Malachi :
Debating God
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Malachi
Malachi – My Messenger
Perhaps he was a priest
Little is known of him
He wrote about 400 BC
He is the last of the
prophets for about 400
years.
The next would be John
the Baptizer
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Malachi 1:2-3
"I have loved you," says the
Lord. "Yet you say, 'In what
way have You loved us?' Was
not Esau Jacob's brother?"
Says the Lord. "Yet Jacob I
have loved; 3 But Esau I have
hated, And laid waste his
mountains and his heritage
For
the
jackals
of
the
wilderness."
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Debating God
7 times in KJV - “Wherein”
In NKJV – “In what way”
God makes a statement,
Malachi says (or is
thinking) “In what way” is
that true ?
Others versions ask
“How ?”
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Debating God
1 Questioning God's love –
1:2 "I have loved you,"
says the Lord. "Yet you
say, 'In what way have
You loved us?' Was not
Esau Jacob's brother?"
Says the Lord. "Yet Jacob
I have loved;
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Debating God
2 Questioning God's view of
their attitude – 1:6
"A son
honors his father, And a servant
his master. If then I am the
Father, Where is My honor? And
if I am a Master, Where is My
reverence? Says the Lord of
hosts To you priests who despise
My name. Yet you say, 'In what
way have we despised Your
name?'
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Debating God
3 Questioning God's view
of their offerings – 1:7
"You offer defiled food on
My altar. But say, 'In what
way have we defiled You?'
By saying, 'The table of
the Lord is contemptible.'
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Debating God
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Questioning
God's
assessment of their life view –
2:17 You have wearied the
Lord with your words; Yet you
say, "In what way have we
wearied Him?" In that you
say, "Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the
Lord, And He delights in
them," Or, "Where is the God
of justice?"
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Debating God
5 Questioning God's assessment
of their backsliding – 3:7 Yet
from the days of your fathers
You have gone away from My
ordinances And have not kept
them. Return to Me, and I will
return to you," Says the Lord of
hosts. "But you said, 'In what
way shall we return?'
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Debating God
6 Questioning God's view
of their giving – 3:8 "Will
a man rob God? Yet you
have robbed Me! But you
say, 'In what way have we
robbed You?' In tithes and
offerings.
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Debating God
7 Questioning God's view
of their selfish service –
3:13
"Your words have
been harsh against Me,"
Says the Lord, "Yet you
say,
'What
have
we
spoken against You?'
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Lessons from Malachi
1 There is no point in
arguing with God. He is
right.
2 God cares about you and
your marriage (2:16) "For
the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce, For it
covers one's garment with
violence," Says the Lord of
hosts. "Therefore take heed to
your spirit, That you do not
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deal treacherously."
Lessons from Malachi
3 Man sees himself as
good. (2:17) You have
wearied the Lord with your
words; Yet you say, "In what
way have we wearied Him?"
In that you say, "Everyone
who does evil Is good in the
sight of the Lord, And He
delights in them," Or, "Where
is the God of justice?"
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Lessons from Malachi
4 Obedience in giving to
God results in blessings
(3:10) Bring all the tithes
into the storehouse, That
there may be food in My
house, And try Me now in
this," Says the Lord of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the
windows of heaven And pour
out for you such blessing That
there will not be room enough
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Lessons from Malachi
5 Serving God is profitable
whether we see results or
not. (3:14) You have said,
'It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have
kept His ordinance, And that
we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
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End of Old Testament
Malachi lays down his pen of
inspiration. There will not be
another for more than 400
years.
Malachi ends with a promise ;
Another prophet is coming
(John the Baptizer) to
prepare the way for the
Messiah.
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