Of God and Mankind

  Malachi 3:10-12 (AMP “ 10 Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the L ord  of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessing until there is no more room to receive it.    11 Then I will rebuke the devourer (insects, plague) for your sake and he will not destroy the fruits of the ground, nor will your vine in the field drop  its grapes  [before harvest],” says the L ord  of hosts.    12 “All nations shall call you happy  and  blessed, for you shall be a land of delight,” says the L ord  of hosts.” Dear people of God, once again I am inclined to discuss the issue of tithing and this time around the message is for those Christians who justify refusal to pay tithes.   Such Christians are quick to make reference to wealthy non-Christians who do not pay tithes as a justificat...

2 Timothy 4:1-5 (AMPC)   “ 1  I CHARGE [you] in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (in the light of) His coming and His K ingdom:   2  Herald  and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favo u rable or unfavo u rable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking  and correcting, warning  and urging  and encouraging them, being unflagging  and inexhaustible in patience and teaching.   3  For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound  and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own li...