Tithing - Removing Your Fear of the Malachi Sermon

Thank you to a certain reader, named Paul Leong linked this over to me.  And these are only 2 of the many eye-opener articles.  So be blessed by them.

 

Malachi 3:8 in context ... part 1

THE MYSTERY OF MALACHI REVEALED

by L Ray Smith - in his essay article "Tithing is Unscriptural Under the New Covenant [A Scriptural Exposition on the Fraudulent Fleecing of the Flock]" 

It is the book of Malachi that today's clergy uses as their main authority for promulgating the doctrine of "Christian tithing." Christian tithing means that everyone must give 10% of their gross income (which is in the form of MONEY, 99%+ of the time), or they will be "cursed with a curse." It will be well worth your time to read the real meaning of Malachi's prophecy.

"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein 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 storehouse, that there may be meat [bread] in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that thee shall not be room enough to receive it." (Malachi 3:8-10).

Their interpretation of these proof texts are as follows: Rob God of His ten percent of your salary and be CURSED, or pay God ten percent of your salary and be BLESSED.

Before we go any further, just who is cursing whom in this Malachi prophecy? Does God, indeed, say, "You are CURSED with a curse" (Mal. 3:9)? This definitely sounds as if it is GOD Who is doing the cursing, doesn't it? But say, did you notice that the word "are" in your Bible is in italics? That means that the word was supplied by the translators and was not in the original manuscripts. Remove it, and the verse says: "You cursed" rather than "You are cursed"

Is it God, or Israel, who is doing the cursing in this verse?

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Malachi 3:8 in context ... part 2

The following is taken from Chapter 7 - Disinformation I, of the book - Tithing : Low-Realm, Obsolete & Defunct, by Matthew E. Narramore.

If You Don't Tithe You Are a God-Robber.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. (Mal. 3:8-9).

Under the Old Covenant the tithe was the Lord's and the children of Israel were robbing God when they didn't give it to him. We have a completely different relationship to God. The New Covenant is actually between God the Father and Jesus. Therefore, it is perfect and eternal because it does not depend on a fallible human who might break it. We are included in the New Covenant by our spiritual union with Jesus and we share his covenant relationship with the Father.

Our relationship to God as a born-again son is superior to anything previous. We are not our own, we have been bought with a price, the blood of Jesus.



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The truth always set you free.

THE TITHING CON GAME - PART 5

The Jews Today Do Not Tithe!

Here is an exchange of email between a Robert K. Sanders and the Jewish Rabbi Reuven Lauffer on whether Jews today pay tithes.  It came from his website at: 


http://www.truthorfables.com/Tithing.htm

This is the second piece of evidence that I am presenting to you as to whether Jews today are still paying tithes.  The first evidence is in Part 1 in the form of a hyperlink to Rabbi Simmon's website.

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Robert Sander's Email To The Rabbi:

From: "Robert K. Sanders" rksanders@comcast.net  form_message: Does God now require Jews to pay tithe according to the  Levitical system, as there are no longer a Temple and Levite priests to care for it? How are the Rabbis paid for their work? Were all excluded from paying tithe except those in agriculture and animal husbandry?



The Rabbi's Reply To Robert Sanders:

 -----Original Message-----

From: Rabbi Reuven Lauffer [mailto:lauffer@ohr.israel.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:41 AM
To: ohr@ohr.edu; rksanders@comcast.net
Subject: Re: TithesFrom: "Ohr Somayach" ohr@ohr.edu
To: Lauffer@ohr.israel.net
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:36:43 +0200
Subject: (Fwd) Inquiry form from the OHR.edu site
Reply-to: ohr@ohr.edu

Dear Robert,
There is no longer an obligation to support the Levites and Priests as they are no longer working in the Temple. Rabbis are normally supported by the contributions of their congregants through their Synagogue membership.

In general regular charity is a commandment that is incumbent on everyone and it teaches us the very important lesson that the money we control has been entrusted to us by G-d. One should not make the mistaken assumption that if a person works for his money then he has "earned" it and it belongs to him without any preconditions. Rather, whatever money we have has been granted to us by G-d and we must prove ourselves worthy of being the recipients of it. Therefore, we take some of our "hard earned cash" and give it to those that are less fortunate then ourselves.

Best regards from Jerusalem,

Rabbi Reuven Lauffer
At Ohr Somayach/Tannenbaum College in Jerusalem, students explore their heritage under the guidance of today's top Jewish educators. For information, please write to info@ohr.edu


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What shall we say then? We say what the bible, not what man says, and that is:

2Co 9:7  So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Shall we not say "Amen" to that?