Discussion Questions from this sermon:
- At the time Malachi was written, Israel was stuck waiting for God to fulfill promises so they missed how he was currently fulfilling his promises. What were they missing out on?
- How do Christians today sometimes find themselves in a similar state to Israel at the time of Malachi? Is this a greater failing? If yes, how?
- God's relationship with Israel and Edom is covenantal in nature. How does this differ from love and hatred as humans normally think of it?
- How does God's hatred of Edom prove his love of Israel?
- What is the relationship between questioning God's love and Israel’s impure offerings?
- Today, we often call our financial giving an “offering”. Considering the nature of offerings in the old testament, is that the best way to think of our offerings today? In what ways are our offerings today impure?
- If, after honest introspection, we find that our own offerings today have become impure, what are some ways we can work on remedying this issue?
