From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. wReturn to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. xBut you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. xBut you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ yIn your tithes and contributions. 9 zYou are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10 aBring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby bput me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open cthe windows of heaven for you and pour
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Feb 9, 2025
Malachi 3:7-12
The Tithe:
1) Purpose - to show commitment to God
(("tithe" means 10%))
··Not putting God first in:
A) sacrifices
B) families
C) money
2) Problem - didn't know they had moved away from God
··When we stray:
A) uncertain how to get back
B) insensitive about the relationship
C) leave a tangible trail that shows our unfaithfulness
D) talk is better than our walk
3) Proposal - God says "try me"
"bring"
A) percentage
B) place
C) purpose
D) proposal
··God wants us to trust Him:
A) He knows money is the hardest thing well ever give up
B) He wants to show Himself to us
4) Partnership
A) God owns everything
B) Giving is a true test of our commitment to God
C) With God $10 - $1 = $10
D) God wants our first 10% not our leftovers
E) Tithing is an issue of trust, not money
