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This study is designed in such a way that it should adapt easily from your own personal study to teaching it in a class room situation. Feel free to use it as it is or change it to fit your individual style as we labor to teach the precious word of God.

Malachi by Bob W. Lovelace

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Text Box: MALACHI COMMENTARY By Bob W. Lovelace Introduction: As we begin to study Malachi we need to keep in mind that he was prophesying to a people who had already been warned, had already been punished (the Captivity and return), and who were facing more punishment from God. In other words we see the difference here between REMEMBERING something and LEARNING from that thing. Surely they remembered their past for the remembrances were written for them in Moses and the prophets. Had they LEARNED from their past? The answer is clearly, No. *KEY POINT TO DEVELOP: The difference between REMEMBERING something and LEARNING from that thing. God’s people do not profit from history. The same mistakes are made over and over again. Paul’s lesson in I Co.10 is that we are just as apt to repeat apostasy if we, like Israel, do not learn from history. *KEY POINT TO DEVELOP: We see a people with the same opportunity that had always been theirs. They could choose to serve God and be blessed; disobey and be lost. NOTE: From the beginning I’ve interspersed some brief outlines for the reader to use and develop as he sees fit. These outlines were put where I felt they best belonged and that is in the midst of the text which suggested them (next page)