The Lord Urges Returning to Him

In the paragraph before us today, Malachi 3:6-12, we read that God still had a willingness that the people repent of their sin in returning to Him in faith. Their sin had been great, and they were quite near to the Lord bringing His judgment upon them. Nevertheless, God promised them that though they had strayed far from Him and had done so for quite some time, He would yet pardon them and restore them to Himself if they turned back to Him. And so it is, the Lord is a loving and patient God, who will extend mercy to the greatest of offenders if they but turn away from their rebellion to Him.