Bring all the tithes (the
whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10
If you were raised in a Full
Gospel, if you can claim it, you can have it church like I was, than this scripture has
been beaten into your brain. Every Sunday Malachi 3:10 is quoted as people
cheer and praise our Father because they are all going to become mega rich. The
preachers dangle this verse out there in front of us like a carrot that has
been tied to a pole that is attached to our heads. That carrot always seems to remain just
out of our reach. Whether we run or walk, it is still just out of our reach. Don’t
stop tithing today they preach, your breakthrough just might be with this tithe. Yet no
one has so much that they cannot contain it, not even the preachers. How can
this be, it’s a scripture that they are quoting, so why aren’t there mega billionaires
all throughout the church? I mean there has to be some people giving 10%
faithfully.
When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one
obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of
age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether. Hebrews
8:13 Amplified
Look at the scripture used by so many to talk about the tithe; it’s in
Malachi, which is in the Old Testament. The tithe is an Old Covenant command
and the Holy Spirit tells us that the Old Covenant has been dispensed with all
together. So the tithe has been dispensed with all together. The New Covenant
tells us that our treasure is laid up in Heaven, not on this earth.
But gather and heap up and
store for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where
thieves do not break through and steal; Matthew 6:20
The New Covenant tells us that we
are not to seek out earthly wealth.
Therefore do not worry and be anxious,
saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to
drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? For the Gentiles (heathen)
wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and
strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing
and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you
besides. Matthew 6:31-33
The New Covenant tells us that we will be
empowered to give half away, not just a measly tenth.
And he replied to them, He who has two
tunics (undergarments), let him share with him who has none; and he who has
food, let him do it the same way. Luke 3:11
The glory of the New Covenant is that there
is absolutely no separation at all between us and our Father. Everything that
He has is now ours and everything that we have is His. He doesn’t give us 90%
and keep 10%. He gives us 100% and He empowers us to give His Kingdom 100%.
Tithing represents separation, as if we have something and our Father has
something. The New Covenant is so much greater than that. Giving to others is
what we now live for, but our treasure is not an earthly one, it is a spiritual
one. So beware of a preacher or a church that focuses heavily on Malachi and
tithing. The Truth is far greater than what they are preaching. The Truth is
our wealth is eternal, it is laid up in Heavens banks and it will bare great
returns for the rest of eternity. The Truth is our Father will cause each and
every one of us to give as He desires for us to give. It is all by grace, not
law.
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