This message walks through Malachi 1–2 and expounds a name of God that was first revealed to Moses: El Qanna, “My name is Jealous.” It is a name that startles modern ears, because we are used to hearing jealousy as a vice rather than as a perfection of God's character.
Malachi confronts a people offering God their leftovers — blemished sacrifices, weary worship, broken covenants — and God answers not with indifference but with jealousy for what is rightly His. This sermon considers what divine jealousy actually is, how it flows from His holiness and His love, and what it means to worship a God who will not share the devotion of His people.
