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Open your Bibles to the book of Malachi.

And we will try to move on from where we were a week ago.

Malachi.

Now I can't say it right.

Malachi, I think it's probably 30, 35 years ago.

I first heard somebody introduce Malachi as Malachi, the Italian prophet.

So that gem has stayed with me all these years.

I want to do, create somewhat of a context.

If every one of you were here last week, I would still create this context, just as a reminder

so that we can build on it for today, but also knowing that there are many just so transitional

that some of you were here, some or not.

The book of Malachi is a book of correction and a book of promise.

What's important for us in studying the Old Testament

is we need to learn prophetic language, so to speak.

We need to learn how meaningful Old Testament scripture

is to the New Testament Church.

I remind you that the early church, the Old Testament, is all they had until letters and

pistols were written to them. But what they had was the Old Testament.

Romans 15 says that these things, referring to the Old Testament, these things were written for our

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