The Table Defiled

An Exhortation to Faithfulness - Message 1 - The Table Defiled - Malachi 1:1-14.

Outline:

I. Denying God’s Love – vs. 1-5
A. “I Have Loved You”
B. “How?”
C. Loving Jacob; Hating Esau – Genesis 25:23; Romans 9:11-12

II. Despising God’s Name – vs. 6
A. Taking God’s Name in Vain – Exodus 20:7
B. No Concept of Holiness – Amos 5:21-24; Luke 6:46

III. Defiling Sacrifices – vs. 7-8
A. Imperfect Offerings – Deut 15:21
B. Not Acceptable to Men, Much Less to God
C. Giving Grudgingly – 2 Cor 9:6-15

IV. Destroying the People – vs. 9-11 – Rom 2:17-24
A. No Edification
B. No Exhibition of God’s Excellencies
C. Need to Exit: Better to Shut the Temple Door – Isa 1:11-15

V. Disparaging the Priestly Service – vs. 12-14
A. Wearying God – Micah 6:3; Isa 43:22-24
B. Humiliation vs. Humility – 1 Cor 2:1-6
C. Ministering Then and Now – John 10:1-16