It’s all about LOVE Malachi 1:1-5

“ Oh Lord my God, is there no hope for a widow’s son?”

SERIES MALACHI – an invitation to return to God

MALACHI – an invitation to return to God

The Israelites during Malachi time BACKGROUND: Settled back in the land for 100 years Mixing in with many foreigners Already rebuilt temple Serving God “religiously” Still lacking the glory of God Still experiencing no blessing

BACKGROUND:

Settled back in the land for 100 years

Mixing in with many foreigners

Already rebuilt temple

Serving God “religiously”

Still lacking the glory of God

Still experiencing no blessing

The Israelites’ Complaints God does not love “ But you say, ‘How have You loved us?’” (1:2)

God does not love

“ But you say, ‘How have You loved us?’” (1:2)

The Israelites’ Complaints God does not love It is vain to serve God You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? (3:14)

God does not love

It is vain to serve God

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? (3:14)

The Israelites’ Complaints God does not love It is vain to serve God The wicked is being blessed So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape (3:15)

God does not love

It is vain to serve God

The wicked is being blessed

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape (3:15)

The Israelites’ Complaints God does not love It is vain to serve God The wicked is being blessed

God does not love

It is vain to serve God

The wicked is being blessed

God’s Answer Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95) 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95)

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob;

3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

God’s Answer Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95) 4 Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant forever.” 5 Your eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord be magnified beyond the border of Israel!”

Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95)

4 Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant forever.”

5 Your eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord be magnified beyond the border of Israel!”

God’s Answer Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95) 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. 2 “ I have loved you ,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95)

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

2 “ I have loved you ,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob;

3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

God’s Answer Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95) 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. 2 “ I have loved you ,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

Malachi 1:1-5 (NASB95)

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

2 “ I have loved you ,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob;

3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

It’s NOT about a “religion” It’s ALL about “love”

It’s NOT about a “religion”

It’s ALL about “love”