Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Malachi 1:6-2:9
New International Version (NIV)
Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honours his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honour due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty.
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
7 “By offering defiled food on my altar.
“But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’
“By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible. 8 When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.
9 “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the Lord Almighty.
10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. 11 My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
12 “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’ 13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’ and you sniff at it contemptuously,” says the Lord Almighty.
“When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?” says the Lord. 14 “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord Almighty, “and my name is to be feared among the nations.
Additional Warning to the Priests
2 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you. 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honour my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honour me.
3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. 4 And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. 5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.
7 “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. 8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord Almighty. 9 “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
Footnotes:
12th May 2024 - "Life Together" - 1 Peter 4:7-11
5th May 2024 - "Jesus Our Perfect King" - Luke 23:1-43
28th April 2024 - "THINKING LIKE JESUS" - 1 Peter 4:1-6
21st April 2024 - "Living for the Victorious Saviour" - 1 Peter 3:8-22
PM 14th April 2024 - "A family of followers" - Mark 3:31-35
14th April 2024 - "Count it all joy" - James 1:1-12
7th April 2024 - "What does God look like?" - 2 Corinthians 4:6
31st March 2024 - "CHRIST IS RISEN!" - Luke 24:1-12
24th March 2024 - "Behold Your King" - Luke 19:28-40
17th March 2024 - "LIVING FOR JESUS AT HOME" - 1 Peter 3:1-12
10th March 2024 - "FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF JESUS" - 1 Peter 2:18-25
3rd March 2024 - "TESTING JESUS" - Matthew 22:15-22
25th February 2024 - "Living as God's People in the World" - 1 Peter 2:11-17
18th February 2024 - "The Real Jesus" - Mark 8:27-38(ESV)
11th February 2024 - "BUILT ON A SURE FOUNDATION" - 1 Peter 2:4-10
4th February 2024 - "An Invitation From The King" - Matthew 22:1-14
28th January 2024 - "Serving & Showing Christ at Home & Work" - Ephesians 6:1-9
21st January 2024 - "Happy Exiles in Hard Times" - 1 Peter 1:3-12
14th January 2024 - ”Rejected by the World, Chosen by God” - 1 Peter 1:1-2
7th January 2024 - ”Precious Words For Anxious Hearts” - Matthew 6:25-34
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