Many Pastors do curse members of their Churches for not paying tithes. They make it clear while preaching from the book of Malachi Chapter three from verse 9 that it is God that says, non-tithers are cursed. Such pastors do say they don't want to preach to those who are under curse. Who really appointed them to be preachers? Who are they to judge others? Unfortunately, many members fear their pastors more than the fear God. Christianity is personal relationship with God. Once you believe and you are baptised, you don't need someone to shout on his voice every worship service before you will make heaven. Heaven is for the believers who live holy life and do the will of God.
It is not true that if you don't pay tithe, you are cursed. The warning about tithing in Malachi Chapter 3 was to the nation of Israel then before Christ came to reconcile mankind to God. We are no longer under the laws. We are now justified by the blood of Jesus Christ and by the grace of God. When the people then brought their tithes to the store house, God said, He would bless the nation of Israel and the whole world would know about my love for you and: “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies. Malachi 3 :12. Please read below the whole Malachi Chapter three from The Living Translation and ask the Holy Spirit for interpretation:
1 “Look! I am sending my messenger, and He will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Malachi 3 :1
2 “But who will be able to endure it when He comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when He appears? For He will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.
Malachi 3 :2
3 He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the lord.
Malachi 3 :3
4 Then once more the lord will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as He did in the past.
Malachi 3 :4
5 “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Malachi 3 :5
6 “I am the lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
Malachi 3 :6
7 Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’
Malachi 3 :7
8 “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!“But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’“You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.
Malachi 3 :8
9 You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
Malachi 3 :9
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
Malachi 3 :10
11 Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Malachi 3 :11
12 “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Malachi 3 :12
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