Pastors who want to accumulate lots of money for themselves capitalize on the pronouncement on Malachi 3:10. They make people believe that if they want to be showered with blessings from heaven, they should pay tithes.
That is a clear deception! Why? Because Malachi 3:10 is not a commandment for Christians but for the Israelites.
As written in MALACHI 4:4 (KJV),
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with statutes and judgments.
Tithing, or the paying of ten percent, is a part of the law of Moses. However, this law is no longer in effect in the Christian dispensation because when the Lord Jesus Christ came, He changed the law; He changed the priesthood. Hence, the change in the priesthood necessitated the change in the law also.
As written in HEBREWS 7:12 (KJV),
For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Unfortunately, this particular verse is not being read by the advocates of tithing. They want their members to pay tithes regularly because it means sure money for them.
It is apparent that those pastors and ministers do not understand that the law on tithing had its efficacy only during the time of the priesthood of Moses. So, its efficacy had expired. What is in effect now is the law of Christ. That is why in the Christian era, the law of Moses should no longer be enforced.
ACTS 13:39 (KJV) says,
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
The law of Moses had been superseded by the law of Christ. What we have to fulfill now is the law of Christ.
GALATIANS 6:2 (KJV) says,
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
The law of Christ does not require us to pay tithes. We have nothing to pay. We do not owe pastors anything so why do we have to pay them?
Christians are not commanded to pay tithes. The commandment to Christians is explicitly stated by the Apostle Paul in his epistle to the brethren in Corinth.
In 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 (KJV), it says,
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Every man, every Christian in the era of Christianity does not pay; instead, he gives, contributes, or donates, according to what his heart tells him. The desire to give emanates from his heart, and the amount to be given is likewise dictated by his heart. There is no fixed amount and the giving should be done voluntarily, “not grudgingly” because “God loveth a cheerful giver.” Because of this, the first-century Christians who helped the work of God in the Church did not just give ten percent.
2 CORINTHIANS 8:3 (RSV) says,
For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will,
They gave beyond their means, by their own free will; nobody dictated to them how much they should give. If you’re giving ten percent, it means that you are not giving by your own free will but by the will of your pastor.
Bear in mind that the law on tithing, which was a part of the law of Moses, was the will of God during the time of the Israelites. But the law of Moses had been replaced by the law of Christ. And under the law of Christ, you have to give, not ten percent, but according to what is purposed by your heart.
Please, don’t be deceived!
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