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Can Christians be guilty of "robbing" God like it says in Malachi 3?

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God accuses the Israelites of "robbing" him by not tithing the full tenth according to the Levitical law. Can this also be true of believers today who are part of the new covenant and dead to the law? > **Malachi 3:8-11 ESV** Will man rob God? **Yet you are robbing me**. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. **Bring the full tithe into the storehouse**, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. The reason I ask is because this is one of the go-to passages people use to encourage tithing because of the *benefits* that come from it (God will pour down a blessing). If that's the case, then are the *downsides* of *not tithing* shown through this passage also true?
Asked by LCIII (9497 rep)
Jul 7, 2014, 01:38 PM
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