“ For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. ”
I am the Lord, I change not - , better, more concisely, “I, the Lord I change not - . The proper name of God, “He who Is,” involves His unchangeableness. For change implies imperfection; it...
For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob (f) are not consumed. (f) They murmured against God, because they did not see his help which was ever present to defend them: and theref...
Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:6 . The Coming of Judgment. This passage is addressed to those of the prophet's contemporaries who were so perplexed by the state of things around them that they had be...
Here the Prophet more clearly reproves and checks the impious waywardness of the people; for God, after having said that he would come and send a Redeemer, though not such as would satisfy the...
DISCOURSE: 1273 THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD Malachi 3:6 . I, the Lord, change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed . THERE is not any thing in the whole creation that is in itself immut...
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. I am the Lord, I change not - The new dispensation of grace and goodness, which is now about to be introduced, is not t...
For I am the Lord, I change not— "Because I am the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and am true to the promises given to your fathers, therefore you still continue a people, and are not consum...
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. For I am the Lord - Yahweh: a name implying his immutable faithfulness in fulfilling His promises: the covenant-n...
3 The Speedy Judgment 1. This v. is closely connected with the preceding. It is the answer to the question, 'Where is the God of judgment?' The messenger is evidently a prophet or a succession of...
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD ( Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18 ). (17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet now directs his reproofs against th...
Malachi 2:1-17 ; Malachi 3:1-18 ; Malachi 4:1-6 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many thi...
a Purging from Evil Malachi 3:1-12 The opening verses of this chapter stir the heart like the call of a trumpet. We remember how literally they were fulfilled in the presentation of our Lord in...
The last division of the Book contains the prophet's announcement of the coming of Messiah. It falls into three sections, one dealing with the coming One, one dealing with the Coming Day, and one utt...
Here we have the confirmation of that glorious truth, which is the distinguishing character of Jehovah, his unchangeableness. And, Reader! amidst the perpetual fluctuating, dying, and perishing circu...
For I [am] the Lord ,.... Or Jehovah; a name peculiar to the most High, and so a proof of the deity of Christ, who here speaks; and is expressive of his being; of his self-existence; of his purity a...
For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Ver. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not ] I am Jehovah. This is God's proper and incommunicable name. It imports thr...
I am the Lord Hebrew, Jehovah; I change not In my nature or perfections there is no change, or shadow of turning , and therefore I have and always must have an unchangeable hatred to all sin: an...
Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. B. C. 400. 1 Behold, I will sen...
This introduceth the final and full confirmation of what hath been foretold in the verses before, the God of judgment will come, &c. I change not: as he loved righteousness, and hath purposed t...
The Coming Activity of God ( Malachi 3:1-6 ) The question, ‘Where is the God of Justice?' ( Malachi 2:17 ) was obviously a two-edged one, but it is questionable whether the people of Judah wanted...
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 3:6 . I Jehovah] am unchangeable in gifts and calling, therefore sons of Jacob ] (contrasted with Jehovah) will not be destroyed. “The Divine immutability secured the pre...
Malachi 3:6 We can all of us, perhaps, look back to occasions when, if God had been pleased suddenly to call us away, in the state in which we were living at that moment, we could only have put ou...
Malachi 3:1 . Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: The name Malachi means «my messenger.» The reference here is, of course, to John the Baptist, who was to pr...
Malachi 3:1 . Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. John the baptist, as our Saviour himself expounds this passage. Matthew 11:7-18 . The Lord whom ye seek, and...
Behold, I will send My messenger. Messiah’s messenger The coming of the Messiah was in the time of the world’s deepest wants. As in all instances of national degeneracy, two special causes bore...
EXPOSITION Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send ( I send ) my messenger. God answers that he is coming to show himself the God of judgment and justice. Are they ready to meet him and to bear...
The Great Day of the Lord. Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant.
1 Samuel 15:29 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:14 ; Exodus 3:14 ; Exodus 3:15 ; Genesis 15:18 ; Genesis 15:7 ; Genesis 22:16 ; Hebrews 13:8 ; Hebrews 6:18 ; Hosea 11:9 ; Isaiah...
The Tithe Chapter Malachi 3:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When one reads the Book of Malachi he would think that the Holy Spirit was writing a message to the churches of the twentieth century, espec...
I change not — I have an unchangeable hatred to sin: and my long suffering also changeth not, therefore you are not consumed in your sins. Not consumed — God is the same in his wisdom to order the...