Give Your Best

I. TO GOD (Malachi 1:6-14)

A. The Propensity to Give Our Best (Malachi 1:6)

1. A son honoureth his father.
2. A servant honoureth or feareth his master.

B. The Best for the Best (Malachi 1:6)

1. If then I be a father, where is mine honour?
2. If I be a master, where is my fear?

C. The Temptation Exhibited (Malachi 1:7-14)

1. To give that which is less than best (Malachi 1:7-8)
a. Offering polluted bread (Malachi 1:7)
b. Offering the blind (Malachi 1:8)
c. Offering the lame and sick (Malachi 1:8)
2. To revere man above God (Malachi 1:8)
3. To require the best (Malachi 1:10)
4. To withhold the best (Malachi 1:14)

II. TO OTHERS (Colossians 3:17-23; see Mark 12:28-31)

A. The Bookends of Admonition (Colossians 3:17, 23)

1. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus (Colossians 3:17).
2. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord (Colossians 3:23)

B. Those Requiring Our Best (Colossians 3:18-22)

1. The marriage relationship (Colossians 3:18-19)
a. Premarital responsibilities
b. Marital responsibilities (Colossians 3:18-19)
1.) Wife to the husband (Colossians 3:18)
2.) Husband to the wife (Colossians 3:19)
2. The parental relationship (Colossians 3:20-21)
a. Children to the parents (Colossians 3:20)
b. Parents to the children (Colossians 3:21)
3. The servant/master relationship (Colossians 3:22)

C. The End of Our Service to Others (Colossians 3:24)

1. The reward of the inheritance
2. Service to the Lord Christ