C. Priests and people are condemned for breaking covenant and for idolatry, adultery and infidelity. Malachi 2:1-17
1. For neglect of their responsibilities, the priests are in danger of punishment. Malachi 2:1-4 2. What a true priest ought to be. Malachi 2:5-9 a. Fears God. Malachi 2:5 b. Teaches God's law in truth. Malachi 2:6-7 c. False teachers pervert the law of God. Malachi 2:8 d. God refuses the false and accepts the true priest. Malachi 2:9 3. Foreign marriages and divorces condemned. Malachi 2:10-16 a. Reminds them of their covenant with God. Malachi 2:10 b. The men of Israel, contrary to their law, married foreigners. Malachi 2:11 c. God is angry over this violation of his law. Malachi 2:12 d. The men of Israel not only married foreign wives, but put away their Jewish wives and caused the abused women to cover the altar of God with tears. Malachi 2:13 e. The men answered, What are you talking about [wherefore]? Malachi 2:14 f. God answers: because you have sinned against the wife of your youth by putting her away to marry foreigners. Malachi 2:14 g. The importance of maintaining family values. Malachi 2:15 h. God hates divorce. Malachi 2:16 4. Judgment and condemnation is sure to come. Malachi 2:17
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