The question is "Why do we break faith with each other?" Surprisingly the bible in the book of Malachi chapter 2, has something to say about this, (Malachi 2:10-16) Have we not all rone Father? Has not sone God created us? Why then are we tfaithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has been tfaithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For uJudah 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 descendant5 of the man who does this, who vbrings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
13 And this second thing you do. wYou 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 xBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ywas witness between you and the wife of your youth, zto whom tyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 aDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?6 And what was the one God7 seeking?8 bGodly offspring. So guard yourselves9 in your spirit, and let none of you be tfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For cthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her,10 says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers11 his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and tdo not be faithless.”
If we look at this passage carefully the Lord points out specific reasons why He is angry with His people. 1. God is the Father of all, v. 10 /2. The people of Judah fell into idolatry, v. 11 /3. They had false humility and no repentance, v. 13 /4. They were divorcing their wives, v. 14-16.
Here Judah has a false humility and were charged by the Lord of being "unfaithful", they were not just unfaithful to their God but they were unfaithful to one another. The Lord was telling them that they all had the same God, yet they were living like they "all" had a different God. He warns them not to be faithless in their practise of their religion, and in later verses in Malachi, God tells them all to return to Him.
God doesn't change and even though we are living in the time of Grace and are under a New Testament, these examples from the Old Testament are given to us now, 1 Corinthians 10:11 "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come." What the bible is saying is that the entire history of the Old Covenant or Old Testament stands as a warning to all New Testament believers and to the world, as a testimony, and that it has a real and lasting consequence, if we don't get and apply the lessons that the ancient people learned or didn't learn from their faith. We are not under the law, but the moral law is still in effect. There are different consequences to sin in the New Covenant, but the ability to loose ones "soul" is still a real consequence. The church is divided on this still, but our conscience tell us there is a reward for good behaviour, and an eternal punishment for bad behaviour. God is the judge, but as it says in the book of Hebrews chapter 10:26-31 Christ's sacrifice is of no effect if we continue in this sin. This is Mike.
13 And this second thing you do. wYou 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 xBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ywas witness between you and the wife of your youth, zto whom tyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 aDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?6 And what was the one God7 seeking?8 bGodly offspring. So guard yourselves9 in your spirit, and let none of you be tfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For cthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her,10 says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers11 his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and tdo not be faithless.”
If we look at this passage carefully the Lord points out specific reasons why He is angry with His people. 1. God is the Father of all, v. 10 /2. The people of Judah fell into idolatry, v. 11 /3. They had false humility and no repentance, v. 13 /4. They were divorcing their wives, v. 14-16.
Here Judah has a false humility and were charged by the Lord of being "unfaithful", they were not just unfaithful to their God but they were unfaithful to one another. The Lord was telling them that they all had the same God, yet they were living like they "all" had a different God. He warns them not to be faithless in their practise of their religion, and in later verses in Malachi, God tells them all to return to Him.
God doesn't change and even though we are living in the time of Grace and are under a New Testament, these examples from the Old Testament are given to us now, 1 Corinthians 10:11 "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come." What the bible is saying is that the entire history of the Old Covenant or Old Testament stands as a warning to all New Testament believers and to the world, as a testimony, and that it has a real and lasting consequence, if we don't get and apply the lessons that the ancient people learned or didn't learn from their faith. We are not under the law, but the moral law is still in effect. There are different consequences to sin in the New Covenant, but the ability to loose ones "soul" is still a real consequence. The church is divided on this still, but our conscience tell us there is a reward for good behaviour, and an eternal punishment for bad behaviour. God is the judge, but as it says in the book of Hebrews chapter 10:26-31 Christ's sacrifice is of no effect if we continue in this sin. This is Mike.
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