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NASB | Malachi 3:8 ¶ "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Malachi 3:8 ¶ "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings [you have withheld]. |
Bible Question: Aren't Christians supposed to tithe? One Christian told me that we werent supposed to tithe. God was talking to a specific set of people |
Bible Answer: Greetings Nakia, YES!!! YES!! and YES again! Malachi 3:8-12 talks about how we rob God by not bringing in our tithes and offerings into His storehouse. Many people unfortunetly believe that tithing was an OT practice and does not apply to Christians today. This couldn't be further from the truth. They believe that tithing was initiated by the law of Moses and therefore when we entered into the New Covenant tithing was done away with. Not so. Gen 14:18-21 tells us that Abram tithed during his time. 1Co 9:13 says: "Don't you realize that those who work at the temple get their food from the temple? Don't those who help at the altar get a share of what is on the altar?" What the priests were to live on was the tithes of the people (see Num 18:8-24). Tithing did not go out with the New Covenant, if it did then we wouldn't have Paul telling us in his letter to the Corinthians that we are to tithe. prayon |