Malachi 2  Truth vs Lies

The truth hurts if we are living a life of lies and yet does nothing to change a person. That is the point that Malachi is saying to the people. “You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?” The fool has said in his heart, there is no God. Such is the way of the unregenerate. They think because God has not punished them, they are as righteous as the one who is not. What a warped sense of right and wrong. That is what I love about Malachi. He puts the cards on the table and they and us are found wanting just as Belshazzar was. 

So what is the prescription to correct us? It is for us to speak truth, live truth and obey truth. God has made His Word clear and it is up to us to listen and believe and be transformed by it because if we don’t then the words of Romans 1:20 are  going to come from God: you are without excuse. You heard and rejected. You saw the transformation and you denied it. 

Today be a disciple of His and proclaim the truth, live the truth and speak the truth.