1. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
  2. In whatever direction the bias of men might be, from thence he might recall them, and teach them of his own true Father, as he himself says: I came to save and to find that which was lost.
  3. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  4. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  5. Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
  6. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  7. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  8. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  9. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  10. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  11. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  12. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.