What kind of gift is service is good enough for God? Will he accept the best we can do right now, the leftovers, and the “just-good-enough”? Malachi 1:6-2:9 shows us that half-hearted service of God is worse than nothing. We’ll look at half-hearted worship of God and then at half-hearted service to God’s people.

Resources:

Malachi 1:6-2:9

Iain Duguid & Matthew P. Harmon – Zephaniah, Haggai, Malachi (Reformed Expository Commentaries)

Alberto Ferreiro & Thomas C. Oden (editors) – Ancient Commentary on Scripture: The Twelve Prophets

Walter C. Kaiser Jr – Malachi: God’s Unchanging Love