Marriage as Covenant

Sunday, July 17, 2011
Clint Carter
Malachi • God's Messenger Through the Centuries
Malachi 2:13-16

Nowhere else in the Old Testament do we find such an elevated view of marriage than in this passage. So, we are pausing for 4 weeks to take a closer at these 4 verse in Malachi to learn what they teach us about marriage. First we discover that marriage at its essence is a covenant. It is a binding, legal contract to act lovingly toward your spouse. God invented and sustains marriage, and he designed it for his glory and our sanctification.

Series Info

Malachi • God's Messenger Through the Centuries

Series Description

Malachi is the final book in the Old Testament and was the final prophetic voice of God until John the Baptist came some 400 years later. Malachi’s prophecy was given to the nation of Israel following their return home after a 70 year captivity in Babylon. Hopes for a return to pre-captivity prosperity were not panning out, however, and God sent Malachi to inform the people of his unceasing love for them. But he also pointed out the real source of Israel’s problems and the real solution to the sin that continued to plague them, and it is this message from God that continues to be proclaimed to us down through the centuries.

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