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Revelation 3:18 gives us good counsel on how to re-establish right covenant with the Lord. Jesus' advice to those of us who have become lukewarm is to buy from Him gold that's been refined in the fire.
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Abraham tithed unto Melchizedek, Isaac tithed unto His son Jacob and many others also even before the law was given.
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Many Christians do not tithe because they have been taught that they are not under the law, but under grace.
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While this is a true statement, God did not institute the tithe to bring us under the law, but to get blessings to His children.
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Abraham tithed before the law, and God blessed him supernaturally. We're under grace that we might establish the law; not turn from it.
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Jesus said that He didn't come to do away with the law, but to fulfill it. Because He fulfilled it, we are to establish it.
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His Words are forever settled in heaven, therefore we establish His Words upon the earth.
Matthew 5:17-19: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tithe shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called
the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Tithing According to the Law as Given by Moses Leviticus 27:30 "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD." This scripture states that all the tithe, whether it be seed of the land, fruit of the tree, or one tenth of all that you earn, is holy unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:22-29 states that one-tenth of all that comes into your possession, belongs to God.
This was God's plan to instruct His people as to the way of blessings that He had for them. God is a multiplier by nature, and He could not multiply that which was not entrusted to Him. When the children of Israel were obedient to give back to God that which was His, increase was guaranteed.
Scripture states, It's better to be obedient than to sacrifice. When the children of Israel were obedient, blessings came; when they were disobedient, they had to sacrifice. Many Christians today are wanting God to honor the covenant that He has with His children, but disobedient children cannot receive the same reward as the obedient.
1 Samuel 15:22: "And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."
The strongest chain is only as strong as its weakest link. When we fail to tithe, we become that weak link. Statistics show that approximately 20% of Christians tithe. That means, 80% is not in covenant with God.
It would be better to rob a bank than to rob the bank of Heaven. I'm sure most Christians don't see it this way. Malachi 3:8 asks the question "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."
