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The Book of Malachi Summary by Chapter Chapter 1: Divine Displeasure and a Call to Honor. In the first chapter, Malachi confronts the people of Israel with a poignant and direct message from God. The key themes revolve around God’s love for Israel and Israel’s dishonor of God.
1. (Malachi 3:13-15) God’s people ask the question. “Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the LORD, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the LORD of hosts? So now we call the ...
Malachi 3, a chapter from the Old Testament prophet Malachi's book, presents a striking and profound prophecy about the return of God and His purifying judgement. It calls the people of Israel to repentance, underscores the importance of giving to God, promises blessings for the obedient, and foretells the day of God's return.
Malachi is divided into three parts. Chapters 1-2 expose Israel’s corruption. Chapter 3 confronts Israel’s rebellion. Chapter 4 describes the Day of the Lord and concludes the Prophets.
I. The love of God for Israel, Chapter 1:1-5. II. The priests reproved for profanity, Chapters 1:6—2:9. III. The people rebuked for social sins, Chapter 2:10-17. IV. The prediction of the two messengers, Chapter 3:1-6. V. The people rebuked for religious sins, Chapter 3:7-18. VI.
Malachi 3:1-4 (ESV) This spring we will be doing a short sermon series entitled “The Refiner’s Fire: God’s Love for Faithless People in the Book of Malachi.”
The purpose of this book is that Malachi wrote to ensure that the hearts of the Jews was right and that they were keeping God first in their lives. • In chapters 1-3, Malachi identified the sins of the Jews, including their priests.
