Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
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… read this scripture, Malachi 3 again, but I'm going to add that on the back of it for understanding and let's see if we can't get a fresh revelation of this scripture. Okay. Malachi chapter 3, verse eight. It says, will a man rob God of an opportunity to bless him? Yet you have robbed me of many opportunities to bless you. But you say, in what way have we robbed you of an opportunity to bless us in tithes and offerings? What I'm trying to get you to understand is when we don't honor God by returning that 10% and when we don't obey God, whenever he says to give an offering or bless somebody in the parking lot or put a little extra in the plate or do when we do that it's like you're tying God's hands behind his back he's like no I got all of this that I'm ready to bless you with ah the first came and you played me he's not mad you're still his child you're not a bad person you're not going to hell because of it but he got robbed of the opportunity to bless you see this spins the whole thing where everybody's talking about god i don't need my money that's old testament and yeah blessing is old testament too but it's new testament too when we're talking about the windows of heaven being poured out god's like yo don't tie my hands because I got something that you don't just want, but you need. …
… And we can celebrate that rather than being all bummed out about it. So Malachi chapter 3 verse 8 goes on to say this. Verse 9. You are cursed with a curse for or because you have robbed me, even this whole nation. He was speaking to Israel. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. Notice that. Bring what I've blessed you with into the management of my house, my storehouse. Why? So it might be a blessing to others. And try me. This is the only thing that God ever says about take me on and see if this is true. God says, try me now in this, says the Lord of hosts. If I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. Why does God say this in his word? You put me first, I will bless your life because you're blessing others. …
… rob god rob god i think it's saying can you rob him of the opportunity to bless you and so i'm going to add that and let's see if we get a different perspective of this scripture malachi 3 verse 8 will a man rob God of an opportunity to bless him yet you've robbed me of many opportunities to bless you but you say in what ways have I robbed you of the opportunity to bless us in tithes and offerings see when you don't tithe and when you don't give offering you're literally tying God's hands of blessings behind his back and he's saying if you would just tie and give offering you open me up so that I can bless you the way I've always wanted to bless you look let's keep reading see because the whole reason God invented the concept of tithing and giving was not to support the kingdom of God because if that was a thing we know by reading the bible he could have sent ravens to support the kingdom that's how he fed a man of God he sent ravens to literally they were the first uber eats they would just fly over and drop food think about it or if he wanted to provide he he could send manna from heaven because that's how he provided for the children of Israel or he could bring water from a rock so it makes me believe there's no way that God invented giving to provide for the work …
… verses 6 through 12 is what I'm going to deal with today Malachi chapter 3 verses 6 through 12 now I'm going to go down and talk about these things now let me give you a little bit of background about Malachi Malachi is the last prophet mentioned in the Old Testament it's the last book of the Old Testament and God says some things through him that is going to be the last thing that God says to Israel before there is a break for 400 years. God's going to stop talking, but this is what he says to them. Chapter 3, some things that he says to them before heaven is going to close down and be quiet. And I thought I ought to talk about this because he spends time talking about money. Now, I notice when the pastors start talking about money, people get tight. I saw some of y'all grab y'all purses and put it, held it tight. We're not taking up another offering disservice. …
… runs down the road. So he says, if you return to me, I'll return to you. This is the promise of God, says the Lord Almighty. But you ask, how are we to return? Verse eight, will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, God, how are we robbing you? And he replies in tithes and offerings. You are under a curse. Now let me just pause there. We believe that because of the sacrifice of Jesus, if you're a believer in Jesus, you can never be cursed again. Come on, don't clap like it's, oh yeah, I knew that. Yeah. Jesus reversed the curse. So I'm blessed by God. Somebody say amen to that. He made him who knew no sin to become sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. He says, you are under curse, your whole nation, because you are robbing me. Verse 10, bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. …
… but it's true in the Old Testament. Abraham was considered righteous because of faith, and we'll make reference to him in a moment. All right. Malachi chapter 3, verse 8. Will a man rob God? It's good. It's a nice mellow word here that's just meant to encourage us. All right. Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, in what way have we robbed you? in tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And try me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devour for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of the ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, says the Lord of hosts. All right? Luke 16. I'm going to try to tie these two together, so make sure you see this in your own Bibles. Luke 16, verse 10. …
… And then God asked this question, Will a man rob God? But ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? God answers, in tithes and offerings. And then God says, you're cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. And then God makes a commandment and a promise. Listen to it. Here's the commandment. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me herewith, prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, and here's the promise, 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, and neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time and the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all the nations, or all nations, shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. …