"Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing."
Doesn't it say elsewhere NOT to test the Lord?
2006-12-05 06:48:06 · 9 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You need to know how to look at that verse, God is saying Bring your tithes into the storehouse & see if I won't pour out a blessing for you, It is not meaning we will test God to see if he will, but it is to prove to people who God really is.
2006-12-05 06:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If GOD says that we can test HIM in this then,since HE is making the rules, I think we can test HIM in this. I know first hand that tithing faithfully made all the difference in my life. I was about to lose everything,which in my case at the time wasn't much. I started tithing and was completely out of debt in about 11/2 years and now I live in a great house that was GIVEN to me, lock, stock and barrel!!!! GOD can be trusted!!!!
2006-12-05 15:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by softspot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“‘Test me now in this way,’ says the LORD [Jehovah] of hosts, ‘and see if I will not open for you the windows of the heavens, and pour out for you a blessing until there is no more need.’” (Mal. 3:10, AT) The heavens are the source of prosperity, for they are Jehovah’s real storehouse. (Deut. 28:12, AS; Lev. 26:4; Jer. 10:13) The source of our blessing is from heaven down, not from the material earth up. Heaven’s windows are the “floodgates of the heavens.” (Gen. 7:11; 8:2, NW) Through these sluices Jehovah empties out his overflowing blessing upon the covenant keepers. He promised to pour out this blessing before the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.
As far as the scripture goes about you must not test the Lord, that scripture is at (Luke 4:12) - In answer Jesus said to him: “It is said, ‘You must not put Jehovah your God to the test.’”
When Jesus Christ was on earth, Satan tried to bring even him under his influence. He offered Jesus “all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth” in exchange for one act of worship. Jesus refused. (Luke 4:1-13) Later the people wanted to make him king, but Jesus withdrew. (John 6:15) He knew what the world’s political system was, and he realized that it was not God’s will for him to try to improve it.
Jesus demonstrated complete loyalty to Jehovah, his God and Father. He loved his Father’s ways and always did the things pleasing to him. (John 8:29) He knew that the solutions to the problems of mankind would come by means of God’s Kingdom, a real government that would rule from heaven and would provide the righteous and loving direction needed by mankind. That Kingdom alone could remove the influence of Satan and his demons. It alone could unite people of all races and nations into one global family living in peace. Only it could relieve mankind of bondage to sin and death. Only it could bring lasting happiness to mankind. This Kingdom is not some arrangement set up by politicians and blessed by the clergy. True Christians do not resort to weapons of carnal warfare to further its interests. It is God’s own government, with a perfect heavenly King enthroned by God himself. This is the Kingdom about which Jesus preached and for which he taught his followers to pray.—Daniel 2:44; Revelation 20:1, 2; 21:3, 4.
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2006-12-05 15:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tithes involves the willingness to give up our money--10%; very difficult, especially in trying financial times. Most people wouldn't do it if God didn't give us this promise with the test.
2006-12-05 14:54:49 · answer #4 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thou shalt not TEMPT the Lord thy God.
To test God is to test His faithfulness to His own Word.
Tempting the Lord is to provoke judgment.
Testing the Lord is to promote blessings.
2006-12-05 14:52:47 · answer #5 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God wants us to prove to ourselves that his way works. Test the things that God says, whether they are true. True faith is not blind.
Putting God to the test, to see if he'll do what you want, is what is wrong. When Satan "tested" Christ, telling him to jump off the pinnacle, that would have been testing God in a wrong way.
It is Jesus who said, "Prove [test] all things, keep that which is good."
2006-12-05 15:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He invites us to try Him out.
Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
1 Peter 2
1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
2006-12-05 15:00:00 · answer #7 · answered by Bruce 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here, God was giving permission to test Him in this one area. In other areas of the Bible, when we are told "not to test Him", it means don't second-guess Him or check to see if He really means what He says when He gives you a command.
2006-12-05 14:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the one exception.
2006-12-05 14:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋