Sunday, December 31, 2017

Malachi 2

You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?
In that you say,
“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”  v.17


Read chapter 2

Really?  Everyone who does evil is good in God's eyes?  Of course not, yet that's what the people during the days of Malachi were saying.   The men during this time no longer saw the seriousness of the marriage covenant and were divorcing their wives for no real reason yet they knew God hates divorce (v.16).  As well they were saying that since they don't see the God of justice and have been left in charge, then why not do what they please.  
These questions and thoughts are just as common today too.  This is not just nonbelievers I'm talking about here.  Things like abortion, sex outside of marriage, smoking pot are fine and morally right in the sight of the Lord.  
Evil seems to prevail and when one wonders why God doesn't seem to do anything about it, the presume therefor that the Lord thinks doing evil is fine or that they'll handle matters of justice in their own hands.  Yet the Lord hears, sees and knows all.  These actions and thoughts of complacency have wearied the Lord. 
How do you seen this unfortunately be true today? Where have you been complacent or disillusioned by sin?

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