Malachi

 

Malachi

The name Malachi means “my messenger”. He ministered about four centuries before Christ. The people were backslidden, the priests were worldly, and the nation was far from God.

Because the promised kingdom did not come immediately, the Jews questioned God’s love and justice and complained about the way He was treating His people. It was not long before the priests grew careless in their ministry and the people followed their bad example.

As a result, the people were guilty of hypocrisy, idolatry, infidelity, divorce, materialism, and gross indifference to the things of God.

Malachi reminds us that Spiritual heart disease is slow but deadly. People who stop seeking God become discouraged and apathetic. They become self-absorbed and oblivious to God’s voice.

Malachi was Israel’s last hope and the last prophet to speak to God’s people until 400 years later when John the Baptist cried out, “make straight the way of the Lord.” John 1:23.

In our lives, small acts of disobedience and unconfessed sin grieve the Holy Spirit and lead to a loss of fellowship with Christ. God leaves the door wide and open for our change of heart. “Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.” Malach 3:7.

Please read the Book listed so that you can understand the word of God to its fullness. This study comes from The Jeremiah Study Bible, The Bible for Hope, The King James Bible and the Nelson’s Quick Reference Bible Commentary

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