Sound Word Outreach and Ministry

The Lord’s Complaint 3 Malachi 2:13-16 – For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts. Don’t Dishonour Marriage! Marriage is the only institution established by God at the creation. God Himself is the founded, inventor and owner of marriage – Genesis 2:20-25. God so much honour marriage and we can see it in the marriage between Christ and the Church that in no way Christ has put away the church despise the church doings [the church here is you and I] – Ephesians 5:25-33. There are ways in which marriage can be dishonoured and these ways are through divorce and through fornication/adultery. Let’s look at these ways! God joins in marriage – Matthew 19:6,8. With God, there is no room for divorce in marriage except for infidelity [but infidelity can be forgiven as it all depends on love of the cheated and repentance of

The Lord’s Complaint 2 Malachi 1:6-7 – A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? … Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible. Malachi 2:1-3 Don’t Dishonour God! Honouring someone is built on the love you have for such a one. This is verse built on verse 2. If the people really loved the Lord, the will reciprocate His love by honouring Him. Honouring God is shown in many ways, such as the following paragraphs: The honour we have for our parents and for the elderly in Christ. Do you respect and honour your parents? Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1-3, Leviticus 19:32, Deuteronomy 19:32. We honour God through our services to Him. If we serve God faithfully and honour Him, in return He will honour us – 1 Samuel 2:30. More importantly, we honour God through sacrifices; the sacrifice of ourselves then the sacrifice of substance will follow [read

The Lord’s Complaint 1 Malachi 1:2 – "I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob; Don’t Doubt and/or Ignore God’s love! God so much love us. We are His special children and nothing can dispute the fact. Everyone on earth is loved by God, even the sinners – Romans 5:8, 2 Peter 3:9, Ezekiel 18:23. What God hates is sin but he loves all. There is love and there is special love. The truth remains that despise all on earth is loved by God, there are some that the level of their love from God is very low and when compared to others, it looks as if they are hated by God. This was exactly the case with Jacob and Esau. When you do something always because of the love you have for it, those things you do less or rarely will be perceived that you hate them. God was angry with His people because they doubted His love. They were using Esau to measure the love God prof