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The Curse of the 10% (Part II)

  Alright now, where did we leave off? Yes, would a man rob God or would he not rob God? That is the question. The priests were engaging in thievery as recorded in the book of Malachi and God cursed them and their baldheaded kids. (Dang, He did that!)  I made a very bold statement in part I of this post, "THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE TITHE!"  I made that post to get your attention. There is NO REASON for the tithe because JESUS became the tithe. You see tithing was a law as I showed in Hebrews 7 but also recall in Malachi 3, I stated that God told the priests that a messenger would come and wipe the priests clean.  Malachi 3:1-4 “Look! I’m sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on his way!” A Message from the mouth of God -of-the-Angel-Armies. But who will be able to stand up t

The Curse of the 10%

  Wasn't raised in the church but I do emember briefly going to one when I was about eight or nine years old. My mom and dad gave my school teacher permission to pick up my brother, sister, and I in a church van to take us to Sunday school and regular church service. I hated church, but I loved to sing in the youth choir. Another thing I remember was during a break in the service we had to walk down the aisle and put money in the basket. We were told it was offering. My mom would usually give us a dollar each to put in offering. Some Sundays she gave us nothing because she had nothing and I used to feel extremely humiliated walking down that aisle with NOTHING.  Welp, we stopped going to that church for other reasons, I may share in a latter post. Anyway, it was not until 14 or 15 years later that I decided to go back to church and that is when I was introduced to the TITHE. Foreign to me of course, I continued to give what I'd made up in my mind to give. And no it was