27:17 - 25/26 - Thur night

Summary

The sermon focuses on faithfulness in marriage, emphasizing the covenantal nature of the relationship between husband and wife as established by God in creation. It critiques the unfaithfulness and treachery of priests in Malachi's time who were divorcing their wives and highlights the serious spiritual consequences of such actions, including the hindrance of acceptable offerings to God. The preacher connects Old Testament teachings with Jesus' New Testament teachings, underscoring that God's original design was for one man and one woman to be united as one flesh, and that divorce is only permissible in cases of sexual immorality. The sermon calls believers to uphold the sanctity of marriage as foundational to the gospel and warns against using authority to justify unfaithfulness.