Malachi 2:12-14 “Divorce: Symptom of Selfishness”

Malachi 2:12-14 “Divorce: Symptom of Selfishness”

Malachi: Divorce: Symptom of Selfishness

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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church

I. GOD KNOWS MY HEART

A. PRINCIPLE
Mal 2:14a But you question: “Why doesn’t He [accept our offerings]?”
1. QUESTIONING (also Mal 2:13; Luke 9:23; Romans 8:5)
2. MISSING (THE CAUSE)

B. PROBLEM
Mal 2:14b Because YHWH testified between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been unfaithful, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
1. DECEIVING
2. ABANDONING
3. COVENANTING

II. GOD KNOWS MY GOALS

A. PURPOSE
Mal 2:15aDid He not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?
1. CREATING (also I Pet 3:7; Is 3:10-12a; Gen 2:18-25)
2. GRACING

B. PICTURES
Mal 2:15bAnd what was the one thing God was seeking? Godly generations.
1. SECURING (also Eph 5-6)
2. GENERATING

III. GOD KNOWS MY FLESH

A. PROHIBITION
Mal 2:15cSo guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
1. DETHRONING
2. COMMANDING

B. PERMANENCE
Mal 2:16a “For I hate divorce”, says YHWH, God of Israel
1. PROCLAIMING
2 LOVING (also Mt 5:32; I Cor 7:10-15)

C. PRESCRIPTION
Mal 2:16b “and [of such a man] wickedness has shrouded his thinking,” says YHWH-Tsabaoth. “Again, guard your spirit, and do not be unfaithful.”
1. COVERING (also Eph 5:28)
2. GUARDING