Greetings to you all greatly beloved of God in Christ Jesus. Welcome to another wonderful day. We are thankful to God for preserving our lives each new day and for blessing us with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus.
In our today’s episode 633, we shall be examining the book of Malachi Chapter 2 titled:
Open Letter To The Priests and The People; Honour God By What You Do
This chapter deals with the rebuke of the Priests for their unfaithfulness in their priesthood office. He emphasized the need for them to honour God by their actions. He also threatened them with punishment if they refused to obey. Verses 1-3
Then in verse 4, he reminded them of the God’s covenant with Levi, their forefather in the lineage of Priesthood. Levi and his generation were chosen to operate in the priesthood office.
As a matter of fact, the bible cited some qualities found in Levi and his children who faithfully served God at some points in the past. Please read verses 5-7
“In my covenant I promised them life and well-being, and this is what I gave them, so that they might respect me. In those days they did respect and fear me. 6 They taught what was right, not what was wrong. They lived in harmony with me; they not only did what was right themselves, but they also helped many others to stop doing evil. 7 It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the Lord Almighty. Good News Translation.
Unfortunately, in Malachi’s time, the generation of priest he was addressing did the complete opposite of what were described in verses 5-7 quoted above.
They refused to respect and fear God.
They were teaching the people so many wrong things which reflected in their mode of worship and act of giving. You can imagine bringing lame, sick, stolen, and terrible animals to the altar for sacrifice.
Note this that It is the duty of priests (men of God generally), to teach the true knowledge of God. When people go to them, they should be able to connect them directly with God so they could have a personal relationship with Him. Why, because they are the messengers of God. Paraphrased from Malachi 2:7
Since they have failed in their assignment and turned away from the right path, they became despised by the people. They lost their respect and dignity.
This is also happening nowadays. A lot of men of God have departed from the right path and that is why we see them being disrespected by their followers and the so-called reformers. Since they no longer give God the respect He deserves, they too have lost their respect with the people. Read verse 9 again.
In the rest of the chapter, reading from 10, prophet Malachi reproved the people for committing adultery by forsaking their God-given wives (the bible refers to these women as the wives of their youth) and they went after strange and idolatrous women and marrying them thereby divorcing the wives of their youth so they could continue with their illicit alliances with these strange women.
As a result of engaging in these terrible acts, their prayers were no longer answered, despite flooding God’s altar with tears and so much prayer points, none of their supplications or petitions was answered. Why, because they have done abominable things and cheated on their spouses.
This is a big lesson to everyone reading this, especially married couples. Please read Malachi 2:10-17 and pay attention to Nehemiah 10:30 and 13:13.
Also read what Apostle Paul has to say regarding this very important matter in 2Cor 6:14; 1Cor 6:19.
Then, never forget that God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16), God is very serious about marital covenant. Serious punishment awaits those who are fond of breaking their marital vows and running after strange men and women. Please, as married men or women, let’s stay true to our spouses and as for singles, please remain untouched and keep yourself for the right person. Never sell your body for a morsel or worldly materials that will perish one day.
Remember, God knows everything going on even in the remotest location of our hearts. We cannot hide from Him and every secret will be laid bare one day. Nothing can be hidden forever. God is coming to judge everyone according to how they have lived their lives on earth. Repent now!
If you do not want to become a victim of satanic deceit causing you to commit sin anyhow, you need to be studying the Word of God regularly and rightly. This is very crucial for your spiritual growth. In addition to that, you also need to practice what you study and be prayerful so that you can become more effective and spiritually sensitive. It is very necessary for you to take all you have been learning so far from the Word of God and put them into practice.
Your confidence in Christ will grow as you gain more knowledge of God’s Word.
Even if you make mistakes along the way. Do not remain in your mistake (sin). Tell God you are sorry and do not be too harsh on yourself thinking that God cannot forgive you. He has forgiven you, because that is why Christ came in the first place to offer forgiveness of sin and relocate souls from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of God. Col 1:13-14
Learn from your mistakes, confess your weaknesses to God and ask Him for help in prayers. Disconnect yourself from those sinful relationships and environments and then move on. Learning from your mistakes and leave the past behind you. Allow the Holy Spirit to help you in your daily walk with God as you keep on growing in Christ and in His Word.
As for men of God who have derailed, this is the time to return to your first love in Christ Jesus and preach the true and rightly divided Word of God. Never compromise your faith in the name of finding fulfilment in life or looking for platforms. God who has called you knows how to take care of you and give you the platform you need to promote the Gospel of Christ. If you remain faithful to God and be patient, you will experience a very powerful turn around in your life and ministry.
To be continued… stay blessed.
Let’s pray:
I join my faith with as many men of God as possible that are reading this message, I declare you will not be led astray and your ministry will not crumble. Every evil gang up to bring your ministry down is hereby frustrated. Receive divine capacity for more spiritual sensitivity. The Holy Spirit will continue to fill your mouth with the rightly divided Word of God and everything you need for a fulfilled ministry, the Lord will make available unto you, in Jesus name.
I pray for every family and especially couples reading this message, I declare your marriage and home will not scatter. Every demonic representative in mini skirt and every strange man deployed to scatter your home/marriage, I dislodge them from their hiding places and strongholds, all their instruments and strategies of evil operations are hereby scattered even before they perform their evil enterprise, in Jesus name.
I declare everyone on this platform safe, secure and blessed in all ramifications, in Jesus name.
Bible Readings For Today: Mark 4, 5 & 6 with Psalm 18:1-24
I call you blessed now and always.
Wednesday January 20, 2021 (DDMI)
