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Malachi: Time to Come Home
Malachi is the last of the Old Testament prophets that God uses to speak to his people. There will be no word from God for another 450 years, until the arrival of the Word, Christ Jesus.
The book of Malachi is God’s word to his wandering people. God the loving Father urges his wayward son, Israel, to return to him. It is time to repent. It is time to stop wandering and come home.
Israel has become disillusioned and complacent. Instead of giving God their best, they offer blemished animals for sacrifice. Instead of supporting God’s work, they neglect to tithe. Instead of being faithful in marriages, they divorce their wives and marry women who worship foreign gods.
Only God’s unyielding covenantal love can make cold hearts warm again. God starts his dialogue with Israel not with harsh rebuke, but words of reassurance, “I have loved you.”
Like Israel, we need to be reminded of the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. We too struggle to believe in God’s love when facing difficulties and disappointments in life. We too become complacent and half-hearted in our worship of God.
It is time to return to him with whole-hearted devotion.
Time to Come Home includes 8 studies for adult Bible study groups and individuals. It also includes devotions that can be used in your daily quiet time. They are available in both printed and e-book formats. Free Leader’s Notes are available from EBStudies.com
Study 1: God's wandering people (Overview of Malachi)
Study 2: I have always loved you (Malachi 1:1-5)
Study 3: Nothing but the best (Malachi 1:6 - 2:9)
Study 4: Keep faith (Malachi 2:10-16)
Study 5: Where is the God of justice? (Malachi 2:17 - 3:5)
Study 6: Robbing God (Malachi 3:6-12)
Study 7: Dawning of that Day (Malachi 3:13 - 4:3)
Study 8: Looking backward and forward (Malachi 4:4-6)
RAY GALEA is an internationally recognised preacher and is the founder of Multicultural Bible Ministry (MBM) in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Nothing in My Hand I Bring, God is Enough and From Here to Eternity.
The book of Malachi is God’s word to his wandering people. God the loving Father urges his wayward son, Israel, to return to him. It is time to repent. It is time to stop wandering and come home.
Israel has become disillusioned and complacent. Instead of giving God their best, they offer blemished animals for sacrifice. Instead of supporting God’s work, they neglect to tithe. Instead of being faithful in marriages, they divorce their wives and marry women who worship foreign gods.
Only God’s unyielding covenantal love can make cold hearts warm again. God starts his dialogue with Israel not with harsh rebuke, but words of reassurance, “I have loved you.”
Like Israel, we need to be reminded of the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. We too struggle to believe in God’s love when facing difficulties and disappointments in life. We too become complacent and half-hearted in our worship of God.
It is time to return to him with whole-hearted devotion.
Time to Come Home includes 8 studies for adult Bible study groups and individuals. It also includes devotions that can be used in your daily quiet time. They are available in both printed and e-book formats. Free Leader’s Notes are available from EBStudies.com
Study 1: God's wandering people (Overview of Malachi)
Study 2: I have always loved you (Malachi 1:1-5)
Study 3: Nothing but the best (Malachi 1:6 - 2:9)
Study 4: Keep faith (Malachi 2:10-16)
Study 5: Where is the God of justice? (Malachi 2:17 - 3:5)
Study 6: Robbing God (Malachi 3:6-12)
Study 7: Dawning of that Day (Malachi 3:13 - 4:3)
Study 8: Looking backward and forward (Malachi 4:4-6)
RAY GALEA is an internationally recognised preacher and is the founder of Multicultural Bible Ministry (MBM) in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Nothing in My Hand I Bring, God is Enough and From Here to Eternity.
100 pages, Paperback
Published February 10, 2022
About the author
Ray Galea
10 books7 followersRay Galea is an Anglican minister who leads the pastoral team at St Alban's Multicultural Bible Ministry at Rooty Hill in western Sydney. His special brief is to work cross-culturally among second-generation Mediterranean and Middle Eastern people in the region.
Ray grew up as a member of a devout Roman Catholic family, and played an active role as a boy in his local parish church. Prior to training for the ministry, Ray worked as a social worker in Wollongong for three years where he specialized in marriage and family counselling. He is a graduate from Moore Theological College. He is married to Sandy and they have has three children: James, Amy and Madeleine. He has recently authored the book Nothing in My Hand I Bring (Matthias Media, 2008) which has become a focus of interest in the lead-up to Pope Benedict's visit to Sydney in July for Catholic World Youth Day.
Ray grew up as a member of a devout Roman Catholic family, and played an active role as a boy in his local parish church. Prior to training for the ministry, Ray worked as a social worker in Wollongong for three years where he specialized in marriage and family counselling. He is a graduate from Moore Theological College. He is married to Sandy and they have has three children: James, Amy and Madeleine. He has recently authored the book Nothing in My Hand I Bring (Matthias Media, 2008) which has become a focus of interest in the lead-up to Pope Benedict's visit to Sydney in July for Catholic World Youth Day.
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