I. Introduction

  • Third message of Malachi to the people of God
  • Seek to uncover the core spiritual ailment of the people of God i.e., faithlessness

II. Faithless to one another (v.10)

  • May have reference to the incident of the oppression of the poor in Nehemiah 5
  • Members of the covenant community are to love, be kind and bear with one another Jn 17.17, Eph 4.32, Col 3.13, instead of biting and devouring one another Gal 5.15

III. Faithless to God (vv. 11-12, 17)

  • By offering polluted offerings to the LORD
  • By marrying the daughters of foreign god
  • By being cynical to God’s word

IV. Faithless to the wife of your youth (vv. 13-16)

  • Seek to divorce their wives to marry the daughter of foreign god
  • Seek to rewrite the creation ordinance of marriage

V. Conclusion

  • Repent from your faithlessness Jer 3.22-23
  • Resolve to serve the Lord faithfully Matt 25.21
  • Rejoice in our God who is faithful 2 Tim 2.13

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