FAITHLESS TO EACH OTHER (10) God loves His people. It is clear in so many ways. For Malachi, the claim of God’s love is immediately grounded in His choosing of Jacob. God’s pursuing, electing, covenantal love for His people is without question. But do God’s people love Him? Often, the answer to that question is [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Malachi 2.1-9 (Study And Application)
REPENT OR DIE (1-3) Wicked leaders breed death. Godly leaders bring life. Which kind of leader are you? What kind of leaders are you following? Malachi 2.1-3 is loaded with a potent rebuke for weak worthless priests, calling them out to basically repent or die. Malachi 2.4-7 also records the life and peace that comes [...]
PERSEVERANCE: “THEY NEVER COULD KEEP ME DOWN” (Part 11)
Psalm 129 (ESV) 1 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”- let Israel now say- 2 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the [...]
Malachi 1.6-14 (Study And Application)
Malachi 1.6-14 (Worship) SPOTTED OFFERINGS AND MISDIRECTED HEDONISM (6-8) Our actions are often the result of our affections. We do what our hearts want. Malachi is an immensely practical book as it illustrates what it looks like to be a people with misguided affections resulting in sinful actions. In Malachi 1.6-14 we see a people [...]