Robbing the human spirit of the Spirit of God robs the whole nation.

Malachi 3:8-10

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 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:8-10

Malachi 1:6-14 reveals the purpose of Malachi’s prophecy, highlighting how honor is given to humans and their authority, while neglecting to honor God and His authority. This scripture asks, ‘How have we robbed God?’ In today’s culture, we see how human beings are honored by the flattery of dignity, self-respect, and esteem. However, honoring people does nothing to nurture the spirit and soul but prevents the Holy Spirit from living within the spirit and soul. The Holy Spirit is essential for the born-again experience, enabling a person to live for God through Jesus Christ. Today’s culture robs the storehouse of God, our body, of the treasures of His Spirit. We are created to be the home of the Holy Spirit.

Robbing God through tithes and offerings is not about money and wealth, as true devotion to God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit comes from the heart, not the bank account. This is shown in the following verses, “And He looked up and saw the rich placing their gifts into the treasury, and He also saw a certain poor widow putting in two small copper coins. He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.’” Luke 21:1-4.

The belief that God’s blessings are received through earthly tithes and offerings, as though the Holy Spirit could be bought, is a curse to our spirit and soul. As Peter said, “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to God that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.” (Acts 8:20-22) Jesus Christ taught that money cannot be our master if He is to be Lord of our lives, saying, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24) “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21)

Withholding tithes and offerings is to rob belief in God as our Creator, “bouncing a check” on sin’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ, and bankrupting the Holy Spirit’s presence within us. As it is written, “You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me.” This echoes the scripture, “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are,” found in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.

Today, God’s “storehouse”, our body, is being robbed by the entity that sets in the temple of God, our body, as if it is God. This atheistic entity does this with power over physiology to give people what to think, feel, do, and say. This entity thrives on bankrupting people of their faith in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. This entity replaces the human spirit and conscience as it enlivens the image of the beast to speak and live through people. Today’s culture is groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

Our bodies are considered the storehouse of the Holy Spirit, bestowed upon us by God through faith in Jesus Christ. If the Holy Spirit is robbed from God’s “storehouse,” then a curse befalls the nation, even the world. The Holy Spirit is He who restrains lawlessness, and His absence from within us unleashes chaos, as stated, “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8. Click here for a post on the lawless one.”

The scripture encourages, “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, so there may be food in My house…” Tithes are brought into the storehouse to provide food for God’s house. Our bodies are described as God’s house, the temple of the Holy Spirit, as stated, “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?” from 1 Corinthians 6:19. Furthermore, it is acknowledged that the food for God’s temple is the Bread and Water of Life, who is Jesus Christ. Jesus proclaims, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty,” as found in John 6:35.

Bringing tithes into the “storehouse” to provide food in God’s house means to fill our minds, spirits, and souls with faith in God our Creator. This involves nourishing ourselves with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the entirety of the Bible, as well as living in the presence of the Holy Spirit. In doing so, the Lord our God declares, “…test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “to see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour out such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11