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"Will a man rob God?"

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Announcements Forums Substance – September 10th, 2017 "Will a man rob God?"

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    Susanne
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    I must say I didn’t really see this the first time I read this lesson. But it sure stood out the second time!

    Malachi 3: 6 has some very strong words regarding the importance of tithing.

    “For I am the Lord, I change not.”
    = A reassurance to us that God never ‘sleeps on the job’, he is consistent!

    Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?”
    = Here God graciously invites repentance, with no blame. But He is met with “What? We didn’t do anything wrong.” Or… it could be excuses for not having been obedient?!

    “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”
    = In the French Bible, it translates “Will a man deceive/cheat God?” Tithes includes gratitude… and how many have been down that road of taking all good for granted and not praising, and tithing, to God? (I know I have!)

    And then God tells us, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse…and prove me now… 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.”

    What a beautiful promise! And to bring it back to the beginning, we must be consistent!!!

    #4885
    Linda Russell
    Participant

    Thank you, Susanne, for this post. It is a great reminder to me to be more consistent!

    #4886
    Linda Russell
    Participant

    This passage also reminds me that everything belongs to God.

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