THE BOOK OF

MALACHI
MINISTRY, MARRIAGE AND MONEY
MALACHI THE LAST OF THE
MINOR PROPHETS
MALACHI = HEB. MEANS “MY
MESSENGER
NOTHING KNOWN ABOUT HIS
PERSONAL LIFE AND HERITAGE
PROPHESIED ABOUT 400 BC
THIS TIME THE TEMPLE & THE
WALL HAS BEEN REBUILT/ THE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BACK IN
ISRAEL FOR ROUGHLY 100
YEARS.
THE PEOPLE HAVE GROWN
SPIRITUALLY APATHETIC AND LAZY. IT
WAS A WHOLE NEW GENERATION. GOD
SPOKE TO PROPHET MALACHI IN ITS 55
VERSES. 47 OF THESE ARE FIRST
PERSON SPOKEN BY THE LORD. THE
LORD SPEAKING THROUGH MALACHI.
8 SARCASTIC QUESTIONS/DENIALS
1 IN WHAT WAY HAVE YOU LOVED US?
2 IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE DESPISED YOUR
NAME?
3 IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE DEFILED YOU?
4 FOR WHAT REASON?
5 IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE WEARIED YOU?
6 IN WHAT WAY SHALL WE RETURN?
7 IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE ROBBED YOU?
8 WHAT HAVE WE SPOKEN AGAINST YOU?
AREAS OF NEGLECT & APATHY:

MINISTRY
MARRIAGE
MONEY
PRAYER:
NOT JUST ANCIENT WORDS BUT TIMELESS
TRUTHS ON MARRIAGE, MONEY, AND
MINISTRY. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL HAVE
EARS TO HEAR. HELP US TO BE HONEST AND
TO BE OPEN IN OUR HEARTS TOWARDS YOU
AND CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO
US.
MINISTRY: (MAL 1:7-8)
NEGLECTING MINISTRY TO THE LORD.
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MINISTRY. THE
PEOPLE LOST THEIR VERTICAL MINISTRY.BECAME
CARELESS IN THEIR DEVOTION TO GOD. LIKE:
THEY BROUGHT DEFECTIVE ANIMALS FOR
OFFERING OR SACRIFICE. (BLIND, LAME, SICK
LAMBS) AND THIS IS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
YOU OFFERED DEFILED FOOD. TEMPORARY
ATONEMENT.
REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID.
WHATSOEVER YOU DO TO THE
LEAST, YOU DO UNTO ME.
WHEN WE DON’T GIVE GOD OUR
BEST; WE ARE IN EFFECT GIVING
HIM OUR LEFT-OVERS STUFF.
THE WAY THEY SPOKE OF HIM. (MAL 1:13)
INSTEAD OF PRAISING GOD, THEY WERE COMPLAINING.
GOD IS TOO HARD, TOO HARSH. GOD IS NOT FAIR. WHY DO WE
HAVE TO OBEY YOU. YOUR COMMANDMENTS ARE HARD.
WHEN WE LOOK AT BAD PEOPLE WHO GET AWAY.
CHRISTIANS WHO LIVE FOR THE LORD IS REWARDED (RO
8:18) DON’T FOCUS ON THE SHORT-TERM WE GET
DISAPPOINTED WE LOOK AT ETERNITY, WE WILL ALWAYS BE
CONTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
MARRIAGE:
APATHETIC ABOUT THE SACREDNESS OF
MARRIAGE. QUICK TO DIVORCE. CASUAL
APPROACH TO MARRIAGE. GOD HATES
DIVORCE. THOUGH DIVORCE IS NOT THE
UNPARDONABLE SIN. BUT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT GRIEVES GOD. GOD WANTS US TO HONOR
MARRIAGE. (MAL 2:14-16) NOT JUST A
COMMITMENT BUT A COVENANT. SACRED BOND.
GOD PUTS HIGH VALUE ON MARRIAGE. WHY GOD HATES
DIVORCE? IT COVERS GARMENTS WITH VIOLENCE.

A. MARRIAGE WAS INTENDED TO BE A DISPLAY OF

GOD’S LOVE, GRACE AND FAITHFULNESS. MIRROR
THESE TO HUSBAND OR WIFE. THROUGHOUT THE
BIBLE (O.T./N.T) ISA 54:5 ILLUSTRATES HIS
RELATIONSHIP AS A MARRIAGE. GOD & ISRAEL,
CHRIST & THE CHURCH.
ISA 62:5 EPH 5:31-32
JER 3:14 REV 9:7
OFTEN THE REASON FOR DIVORCE. AM NOT HAPPY. BUT
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MARRIAGE IS NOT PERSONAL
HAPPINESS BUT PERSONAL HOLINESS. DO EVERYTHING
TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD. WE OBEY, REPRESENT GOD, WE
STAY COMMITTED. PSA 15:4
• IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES IS NATURAL
• USUALLY ONE MARRIES HIS/HER COMPLETE
OPPOSITE. OPPOSITES ATTRACT (IN MARRIAGE)
• BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER (IN FRIENDSHIP)
• TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. ONLY JESUS
COMPLETES US. WEAKNESS & STRENGTH COME
TOGETHER. BE COMPLEMENTARY NOT COMPETITIVE.