Step 2 of the LifeWay Explore the Bible lesson this week focuses on Malachi 1:6-12. To “Love Wholeheartedly” (note: Kathryn Aragon’s mention of the “love bug”) we must honor the Lord.
Interestingly, the word honor as explained in the LifeWay Adult Commentary suggests a weightiness that God has to us as we live life. Just how weighty is God to you? Is He weightless in your life, or is He an eight hundred pound gorilla, so to speak, that commands your respect? Is He a person that you honor by the way you worship Him?
Note: We are not under the Mosaic covenant, or legal system like the people to whom Malachi wrote. Nevertheless, God is interested in us honoring Him in worship today. What N.T. verses would you site to make this point? What sacrifices does the Lord command of us? Can you site specific N.T. verses to support your answer? Were the priests, who are mentioned in Mal. 1:7-8, willfully wrong, negligent, or simply lackadaisical about God’s requirements on them and the people? In what ways are we inattentive about honoring God today?
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