The Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked

Sunday, September 4, 2011
Ben Janssen
Malachi • God's Messenger Through the Centuries
Malachi 3:13-18

The people of Israel became frustrated because their righteousness was not profiting them at all, so they were tempted to abandon their faith altogether. But God promises that the distinction between the righteous and the wicked will become apparant to all once again. So he calls his people to abandon the religion of their worthless worship in favor of the promises of the gospel. Here in the contrast between religion and the gospel, we see the difference between the righteous and the wicked.

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Malachi 3:13-18
Keywords:
Charles Spurgeon
gossip
moralism
motives
religion
righteousness
wickedness

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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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