PPT-Malachi 2:1-9 The Lord Rebukes the Priests

1 And now O priests this command is for you 2 If you will not listen if you will not take it to heart to give honor 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 you do not lay it to heart. Malachi 3:10 . NIV. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the . Lord. Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it (overflows). . I. GOD’S LOVE FOR JACOB (1:1-5). II. GOD’S FIRST CHARGE OF SIN (1:6-2:9). A. THE SIN OF THE PRIESTS (1:6-14). 1. The Priests Present Defiled Offerings (vv. 6-8). 2. God Rejects Their Offerings (vv. 9-12). Malachi: God’s Messenger. Malachi = my messenger. Message: Faithful to God vs. Faith in God. Date of writing 458-432 BC. Malachi is God’s last word to the Jews. It is a capstone to the message of the Old Testament and a final preparation for the ministry of John the Baptist and of Jesus. The next word from God will be “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near” (John the Baptist). ). I. INTRODUCTION . TO THE SERIES. II. . GOD’S LOVE FOR JACOB (1:1-5). III. . GOD’S FIRST CHARGE OF SIN . (. 1:6-2:9. ). I. . INTRO. . Malachi . now addresses the issue of worship as seen in the offering of their sacrifices at the altar. MALACHI 3:6-12. Malachi 3:6–12 (ESV. ). “. For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. . 7. 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?’ . How does the Lord say, “I love you”?. The book of Malachi is a book of chastening. . Elder . D. Todd . Christofferson. made this statement about the Lord’s . chastening: “Correction . is vital if we would conform our . Malachi: God’s Messenger. Malachi = my messenger. Message: Faithful to God vs. Faith in God. Date of writing 458-432 BC. Malachi is God’s last word to the Jews. It is a capstone to the message of the Old Testament and a final preparation for the ministry of John the Baptist and of Jesus. The next word from God will be “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near” (John the Baptist). The . Lord. said to Moses. , . Speak . to the entire . assembly. . of Israel and say to them: . Be . holy because I, . the . Lord. your God, am . holy. 1 Peter 1:15-16. J. ust . as he who called you is holy, . iWorship. ?. Malachi 1.1—2.9. Malachi 1.8. “When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” Says the LORD Almighty.. Captivity, Return, and Years of Silence. Lesson . 16: The Prophet Malachi (Pg. 110-114). 612 B.C.. 606 B.C.. 586 B.C.. 539 B.C.. 536 B.C.. 520 B.C.. 516 B.C.. 483 B.C.. 458 B.C.. 445 B.C.. 430 . B.C.. The Lord's Love for Israel. 2. “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 . 3. but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his. ’ . simply means “My [that is, God’s] . messenger;”. Last Prophet;. Last book in the Old . Testament;. Key Message – “Return . to me, and I will return to . you” . says the . Lord. . Almight. Reading the Old Testament Prophets (Jeremiah-Malachi) 10. When you wonder, “Does God really love me?” God answers, “Yes, I have . always. loved you deeply.”. Malachi 1:2. . “I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob,. The God of Justice I will meditate on your precepts and think about your ways. I will delight in your statutes ; I will not forget your word. Psalm 119:15–16 CSB Mankind , he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act