09/08/2026
Tithe And Tithing
The "Robbing God" Passage
Part 7
Praise be to our Lord Jesus โ for revealing truth through keen diligence.
The last part 6 was fiery ๐ฅ and it's worthy reading, learning and making notes for future reference and daily regurgitation.
Let's gooo to part 7 now which is the most misquoted verse about giving by many men of God. But we'll answer all your questions and clear the air on the subject of Tithes and Tithing.
Sadly, Malachi 3:10 has been misused by scammers in the name of men of God and threaten curse to Christians. Well, let me expose their ignorance.
Malachi 3:10 "Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need."
Qn1: Who was God talking to? Malachi 1:1 "The Oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel"
Vs 2 "And now, O priests, this command is for you"
Notice, this was not written to the church. It was written to Israel, under the Old Covenant, specifically to corrupt priests and the nation of Israel who had gone back to the Law.
Firstly, we're not Israel under the Law. We're the Church under Grace - Galatians 3:13 "Christ redeemed is from the curse of the Law"
Qn2: What was the Tithe and Storehouse?
Nehemiah 13:5,12 explains it with clarity.
Storehouse= rooms in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Tithe = food: grain, wine, oil, cattle. For Levites, widows and orphans - Deuteronomy 14:22-29
It was not money ๐ค!!! Hellooooo....
It was farm produce to feed people in Israel.
Why was it given? "That there may be Food in my house" - Malachi 3:10
Here is the challenge to the current church preachers ๐
When was the last time you Pastors put your farm produce - maize, beans and cows in the storehouse? Any ๐?
If we're going to use Malachi let's use all the verses. Let's not be selective. Hellooooo...
Qn3: Why were they "Robbing God"?
Malachi 2:1-2, the priests offered polluted bread, blind animals, lame animals. They were keeping the best for themselves and giving God leftovers.
They also refused to pay the tithe that supported the Levites - Nehemiah 13:10 " the Levites and singers had fled". So the work of God stopped.
They were robbing God by disobeying the Law of Moses. Not by failing to pay 10% of salary ๐บ.
The Curse and Blessing
You're curses with a curse - Deuteronomy 28 lists the curses of the Law for disobedience ;- drought, locusts and poverty.
"Open the windows of heaven"
Deuteronomy 28: 12 "The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land".
This is Law language. Blessing and curse for obedience/disobedience to Moses.
In this dispensation, Galatians 3:13 -14 "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law...so that we might receive the promised spirit through faith".
We're blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ - Ephesians 1:3.
Not because we pay 10%, but because of the Cross.
Qn4: Can we "Test" God today?
"Put me to the test" - This was God inviting Israel to obey the Law and see if He would send rain.
Jesus said in Matthew 4:7 "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test'"
We don't trust God with money to see if He will bless us. We give by faith not to manipulate Him.
Notably, Malachi 3 is about Israel breaking the Law of Moses.
It's not a command of New Testament Church.
We are not under curse. We are not under the Law of Moses.
We give cheerfully.
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