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Wherein Have We Robbed God?: Malachi’s Message to the Men of Today is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Wherein hast Thou loved us? Wherein have we despised Thy name? Wherein have we polluted Thee?” Malachi asks these questions, earnestly pleading with the Israelites to return to God. Even today, there is much to be learned from this prophetic book of the Bible about who God is and how we as His people are to respond to Him.

WE come now to the consideration of the condition of the people at the time when Malachi uttered his prophecy. There is a keyword in the book revealing this condition, a word these people used in reply to every message which the prophet delivered to them, showing what their real attitude was. It is the word “Wherein.” Let us consider the seven occasions of its use:— (1) Chap. 1, ver. 2.—“I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast Thou loved us?” (2) Chap. 1, ver. 6.—“A son honoreth
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