Covenant Faithfulness and Community Fruitfulness
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Ben Janssen
Malachi • God's Messenger Through the Centuries
Malachi’s second oracle is focused on the problem of Israel’s covenant faithlessness. By intermarrying with people who did not worship the Lord, the people had committed an abominable act, turning God’s grace to them into an opportunity to commit spiritual adultery. The prophet calls for God to respond severly to their treachery,thereby demonstrating why the Church today must take seriously any covenant faithlessness within her midst.
