Are You Living Under A Curse?
Darrow Perkins
Malachi 3:7-9
INTRODUCTION: I watch television on a regular basis and some years ago I watched a movie called, "The Color Purple." It's a story about a woman named Ms. Celie who lived a very timid and sheltered existence, almost to the point that she does not exist at all in the eyes of some people. Growing up, she's abused by family members which caused her to go deeper and deeper into timidity and low to no self-esteem. When she's old enough, she spends her time primarily taking care of husband, who she calls "Mister" who mistreats and belittles her, thus treating her like a piece of property instead of treating her like a person.
What were some of the things he did to her?
- He used her;
- He abused her;
- He beat upon her;
- He mistreated her;
- He disregarded her;
- He belittled her;
- He ignored her;
- He took advantage of her; and,
- He disrespected her to name a few!
Towards the end of the movie, Ms. Celie had had enough of "Mister" and told him about himself. He tried to hit her one time and Ms. Celie raised her hand to him in such a way as to express her disgust of him and proceeded to "curse" him for his previous actions and behavior. Notice what I said, she proceeded to "curse" him for his previous actions and behaviors. In other words, he brought this "curse" upon himself and she proclaimed that whatever he did in the future would fail and not succeed because of how he treated her in the past! All she wanted was for him to treat her like the woman and the human being that she was, yet he treated her just the opposite. (I'm going somewhere with this!)
That scenario sounds a lot like our text today in which the nation of Israel was treating the God of their salvation and deliverance inappropriately, and were doing things just the opposite of His commands and expectations. God told them what the expectation was, yet they decided to do just the opposite and God proclaimed a ...
Darrow Perkins
Malachi 3:7-9
INTRODUCTION: I watch television on a regular basis and some years ago I watched a movie called, "The Color Purple." It's a story about a woman named Ms. Celie who lived a very timid and sheltered existence, almost to the point that she does not exist at all in the eyes of some people. Growing up, she's abused by family members which caused her to go deeper and deeper into timidity and low to no self-esteem. When she's old enough, she spends her time primarily taking care of husband, who she calls "Mister" who mistreats and belittles her, thus treating her like a piece of property instead of treating her like a person.
What were some of the things he did to her?
- He used her;
- He abused her;
- He beat upon her;
- He mistreated her;
- He disregarded her;
- He belittled her;
- He ignored her;
- He took advantage of her; and,
- He disrespected her to name a few!
Towards the end of the movie, Ms. Celie had had enough of "Mister" and told him about himself. He tried to hit her one time and Ms. Celie raised her hand to him in such a way as to express her disgust of him and proceeded to "curse" him for his previous actions and behavior. Notice what I said, she proceeded to "curse" him for his previous actions and behaviors. In other words, he brought this "curse" upon himself and she proclaimed that whatever he did in the future would fail and not succeed because of how he treated her in the past! All she wanted was for him to treat her like the woman and the human being that she was, yet he treated her just the opposite. (I'm going somewhere with this!)
That scenario sounds a lot like our text today in which the nation of Israel was treating the God of their salvation and deliverance inappropriately, and were doing things just the opposite of His commands and expectations. God told them what the expectation was, yet they decided to do just the opposite and God proclaimed a ...
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