Malachi
God’s Love For His People
In order to understand the book of Malachi a person needs to know to whom it was written. These people were fighting God and unwilling to trust Him or even listen to His messenger. Israel had just returned from exile and the nation of Edom was still in bondage to the Chaldeans. T …
God Cannot Bear Unfaithfulness
The following is the outline of a message for this passage of Scripture I read from Brian Bill: 1. Keep faith with others: Don’t allow your relationships to rupture (v. 10). 2. Keep faith with God: Don’t unite with an unbeliever (vv. 11-12). 3. Keep faith with your spouse: Don’t get divorced (vv. 13- 16).
Judgement Will be Hot For The Wicked
Malachi’s message up to this point has been bleak indeed. The Jews have spurned the love of God. But the hour of reckoning is about to come (v. 1). At the Messiah’s appearing God will intervene in a never to be forgotten fashion in Jewish history. Wrong will ultimately be avenged and the …
A last Warning For The Priests
Levi was the ancestor of the tribe of Levites, the tribe set apart for service to God (Num. 1:47-54). These Levites became God’s priests, first in the tabernacle, then in the temple. The priests in Malachi’s day had stopped loving God and thus they did not know nor care what He wanted. They …
The Day of The Lord
Throughout the book of Malachi, these disbelieving people have been asking that judgment be brought to the wicked who seem to be prospering. In this passage Malachi gives a prediction of that day which is also known as the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great Tribulation, and the birth …
Do Not Rob God
In this passage we find that Israel was robbing God by not bringing their tithes and offerings and the result was famine due to the pests taking the vegetation and vines without grapes (Deut. 28:28-40). The tithe was part of the Mosaic Law (Lev. 27:28-40) which required that a tenth be given to …
Israel’s Indifference to God
Malachi took dead aim on the priests of his day (v. 6) and delivered a stinging indictment on their careless, haphazard, and profane service to the living God. He lists the sins that the priests were guilty of (vv. 7-8). Three things they offered that according to Malachi were wrong …