Overview Sermon: Malachi – A Call to Keep Covenant • 08.23.26
Overview Sermon: Malachi – A Call to Keep Covenant
Malachi 1-4
Recognizing evidence of vain religiosity
- Coming to worship God while actively living in sin against one another
- Going through the motions of worship without concern for God’s glory
- Questioning God’s character and failing to trust him
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In the Bible, there is a section of Scripture that says this:
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The principle is plain. A servant who has been entrusted with responsibilities by his master is expected to carry out his duties faithfully. If he does so and lives wisely in the master’s absence, then he will receive blessings when the master returns. But if the servant decides that the master’s prolonged absence is an opportunity to live selfishly and abuse his position, then the master will judge him upon his return.
Do you know where this teaching is found? The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 24:45-51. These are the words of Jesus Christ as he teaches his disciples about living faithfully until his return. Another way we might describe this is “keeping covenant with God”. By that, I mean living faithfully in the ways God has called us to live. (Main Slide)
This New Testament teaching near the end of Jesus’ earthly life captures so well the same kind of message that is taught by the prophet Malachi in the Old Testament to the nation of Israel. God’s call for his people hasn’t changed over the years! God has always had a plan for his people to represent and reflect him here on earth. To be a people who faithfully loves him and loves one another. Who keeps covenant with God by earnestly seeking him and serving one another.
Yet, one of the themes of the Scriptures is that humanity, left to themselves, consistently goes their own way and pursues selfish endeavors, rather than remaining faithful to the One, True God as he has commanded. This was as true in the Garden of Eden as it was in the nation of Israel throughout the Old Testament as it is today in our current historical moment. We are people whose hearts are prone to wander (as we sang about earlier!). And perhaps many in our day and age don’t even realize it!
We live in a time where many are convinced that they can believe and practice their faith however they want. That God isn’t overly concerned about the details of our faith, as long as we are sincere. This is evidenced by many who claim Christ yet live in ungodly, contradictory ways to what God says in his word. And I am not simply talking about matters that may seem more egregious and prominent in our culture, like affirming homosexuality or being pro-choice for abortion. I am also speaking of matters that many might excuse, such as being enslaved to hidden lust or gluttony or lacking generosity or having apathy towards your daily walk with God.
As I was preparing for this sermon, I almost titled it “Worship Matters”. God’s words through Malachi are going to challenge us to evaluate whether we are approaching God and one another in the way he intends. As the Lord of Heaven and Earth, he has made a way for us to have holy and healthy relationships, both with him and one another. But when we forsake his will and ways, it leads to division, destruction, death and, ultimately, judgment. As we hear from Malachi to the nation of Israel, I invite you to consider for your own sake – Am I keeping covenant with my Creator? Am I living faithfully for him?
Let me share a little bit about this book we are diving into today – the last book of the Old Testament before the coming of Jesus Christ. The author is revealed to us in 1:1.
Malachi 1:1 (ESV)
The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
Malachi literally means “my messenger”. We do not know much about him, as this is the sole mention of him in the Bible. However, he is quoted by Paul, Luke, Mark, and Jesus. His message is one of importance both for his day and ours.
From clues that are dropped throughout his writing, we know that he ministered to the people of Israel after their exile in Babylon. He speaks of the temple being rebuilt and sacrifices being made on the altar. In chapter 1:8, he references the governor of their land, which was a position that was present in the Persian era, after they had allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. So, the Jews were back in Jerusalem, their temple had been rebuilt, yet, as we’re about to hear, things were not going well. They still faced opposition on many sides, the temple was a fraction of its former glory, in fact there was no evidence that God’s presence had returned to the temple as previously, and the people were disobedient to God’s Word.
Though God had called them to be a chosen people who represented and reflected him to the nations, they were continuing to forsake that calling. This is what had led them to exile in the first place, and even though God had shown mercy by sending them back to the Promised Land, they did not remain zealous for the Lord. There were periods of revival when Ezra and Nehemiah were leading the people, calling them to repentance and obedience, but these were short-lived. The very things these godly leaders confronted them on are the same issues Malachi confronts them on. They are too quickly returning to their sinful ways… going through the outward motions of religion but actively disobeying God in many areas of life. For many, they had a dead faith, yet they thought they were “good” with God.
This letter is going to be a great reminder that it matters how you worship God. I hope it will challenge you to evaluate your own heart posture towards God and others. That it will help you to see whether you have concluded, wrongly, that you can live and worship however you like and it doesn’t matter, as long as you are well-intentioned. That’s not how it works with God.
Now this letter is shaped around six disputes that God has with his people. There is an intentional structure to these disputes known as a chiasm. What that means is that the 1st and 6th disputes are related, the 2nd and 5th disputes are related, and the 3rd and 4th disputes are related and at the center of the message. This structure is going to direct how we study the letter today.
So, let’s learn more about…
Recognizing evidence of vain religiosity
It is my hope that we will all walk away with convictions about how we are to live faithfully for God in this life. Allow the words of Malachi to protect your own relationship with God and others!
We head first to the center of God’s disputes with his people… that they are…
- Coming to worship God while actively living in sin against one another
In the center of the letter, God confronts the people through Malachi on their wickedness towards one another. Let’s hear his confrontation:
Malachi 2:10–16 (ESV)
10 Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”
The people had forsaken God’s commands to protect the purity of their faith by not intermarrying with pagans. This was a warning that God had given repeatedly throughout the Old Testament. He knew that if they gave themselves in marriage to foreigners who worshiped false gods, it would lead the entire nation astray. Yet they consistently ignored the warning to watch who they married! They cared more about their own desires than remaining holy by keeping covenant with God.
Does this sound like an irrelevant cultural issue to you? It shouldn’t! In the New Testament, Paul issues a very similar warning to the Gentile Christians in Corinth:
2 Corinthians 6:14 (ESV)
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
If you are going to worship God, then it matters whom you marry. God will not settle for a portion of our lives. He is our Creator and Lord and has authority over everything. If you are a Christian or considering following Christ, you must realize that God even has authority over these details of your lives. He is in the process of creating a holy people for himself, which is incredibly complicated when you pursue or unite yourself with someone who does not follow him!
To those who are single and desiring marriage, are you keeping covenant with your God in this area of life? Do not give your affection and heart to someone who does not love the Lord.
If you are already married to someone in a different spiritual position than you, this is not an encouragement to divide that relationship. In both Old and New Testaments, we see that God calls his people to remain faithful to their spouse. We also see the encouragement to be a witness to your unbelieving spouse so that they might know Christ.
One of the biggest problems with the people of Malachi’s day is that they did not regard their marriage covenant highly nor obey God in whom they married. This led to great spiritual apathy and watering down of obedience to God in their land. Competing religions spread throughout the land and the next generation was often led astray. Which is the outcome in every age when we fail to obey God in our marital pursuits.
As we heard in verse 15, God desires godly offspring. He wants two believers to pursue one another in a holy marriage and enjoy the fruit of that relationship – a family that pursues God together. This is how many generations of faithful followers of God are made! Do not forsake this calling for the fleeting pleasure of a pagan man/woman who catches your eye.
In their day they were essentially practicing what we now call “no-fault” divorce. If a man decided they hated their wife, they would divorce them and move on to the latest “apple of the eye”. This is a godless, faithless way to live. It is disobedient to God and opposes his plan to raise up godly families on the earth. Learn from this dispute with his people!
In the very next section, 2:17-3:5, we have another of God’s disputes with his people. Here’s what he says next:
Malachi 2:17–3:5 (ESV)
17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
3 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
What you’re hearing is that God’s people have been calling evil good and questioning whether the God of justice is even around anymore. Which led them to excuse all kinds of sinful behavior. People practiced sorcery, engaged in adultery, lied about one another, oppressed those who were powerless to resist them, and treated the foreigners poorly. They had no fear of God in their hearts, which allowed them to live wickedly!
But God is not absent. He is not unaware of their sinful ways. Do not mistake his patience in delaying judgment for absence, ignorance, or approval!
Through Malachi, God foretells of his messenger who would prepare the way for him. He promised that he would be coming. But they would not be able to endure when he came, because he was coming to refine and cleanse.
If you’re familiar with your Bible, then you know that this prophecy was fulfilled in the New Testament era by John the Baptist. Of John, Jesus said:
Matthew 11:7–10 (ESV)
7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. 9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is he of whom it is written,
“ ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
And do you recall what John’s message was? Repent. It was a call to turn from sin back to God.
Mark 1:4–5 (ESV)
4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
God has been clear throughout human history that he is calling his people away from sin to holiness. He desires a people for himself, a people for his own possession. Which means we must not make peace with sin of any kind. Repentance is a gift from God that leads to life. We should not despise this word and calling but love it! It is for our good and God’s glory. To ignore God’s will and ways, like the Israelites of Malachi’s day or many of the people of Jesus’ day, will result in judgment.
God cares about how we treat one another. The message of the Bible is that we are saved into a community of believers, the people of God. We must do away with our individualized, self-focused view of faith and submit to God’s plan for a deep commitment to one another. Especially in our marriages and households, as we raise our families in the faith. Does your life reflect a growing commitment to others as you worship the Lord?
Unfortunately, in Malachi’s day, the people were not only treating one another poorly and so forsaking their covenant with God. They were also treating God poorly! They had adopted a vain religiosity by…
- Going through the motions of worship without concern for God’s glory
We see evidence of this laid out in our second set of disputes (2, 5). For the first, we go to 1:6-2:9. Let’s read a portion of this passage:
Malachi 1:6–11 (ESV)
6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord’s table may be despised. 8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. 9 And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10 Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
You can hear God’s charge against them. They do not honor or fear God. How so? Because they offer polluted sacrifices to him. Rather than bringing him the best of their flock, they offer the lame and the blind. This is in direct violation of God’s commands in the Law. You can read about the acceptable offerings in Leviticus 22 if you’d like.
They knew it was wrong. They were holding back their best from God and even revealing that they were wearied by his commands. And notice that God is rebuking the priests! These were the religious leaders of his people. They were the ones who were supposed to not only know the law but model obedience to it for the people. They were supposed to help the nation know their Great God and to lead in worship of him! His name will be great among nations, yet his own people are dishonoring him!
God promises in chapter 2 to curse them as a result. He knows the hearts of men and he responds appropriately. They have broken the covenant that God had made with Levi to represent and reflect him. There was such a contrast here – Levi originally kept the covenant and feared God and it was a time of peace and uprightness. In those days, people were turned away from sin, but now, with the wicked priests in Malachi’s day, the people were led into sin! This can only end in cursing and judgment from God.
Do you hear the seriousness of this matter? God knows your heart. It is not sufficient to say that you love God or are a Christian if your heart is far from him. He is not fooled! He sees the example we set for others and knows whether it is leading them towards or away from him.
The people of Malachi’s day thought that they could get away with giving God their leftovers. The blind and lame from their flock rather than their best offerings. This is foolishness. It is mocking God and revealing that you don’t really honor or fear him.
Do you give God the best of your time, talent, and treasures? Or are you offering him the leftovers of your life?
Each of us must wrestle through this. And it is likely going to be an ongoing process, because there are many times when we are tempted to put other things first. God wants your best!
Later in chapter 3:6-12 another dispute is laid out before the people along the same lines. Let’s look at verses 8-12:
Malachi 3:8–12 (ESV)
8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
The people revealed their disobedient hearts by withholding what was owed to God. God had commanded them to give a tithe of their harvests – 10%. This was the command and he says that if they would trust him in this, then he would greatly provide for them. That is why this was put in place, so the people would rely on God and trust him rather than their own provision.
Giving sacrificially, first and to the Lord, reveals that we recognize it is all his in the first place. That it is better to be trust God and live on 90% of what he has provided than to keep 100% for self. Yet the people of Malachi’s day did not believe God in this matter. They preferred to keep 100% for themselves. They were selfish and the nation was suffering as a result. God’s judgment was upon them and their land was barren. Their stealing 10% from God led to an even greater judgment!
Again, I ask you – do you give God the best of your time, talent, and treasures? Or are you offering him the leftovers of your life?
The Old Testament called for a tithe (10%) given to God. My understanding of this principle for New Testament (New Covenant) Christians is that the tithe should be the desired starting point for our giving. We should prayerfully look for ways to grow in generosity above and beyond this as we’re able. This is the principle of radical generosity that is revealed throughout the Word.
I have been reading in Proverbs lately and there are numerous encouragements to be generous and meeting needs. Not because you’re trying to have anyone in debt to you, but because this is synonymous with righteousness. The righteous recognize that everything is God’s, so they seek to manage it well and use it for kingdom work. Whereas the wicked spend and spend on self and they have little to give to bless others. They are ever in want, yet God entrusts the righteous with more and more resources to manage wisely.
Do you find yourself constantly craving more stuff? If you were to review your finances, what would they say about your priorities? Would they reveal that you are focused on generous giving to do good to others? Or would they reveal that you are primarily concerned about having more for yourself?
These are hard and uncomfortable questions. And I ask them of myself just as I ask them of you. The beauty of God’s Word is that it is speaking to all of us. Allow yourself to be purified by the refiner’s fire.
If you’d like to be further equipped in this area, then I’d like to recommend several resources for you:
- Crown MoneyLife Personal Finance Study
Pastor Brent and I took a group through this course last year and it was really good material! I was personally quite challenged and blessed by it. It’s only $30 for the online version of the study and well worth the cost. It will take you on a thorough biblical study on finances, while also giving you practical assignments to help you honor God with this area of your life.
The next are two resources by Pastor Randy Alcorn. Both are very good and again challenge us to adopt God’s view of our possessions and finances in light of eternity.
- Money, Possessions, & Eternity – Randy Alcorn
- The Treasure Principle – Randy Alcorn
We have at least one copy of each of these in our resource library, free for you to check-out. (Main Points Slide)
I really appreciate Pastor Mark Dever’s comments on this matter:
Our nation is rich by the world’s standards. We should try to manage our resources in order to maximize what we give and minimize what we keep for ourselves.
I am so thankful for the generous givers at Harvest. Year after year we have had a surplus of giving beyond the budgeted need, which has allowed us to ask, “How can we bless others?” Each year we’ve been able to send financial gifts to many of our ministry partners or missionaries because of your generosity. And that is not even considering other ministries or missions work that you may support directly. Praise God for faithful givers! I believe we have seen God fulfill his promise from Malachi that he opens the windows of heaven and pours down his blessing.
But back to the original point, this is all about keeping the main thing the main thing – God’s glory in our worship. May we not fall into vain religiosity, where we go through the motions of faith without actually loving the Lord. Do not fall into the trap of thinking that your religious activity, church attendance or attending small group or serving, is what indicates the health of your relationship with God. These activities must not be disconnected from a heart that loves the Lord and desires to give him your best.
And a large part of guarding against this kind of vain religiosity is by cultivating a right view of God. Which is what the people of Malachi’s day failed to do. Instead, they were actively…
- Questioning God’s character and failing to trust him
At the beginning and end of the book, the Lord lays out his disputes that the people have turned against him. First, they question the Lord’s love for them.
Malachi 1:2–5 (ESV)
2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’ ” 5 Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”
God’s rebuttal to their accusation is that he has demonstrated his love in his sovereign choosing of Israel over Esau. This was God’s case-closed argument. He simply pointed to his sovereign decision to choose Jacob and his descendants as his people. It wasn’t because they were so great or had done anything to earn or deserve it. It was solely a matter of God’s grace and mercy.
This is the same argument that Paul later re-uses in his letter to the Romans. This is not something we have the luxury of ignoring. God uses this to prove his love of his people. God uses this argument multiple times throughout his Word to say it is PROOF of his character and love! In this passage in Malachi, God even says that the people of Israel will see and know that God is great in all the nations, beyond their borders, because he will work through his love to establish a people for himself and oppose those who are not his people.
If you’re going to keep covenant with God, then you must know him. You must understand who he is and what he is like. And this is one of the ways he reveals himself in the pages of Scripture. He is a sovereign God who saves sinners from his wrath. Not because they deserved it or worked their way to his love, but solely because he is kind and gracious and merciful to pluck them out of their sin, wash them white as snow with his Son’s blood, and call them “my people”. This is what we spent all summer learning about in our In Him series. For Christians, the only reason we CAN keep covenant with God is because Christ has already done so on our behalf! Through faith in Christ, we have been declared righteous, given a new heart, and now have the desire to obey and follow God!
But that does not mean we do not struggle… Are there ways that you call into question God’s love? I want to encourage you to prayerfully examine these wonderful truths to help you to think rightly about God and to learn to trust him.
Let’s look at the final dispute, where the book wraps up.
Malachi 3:13–4:3 (ESV)
13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’ ”
16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
The people had concluded that it was vain to serve God. They believed it was not worth it to obey. It seemed the wicked were prospering, so might as well join them. This is foolish logic… Do not mistake God’s patience for approval, ignorance, or absence.
God takes notice of those who fear him. Those who remove themselves from wicked ways. He notices those who have the right view of him and live uprightly. And he protects them and watches over them. He will provide for them in the day of judgment. They will not burn up like the wicked but shall experience the joy of the Lord. They will inherit eternal life.
Which group do you want to be in? Are you actively cultivating fear of the Lord? Do you know who he really is, as he reveals himself in his Word?
Listen to the final words of Malachi, which are also the final words of the Old Testament before the 400 years of prophetic silence…
Malachi 4:4–6 (ESV)
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
Remember the law. Look for Elijah. God points the people to the law and the prophets. They are to obey God and look for his messengers. And that messenger would come, but not for 400 years. The Old Testament ends with anticipation and warning. If they will not repent and turn to God, they will be destroyed.
And remind me again, what was John the Baptist’s message when he came 400 years later? Repent. Turn from sin to God. Prepare, for the kingdom of God is at hand. His Messiah has come. Jesus Christ. Turn from your sin to believe in him and receive eternal life.
I love how consistent the Bible is from start to finish. Over thousands of years there is one grand plan of redemption being carried out. Will you turn from your sin and follow God? This has been a call to keep covenant with God. Which we know is only possible through faith in Jesus Christ. The One who makes us new and gives us a new heart that can turn from sin and follow him. Who provides the promised Holy Spirit, our Helper who convicts and equips us for daily life and righteousness.
Let’s pray and confess our need for him and ask for his help in keeping covenant.
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