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You're here and Merry Christmas.

I think I put them and today is basically

Kinda our last day on this series.

Next week, I'm going to talk about sacrifice, which is part of our series, a life.

Well, spent, so that's kind of goes with it.

But this today is basically the last message cuz I'm going to focus on Jesus next week.

And the sacrifice that he made to come to this earth.

And that's what we're going to talk about.

That'll be our Christmas sermon for next week, and please bring someone I know it's going to be cold.

I say it's going to be like the highs going to be in the upper twenties.

It's going to be 12 to 15 degrees that morning.

So it's going to be cold and people's going to say why I just want to sit here by the fire.

Open my gifts.

Just drag them if you can just drag them.

That's right.

Put them in the back of your truck not to wake them up.

If you're all right.

Well this morning the title of this message is 7 reasons.

Christians should tithe.

I want to give you seven reasons, why all Christians should tithe and we going to talk about pleasing God in our finances.

Not what I want you to look at is the scripture we going to look at because that's the scripture that we looked at the very first sermon in this series.

Milatchy orgeat, some call him Malachi chapter 3 verses 10 through 12. So, if you want to, you go ahead and be turning their if you don't know where it is.

It's the last book of the Old Testament.

Go to Matthew, flip back, a few pages and you'll have it.

That'll be Malachi.

Now, we've looked at a lot of things and this is the 10th sermon on in this series.

So the first 9 sermon we've looked at Financial stewardship in a lot of different directions.

We talked about tithing, we talked about, I remember we talked about sowing and reaping God of the Harvest.

We talked about God's economic plan, his priorities of generosity ownership stewardship.

Commitment, we talked about all of that, and we going to talk about sacrifice next week.

So, I think, when you start talking about money, you need to lay a firm biblical Foundation.

That should be our first priority as we talked about Christian faith and practice.

So out what I want to do in this study, is bringing everything.

We've talked about the first nine, I want to kind of bring it together and wrap it up and so we can kind of put a bow on it, and I want to give you seven reasons, why I think all Christians should time out your reason for having may be different from mine.

That's fine.

But I just want to offer you this.

This kind of understanding of the practice of tithing kind of in hope that it would encourage you in your own pursuit of being a good Steward of what God has given you.

That let me say this before we get started,

You can't.

I thed, there's a difference between tithing faithfully and tithing legalistically.

There's a difference.

Tithing Faithfully means that we tithe Gratefully.

Consistently.

Accurately and joyfully.

That's our motivation.

It's a responsibility before God and we take it seriously.

But you can't.

I've legalistically you say?

What do you mean like like that.

Well, you can tie but have no joy in it.

You can't I wear the wrong motive.

Now, I'm just going to show you one scripture today other than the three.

We're going to read.

And I won't show it to you right now.

Remember this verse in 2nd Corinthians, so let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity for God, loves a cheerful Giver God.

Love someone who ties Faithfully, not someone who ties grudgingly like you just can't turn loose of it.

You can't trust God, to take care of your needs.

So I'll do it.

I'll just do it because the Bible says so I'll do it.

Cause my wife wants me to but I don't want to do it, that's not good.

And you don't want to do it.

Because, well, if I tithe

I'm, I'm kind of bargaining with God, if I wash his hand, he'll wash my hand that's tithing, legalistically your tithing to get something from God.

And that's not.

The Bible says, we are to be a cheerful.

Get we ought to be grateful when we give, and we ought to give with an expectation that we are bringing gory and joy to the Lord.

And not only to the Lord, but to ourselves as well, because we are when we do that, that's tithing faithfully, and that's what we want to do.

A Jesus rebuked the Pharisees, because they tied legalistically.

And he told him, he said, well you keep the letter of the law.

But you don't even understand the spirit of the law.

So when you see these seven things why Christians should tithe that I got here is one that you will not see.

We don't tie to earn favor with God.

You will not see that in the list because that's not right.

That's timing legalistically.

We're not going to give God our money simply because we can earn favor or get on his good side.

Let me just say that some people may have a bad week if you know what I mean as far as seeing goes and they come to church that Sunday and they throw a little extra money in because they're trying to cover up for maybe what happened that week, it doesn't work that way.

It does not work that way.

So I consider tithing a privilege.

So let's read this text one more time.

Malachi chapter 3 verses 10 through 12. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in my house and try me now in this.

Says the Lord of hosts.

If I will not open for you, the windows of heaven and pour out for you.

Such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.

And I will rebuke the Devourer for your sake so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground.

North shell Devine fail to bear fruit for you.

In the field says the Lord of hosts and All Nations will call you blessed for you will be a delightful land and hears that phrase again for the third time, says, the Lord of hosts.

So, driving is a privilege and the reason it's a privilege is because I know whatever I give to God.

Then in some way, he's going to get back to me and blessing, where there is spiritual blessing material, blessing, economic, whatever it may be so that I can continue to.

To work, do the work of his kingdom.

That's what he's going to do.

Let me give you these seven things going to do it quickly.

I must say a little bit about each one number one, tithing, the reason every Christian should tithe is because tithing is a matter of priority with God.

It is a priority with God.

You say, how do you know that?

Well, how about the phrase that we read in each of those three verses?

It says, says the Lord of hosts in other words, this is God.

Speaking, he's peeking through the prophet Malachi and he's calling this Jewish Community.

Remember, who had been in Babylon for 70 years, who had come back, and they just kind of throwing their hands up and giving up in the temple was there in Ruins.

And they was trying to build your own houses and they wouldn't build in the house of the Lord.

So, he tells the people look, he says, bring your tithes into the storehouse.