Malachi 3:10; what kind of text?
>> Descriptive text - God describes something in scripture, but does not directly command something to be done.
>> Prescriptive text - God prescribes something in scripture, commands something to be done.
> Malachi 3:10; for the Nation of Israel; Prescriptive text.
> Malachi 3:10; for the New Testament church; Descriptive text.
Case in point...
Noah's Ark;
> For Noah; Prescriptive text, build an ark.
> For the New Testament church; Descriptive text, no command to build an ark.
Tithing teachers typically confuse descriptive text with prescriptive text regarding Malachi 3:10 claiming that Malachi 3:10 prescribes tithing to the New Testament church.
Malachi 3:10 was written to the Nation of Israel under the Law of Moses (Malachi 1:1, 2:1, 3:7, 4:4), the New Testament church is not the Nation of Israel, is not under the Law of Moses and has no command to tithe anything to anyone.
Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
Romans 6:14 - "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." -
Galatians 3:24-25 - "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."
Galatians 5:4 - "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace."
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