Dynamic Life Baptist Ministries - Pastor Victor Clay

Sermon Title: Do You Honor God by Your Tithes and Offering?
Sermon Text: Malachi 3:6-12
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to stop robbing God of His Honor by giving freely of tithes and offering.
Sermon Proposition: There are 5 precepts given in relationship to tithes and offering and God's Honor.

1. The reason for tithes and offering theft is a low view of God. v.6-7

   • There is a low view of God's eternal mercy. v.6

   • There is a low view of God's Word. v.7a

   • There is a low view of God's sovereignty. v.7b

   
   
   

2. The rub of tithes and offering theft is the robbery of God. v.8a

   • The Christian can rob God in his tithes. v.8a

   • The definition of the tithe.

   • The origin of the tithe. (Gen. 14:13-18; Heb. 7:2-4; Gen. 4:6-7; Heb. 11:4)

   • The purpose of the tithe. (Neh. 13:10-14)

   • The place of the tithe. (1 Cor. 16:1-4)

   • The benefit of the tithe.

   
   

   • The Christian can rob God in his offerings. v.8b

   • The tithe was mandatory, the offering was voluntary. (Luke 6:38)

   • The tithe was commanded from the receiver, the offering was given from the heart.

   • The tithe gained access to God, the offering determined the level of blessing.

   • The tithe was the key that gave you access to heaven, the offering was a seed you planted to determine what heaven would give you.

   • The offering was never an offering until you had completed the tithe. (2 Cor. 9:5; 2 Cor. 8:24)

   
   
   

3. The result of tithes and offering theft is the cursing from God. v.9
   
   

4. The resolution of tithes and offering theft is the testing of God. v.10a (2 Cor. 9:6-7)
   
   

5. The reversal of tithes and offering theft is the abundant blessing from God. v.10b-12 (2 Cor. 9:8-15)