Rebuke the devourer for our sake only if we tithe? Is that true; is it something we must do?

Recently I had a tither tell me with a very serous tone in his writing "I would never stop tithing, I want the devourer rebuked for my sake, I would never want go through life without the devourer rebuked, no sir!" 

He went on to ask me why I wouldn't tithe and why I wouldn't want the devourer rebuked in my life also?" He also asked me "why don't you want to claim the promises in Malachi 3:10?" (for more on Malachi 3:10, and "claiming the promises" see below). 

My answer was short and to the point; "I don't need the devourer rebuked for my sake, and I don't have to pay 10% of my income for it; Jesus rebuked the devourer for me on the cross forever, it's a done deal." 

I went on to explain to him that no amount of "tithing" can rebuke the devourer better and more thoroughly than the power of the cross. The cross and the subsequent resurrection of Jesus from the dead was the ultimate rebuking of the devourer, and it had, and has, nothing to do with tithing. 

In the promise made to the nation of Israel in Malachi 3:10, they had to continually tithe to have the devourer rebuked for their sake, if they stopped tithing, the devourer was free to devour once again. Not so with a New Testament Believer. For us, the devourer is rebuked forever based on and because of what Jesus did for us, not what we can do for ourselves, not by tithing! 

We are told to beware of lies, including lies concerning tithing... 

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." - Colossians 2:8. The tradition of men include so called "New Testament tithing" an instruction from God which simply does not exist in the New Covenant. 

>> When Jesus went to the cross he paid the price to redeem us from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13), he paid a very high price, the highest possible, to have the devourer forever rebuked in our lives in all respects. Jesus triumphed over the forces of darkness in our lives, and they now stand publicly rebuked forever unable to devourer us! 

The roaring lion that seeks to devourer us is eternally rebuked; his vocal cords have been cut and his teeth have been knocked out! It wasn't tithing that did it, it was Jesus who did so; Jesus is our champion, tithing is not! Jesus is our redeemer, our rebuker, tithing is not! 

>> In Colossians chapter two there are many wonderful events that reveal what Jesus Christ did for us that are now realities in our lives. Among some of them are; 

"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him..." 

1. Rooted and built up in Him (Jesus), verse 7. 

2. We are complete in Him, verse 10. 

3. We are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands in Him, verse 11. 

4. We are buried with him in baptism (buried people do not need to tithe. When was the last time you saw a buried person tithing?), verse 12. 

5. We are also risen with Him, verse 12. 

6. All of our trespasses have been forever forgiven, verse 13. 

7. And, concerning how Jesus forever rebuked the devourer for our sake, verses 14 and 15... 

"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." 

> Look closely; Jesus rebuked them on our behalf for all to see; "having spoiled [REBUKED] principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it." 

THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT TITHING; it was done through the blood of Jesus Christ! It was NOT accomplished by you paying ten percent of your income to anyone! You can't redeem anyone with money!... 

"They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:" - Psalms 49:6-7 

We are redeemed from the curse of the law, being redeemed is a present tense eternal reality, that redemption included having the devourer rebuked for our sakes, with no need to tithe, now and forever! This is reality NOW... 

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." - Gal. 3:13-14 

Look closely; "the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ" ...NOT THROUGH TITHING, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. 

Don't be deceived into thinking you have to pay someone 10% of your income or "God will not rebuke the devourer for your sake and will let you be devoured!" 

Being devoured by the devourer was a result of the curse of the law, Jesus became a curse for us on the cross and we are NOW, ALREADY, redeemed from the curse of the law and the devourer has been permanently and forever rebuked in our lives. 

You don't have to pay anyone anything to live in the reality of the devourer forever rebuked in your life. Your life is forever hidden in Christ and the devourer cannot touch you. How can the devourer devour what he cannot find? 

This is what Jesus did for you, this is what you were given by Jesus when on the cross Jesus completely destroyed the devourer for your sake forever! This is what you are now, having been delivered from the devourer and his evil works against you. Because of what Jesus did for us who have received Him as our Savior, we now live free from the devourer who has been rebuked forever; we are NOW this in Jesus Christ, and these were NOT established by tithing, but rather by and through Jesus Christ... 

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." - 2 Corinthians 5:17 

"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." - 2 Corinthians 5:19 

"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." - Galatians 3:26 

"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." - Galatians 6:15 

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:" Ephesians 1:3 

The blessing in Ephesians 1:3 came through Jesus Christ, it was a free gift given to us paid for at the cross, NOT by tithing. 

>>> Anyone who tells you that you must tithe, pay 10% of your income to them or their organization to have the devourer rebuked for your sake, is a demonic false teacher trying to place you once again under the curse of the law toiling under the law to have the devourer rebuked, WHEN IN FACT JESUS ALREADY PAID WITH HIS BLOOD TO REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKE. In short; they're liars, and you are being robbed if you believe them! 

>>> Note; more on Malachi 3:10, and "claiming the promises" 

MALACHI CANNOT BE USED TO INSTRUCT ANY CHRISTIAN TO TITHE... 

> Malachi 1:1 - Malachi is speaking to the Nation of Israel, not the New Testament Church. 

"The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi." 

> Malachi 1:6 - Malachi is speaking to the Nation of Israel and the corrupt Priests of Aaron that despise God's name, not the New Testament Church. 

"...saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name." 

> Malachi 2:1 - The command to bring a portion of the Temple tithe to the Temple storehouses to support the porters and singers is to the corrupt Priests of Aaron, not the New Testament Church. 

"And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." (cross ref. Nehemiah 10:37-39). 

> Malachi 3:9 - This verse makes it very clear that the God robbers were from the Nation of Israel, not the New Testament Church. 

"Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation." Note: "THIS whole nation (the Nation of Israel who Malachi is addressing)," not the New Testament Church. The New Testament Church is NOT the Nation of Israel. Also, the Nation of Israel were called by God to return to Him, which for people under the Law of Moses means to return to obedience to the Law of Moses.... 

"Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts." - Malachi 3:7 

> Malachi 4:4 - The people who Malachi was talking to and addressing, the Nation of Israel, are under the Law of Moses, Malachi's commandments on tithing are based on the Law of Moses, not the New Testament which contains no commandment for anyone to tithe. New Testament Christians are not under the Law of Moses where God established tithing for the Nation of Israel, and have no guide lines for tithing. 

"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments" (cross ref. Romans 6:14, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 3:10, Romans 7:1-6, Ephesians 2:15, Acts 15:10, Acts 15:24). 

>> The Book of Malachi cannot be used to instruct a Christian to tithe, to do so is a false teaching and taking the Book of Malachi out of proper scriptural context. 

New Testament Christian "tithers"...financial slaves and victims of whom they tithe to. 

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