Sermon Tone Analysis
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The priests are cursed
Refusing to repent VERSES 1-2a
Refuse to listen
Refuse to take it seriously
Refuse to bring glory to God’s name
Results in discipline VERSES 2b-3
A curse will be sent personally upon the priests (; )
The priestly blessings upon the people will be turned into a curse )
The priests’ sin impacted the people they were called to serve
The priests judgment had already begun because they did not take it seriously
The priests’ seed will be rebuked
Children?
Crops?
Defilement (excrement) placed on their face
The sacrifices unclean organs and dung were to be burned outside the city
Exodus 29
Humiliation
Guilt and shame
The priestly line is to be protected
The discipline of the Lord carried out will verify He meant what He decreed VERSE 4A
The purpose was to keep the line of Levi, the priestly tribe pure so the covenant God made with them would remain intact VERSE 4B
Levi the Father of the priests VERSES 5-6
God made a covenant with Phineas because of his actions in Numbers
Numbers 25:
God instituted the covenant so the tribe of Levi would fear Him
Phineas actions showed his fear of the Lord and the reverence he had for His name
His speech spoke the truth of God (law of Moses
He did not speak with partiality or make judgements unfairly
What was in his heart and mind was revealed in his speech
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
Isaiah 11:
His daily fellowship with the Lord showed he not only spoke the truth but lived the truth
He refused to sin
The priests failed the people
The priest was to preserve the law of the Lord by guarding it’s knowledge and teaching it to the people for it was his responsibility VERSE 7
The messenger of the LORD of hosts
Matthew 28:18-20
The priests of Malachi’s day did not live it, caused the people to stumble, and dishonored the covenant they had made with God VERSE 8
Our works will be judged
The priests would suffer the consequences for their disobedience VERSE 9
They reaped what they sowed
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