept Him as such?

In the garden Jesus prays to His Father. He tells His disciples that they need to keep watch.

What do grapes have to do with our Lord's passion? These were some of his list intimate words our Lord spoke with His disciples the night before His crucifixion and death.

Christ's passion is set before us in these 10 verses. This is the last week of his life. The cross is now imminent, perhaps three days away. Everything is coming to a close. There are 4 word’s that will help us capture his passion as Christ is exalted and lifted up.

This is our last message out of Malachi. So far we’ve seen God exposing and confronting the apathetic, insincere and loveless worship of his people. Today you will see a difference. What Malachi will be focusing on here in his last message is all about the second coming of Christ.

God's people had become spiritually apathetic. Their response to God's indictments was "we're fine" "no problem here". God shows them ways to reveal to the people that they had become spiritually apathetic.

"God you delight in evil!" "Where is the God of justice?" Israel was saying all the wrong things about who God was and in turn God told them through Malachi that their words were wearisome to Him. Their words revealed a deeper problem and that was their hypocrisy. Is there any hope? Yes through God's messenger who will come.

Are we faithful in our relationships? How will we know if we are? Malachi addresses the peoples faithless relationships and shows them the sin that they had committed against each other but ultimately God.

God's disgust with the way His people were worshiping Him, was in direct connection with the priests. The priests were not leading the people spiritually and with integrity. Today the church is to be led by godly spiritual men and there are some very good reminders here out of Malachi that can help the church know how the spiritual leaders should be leading.

The priests were allowing the people to bring polluted sacrifices for worship. God was very displeased in their worship. Their response was "How have we despised you?" In essence their sacrifices they were using was a reflection of what they thought of God. They had lost respect for God.

Malachi's message to God's people was how they had grown cold to God's love.

What message does the book of Malachi have for us who live in 2024? Surprisingly his message is very applicable for us who know Christ. This is an introduction to the book of Malachi.

How many days are you going to live? What will your life consist of? Moses gives us a life lesson at the end of his life out of Psalm 90.

What is the Day of the Lord? What will happen? What can we learn from what Scripture teaches about this very important event?

What is your picture of Heaven? What is it that we hope in? What does it mean to believe in the hope of Heaven?

What does it mean to believe in the crucifixion and resurrection? What does the crucifixion and resurrection mean for the believer in Christ?

What does it mean to believe in the name of Jesus Christ? What does His name mean for those who believe and those who don't?

Psalm 111 is overflowing with thanks to God for His works. The Psalmist not only gives thanks with his lips but with his whole heart. How can we give thanks to God that is heart felt and with our whole heart?

What can we give thanks for? Psalm 92 helps us understand who God is and why we should give Him thanks.

Psalm 86 is a prayer of David. Throughout this Psalm David gives praise and thanksgiving to the only true God.