The book of Genesis tells us that God created us in His likeness.  As children of the Most High God we bear His image and as a result our actions and attitudes play a large part of how people see and understand God. We cannot deliberately live a lifestyle of sin and disobedience towards God and think it has no effect on how unbelievers percieve Christ, his holiness and power to deliver from sin.

Malachi 2 shows us that the issue of disobedience is not simply us refusing to do some things that God has asked us to do --- Malachi reveals that we have actually turned our heart away from God.  "And now this admonition is for you, O priests. If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name..."  Sin affects our hearts.  If we are not willing to honor God with the most important areas of our life, then we must question if we've truly given Christ our heart.  If we, as Christians - children bearing the name of Christ - are not willing to honor Him as a Great King, how can we expect the world to exalt Him?

In this sermon, Pastor Justin Cox continues in Romans 12 and the book of Malachi explaining how God is on a mission to return the glory and redeem the honor to His name.

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