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The Message To The Priests, continued.
Malachi 2:1-9
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Part III.
The Sins Of The People:
(Malachi 2:10-3:18).(1) The Sins Agains Brotherhood.
Malachi 2:10
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
(2) Sins Agains God In The Family.
Malachi 2:11-16
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the (1) * spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. (M_39)
(3) The Sin Of Insincere Religious Profession.
Malachi 2:17
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
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981_b; Malachi 2:2, I will curse your blessings
Israel's distinctive blessings should turn to curses.
981_c; Malachi 2:5, My covenant was with him of life and peace
981_d; Malachi 2:10, Have we not all one father?
Cf. Acts 17:24-29; Malachi 2:10. In both instances the reference is to creation, not the new birth.
Ref. Acts 17:24-29.
981_e; Malachi 2:15, Yet had he the residue of the spirit.
Deity (names of). Malachi 3:18; Ref. Note Page 983_1.
981_f; Malachi 2:15b, Yet had he the residue of the spirit
Holy Spirit.
(Genesis 1:2.)
981_1; Malachi 2:15, Yet had he the sesidue of the spirit
Summary of the Old Testament doctrine of the Holy Spirit:
(1) The personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit appear from the attributes ascribed to Him, and from His works.
(2) He is revealed as sharing the work of creation and therefore:
omnipotent (Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Job 33:4; Psalm 104:30; Ref. Job 26:13; Job 33:4);
as omnipresent (Psalm 139:7);
as striving with men (Genesis 6:3);
as enlightening (Job 32. 8);
enduing with constructive skill (Exodus 28:3; 31:3);
giving physical strength (Judges 14:6, 19);
executive ability and wisdom (Judges 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25);
enabling men to receive and utter divine revelations (Numbers 11:25; 2 Samuel 23:2);
and, generally, as empowering the servants of God (Psalm 51:12; Joel 2:28; Micah 3:8; Zecharaiah 4:6; Ref. Zechariah 4:6).
(3) He is called:
holy (Psalm 51:11);
good (Psalm 143:10) ;
the Spirit of judgment and burning (Isaiah 4:4);
of Jehovah, of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, good, knowledge, the fear of the lord (Isaiah 11:2), and of grace and supplications (Zechariah 12:10).
(4) In the Old Testament the Spirit acts in free sovereignty, coming upon men and even upon a dumb beast as He will, nor are conditions set forth (as in the New Testament) by complying with which any one may receive the Spirit. The indwelling of every believer by the abiding Spirit is a N.T. blessing consequent upon the death and resurrection of Christ (John 7;39; John 16:7; Acts 2:33; Galatians 3:1-6; Ref. John 7;39; John 16:7).
(5) The Old Testament contains predictions of a future pouring out of the Spirit upon Israel (Ezekiel 37:14; 39:29), and upon "all flesh" (Joel 2. 28, 29). The expectation of Israel, therefore, was twofold—of the coming of Messiah-Immanuel, and of such an effusion of the Spirit as the prophets described. See Matthew 1:18, refs.
Malachi Reference Bible
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- Introduction To The Prophet Malachi
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