That was the cry of the people against their God.

However, God DID love them - and there was proof of that love, if they were to just look around.

God loved Israel with a unique, abiding, special love - a love that not granted to His enemies.

A perfect example was Jacob and Esau.

The relationship of these two brothers (to God) is the focus of this sermon from Malachi 1.

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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Unfortunately, it was common among OT priests (and some modern pastors).

In the prophet Malachi's day, this was a big problem. The priests were showing partiality to specific teachings and specific people.

And because of that, God was angry!

In today's text, we'll see what He has to say on the matter.

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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Are you considering divorce or separation?

In today's study, we'll consider what the Bible has to say about God's view of marriage and divorce in the Old Testament book of Malachi.

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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How do we reconcile the two?

Why does God permit evil?

And where is "the God of justice" when so much injustice occurs in the world around us?

Click to hear this timely message in a study of Malachi 3.

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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What were they doing?

Scripture calls us to be good and generous stewards.

However, our inclination is to be the opposite - to be selfish and greedy.

In today's text, we'll see how the Israelites were guilty of this in the time of Malachi.

Questions That We'll Answer:

A) What is a "tithe?" And do we still "tithe" today?

B) Does stewardship involve hoarding God's gifts, or sharing?

C) What does the Bible tell us about our own financial practices?

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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Then know this - you are special in God's eyes.

You are loved and valued by your Maker. And He wants you to know that.

In Malachi 3, God says this about His people: "They shall be Mine, on the day that I make them My jewels." What does that mean? That will be the focus of this sermon.

Questions That We'll Answer:

A) What does this passage say to those suffering from depression?

B) What was the spiritual condition of the people of Malachi's day?

C) What hope do we have for the future? Are things going to get better?

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

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In our final sermon from the Book of Malachi, we'll look at the last recorded words of the Old Testament, and see how they anticipated the miraculous events of the New.

Questions That We'll Answer:

A) Why did God promise to send the prophet 'Elijah' (who was long dead)?

B) Why did God go 'silent' for hundreds of years, after Malachi's time?

C) How does Malachi look forward to the coming of Jesus Christ?

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary. Dr. Holt's sermons have reached over 1.9 million listeners on SermonAudio. He focuses on clear, verse-by-verse teaching that makes the Bible easy to understand.

Support New Geneva: To support Dr. Holt's ministry, please visit: newgeneva.org/give.