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ROBBERY IN THE AND HOUSE OF GOD

INTRODUCTION:

IN THIS LIFE I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT ANYONE WOULD HAVE THE AUDACITY TO COME INTO GOD’S HOUSE AND COMMIT ROBBERY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME CHRISTIANS WHO COME INTO THE THE HOUSE OF GOD EACH SUNDAY AND ROB GOD OF WHAT BELONGS TO HIM.

A. MALACHI 3:8 “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”

THE QUESTION DID NOT SAY HAS A MAN ROB GOD, BUT WILL A MAN ROB GOD? EITHER WAY THE ANSWER IS YES, AND WHERE HE ROB GOD IS IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS.

SOME OF US CHEAT GOD OUT OF WHAT HE PROVIDE FOR US, AND WE BECOME UNGRATEFUL IN THE WAY WE GIVE BACK TO GOD.

GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR US SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT THROUGH HIS WORD FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SOME OF US HAVE NOT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN TRUST GOD WITH OUR FINANCES. WE STILL ENTER THE HOUSE OF GOD EMPTY HANDED.

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE ROB GOD, WE ROB OURSELVES ALSO OF GOD’S BLESSINGS.

GOD GAVE HIS HIS SON CHRIST JESUS AND IN DOING SO HE GAVE THE BEST HE HAD.

SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE SOMEONE , YOU GIVE THEM YOUR BEST.

SO WHEN YOU ENTER THE HOUSE OF GOD AND DON’T OFFER GOD YOUR BEST, YOU’RE ROBBING GOD FROM ALL OF YOU.

YOU CAN ROB GOD WITH YOUR TIME BY NOT BEING IN PLACE.

GOD NEVER SHOWED UP LATE, WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM.

YOU CAN ROB GOD BY NOT HANDLING YOUR FINANCES WITH DISCRETION.

MEANING PUTTING YOURSELF IN A RUT THAT YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT FOR GOD. GOD REQUIRE OF US TO LIVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE, BEING SUFFICIENT IN ALL THINGS.

NOT JUST YOUR FINANCES BUT YOUR WHOLE BEING.

WHEN YOU ROB GOD, YOU ROB A NATIONS FROM RECEIVING THE WORD OF GOD. IT TAKES FINANCES TO REACH THE WORLD.

NEHEMIAH 13:10 “And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.”

B. MALACHI 3:9 “Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, Even this whole nation.”

THIS DESCRIBES THOSE WHO WITHHOLD FROM GOD WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF THEM.

THE EFFECT THAT IT HAVE ON THIS INDIVIDUAL THEY ALWAYS SUFFER IN WANT INSTEAD OF NEED.

WHAT THIS CREATE IS A POVERTY MENTALITY.

WHEN YOUR POCKET’S ARE CURSED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE , IT WILL NOT GO FAR, BECAUSE IT IS CURSED.

STINGY PEOPLE KEEPS THINGS TO THEMSELVES, BUT NEVER PROSPER FROM IT.

PROVERBS 11:24 “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.”

C. MALACHI 3:10 “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be meat in mine house, And prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, And pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”

GOD IS ADDRESSING THOSE WHO TAKE CARE THE THINGS OF GOD.

WHEN YOU TRUST GOD AND YOU LOVE HIM, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR HIM.

AND THE LORD WILL OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.

AND THE LORD WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER ON YOUR BEHALF SO THE DEVIL CANNOT STEAL FROM YOU NO MORE.