God’s Love Questioned, Proven, Confessed

The very first words of this prophecy deserve serious and concentrated study by every believer. Why? First of all, the words "I have loved you" stand as the foundation of the entire book, as well as the ground on which God brings His complaint against His people. All of the terrible spiritual indifference, the weariness of worshiping God, the violation of God's covenant in the married state, which were prevalent in Malachi's day, were at heart this: insensitivity and coldness to the love of...