Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
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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:
2nd August 2020 - "Be ready! The day is coming" - Malachi 3:13-4:6
26th July 2020 - "Return to God and he will return to you" - Malachi 3:6-12
19th July 2020 - "Faith in the Incarnate Son of God" - 1 John 5:1-5
12th July 2020 - "Love One Another" - 1 John 3:11-18
5th July 2020 - "Where is the God of Justice?" - Malachi 2;17 - 3:5
28th June 2020 - "Unfaithful People ... Faithful God" - Malachi 2:10-16
14th June 2020 - "The Enduring Love of God" - Malachi 1:1-5
7th June 2020 - "True Fellowship" - 1 John:1-10
31st May 2020 - "What About The Future?" - Revelation 21:1-8
24th May 2020 - "Why is there still suffering?" - Romans 8:18-25
17th May 2020 - "Why does Jesus matter?" - Acts 2:22-41
10th May 2020 - "What has God been doing?" - 2 Samuel
3rd May 2020 - "What has God been doing?" - Genesis 12:1-4
26th April 2020 - "What's Gone Wrong?" - Genesis 3
19th April 202 - "The Beginning" - Genesis 1:1 - 2:1
12th April 2020 - "Raised" - John 20:1-18
5th April 2020 - "Behold Your King" - Luke 19:28-44
29th March 2020 - "Jesus, Crucified, Dead and Buried" - John 19:38-42
22nd March 2020 - "Jesus, Crucified, Dead and Buried" - John 19:28-37
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