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I. God is
1. The
Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
2. The
Malachi 3:7 (NKJV) Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, Says the Lord of hosts. But you said,In what way shall we return?
Malachi 3:8 (NKJV) Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, In what way have we robbed You? In tithes and offerings.
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II. has always been a part of
1. started before the
Genesis 28:22 (NKJV) And of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.
2. was practiced in the
Numbers 18:21 (NKJV) Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
Malachi 3:9 (NKJV) You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
Nehemiah 13:10 (NKJV) I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to his field.
1 Corinthians 9:13-14 (NKJV) Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
Galatians 6:6 (NLT) Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
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III. The is a gateway into
1. Grace includes participation
2 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2. Grace is
3. Grace is and
1 Corinthians 16:2 (NIV) On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
4. Grace is
5. Grace is
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IV. God with the
Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 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 blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
1. supplies God’s
2. supplies the
Malachi 3:11 (NKJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, Says the Lord of hosts;
3. becomes a
Malachi 3:12 (NKJV) And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land, Says the Lord of hosts.
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