Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have
robbed me, even this whole nation.
Malachi 3:8-9
One of the specific curses in the Bible is Malachi’s curse for not tithing.
This curse involves the release of the devourer, the destroyer and the failed
harvest into your life. The devourer, the destroyer and the failed harvest are
discussed in the previous chapter.
2. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes on
thieves.
The Bible shows us two interesting curses that relate to people who steal.
One is a general curse that God has declared on thieves in general and the
other is a specific curse for stealing from God Himself.
Did you know that there is no need to curse someone who steals from you
because there is a general curse on anyone who steals? A thief is already an
accursed person! The curse that will follow every thief was declared by the
prophet Zechariah.
In this curse, the Lord declares that He will enter the house of the thief and
consume everything including the timber and the stones. After this curse
comes to pass, the thief will be left with nothing, not even a place to live!
The thief may steal millions but this curse will turn the millions into
“smoke”. The thief will not be able to use the things he has stolen and he
will never truly enjoy them. Imagine what this kind of curse would do to a
non-tither. He will never benefit from all the tithes he stole from God.
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the
whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side
according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side
according to it.
I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house
of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and
it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber
thereof and the stones thereof.
Zechariah 5:3-4
3. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curse that comes on
those who dare to steal from God.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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