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Recession
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respecting tithes-not an abolition
of that law, but a change. The
tithes are now paid to the New
Testament ministry of J esus Christ
for the great commission of pro–
claiming bis gospel- the very gos–
pel Christ preached-to the world
today! ln
T
Corinthians
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the apos–
tle Paul is inspired of God to
instruct us that God has ordained
that the New Testament gospel
ministry of Christ shall be
financed as the Levítica! priest–
hood of the old covenant-by the
tithes and freewill offerings of the
people.
God's own financia! system is
making possible
THIS VERY WORK
OF
Goo in proclaiming the gospel
Christ preached to the world, on
the
Wor/d Tomorrow
radio and
television program a nd in
The
P/ain Truth
and other publications.
.Hundreds are writing in asking,
how can we send out this powerful
broadcast to the world, without
publicly asking for money-how
can we pu blish a magazine of
worldwide circulation without sub–
scription price? The plain, simple,
straightforward answer is,
THIS
is
the work of Goo, and it is spon–
sored and endowed only by God
Almighty, through faith- and it is
financed and conducted God's way,
as God directs in his word! God has
simply laid it on the hearts of
enough individuals-many of t hem
beJonging to no denomination or
religious organization, others be–
longing perhaps to many churches
or denominations-to pay God's
tithe and give generous offerings to
God through his called and chosen
servant whom he uses and through
whom he speaks! This is the doing
and work of God!
But now 1 want to show you
more of the blessings for obedience
and for honesty in money matters
toward God, and the curses for
neglect or disobedience.
When you pay tithes you are not
giving God anything. They are not
you rs to give. The tithes belong to
God . They never were yours! You
pay your tithes-or rather, God 's
tithes. They belong to him, and he
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says you are stealing when you take
them.
God says to us through Malachi:
"Will man rob God? Yet you are
robbing me. But you say, 'How are
we robbing thee?' " And God
answers, " In your tithes and offer–
ings. You are cursed with a curse,
for you are robbing me; the whole
nation of you" (Mal.
3:8-9) .
Understand this: All wealth is
produced out of God's earth.
It
is
God who sends t he rain and the
sunshine. God also has a thousand
ways of making what you do pay
off·bigger!
When you work diligently in this
partnership to produce all you can,
when you are honest with your
Senior Partner- God- in paying
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All wealth ts
produced out of
God's earth.
God has a
thousand ways of
making what
you do pay off
bigger!
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him his portion of the proceeds,
then God works with you, blesses
your effort, causes the partnership
to produce and earn more. H e
promises repeatedly in the Bible to
prosper the tither. The tither has
far more retaining bis honest nine
tenths than the man who cheats
God and robs himself of God 's
blessing in this partnership. lt's a
blessing, or a curse, depending on
you!
How Yo u Can Prosper
in lnflation
Continuing in Malachi 3, verses 1O
and 11: "Bring the full tithes into
the storehouse, that there may be
food in my house; and thereby put
me to tbe test , says the Lord of
hosts, if 1 wi ll not open the win–
dows of heaven for you and pour
down for you an overflowing bless–
ing. I will rebuke the devourer
[cro p- d estroying pest] fo r
you ... your vine in the field shall
not fail to bear, says the Lord of
hosts. "
That's God 's promise! Why
don' t you pul God to that test?
Why don't you prove him to see if
he doesn't increase the value of
your income in this period of
recession so that your own nine
tenths God gives you will be
worth more than yo ur whole
income now, t hat your financia!
worries will be ended?
" But
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can ' t afford to tithe,"
complains one man. God's answer
is, can you afford to steal from
God? Pay God bi s tenth-and
watch God increase the value of
both bis tenth and your nine tenths.
That's the way to get bilis paid, to
get out of burdensome debt, to be
free from financia] worries.
A Spiritual Blessing
T ithing is a financia! law. Notwith–
standing, the biggest blessing of all
is the spiritual blessing! Jesus said,
"Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also." That, too, is a
law.
If
your treasure is in this
world's amusements and p lea–
sures-if your money- pardon
me- God's money- is being spent
on yourse l f, and your selfish
desires, even including your needs,
then your whole heart and interest
is in this world and not in the king–
dom of God.
J esus also said, "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God," and all these
material needs shall be added to
you. Seek God and you
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prosper.
The vast majority of people do not
know these facts . The times of this
ignorance God overlooks, but now
commands all you who know this
truth to repent, and to begin to pay
God's tjthe regularly.
The way to grow spiritually and
to enjoy the glorious happiness of
God's grace is to put God 's tithe
and your offerings- your trea–
sure-into God's work. Seek with
all your heart the kingdom of God
and financia! troubles wi ll soon
vanish; your life will become hap–
py, full with assurance of life eter–
na! through J esus Chr ist our
Lord! o
The
PLAIN TRUTH