Does Malachi 3 require modern believers to tithe to a church?
Quick Answer
The speaker says Malachi addresses the biblical tithe and rejects transferring that passage’s covenant curse to people who do not give a modern church tithe.
Key Scriptures
Detailed Biblical Study
Malachi 3 is discussed in Q&A rather than the main outline. The speaker agrees that extracting money by appealing to Israel’s curses misapplies the passage to modern giving. This entry summarizes the speaker’s explanation.
Related Teaching
Tithing – You Must Test What the Churches Have Taught You
This Teaching calls believers to test inherited church teachings about tithing against Scripture. Beginning with Abraham’s gift to Melchizedek and Jacob’s vow, the speaker traces the tenth before Sinai and then examines the defined agricultural and livestock tithe, its holiness to Yahovah, and its distribution to the Levites under the temple system. He describes covenant stewardship as sustaining worship, supporting those without a land inheritance, and helping vulnerable people. The Teaching distinguishes the mandatory, land- and Levitical-based tithe from voluntary gifts supporting gospel workers, reading Yeshua’s words and Paul’s letters against the backdrop of a functioning first-century temple. The speaker concludes that Christians cannot replicate the Torah’s prescribed tithe without the land, temple, and Levitical system, but still have a responsibility to give freely, support faithful ministry, meet needs, and handle what belongs to Yahovah honorably. The later Q&A revisits Malachi 3, ill-gotten donations, and the difference between covenant changes and the temple’s destruction.