Malachi 1:8 (New Living Translation) When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. If you are of a certain age, you […]
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Sunday Best
November 28th, 2020 · No Comments
Tags: Malachi · Old Testament
Sunday Best
September 13th, 2020 · No Comments
Malachi 1:7-8 (New Living Translation) …“You defile them by saying the altar of the Lord deserves no respect. 8 When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased?… A long time ago in a prior millennium, we had this saying—Sunday best. We […]
Tags: Malachi · New Testament
An Interesting Mix of Sinners
January 19th, 2019 · No Comments
Malachi 3:5 (New Living Translation) “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people […]
Tags: Malachi · Old Testament
Rejecting
September 6th, 2014 · No Comments
Malachi 1:2-3 (The Living Bible) “I have loved you very deeply,” says the LORD. But you retort, “Really? When was this?” And the LORD replies, “I showed my love for you by loving your father, Jacob. I didn’t need to. I even rejected his very own brother, Esau, and destroyed Esau’s mountains and inheritance, to give […]
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Cheat Employees?
September 30th, 2012 · No Comments
Malachi 3:5 (New Living Translation) “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people […]
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Children of the Same Father
September 15th, 2012 · No Comments
Malachi 2:10 (New Living Translation) Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors? The prophet Malachi brings to mind something that was oft forgotten by God’s people in the Old Testament era. […]
Tags: Malachi · Old Testament
Robbing God
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Malachi 3:8-12 (New International Version) 8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in […]
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Turn Your Hearts
March 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Malachi 4:6 (New International Version) He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” As a father, this verse stings me. God will turn my heart to my children. Have I turned […]
Tags: Malachi · Old Testament