http://www.itithe.com Share Your Story Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:04:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Malachi 3:18: "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." The Righteous serve God. The Wicked do not serve God. That is the only way we are given to discern which is which. Anyone can say "I serve God" but only God ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-18-are-you-the-righteous-or-the-wicked Malachi 3:17: "And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." And they shall be mine. Who are "they"? The context has not changed. God is still talking about ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-17-gods-special-personal-possession Malachi 3:16: "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of  remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name." Now the focus shifts back to "they that feared the Lord". Those who ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-16-the-book-of-remembrance Malachi 3:15: "And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered." The Tithers and Offerers are confused and even mystified. They see those who arrogantly disregard the ordinance of the Tithe and the Offering being called happy. Though they continue to ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-15-do-the-wicked-prosper Malachi 3:14: "Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?" Finally, the complainers reveal what their REAL problem is with the Tithe and the Offering. They view it as senseless, ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-14-what-profit-in-tithing Malachi 3:13 "Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?" Previously in Malachi 3, the subject has been the Tithe and the Offering. And, God has not changed the subject by pointing out that "Your words have been stout against me".  ... http://www.itithe.com/malachi-3-13-stout-words-against-god