Elements of true worship seen in Malachi's teaching and rebuking of the Jews:
1) God’s worthiness of worship (1:2-5)
2) True worship is appropriately informed (1:6a)
3) True worship is in accordance with God’s instructions (1:6b-7)
4) True worship elevates God’s worth (1:8)
5) True worship is more than deed (1:9)
6) God’s response to false worship (1:10-11)
7) True worship flows from a right heart with God (1:12-14a)
8) A reprisal of God’s worthiness of worship (1:14b)