What are the challenges that faithful believers face in every generation? Pastor Colin opens up the book of Malachi for us.

Scripture: Proverbs 11:17-31

¹⁷ A man who is kind benefits himself,
but a cruel man hurts himself.
¹⁸ The wicked earns deceptive wages,
but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
¹⁹ Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,
but he who pursues evil will die.
²⁰ Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.
²¹ Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
²² Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman without discretion.
²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
²⁴ One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
²⁵ Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
²⁶ The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
²⁷ Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to him who searches for it.
²⁸ Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
²⁹ Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and whoever captures souls is wise.
³¹ If the righteous is repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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