December 11, 2024
The Messenger - Part 3
Malachi 4:4
12/11/2024
4 Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes
and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all
Israel. (ESV)
Malachi, God's messenger, has called our attention to the
coming day of the LORD. On that day the evil and arrogant will
be set ablaze, while the ones who trust in God will find the joy
of salvation. Malachi said nothing new, nothing which hadn't
been proclaimed by countless others.
Everything we need to know about the Triune God, about His
grace, love, and mercy, is readily available. There is nothing
hidden, nothing that only special wise people can find, nothing
which is not clearly proclaimed.
Malachi wrote: ``Remember the law of my servant Moses, the
statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all
Israel.'' The words Moses gave the children of Israel at Mount
Horeb before they crossed the Jordan River to enter the land once
promised to Abraham are a retelling of the words God spoke at
Mount Sinai. They were certainly words of the Law, but also
words of promise, of grace, of love.
What was the word of God given through Moses at Mount Horeb?
``And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you,
but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love
him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all
your soul.''[1] That fear of the LORD is to trust in His
promises, to hold firmly to His grace, and to serve Him above
that which He created.
May our Lord grant us the faith to fully trust in Him for
our eternal blessing. Amen.
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1. Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV)