“For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousnessContinue reading “Malachi 4: 1-6…. A great day…”
Category Archives: Malachi
Malachi 3: 13-18 Two attitudes and two responses.
“Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ You have said, It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts? And now we call the arrogant blessed.Continue reading “Malachi 3: 13-18 Two attitudes and two responses.”
Malachi 3: 6-12 Tithing…
“For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’Continue reading “Malachi 3: 6-12 Tithing…”
Malachi 2: 17 – 3: 5… Cleansing Judgement.
You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way beforeContinue reading “Malachi 2: 17 – 3: 5… Cleansing Judgement.”
Malachi 2: 10-16…. Call to Faithfulness.
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has marriedContinue reading “Malachi 2: 10-16…. Call to Faithfulness.”
Malachi 2: 1-9….What cursing means
And now, O priests, this command is for you. If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honour to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because youContinue reading “Malachi 2: 1-9….What cursing means”
Malachi 1: 6-10…..Where does God come in your thinking?
A son honours his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ By offering pollutedContinue reading “Malachi 1: 6-10…..Where does God come in your thinking?”
Malachi 1: 1-5… What does it mean?
The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left hisContinue reading “Malachi 1: 1-5… What does it mean?”
As I read it! 