Regarding Tithing and the mis-use/abuse of Malachi
Genesis 28:20 Then JACOB MADE A VOW, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
so that I return safely to my father's house, then the Lord [7] will be my God
and [8] this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I WILL GIVE YOU A TENTH"
Malachi 3:6
Robbing God
"I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty.
"But you ask, 'How are we to return?'
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse-the whole nation of you-because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Now, Christians are we descendants of Jacob? NO!
Lets all go back to giving from our hearts, being led by His Spirit, and meeting the needs that God places in front of us and around us.
To those who aren't giving some set amount to the church and are FEELING GUILTY ?...its alright, youre not gonna come under a curse because youre not descended from Jacob, and havent entered in to a vow with God.
He does not condem you nor will he with-hold anything from you!!!FREEDOM in jesus name "It is finished"
Genesis 28:20 Then JACOB MADE A VOW, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
so that I return safely to my father's house, then the Lord [7] will be my God
and [8] this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I WILL GIVE YOU A TENTH"
Malachi 3:6
Robbing God
"I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty.
"But you ask, 'How are we to return?'
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse-the whole nation of you-because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Now, Christians are we descendants of Jacob? NO!
Lets all go back to giving from our hearts, being led by His Spirit, and meeting the needs that God places in front of us and around us.
To those who aren't giving some set amount to the church and are FEELING GUILTY ?...its alright, youre not gonna come under a curse because youre not descended from Jacob, and havent entered in to a vow with God.
He does not condem you nor will he with-hold anything from you!!!FREEDOM in jesus name "It is finished"