God Never Changes
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God is forever the same in mercy and judgment, in goodness and severity. What He once loved, He still loves, and will always love. What He once hated, He still hates and will always hate. His long suffering and mercy affords us the opportunity to be saved. His judgment and wrath assures us that heaven will be eternally pure and righteous.
Malachi 3:6-7 - "I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you."
"I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."
We can truly understand what the Lord meant in this scripture. But the question is, "Do we?" Let's look at what the Word says: Bible
"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you."Bible
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Melchizedek blesses Abram. |
Abraham was the first on record to offer a tithe (tenth) of his income - to the priest of Salem, Melchizedek. Jacob vowed his tithe to the LORD. God prescribed that all of Israel should tithe into the Tabernacle for the support of the priesthood. Without the tithe, the ministry would have been starved out of business. God curses those who refuse to tithe.
Malachi 3:8 - "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."
Did Abraham offer tithes a tithe (tenth) of his income - to the priest of Salem, Melchizedek? Bible
Is it possibly to tithe and have a bad attitude? Bible
Tithing Activates A Prophesied Blessing
Paying tithes sets into motion the promises of God. God wants His people to support the ministry. When you underwrite the work of God, God will underwrite you. Besides, He says the first ten percent is His (v 8). NEVER spend God's money on yourself.
Malachi 3:10 - "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, 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."
Food for God's ministry and their families to live by brought to storehouse. Bible
In the time of this prophets words Hezekiah had built very large store houses for the ministry of God and His ministers. So large it seemed there was no way to fill them. But overflow them God did. storehouse
Tithers Are Very Important People
Who can you turn to for this kind of security? Nobody but your Creator can make this offer. The tithers - God's people who faithfully return to Him the first-fruits of their labors - become the VIP's in this world. God's Very Important People.
Malachi 3:11 "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."
footnote: There were certain chambers adjoining to the temple; and besides those that were built by Solomon, there were other chambers prepared by Hezekiah in his times, when the tithes were brought in, in such plenty, that there was not room enough for them.
(2 Chronicles 31:11, 2 Chronicles 31:12 ) (2 Chronicles 31)
(2 Chronicles 31:11-12 plus 8 commentaries)
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