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b'Blessing in Giving \\nFour Reasons Not to Tithe\\nPastor John Stocker: www.truthwithjohn.com \\nSeptember 18, 2016\\n\\n\\u201cTithe\\u201d = the tenth\\n\\n1: \\u201cI just don\\u2019t like the idea of tithing\\u201d\\nBring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in \\nMy house, and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will \\nnot open for you the windows of Heaven and pour out for you such \\nblessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. 11And I will \\nrebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit \\nof your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, \\nsays the Lord of hosts\\u2026\\nMalachi 3:10-11 (NKJV) (ref. Luke 12:15 (GNT), 1Timothy (CEB)) \\n\\n \\u201cBlessing\\u201d (ber-aw-kaw) = A spoken benediction of blessing\\n\\n2: \\u201cWe are not under the law\\u201d (ref. Genesis 28:20-22 (MEV))\\n\\u201cJesus answered him, \\u201cThe first of all the commandments is: \\u2018Hear, \\nO Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30And you shall love the\\n Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your \\nmind, and with all your strength.\\u2019 This is the first commandment. \\nMark 12:29-30 (NKJV)\\n\\n3: \\u201cI don\\u2019t like the idea of God \\u2018cursing us.\\u2019\\u201d\\n\\u201c Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me.\\nBut you say, \\u201cHow have we robbed You?\\u201d\\nIn tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, your\\nwhole nation, for you are robbing Me.\\u201d \\nMalachi 3:8-9 (MEV)\\n\\nSomething wonderful: When we tithe, God sees our entire\\n lives as holy unto him.\\n\\u201cIf the first piece of bread is offered to God, then \\nthe whole loaf is made holy.\\u201d \\nRomans 11:16 (NCV)\\n\\n4: \\u201cI can\\u2019t afford to tithe\\u201d\\nBut You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger\\n and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness and truth.\\n Psalm 86:15 (AMPC)'