Malachi

Treated in 95 passages across the library.

The last book of the Old Testament, addressed to the Jews after the return from exile. Malachi rebukes careless worship, broken marriages and the withholding of tithes, inviting the people to "prove me now herewith" and see the windows of heaven opened. He promises the coming of the Lord to His temple, preceded by a messenger, Elijah the prophet.

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  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites Mal. 3:1

    …a promise is made that the messenger who was then expected would come to his own temple (Mal. 3:1). The temple certainly was dedicated to Almighty God only, and yet the prophet claims it…

  2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites Mal 3:8

    …reproves such as are so far from bringing glory to God, that they rob God of his glory. Mal 3:8. ‘Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.’ They rob God, who take the glory due to God…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    Obedience cites Mal 1: 6

    …is a part of the honour we owe to God. ‘If then I be a Father, where is my honour?’ Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. ‘Obey the voice of the Lord God,’…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    That this communion is distinctly with the Father, Son, and Spirit cites Mal. i. 6

    …manifested — Faith in the Father, John v. 9, 10; and love towards him, 1 John ii. 15, Mal. i. 6 — So in prayer and praise — It is so likewise with the Son, John xiv. 1 — Of our…

  5. Portraits of Courage – Pandita Ramabai · Ochorus Originals

    Prove Me Now cites Malachi 3:10

    …and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” — Malachi 3:10, ASV Three Books Some time around 1895, Ramabai read three books that changed the way she…

  6. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of January cites Mal. 2:16

    …hath not cast away his people which he foreknew" (Rom. 11:2). "He hateth putting away" (Mal. 2:16). Jan. 13 NEVER CAST OUT "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." John 6:37 Is…