O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:41 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday October 8 > Day 281 > > Malachi 1 > No More of This So-Called Worship! > 1 A Message. God's Word to Israel through Malachi: 2-3God said, "I love > you." You replied, "Really? > How have you loved us?" "Look at history" (this is God's answer). "Look at > how differently I've > treated you, Jacob, from Esau: I loved Jacob and hated Esau. I reduced > pretentious Esau to a > molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town." > 4When Edom (Esau) said, "We've been knocked down, but we'll get up and > start over, good as new," > God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, "Just try it and see how far you get. When I > knock you down, you stay > down. People will take one look at you and say, 'Land of Evil!' and 'the > God-cursed tribe!' > > 5"Yes, take a good look. Then you'll see how faithfully I've loved you and > you'll want even more, > saying, 'May God be even greater, beyond the borders of Israel!' > > 6"Isn't it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So > if I'm your Father, > where's the honor? If I'm your Master, where's the respect?" > God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you > on the carpet: "You priests despise me! > > "You say, 'Not so! How do we despise you?' > > "By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship. > > "You ask, 'What do you mean, "defiling"? What's defiling about it?' > > 7-8"When you say, 'The altar of God is not important anymore; worship of > God is no longer a > priority,' that's defiling. And when you offer worthless animals for > sacrifices in worship, animals > that you're trying to get rid of-blind and sick and crippled animals-isn't > that defiling? Try a > trick like that with your banker or your senator-how far do you think it > will get you?" > God-of-the-Angel-Armies asks you. > > 9"Get on your knees and pray that I will be gracious to you. You priests > have gotten everyone in > trouble. With this kind of conduct, do you think I'll pay attention to > you?" God-of-the-Angel-Armies > asks you. > > 10"Why doesn't one of you just shut the Temple doors and lock them? Then > none of you can get in and > play at religion with this silly, empty-headed worship. I am not pleased. > The > God-of-the-Angel-Armies is not pleased. And I don't want any more of this > so-called worship! > > Offering God Something Hand-Me-Down, > Broken, or Useless > 11"I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to > worship me all over the > world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They're saying it > everywhere: 'God is greater, > this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.' > > 12-13"All except you. Instead of honoring me, you profane me. You profane > me when you say, 'Worship > is not important, and what we bring to worship is of no account,' and when > you say, 'I'm bored-this > doesn't do anything for me.' You act so superior, sticking your noses in > the air-act superior to me, > God-of-the-Angel-Armies! And when you do offer something to me, it's a > hand-me-down, or broken, or > useless. Do you think I'm going to accept it? This is God speaking to you! > > 14"A curse on the person who makes a big show of doing something great for > me-an expensive > sacrifice, say-and then at the last minute brings in something puny and > worthless! I'm a great king, > God-of-the-Angel-Armies, honored far and wide, and I'll not put up with > it!" > > Malachi 2 > Desecrating the Holiness of God > 1-3 "And now this indictment, you priests! If you refuse to obediently > listen, and if you refuse to > honor me, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, in worship, then I'll put you under a > curse. I'll exchange all > your blessings for curses. In fact, the curses are already at work because > you're not serious about > honoring me. Yes, and the curse will extend to your children. I'm going to > plaster your faces with > rotting garbage, garbage thrown out from your feasts. That's what you have > to look forward to! > 4-6"Maybe that will wake you up. Maybe then you'll realize that I'm > indicting you in order to put > new life into my covenant with the priests of Levi, the covenant of > God-of-the-Angel-Armies. My > covenant with Levi was to give life and peace. I kept my covenant with > him, and he honored me. He > stood in reverent awe before me. He taught the truth and did not lie. He > walked with me in peace and > uprightness. He kept many out of the ditch, kept them on the road. > > 7-9"It's the job of priests to teach the truth. People are supposed to > look to them for guidance. > The priest is the messenger of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. But you priests > have abandoned the way of > priests. Your teaching has messed up many lives. You have corrupted the > covenant of priest Levi. > God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so. And so I am showing you up for who you > are. Everyone will be > disgusted with you and avoid you because you don't live the way I told you > to live, and you don't > teach my revelation truly and impartially." > > 10Don't we all come from one Father? Aren't we all created by the same > God? So why can't we get > along? Why do we desecrate the covenant of our ancestors that binds us > together? > > 11-12Judah has cheated on God-a sickening violation of trust in Israel and > Jerusalem: Judah has > desecrated the holiness of God by falling in love and running off with > foreign women, women who > worship alien gods. God's curse on those who do this! Drive them out of > house and home! They're no > longer fit to be part of the community no matter how many offerings they > bring to > God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > > 13-15And here's a second offense: You fill the place of worship with your > whining and sniveling > because you don't get what you want from God. Do you know why? Simple. > Because God was there as a > witness when you spoke your marriage vows to your young bride, and now > you've broken those vows, > broken the faith-bond with your vowed companion, your covenant wife. God, > not you, made marriage. > His Spirit inhabits even the smallest details of marriage. And what does > he want from marriage? > Children of God, that's what. So guard the spirit of marriage within you. > Don't cheat on your > spouse. > > 16"I hate divorce," says the God of Israel. God-of-the-Angel-Armies says, > "I hate the violent > dismembering of the 'one flesh' of marriage." So watch yourselves. Don't > let your guard down. Don't > cheat. > > 17You make God tired with all your talk. > > "How do we tire him out?" you ask. > > By saying, "God loves sinners and sin alike. God loves all." And also by > saying, "Judgment? God's > too nice to judge." > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
