Prayer Offered In

Righteousness

Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness.

A. Wholeness, Individual Repentance

Who lead the Prayers, or Bringing offerings usually the Levites, or Leaders of the Church.

Malachi 3:3, James 5:16

B. Whole Nations RepentanceMal 3:9 You are under a curse the whole nation of you because you are robbing me.

The task of bearing the sin of the people.Daniel 9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, Daniel 9:5 We Have Sinned And Done Wrong. We Have Been Wicked And Have Rebelled; We Have Turned Away From Your Commands And Laws. Daniel 9:6 We Have Not Listened To Your Servants The Prophets, Who Spoke In Your Name To Our Kings, Our Princes And Our Fathers, And To All The People Of The Land.

Daniel 9:7 Lord, You Are Righteous, But This Day We Are Covered With Shame--the Men Of Judah And People Of Jerusalem And All Israel, Both Near And Far, In All The Countries Where You Have Scattered Us Because Of Our Unfaithfulness To You. Daniel 9:8 O Lord, We And Our Kings, Our Princes And Our Fathers Are Covered With Shame Because We Have Sinned Against You. Daniel 9:9 The Lord Our God Is Merciful And Forgiving, Even Though We Have Rebelled Against Him;

Daniel 9:10 We Have Not Obeyed The LORD Our God Or Kept The Laws He Gave Us Through His Servants The Prophets. Daniel 9:11 All Israel Has Transgressed Your Law And Turned Away, Refusing To Obey You. "Therefore The Curses And Sworn Judgments Written In The Law Of Moses, The Servant Of God, Have Been Poured Out On Us, Because We Have Sinned Against You.

Isaiah 5:1 I Will Sing For The One I Love A Song About His Vineyard: My Loved One Had A Vineyard On A Fertile Hillside. Isaiah 5:2 He Dug It Up And Cleared It Of Stones And Planted It With The Choicest Vines. He Built A Watchtower In It And Cut Out A Winepress As Well. Then He Looked For A Crop Of Good Grapes, But It Yielded Only Bad Fruit.

Isaiah 62:6 I HAVE POSTED WATCHMEN ON YOUR WALLS, O JERUSALEM; THEY WILL NEVER BE SILENT DAY OR NIGHT. YOU WHO CALL ON THE LORD, GIVE YOURSELVES NO REST,

7 woe’s Isaiah 5:8-22A.RUN AFTER THEIR DRINK ( DRUNKARDS).

B.APATHETIC 1. NO REGARDS FOR THE DEEDS OF THE LORD.

2. NO RESPECT FOR THE WORK OF HIS LAND.

7 woe’s C. EXILE – “ LACK OF UNDERSTANDING” TUMATAKAS “(CHAOS)”NOTE: (WALL BACKGROUND)

D,. DRAW SIN ALONG WITH CORDS OF DECEIT.E. WOE TO THOSE WHO ALL SEE EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL, WHO PUT DARKNESS TO LIGHT AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS WHO PUT BITTER FOR SWEET AND SWEET FOR BITTER SIGHT. NESS

G. WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE HEROES AT DRINKING WINE AND CHAMPIONS AT MIXING DRINKS, (WHO ACQUIT THE GUILTY FOR A BRIBE, BUT DENY JUSTICE TO THE INNOCENT. )

F. WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES, AND CLEVER IN THEIR SIGHT.JOHN MAXWELL – LAW OF THE LID - MAS MAGALING ANG MAGLELEAD

NESS

1. Wall of Jerusalem NEH:12:27 AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM, THE LEVITES WERE SOUGHT OUT FROM WHERE THEY LIVED AND WERE BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE JOYFULLY THE DEDICATION WITH SONGS OF THANKSGIVING AND WITH THE MUSIC OF CYMBALS, HARPS AND LYRES.

2. Wall of Destruction - HOSTILITY, DISSIPATION, INDIFFERENCE Isaiah 30:13 THIS SIN WILL BECOME FOR YOU LIKE A HIGH WALL, CRACKED AND BULGING, THAT COLLAPSES SUDDENLY, IN AN INSTANT. Eph:2:14 FOR HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE, WHO HAS MADE THE TWO ONE AND HAS DESTROYED THE BARRIER, THE DIVIDING WALL OF HOSTILITY,

Nehemiah 2:18I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us start rebuilding." So they began this good work.

3. Wall is our Lord - IT CANNOT BE SHAKENJer:15:20 I WILL MAKE YOU A WALL TO THIS PEOPLE, A FORTIFIED WALL OF BRONZE; THEY WILL FIGHT AGAINST YOU BUT WILL NOT OVERCOME YOU, FOR I AM WITH YOU TO RESCUE AND SAVE YOU," DECLARES THE LORD

C. Wait Quietly in the LordPsalm 27:14 WAIT FOR THE LORD; BE STRONG AND TAKE HEART AND WAIT FOR THE LORD. Psalm 130:6 MY SOUL WAITS FOR THE LORD MORE THAN WATCHMEN WAIT FOR THE MORNING, MORE THAN WATCHMEN WAIT FOR THE MORNING.

Lamentation 3:26 IT IS GOOD TO WAIT QUIETLY FOR THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.

Micah 7:7 BUT AS FOR ME, I WATCH IN HOPE FOR THE LORD, I WAIT FOR GOD MY SAVIOR; MY GOD WILL HEAR ME.

ILLUS: ARCHIBISHOP SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS

NOTE: THAT IN QUIETNESS THE LORD, IS SPEAKING.

CONCLUSION:Isaiah 5:3 Now You Dwellers In Jerusalem And Men Of Judah, Judge Between Me And My Vineyard.

Note:Prophecy About The Coming Of The Lord Everything Will Come To Pass.Mal 3:6 I The Lord Do Not Change. So You, O Descendants Of Jacob, Are Not Destroyed.

CONCLUSION:1Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.