Mal. 1.2 1:2 Lesson on Ingratitude. Man often fails to appreciate God’ s love and questions it. 1:2 Lesson: “ Look what God has done for you.” 1:2 Note the question-answer method of Malachi’ s teaching. A dialectic feature (a contrast of contradictions.) Assertion-objection-rebuttal (7 times: 1:2-3; 1:6-7; 2:10-16' 2:17; 3:7; 3:8; 3:13). There are 23 questions in 55 verses (wg).