"But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male animal, the vote, and sacrifices to the Lord what is pure, for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen."
There is a curse that can achieve the life of any person of God's people. It is a very serious curse and that we can see in this text.
It is a curse not only breaks with prayer and renunciation.
The text speaks of worship without soul and without truth. Without the necessary changes in the reality of a renewed life, a new birth. In a life that shows the gratitude of a being who was hit by a great grace.
The text warns us that when this happens, we run the risk of being under that curse.
The Word is saying that he who plays for worship is cursed. He who despises God's name is cursed. One who shows a devotion without offering to God is the best damned: "A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts unto you, the priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer upon mine altar polluted bread, ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? By this do you think that the Lord's table is contemptible. If ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now unto thy governor: will he be pleased with you? or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. Now therefore, beseech the favor of God, be gracious to us. With such an offering at your hand, will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts "(Malachi 1: 6-9). One who shows a lack of enthusiasm for the person of God, for it is all a bummer, "But ye profane it, you say: The Lord's table is polluted, and its product, that is, their food, is contemptible" (Malachi 4: 12).
There are serious consequences when it plays at worship, when there arises no soul and no truth in encounters with God.
The result is that we will find a service mechanic (addicted), one worship without passion, a cult that does not try to find the best to God, a cult without renewal, without purpose in life, a cult that does not shed a whole in the presence of God, a cult without gratitude, worship without a life given totally to God and surrendered.
The result is clear!
We will find a life of hypocrisy, a cult empty and spontaneity. What is at the bottom of life causes a bitter and unhappy soul.
This curse can only reach those who belong to the people of God. For those who are worshiping God.
Therefore, review how you have been presented before God. Think about what your motivations are to go to church in the days of worship.
It's not just prayer and renunciation that breaks that curse. But it takes a life dedicated to God, lives that are willing to worship in "Spirit and Truth" (John 4:23).
Based on Malachi 1:14.
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