MALACHI 3:10’S SELF-DEFEATING ARGUMENT AGAINST MONEY-TITHING

 

Mal 3:10 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat [food] 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.”

 

1. The text itself says to “bring all the tithes,”
or “the whole tithe” into the storehouse.

 

2. Therefore, “all the tithe” or “the whole tithe” must include everything referenced in the word, “tithe.”

 

3. Modern tithe-teachers ignore the biblical definition of the holy tithe as only food from inside Israel (Lev 27:30-34; Num 18:20-28).

 

4. Current tithe-teachers change God’s Word and redefine holy tithes as money and non-food increase. This is contrary to God’s Word.

 

5. Malachi 3:10 clearly limits “all the tithe” or “the whole tithe” for FOOD – “that there may be meat/food in my house.” Its blessing is rain (the windows of heaven) to grow food.

 

6. Although money was very common even in Genesis, money was NEVER included in any of the 16 texts which describe the contents of the holy tithe.

 

7. Holy Spirit post-Calvary giving is sacrificial. For some that is less than 10%; for others it is far more (2 Cor 8:12-16).