Tithing The Fruit of Your Labor Bible Study WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TITHE?
Generally defined as the tenth part of fruits and profits; one tenth of somebody's income or produce paid voluntarily for the support of a church or Ministry Scripture study: Malachi 3:8-13 Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, in what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, 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. 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. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts 1. Will a man rob God, yet you have robbed me… The scripture is saying we are robbing God if we do not give our tithes. Many Christians do not give much attention in this particular scripture but this is part of the bible. If you believe in John 3:16, why can’t you
believe in Malachi 3:8-13? Stealing is a sin, therefore we are committing sin if we don’t tithe. 2. Ye are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me… In the scriptures, a curse is the application of divine law that allows or brings judgments and their consequences upon a thing, person, or people primarily because of unrighteousness. Curses are a manifestation of God’s divine justice. A cursed state is experienced by those who willfully disobey God and thereby withdraw themselves from the Spirit of the Lord. Our finances do not belong to us, we are just stewards and we are only returning to God (10% of our income) which belongs to him. 10% of our income is not ours. Some people they think they are saving when they don’t give, unfortunately that 10% money that belongs to God will be cursed if we do not return it to him, because we are stealing. One of our church members who is a thither, one time did not give her tights with the excuse that their tenant left and she will be out of budget. What happened, her dog got sick. 11