Proverbs 15:3
It is bad enough to steal but do you really want to steal from God? God has
declared in His Word that not tithing is stealing from Him. God sees the
non-tither as a thief. All the curses that are due thieves are therefore
determined on non-tithers.
But a further debilitating curse is determined on non-tithers for stealing
from God Himself. “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).
You may get away with throwing your shoes at your dog or even your
spouse. But throwing your shoes at the American president could get you
into jail! You may steal from a mere man and get away with it. But you will
not get away with stealing from God. Stealing from God will get you into
big trouble. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, beholding the good and
the evil. He sees every penny you take away from His house. You cannot
escape when you steal from God. Stealing from God is a very bad idea and
I would advise you not to do anything like that. Pay your tithes so that you
do not become a doubly accursed thief!
4. People who do not pay tithes are cursed with the curses that come
upon all who break the law.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And
all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:26
The curses on those who break the law are outlined in the twenty-eighth
chapter of Deuteronomy. The curses on people who break the Law therefore
affect those who do not pay tithes.
For breaking the Law, there are fifteen curses upon children and material
prosperity, thirty curses of sickness, crop failure, war, captivity, business
failure and poverty; and twenty-six new and repeated curses of defeat,
captivity, sickness, persecution and insanity. You must watch out for this
long list of curses when you do not pay tithes (Deuteronomy 28).
a) Fifteen curses upon children and material prosperity you must watch
out for when you do not pay tithes:
1. You will be cursed in the city (v 16)
2. You will be cursed in the field (v 16)
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storehouses will be cursed (v 17)
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