DISCOURSE: 1266 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD’S GRACE Malachi 1:2. _I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau_. THE scope of this prophecy is, to reprove the Jews for their impiety, after the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1267 RELATIVE DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN Malachi 1:6. _A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts_. THE unfolding and enforcing of relative duties, is a very essential branc... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1268 GOD’S APPEAL TO SELF-JUSTIFYING SINNERS Malachi 1:8. _If ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts_. SELF-VINDICATIO... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1269 THE CALLING OF THE GENTILES Malachi 1:11. _From the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles: and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith... [ Continue Reading ]