Men, think that they can defraud God, but it is inevitably a losing proposition. We only end up robbing ourselves of blessings and bringing curses down on our heads. So it was with the men of Malachi's time so it is today.
We were talking over lunch today about how it is possible that there has never been a period in history when the church was weaker and more divided. Why is that? Well one possible explanation is offered by George Barna the Christian pollster revealed in a 2004 pool that the typical American adult watches football games more often than he attends worship services, and tithing, the practice of giving a tenth of one's income to the church, is "pitifully uncommon" among Christians and "almost nonexistent" among people younger than 40. In fact, only about 7 percent of all born-again Christians tithe
The church is in the process of robbing God, and as a result we have stiffled the blessings that should be ours. Yet I dare say we would react the same way on the whole if the Lord called us to return. "What need do we have of repentance, revival, and reform?" we might say.
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
