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The message of Malachi : 'I have loved you, ' says the Lord / Peter Adam, vicar emeritus of St Jude's Carlton, and Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.

By: Series: Bible speaks today. Old Testament.Publisher: Downers Grove, IL : Inter-Varsity Press, 2013Description: 124 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830824373
  • 0830824375
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 224/.9907 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1675.53 .A33 2013
Contents:
The word of the Lord (1:1) -- I have loved you (1:2-5) -- Don't despise me (1:6-14) -- Honour my name (2:1-9) -- Do not be faithless (2:10-16) -- Don't weary me (2:17-3:5) -- Return to me, don't rob me (3:6-12) -- Final words (3:13-4:6).
Summary: "The book of Malachi fittingly sits in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes and applies. Yet it also looks forward to the New Testament with its promises of the coming reign of God. A striking feature of the book is the way in which every word of God is contradicted or questioned by his people. God's persistence in speaking to them is a clear picture of sin and grace in close proximity. Furthermore, God's people neither served him whole heartedly nor turned entirely away in blatant disobedience. This was neutral territory but a dangerous whirlpool of self-deception. Peter Adam's thorough exposition shows how Malachi is God's effective remedy for such a situation. The greatest sin of God's people is the sin against God-the source of all sin against ourselves and others. At the heart of God's people, the church, must lie a deep, overwhelming conviction that God loves them-just as he reminds Israel in his first words to them in this book"--Back cover.
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The word of the Lord (1:1) -- I have loved you (1:2-5) -- Don't despise me (1:6-14) -- Honour my name (2:1-9) -- Do not be faithless (2:10-16) -- Don't weary me (2:17-3:5) -- Return to me, don't rob me (3:6-12) -- Final words (3:13-4:6).

"The book of Malachi fittingly sits in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes and applies. Yet it also looks forward to the New Testament with its promises of the coming reign of God. A striking feature of the book is the way in which every word of God is contradicted or questioned by his people. God's persistence in speaking to them is a clear picture of sin and grace in close proximity. Furthermore, God's people neither served him whole heartedly nor turned entirely away in blatant disobedience. This was neutral territory but a dangerous whirlpool of self-deception. Peter Adam's thorough exposition shows how Malachi is God's effective remedy for such a situation. The greatest sin of God's people is the sin against God-the source of all sin against ourselves and others. At the heart of God's people, the church, must lie a deep, overwhelming conviction that God loves them-just as he reminds Israel in his first words to them in this book"--Back cover.

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