Good
morning friends, we started a series yesterday on the subject of tithing in the
New Testament. We saw from Gods word yesterday that tithing came before the law
(Abraham and Jacob paid tithe before the law).
Also in the New Testament we are advice to pay tithe.
Today
we are going to be unveiling more realities in the area of tithing to you in
the New Testament.
AM I
CURSED IF I DON’T PAY TITHE?
Most
people pay their tithes because they are scared of the devourer; paying of
tithe is good but if your reason for paying tithe is because you are scared of
the devourer, then you are doing it the wrong way.
We should not tithe like they did under the
law.
We
should not tithe as a slavish duty or as a legalistic thing. If you don’t pay
your tithe you are not cursed.
Preachers
have made this worst they teach from the book of malachi 3:8-11
8
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye
have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD
of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And
I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits
of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith the LORD of hosts.
You must understand that men who lived in the
old covenant were spiritually dead men; they needed a law to guide them. 1tim 1:9
says the law is not made for a righteous man. We are no longer under the law
the new creation is governed by LOVE and not by the Laws of Moses.
So when you don’t pay your tithe no devourer
has the legal right to destroy your fruit, if you see any devourer around you whether
sickness, poverty or death is not because you don’t pay your tithe but because
the devil is after you and he wants to destroy your joy and you need to resist
him with the word.
DO I NEED TO PAY MY TITHE FOR GOD TO BLESS
ME?
The ground on which we get bless as Christians
is not because we pay tithes but because of the finished work of Jesus. If you
want God to bless you because of the tithe you pay, then you are trying to get
Gods bless through your works.
It’s the grace of God that makes the blessing
of God abound towards us. 2cor8:9
As Christians all the blessing we ever needed
has been made available. Eph 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
places in Christ:
So God has blessed us with all spiritual
blessings, so we are blessed. If you think paying your tithe would make you
bless then you have missed it.
When people pray for open heaven I don’t know
what they mean. Or pay tithes for God to open the windows of heaven for them. As
royalties we live in heaven, we are seated with Christ in heavenly places; so
why pray for open heavens.
SO WHY SHOULD YOU PAY TITHE?
1)
We should pay our tithes because we love God.
2)
We should pay our tithes in obedience to God
and his word.
3)
We should pay our tithe for the great
commission to be fulfilled. (so that souls can be won). On this issue I will
address church pastor and on how I think they should use their ministries tithe
on our tomorrow write up.
4)
To support the ministry we are paying into.
Don’t
give your tithe out of:-
1)
Guilty
2)
Emotion
3)
Fear
of the devourer.
Tomorrow
we will be rounding up this series on the subject of “tithing in the new
testament”, and tomorrow we will be talking about:-
1)
Who to
pay our tithes to?
2)
As a
minister how do I use my ministries tithe. E.t.c
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