TITHE OR HELL YOUR CHOICE - Mike Peralta (first ebook reader txt) 📗

Rob Him of His tithe. Now the word Robbery is God’s own word in Malachi 3:8. Being robbed makes you feel violated – especially when it is by someone who is supposed to love you. Make no mistake about it. God is very hurt when we rob Him of the tithe that is rightfully His. How can we rob from Jesus even after He gave His life for us on the cross? After everything Jesus has done for us – how can we rob from Him?

This sense of assault was voiced by Jesus when Saul was persecuting the church as described in Act 22. In Acts 22:4-9 Paul recounts as follows: “I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished. But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ ’ “And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.”

Notice that Paul was persecuting the church, but Jesus told Paul that he was persecuting Jesus Himself. You see Jesus takes it very, very personally when you persecute (or steal from or hurt or harm) His church or any of His children.

In fact, as I was writing this section, I strongly felt that Jesus was hurt and even angry about how we casually rob Him of the tithe that is rightfully His. Believe me, or rather believe the scripture in Mal 3:8, God really does view our disobedience of the tithe and takes it very personally that we rob Him of His tithe. This is not a trivial matter, my reader. If you truly love God you will not rob Him anymore.

A lot more is at stake here than you currently realize. As I previously stated, Robbing God is a horrible sin to commit. I will go over more of the consequence in Chapter 8 and in the Testimonies but notice for now that Robbing God of His tithe, is a very egregious crime and sin that is personally against God Himself. (Note: Egregious means outstandingly bad; shocking.)

Another very important thing to notice here (in verse 7) is that right before God accuses (and rightfully so) the disobedient about Robbing Him, He tells them to return to Him.

“Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from My decrees and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?” (Malachi 3:7)

It was their sin that separated them from God. As Isaiah 59:2 states, “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:2)

This, of course, means that to return back to God they must repent of their sin and now obey God’s commandment about the tithe and others as well (remember the commandments against adultery and witchcraft, etc.).

So we see here that to be intimate with God requires that we forsake sin and obey God. This is just as Jesus said in John 14:15 that if we love Him, then we will keep His Commandments.“If you love Me, you will obey what I command.” (John 14:15)

So I know that those who don’t tithe are NOT intimate with God. If you don’t tithe then you can’t be close or intimate with God (unless you repent). You may be able to fool others or even fool yourself – but you know in your heart that you don’t hear God’s voice much anymore – not like you sensed Him when you were first born again.

Now I don’t say this because I am a seer or prophet but just based on God’s word in Isaiah 59:2 which says that “your sins separate you from your God.” So you are estranged from God due to your sin of Robbing God of His tithe (or also other sins). (Note: Estranged means to no longer be close or affectionate to someone; alienated.)

 

 The solution, as you know, is to make right with God and repent of your sin or sins. Stop robbing God of His rightful tithe. And do this quickly. Because as I will discuss in Chapter 8 and in the Testimonies the punishment for stealing from God (or anyone else for that matter) is everlasting Hell itself.

And also, if you refuse to repent of your sin you will remain separated from God (Isaiah 59:2) and if you die in that state (due to disobeying the Father’s will, staying separate and not being intimate with Jesus, and due to lawlessness) you will go directly to Hell.

Jesus says this very thing in Mat 7:21-23. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?’ “and then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ ”

As hard as it is to believe that this will be the judgement for Robbing God of His Tithe, Jesus is very clear about those who He will tell to depart from Him. Jesus is NOT kidding. He says exactly what He means and He means exactly what He says. We will go over more scripture in Chapter 8 about the warning that stealing (which is lawlessness) will very definitely land you in Hell – if you don’t repent of that sin. Other sins will land you in Hell also, so believe God in His Word.

Don’t believe man - you will land in Hell if you trust in man. And God will not accept the excuse that “this or that teacher told me that I didn’t have to give the tithe anymore.” God expects you to put HIS WORD above any man. Not only that, this is about your eternal life here. We are not discussing matters of only losing rewards. We are talking about your very soul. We are talking about everlasting damnation. We are talking about Heaven and Hell here. Are you really so foolish so as to put your eternal soul in the hands of fallible man? To believe some man’s word over God’s perfect, eternal, reliable Word?

Now you may try to be clever and try to out-debate me or out argue what I have to say here. But how will that help you? If this interpretation of the Bible is true – then you are going to Hell (if you refuse to repent of robbing God of His tithe) and it doesn’t matter how many people you convince of your “doctrinal” position. In fact teaching or convincing others to not give the tithe will land you into even hotter fires and punishments in Hell. You have to understand that God is giving you this warning here to keep you out of Hell. Needless to say, God has given you a free will. And if you want to believe the lie that: “the tithe has been done away with.” Well that is your free will choice – but you will no longer be able to say that you were not warned. When you are in the fires of Hell you will remember this message and forever regret your choice. You will forever regret your choice.

 

Chapter 6: Tithing Testimonies

 Proof That God Keeps His Word About Tithes

 

Malachi 3:10-12, “10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty.”

Whether it is a promised blessing or a promised judgment, God always keeps His word. In this section we will be reading of How God Blessed Those Who Believed Him And Started Tithing Faithfully.

Now even though I have been emphasizing the “sternnesss of God” to those who are disobedient in the matter of tithing I hope you realize that God would overwhelmingly much rather show kindness and blessing. But for that to occur, God has repeatedly instructed us that we need to obey His commandments for this blessing to occur for us.

“Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in His kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.” (Romans 11:22)

In the next several pages, true testimonies of how God blessed faithful tithers is recorded. From this you will very vividly see how faithful God is to fulfilling His promises of Malachi Chapter 3. God eagerly awaits for you also to faithfully tithe so that He can bless you as well. God eagerly desires to bless you.

 

My Tithing Testimony By Jonathan

"The tithe has promised blessing yet many who tithe miss out on it. This is a tither's testimony of his learning to tithe with joy and reward."

I belong to a church in which the majority of members tithe and I have been taught about the tithe from the time I joined.

For the first few years I tithed but it was in a sporadic or inconsistent manner. I would, for example, round my tithe down or conveniently forget the tax I'd paid before I got my pay. At other times, unexpectedly large expenses would arise and I would reduce my tithe or stop it altogether.

Behind all this was my hesitancy to really let go and trust God. I didn't tithe properly and consistently because I worried I might not be able to cope financially if I did.

During this time I began to realise that the devourer (the devil) was not being rebuked for my sake. God's Word promises He will rebuke the devourer for the sake of the one who tithes but this was not happening for me.

Bills would come in unexpectedly and they always ended up to be bigger than the tithe that I should have given. Often, for example, repairs would be needed on my car and they always cost around £200 leaving me facing real problems. I was not even reaping the benefits of the tithes I did give.

After watching all this happening, I finally decided I couldn't possibly lose anything by accurately