Turn to God (Malachi 3:6–7)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Malachi 3:6–7, David Platt urges us to walk in ongoing repentance before God. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:06.6	Malachi chapter 3, verses 6 and 7.
0:10.4	For I the Lord do not change.
0:13.0	Therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
0:16.9	From the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept
0:21.7	them.
0:22.7	Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
0:29.5	Wow.
0:30.9	What a statement from God to his people, saying, first and foremost, I don't change.
0:45.8	God is unchanging. God is always faithful. God will always be what he always has been. And the context here in Malachi chapter 3 means that means God is faithful to his people and merciful to
0:57.1	forgive them whenever they return to him. Return to me and I will return to you. This is the story of
1:05.8	God's people throughout scripture continually. And that's what verse 7 is talking about. From the days
1:10.3	of your fathers,
1:10.9	you've turned aside from my statutes and you've not kept them. God's people over and over again,
1:15.2	rebelling against God. And yet God constantly saying, return to me and I will return to you,
1:22.7	says the Lord of hosts. Repent. Turn from your sin, and I will forgive you and bless you and give you the life that you
1:30.2	desire the life you're made for. This is God speaking to you and me today saying what we know
1:38.2	in a greater way in the gospel. Repent and believe the gospel. This is the message Jesus came proclaiming.
1:46.3	Turn from your sin. Trust in the love of God, the grace of God to cover over your sin.
1:52.3	Through the sacrifice of his son on a cross, this is the new covenant. Jesus has died
1:57.3	that we might be forgiven of all our sins, have them covered by his blood.
2:02.3	And as we repent, believe in Him.
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