justbyfaith
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In Luke 11:42, it is clear that we are not to leave our tithing undone. This is in the New Testament.
Then, there are the promises in the OT prophets (not the law), such as in Malachi 3, where the person who brings the whole tithe into the storehouse is promised a blessing that he will not have room enough to receive, it is so great.
God says, "Test me now in this."
If God is going to pour out a blessing for your tithe, how is the curse of the law going to apply?
For the curse of the law is that those who are of the works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them. (Galatians 3:10).
But tithing is not of the law; for in it there is a blessing.
Those who are under the curse, who seek to be justified by the law, must keep all of the law from conception into eternity if they are going to be saved that way.
But those who tithe properly are not attempting to earn their salvation by it; rather, they are giving out of thankfulness to the Lord for what He has done; and/or, they are giving in order to obtain the promise, by fulfilling the condition of the promise.
Again, those who tithe properly are not seeking to obtain salvation through their tithing. If they didn't tithe, they would be just as saved; but they would be missing out on a promised blessing (spoken of in Malachi 3).
Then, there are the promises in the OT prophets (not the law), such as in Malachi 3, where the person who brings the whole tithe into the storehouse is promised a blessing that he will not have room enough to receive, it is so great.
God says, "Test me now in this."
If God is going to pour out a blessing for your tithe, how is the curse of the law going to apply?
For the curse of the law is that those who are of the works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them. (Galatians 3:10).
But tithing is not of the law; for in it there is a blessing.
Those who are under the curse, who seek to be justified by the law, must keep all of the law from conception into eternity if they are going to be saved that way.
But those who tithe properly are not attempting to earn their salvation by it; rather, they are giving out of thankfulness to the Lord for what He has done; and/or, they are giving in order to obtain the promise, by fulfilling the condition of the promise.
Again, those who tithe properly are not seeking to obtain salvation through their tithing. If they didn't tithe, they would be just as saved; but they would be missing out on a promised blessing (spoken of in Malachi 3).