Getting Back to Personal Holiness

Introduction:


Letting God Deal with My Sin

  1. You can be Refined. (Mal 3:1-4)

  2. Review: 2 Corinthians 5:21 | Ephesians 4:30 | 1 Thessalonians 5:19


  3. ...or you can be Judged. (Mal 3:5)

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read Malachi 2:17-3:5

  1. In your own words, summarize the problems stated in Mal 2:17. How do you see these same problems in our culture?

  2. How would you summarize God’s answer (Mal 3:1-5) to the questions in Mal 2:17?

  3. What does it mean that God is a refiner (Mal 3:2-3)? How does God refine His people? How will God ultimately refine all His people (Mal 3:3-4)?

Breakout Questions:

What areas need "burned" off of you to make you more like Christ?
Go around, state the area needing refined, and pray over these things.