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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
The conclusion remains the same. Malachi isn’t referring to Christian ministry or church saints. You can attempt poetic license and say it seems to be what they are doing. But that just muddies the water, and takes away from originally what the scripture is actually trying to say. Have I heard tithing taught from Malachi? That’s like asking if I heard Mystery Babylon taught as New York? It would be yes on both. But just because someone incorrectly teaches from a passage, doesn’t give us license to do the same.
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How is it corrected then? I think that is at the core of the posters reasoning. We all hear men using Malachi to hammer people on tithing. But how do we correct it? I don't think it would be proper to stand up and walk out or cause a stink. I don't know any who would fair well telling their Pastor he was wrong in private either or asking to debate the issue in private (I've tried. Didn't go well). Not everyone is called to Pastor, so we can't all just walk away and start another church.
So what happens is what we see in this and other forums. People gather, talk about issues and vent, argue, debate, etc because there is no mechanism for change in most Apostolic churches. Malachi has literally nothing in common with modern tithing except they both use the same word, yet there is no means for the average saint to have the issue addressed.
To bring it back to the thread intention...no matter how much we hash out the tithe, history, application, etc...there is nothing we can do with said understanding. And so, the frustration overflows at times. If you know of a way to actually effect change in a church please share as men have tried prayer, fasting and educating yet the tithing nonsense is still as much a cornerstone of Apostooic churches as the T.U.L.I.P is the Reformed folks.
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