Phil Waugh Mandy Gray - April 30, 2023
Remembering God's Faithfulness
From Series: "Worship that Remembers P"
A journey through Malachi.
A message from the series "Worship that Remembers P." Series: Worship that Remembers Title: Remembering God’s Coming Reading: Malachi 2:17-3:5 The worship of the people Malachi testifies against has become both a lie and led to injustice. They say, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD…”. God has not, however, left this scenario as is. Malachi promises a ‘messenger’ to ‘prepare the way before me’. This one will be a ‘refiner’s fire’ - an image of refinement and cleansing. It has all the echoes of the mission of John the Baptist and, as one of the last prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures, leaves us anticipating this a ‘messenger’ of repentance. Of course, John the Baptist is a forerunner to the one who is infinitely greater, Jesus. Perhaps this warning is why many came from Jerusalem and the surrounding regions to be baptised by John. John’s baptism of repentance from sin seems to be a precursor in the gospels to recognising the presence of the Kingdom of God in the person of Jesus.
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CloseSeries: Worship that Remembers Title: Remembering God’s Faithfulness Reading: Malachi 2:10-16 Our passage begins with a simple reason to treat one another well: ‘Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?’ Yet here we have a description of the people of God making a covenant through marriage with ‘a foreign God’. Such marriages may have been considered a strategic alliance at the time and simply good political practice. Malachi, however, sees this as a breaking of the covenant, or faithful promise with God. Is it any wonder Malachi goes on to rebuke those who reject the ‘wife of your youth’? It brings tears, heartache, and seems to impact the offspring of the marriage. Such a lack of faithfulness is ultimately ‘violence’. Jesus summed up faithfulness (love) toward God and others as the core of the ‘law and prophets’. If we truly remember God’s faithfulness, we will also grow in faithfulness toward each other.
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