The Treachery of Divorce

An Exhortation to Faithfulness - Message 2 - The Treachery of Divorce - Malachi 2:1-17

Outline: Faithless Priests followed by Faithless People

I. A Broken Priesthood – vs. 1-9 (Idolatry)
A. Refuse? Refuse! (vs. 1-4) – Exod 29:14; Lev 4:11-12
B. Reverence (vs. 5) – Num 33:44-48; Deut 33:8-11
C. Righteousness (vs. 6) – Lev 10:9-11; Deut 33:10; Ezra 7:10; Hos 4:6
D. Reservoirs (vs. 7)
E. Rejected (vs. 8-9) – 2 Peter 2:1-3, 18-22

II. A Broken Purity – vs. 10-12 (Intermarriage)
A. Profaning the Covenant (vs. 10)
B. Profaning Marriage (vs. 11-12) – Neh 13:28-29; 2 Cor 6:14-7:1

III. A Broken Promise – vs. 13-16 (Irreconciliation)
A. The Covenant of Marriage (vs. 13-14)
B. The Purpose of Marriage (vs. 15-16)

IV. A Broken Perspective – vs. 17 – Isa 5:20; 3 John 11 (Indifference)