'Malachi' Tagged Posts
TURN OUR HEARTS, O LORD!
Calling to mind the prophecy of Malachi, the angel Gabriel tells old Zechariah that his son, John the Baptist, will go before the Savior to “turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, to turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous” (Luke 1:17). Where this does not happen, said the prophet Malachi, then there is nothing left but “complete destruction” for those unprepared for the coming of Christ (Malachi 4:6). So just what does this mean? By…
“O THOU WHO CHANGEST NOT”
“I the Lord do not change,” says God on the pages of the prophet Malachi. Many want God to change. In fact, they demand that God change. The old saying goes: When the word of God is preached, a person is either converted or he gets angry. We see it on the pages of the Gospels. When Jesus spoke, He inspired either the deepest devotion or the hottest anger from those who listened. Many in the modern church think…
“TURN OUR HEARTS, O LORD!”
Echoing the prophecy of Malachi, the angel Gabriel tells old Zechariah that his son, John the Baptist, will go before the Savior “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, to turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people who are ready for the Lord” (Luke 1:17 EHV). Where this does not happen, said the prophet Malachi, then there is nothing left but a curse upon those unprepared for the coming of Christ.…
“TURN OUR HEARTS, O LORD!”
Calling to mind the prophecy of Malachi, the angel Gabriel tells old Zechariah that his son, John the Baptist, “will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous.” Where this does not happen, said the prophet Malachi, then there is nothing left but a curse upon those unprepared for the coming of Christ. So just what does this mean? By the preaching of law and gospel, God the Holy…
“WORKING FOR THE LORD”
Another Labor Day is upon us. The pendulum between labor and management has swung back and forth ever since God ordained thorns and thistles in the sweat of Adam’s brow. From Moses to Malachi, the prophets thunder against unjust employers who hold back the wages of the laboring man. The Bible has a hard word for those who pay their workers a pittance and build their own palaces off the pain of the poor. One can understand why the coal…