Brendan Mc Crossan. Tithing through righteousness And The promise of protection from the devourer through tithing

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1 Tithing through righteousness And The promise of protection from the devourer through tithing Most Christians have been deceived by the enemy regarding this awesome scripture promise; every Christian needs to read this book. Brendan Mc Crossan

2 Tithing through righteousness And The promise of protection from the devourer through tithing Most Christians have been deceived by the enemy regarding this awesome scripture promise; every Christian needs to read this book. Brendan Mc Crossan

3 Tithing through righteousness and The promise of protection from the devourer through tithing Brendan Mc Crossan Copyright One Malachi 3-3New International Version (NIV) 3 I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me; Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come, says the LORD Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner s fire or a launderer s soap; 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years. 5 So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud labourers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me, says the LORD Almighty. Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes 6 I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty. But you ask, How are we to return? 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Christians have heard this promise from God for years; yet like those men of old, they did not realise the fullness of tithing to the lord their God; and how seriously he takes it. The first thing God mentions is I will send a messenger

4 who will prepare the way for me, and we all know of course that was John the Baptist, introducing the messiah, Jesus. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, This is where it gets a bit complicated for most Christians; the lord says, he will have men bring him an offering in righteousness; but many Christians do not believe that they are truly righteous before God, when put to the test, and that is vital in tithing today. Many Christians declare that they are, sinners washed in the blood of the Lamb; or that they are, sinners saved by grace. For them that is their daily or weekly declaration, especially if challenged by someone asking if they are saved. I know the majority of Christians believe this to be true. But what they do not realise is they are contradicting themselves every time they make their declarations; the first words to come out of their mouths is, I am a sinner the word of God says; all sinners will be destroyed-psalm ; their first declaration is to say I am which means the present moment, so at this moment I am a sinner, and a sinner needs to be saved; so before I go any further in explaining this let s look at what God thinks of a sinner. Psalm 1 New International Version (NIV) Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, or sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. Do you see this; the sinner will not stand in the assembly of the righteous; for the lord watches over the way of the righteous. A sinner cannot stand alongside the righteous; so if your claim is to be first of all a sinner then you have no rights as a sinner to anything from God. Scripture tells us do not be unequally yoked to a sinner an unbeliever. Words are strictly important to God he says we will be judged by our words. 2-Corinthians-6:14-Amplified-Bible Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what

5 partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness? If the statement that comes out of your mouth is declaring that you first and foremost, is that you believe that you are a sinner. And as you should know if you read the word of God at all, all sinners will be destroyed, so says God himself. The word of God also tells us quite clearly that we will give an account for every word that comes out of our mouth. You will have to explain to God why you continued to say you re a sinner first; those words I am a sinner and believing it condemns you to be destroyed; but the righteous person is delivered. Romans Matthew-12:36-King-James-Version But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment. So if you just think it is ok to declare that you are a sinner first; then, by your own mouth you have condemned yourself, the first word out of your mouth is what you are stating as fact; the second contradicts that, by claiming, you re saved by grace, or washed in the blood. Scripture says Christ died for us while we were still sinners. The word were means past tense and that simply put, is everything is in the past, I am is present tense meaning this is what I am now, you should have said, I was a sinner saved by grace or washed in the blood; your words condemn you in the Day of Judgement. Words are very important in scripture because they are the very words of your divine Almighty God and what he says is truth; as children of God we should speak as he speaks. Romans 5:7-9-New International Version (NIV) 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God s wrath through him!

6 We are justified by his blood, we are never condemned. Christ died for us while we were still sinners he died out of love as a one off sacrifice making us righteous children of God and being made righteous means that when we come to tithe to God our tithe is acceptable to him. 9- Now we have been justified by his blood, now is present tense, this very moment; the word justified means acceptable to God, a sinner is not acceptable to him. Those justified by his blood have right standing with God the father, and right standing means you are righteous, through the blood of the lamb. Romans 8-1- The Way Bible Therefore there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Why is righteousness so important to us and to God; well the first thing we must acknowledge is every lash of that cat-of nine tails, tore the flesh from Jesus body and in its place our sin was placed within and sealed over by his precious blood, and all Jesus suffered on that cross on Calvary he endured for us; all suffering Jesus endured was to make us righteous, suitable children of Almighty God, his father, and now ours, and if we declare that were sinners and not righteous then we deny the awful suffering Jesus suffered to make the world right with his father again. It s like saying Jesus didn t do enough! Psalm 37 New International Version (NIV) But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future for the wicked. 39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. 40 The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, As a child of God I shudder to think that if I were declaring myself a sinner I also condemn my own children to a terrible fate. You may ask, what has this all got to do with tithing, our main subject; righteousness is what makes your

7 tithe acceptable to God, and if you, in ignorance of the word of God, claim first, that you are a sinner, then you bringing an unacceptable offering to God, and there is a severe warning to those who do, which I will write about a little later. Psalm New International Reader's Version (NIRV) The LORD loves those who are honest. He will not desert those who are faithful to him. They will be kept safe forever. But the children of sinners will be cut off from the land. You see now how important it is to realise what Jesus done for you to make you righteous; for he says he will not desert those who are faithful to him, and he promises the same for your children, that they will be saved to the third generation, and blessed to a thousand generations. Psalm New Living Translation (NLT) But the love of the LORD remains forever with those who fear him; his salvation extends to the children s children 18 of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments! Because you acknowledge the suffering that Jesus suffered was for you and for all mankind, and accept his offer of righteousness / salvation. Then not only are you saved but you are guaranteeing that your children and their children will also be saved. This is why it is important to know and believe with all your heart that you are indeed righteous and not a sinner. Psalm-93-5 The Way Bible Your royal decrees cannot be changed. Holiness is forever the keynote of your reign. HIS SALVATION, is to your children s children. God through righteousness makes a guarantee that you re children and also your grandchildren will be saved, as long as you believe and do what is right and acceptable to him. Righteousness is so very important to your salvation

8 and to God, that s why he wants you coming before him to offer up to him your tithes knowing you are righteous. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years. The offerings in tithes will be acceptable now in this present day; Judah means praise. Because you have become righteous your tithing to the lord is blessed and is acceptable to him; if you do not believe that you are righteous then the opposite takes effect; your offering is not acceptable to God and you come under an actual curse! Two Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes 6 I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty. But you ask, How are we to return? 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. How are we robbing God? Well for a start if you do not believe that you are righteous, then you do not believe all that Jesus done for you on Calvary, and in effect you call God a liar. ***[spoken of later on] Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes When you break God s covenant by withholding tithes, you rob him of his tithes and offerings but not only that you also rob yourself from the blessings he has in store for you. But you ask, How are we to return? 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In

9 tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. In church I hear give God your tithes; and offerings, and offerings are spoken of as a separate thing which it is. Tithes are ten percent of your earnings or whatever you receive for work; an offering is over and above tithes, and can be financial or physical or anything that supports the gospel. However if your offerings are not presented to God in righteousness, as a child of God, then it is of no use no matter how much you give, it will not be acceptable; you remain under a curse and the whole nation can be affected. You have to be holy to walk boldly into the presence of Almighty God and present your tithes and offerings, even if those tithes and offerings are done through your church or prayer group, as given to them, for them to dispense God s tithes and offerings, as God directs them. God directed me to give my tithes to Reinhard Bonke ministry through Cfan in England; they are people who minister in African countries bringing the gospel and healing and delivering those people by the millions. Ask God first, what we should do with his money; that he gave you anyway, through giving you a job or whatever; [nothing is by your hands or efforts, all good things, are from God.] If you belong to God as his child then he looks after you by getting you a job, or home, or children, or whatever you have in life. He is your lord and a lord looks after his people, they work for him and he takes care of them making sure they have enough food and shelter and clothing. Offerings are something above tithes and must also be presented to God to help his body the church. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. {His body} One way you can actually bring the tithes to God is through his ministers to upbuild the church or body of Christ, through those running the church; you can t step into heaven and hand God a few pound or more. His holy church, is a believing church that is doing all it can to build it up for the glory of God.

10 Some churches ask for money to build their church, and if a church is not presenting the salvation message then that church should not get your tithes ask God where should you give them and he will direct you to someone. ***[whoever believes] 1 John 5-10-New International Version (NIV) 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. If you don t believe what God done through his son Jesus, by calling yourself a sinner, you in effect call God a liar; there is no getting away from it, you either believe or you don t, there s no middle ground. If he says he made you righteous at salvation then you either accept that or rebuke it; and by saying, I am a sinner, first you in effect call God a liar to his face, you rebuke it because you cannot be two things at once the two are opposites, sinner and righteous, you cannot be both at the same time it is a conundrum, and scripture says a double minded man shall not be stable in his thinking. Repent of your wrong thinking and teaching and get right with God again, as he says return to him. James-1:8-King-James-Version A double minded man is unstable in all his ways Three God may overlook your lack of knowledge, for he says my people are destroyed without it, he doesn t condemn you, but your words are heard by someone else who will and do everything in his power of lies to destroy you.

11 Hosea-4:5-7-New-International-Versionmy people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. But the devil or his evil spirits won t overlook it he is listening to every idle word we confess. The enemy prowls around like a hungry roaring lion, 1-Peter-5:8 New-International-Version Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. The devil cannot be in more than one place at a time, he is not like God in the least, but his hoards of evil spirits are listening to everyone s words to see if they can get an inroad into them; your words give the enemy the right to attack you and to even destroy you, and if you have a double sided mind, then your vulnerable to the enemy s attack, so stop confessing that you are a sinner, say instead, I was a sinner, now I am washed in the blood of the lamb or I was a sinner but now I am saved by grace. You will give an account for every idle word you say; especially now this has been explained to you. The Christian who does not present his tithes in righteousness is bringing a curse upon himself, and believe it or not he brings a curse on his own nation. 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. God isn t serious you may say, how will my tithing bring a curse upon me and my nation; well for a beginning, most protestant churches declare the same words you declared, I am a sinner saved by grace or a sinner washed in the blood, that conundrum again, therefore they say that throughout this nation of Ireland. And have you ever seen a country so cursed, centuries of war, killing disease and famine.

12 The Catholic is no better they declare they are unworthy and sinners. They can t come to Christ to be saved, because centuries of wrong teaching, has them condemned; a Catholic is not saved according to the popes and churches teaching; they are being saved, a totally different thing from saved and knowing the fact that they are indeed saved if they have Jesus in their hearts. Very few priests teach salvation in the Catholic Church, they don t even preach on Jesus, they may quote from a scripture at Mass but they don t teach their people how to be saved or teach on anything about Jesus. How can these people bring their tithes in righteousness? They are not taught the salvation message at all, I am an Apostolic Catholic and I know salvation. The Catholic Charismatic s know they are right with God and are baptised in the Holy Spirit, and speak in tongues and have the gifts of the Holy Spirit working in their lives; but they are few and far between. In this present time in Ireland, all the prayer meetings in Derry have gone and most throughout the country have all gone also. So this country is truly under a curse, no tithing to God in righteousness so he is being robbed as he says. A Catholic is not taught that the money they bring to church is a tithe offering to God, they are told it is to help keep up the churches finances. God is effect being robbed, but these people do not know the truth, and as scripture says they perish for lack of knowledge; the teachers of Catholic religion will be held more accountable before God so the word says. So the whole nation is under a curse and that is plain to see, from centuries of war, famine, hatred and death throughout this land. Malachi 2-7-New International Version (NIV) For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty; and people seek instruction from his mouth. 8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi, says the LORD Almighty. Four But you ask, How are we to return? 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me.

13 But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. God makes an incredible offer to us here in this sentence; Test me he says; God actually wants us to test him! That is astonishing, that Almighty God wants to be tested so that he can show you how faithful he is to bless you; And see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing, that there will not be enough room to take it and store it; that means his blessings are incredible and as the floodgates are now opened that means the blessings continue flowing they will never cease. Floodgates hold back a tremendous amount of water in the natural world, and heavens floodgates are holding back a tremendous amount of blessings, the pressure on them must be awesome, and it is up to us to have those floodgates opened. God desires to bless us with all of heavens blessings withholding nothing back from us his children. It is all up to us to do what God tells us and to believe his holy word. I first read this scripture many years ago and I knew a little of it, so I thought that if you tithe to the lord he will give you back a hundred times more, and I never received a single penny from him; for my heart was wrong. I believed in tithing and didn t know what to do with it so I gave it to my church which did not teach on tithing or salvation, and so my tithes useless. First of all, all I wanted from God was money in return; I was not giving in righteousness even though I believed I was saved and in good standing with God but my hearts attitude was totally wrong. Maybe you have also given because of the return promised then you like me believed wrongly. Later on, much later on I should say I seen that the promise was not about money at all, but blessings were definitely promised, all I wanted was cash in return for my cash. When God spoke to me one morning as I was praying he said to me, I want you to tithe to Reinehard Bonke ministry. I agreed and later on that day I began sending ten percent of what money I get to their ministry, and have kept that up, and will continue to do so, because I never realised at that time God had a good reason for me tithing through Reinehard Bonke ministries.

14 There is a part of this scripture from Malachi three that the majority of Christians have never been taught, and it has within it a tremendous promise from God to protect you and to protect your body and to protect your children; and because it is not worded in that way, Christians have overlooked it and the gracious promises in it, and I will explain to you what the devil never wanted us to discover! Five The second half of the promise if we tithe Malachi 3-11-New King James Version (NKJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, Says the LORD of hosts; 12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land, Says the LORD of hosts. Most Christians are never told about this part of Malachi -3 the promises continue; now let s see the whole scriptural promise regarding tithing s and offerings to our God. Malachi 3-3New International Version (NIV) 3 I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me; Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come, says the LORD Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner s fire or a launderer s soap; 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years.

15 5 So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud labourers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me, says the LORD Almighty. Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes 6 I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty. But you ask, How are we to return? 8 Will a mere mortal rob God, yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Malachi 3-11-New King James Version (NKJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, Says the LORD of hosts; 12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land, Says the LORD of hosts. {Verse 11 says; And God will rebuke the devoured for your sake, that is for you and for your sake; the fruit of your ground is your body, and the fruit in the field or {vine as some translations say} and that is your children. God explained that to a man called Charles Hunter, A teacher on miracles and healing, His book; How to heal the sick; Page As two children with a terrible disease was brought up to him for healing prayer; the lord told him to ask if the father tithed, and the father was a minister, and he replied, he did, so God said to Charles, he is under the promise, explaining to him what this scripture actually meant; [remember Jesus used metaphors to explain things to the farming people of that time; he used riddles as they thought,[and this scripture has been one of those because it says in other translations the pestilence, well pestilence means devourer; and pestilence means =plague, deadly disease, virus, epidemic, virulent disease, Bubonic plague, endemic, pandemic,

16 If God just meant insects or the fruit of trees or any crop why use the word pestilence? Pestilence means Bubonic plague; it was rats that were to blame for the Bubonic plague in England, pestilence means deadly disease, and God was more concerned for man that trees or fruit or things that insects could do to your crops, No! He was talking about you his own children; he promised that he would not allow the devourer or the pestilence, to come near you, or your body, or even near your children. Look at the diseases pestilence means, and you will see it is man who suffers most from them, not trees or crops. This scripture is a metaphor a symbol or figure of speech. But also meant for the farming people who belonged to the lord; the lord is concerned for all things concerning us. Six My own testimony, Jesus saved me from death through this scripture About a year ago I felt that it was time to stand on God s word regarding my health; I had heart disease and severe diabetes; on my second last test with my doctor, he showed me a chart about diabetes, and this chart started at ten, and ended at seventy five as the highest. Then he turned his computer around and showed me my results, mine said ninety three, my test showed the impossible, and thanks to my God that he is lord of the impossible. He asked could he show my results to the diabetes specialist in the local Hospital. I stopped taking all my medication, and for four months I took absolutely nothing, then I had to go and see my diabetes nurse as a request from her for a yearly check up; she checked her computer, and then turned around and asked me if I had stopped taking my diabetes medication, as my blood sugar was very high, and I replied, I stopped taking all my medication including heart tablets and relevant medications; I was on a total of twenty one tablets a day. She informed me that she would be speaking to my doctor and he would probably want to see me, and sure enough he did, and when I went to see him, he explained that because of the state my heart was in {I had three stints inserted twelve years before,} and how high blood sugars were; that I would die. I told him I will not die and said I am standing on God s word and

17 explained that I was in a healing ministry for thirty eight years and saw God perform many miracles and healings; and now I was seeking mine. He told me he believed in God, but he was a scientist, a doctor, who based things on science, but he still believed in miracles. After talking a while he stopped trying to get me back on medication; wished me the best and I left. A few weeks later I had an accident where I fell and tore all the muscles of my bone in my right leg, and needed pain killers. I had to go to my doctors and when I went into his surgery, I said to the doctor, I bet you didn t think you d see me this quick and laughed. The doctor replied; no I expected to see you sooner actually, at your wake. He said by right I should be dead according to my test results, and then he said, you are a walking miracle. I had another accident which is too long to go into; so I will try and give brief details; as a result of my second accident I was hospitalised and for a week in hospital I was put through all kinds of tests; since I had my accident, I lost over a stone and a half in weight, I couldn t eat, and weight was falling off me; all in all, over a year I lost almost four stone. At the end of my hospital time the tests revealed that I had neuralgia, and the damage to my leg would take a long time to recover. I was released from hospital after a week and my last few tests showed no heart trouble and no diabetes, my diabetes dropped from twenty three point five, to five, normal, and has remained so. During the following five months I suffered even more pain as I was given exercises to do which caused me to develop sciatica in my left leg and then I developed other serious heart trouble again. During this time I suffered attack after attack from the devourer, three nights in a row, my feet began to freeze, and the freeze started to go up my legs and I knew my heart was under pressure; my blood pressure was going sky high. As the freeze began going further up my legs I believed that I was going to die and so I said to the lord, I am ready to go now and silently a voice spoke to me and said, This is not of me, you gave me your death many years ago. As soon as the voice quietly spoke those words I realised that it was the enemy and instantly rebuked it, and my body responded to the lord Jesus name as that

18 spirit of death exited. This happened the next night and the night after that, and each time I forgot what the voice said, and thought of death only; I was being deceived and forgot, the third night the freeze got even further up my body and this time it was just below my heart when the lord gave me an experience of seeing what I looked like inside as this was happening; I sat up even though my body was laying down, and I saw inside myself and I looked like a frozen piece of meat and then the voice spoke very quietly this is not of me; I awoke from my trance like state and rebuked the spirit of death again in the wonderful power filled name of Jesus, and instantly I felt it leave my body and my body returned to normal temperature. I was amazed at how easily I was deceived. The next night as I and my wife Rose lay sleeping we were both awakened by the sound of a loud whacking noise, and we jumped up praying in tongues, and I sensed something standing at the wall beside my window, and believed it was an angel, who had stopped something from attacking me again and whacked it away, then it also left. A month later our daughter told us of being awakened by the sound of something being whacked and she awoke from her sleep praying in tongues. Like us, she very rarely prays in tongues even though she can. Over the next few months I was in terrible pain and sometimes my heart felt like it was giving up, I had at least twelve heart attacks during this time; even though the hospital had told me my heart was ok when they discharged me. One night in particular, I was sleeping and I awoke with heart pressure and pain in my face and chest, but the thing was I couldn t open my eyes no matter how I tried; I tried reaching out to Rose to tell her to call an ambulance immediately. As I was getting worse I had a vision of Jesus standing in front of a sand coloured wall, the vision I had of him was faint, but he spoke these words to me, I will rebuke the devourer for your sake. And disappeared and I found that I could open my eyes and the pain was gone from my heart. Next day as I was going out of my computer room, I felt an urge to pick up a book by Charles and Francis Hunter, the book I previously mentioned, and I went back into bed again; {I had been bedridden for five months now as I couldn t walk with the injury to my leg and the sciatica,} and I opened the book at page 100/ 101, and I began reading when I come to the verse which explained about tithing and the promise of deliverance from the devourer; to

19 be honest I was amazed, how the lord confirms his word because I did not know this scripture or where it was; I knew about tithing and the promise of the windows of heaven being opened ok, but never looked at this verse like thousands of other believers. Since then I have had very little trouble for a while and I threw away the blood pressure as I was getting to caught up in checking my heart; I believed what Jesus told me and confirmed by his word in scripture. The enemy tried attacking my children then, and one took a stroke and epilepsy and two were evicted from their homes because they had a pet and weren t allowed to have any pets, but the lord turned everything around giving the two who were evicted two lovely new homes and the one with the stroke, was cured with no side effects, the one with epilepsy seen great miracles from God and has become a powerful believer. So God s word works for those who believe in his promises! Now I have no more attacks on my heart, I am off my tablets for about a year now and can do everything. Reminder about tithing to Reinehard Bonke ministry ** {Remember what I said in chapter four, about tithing to Reinehard Bonke s ministry; and how God told me to begin tithing, it was because I was not going to any church at this time in my life which is a different story; and so I was not tithing to God at this time. When God spoke to me one morning as I was praying he said to me, I want you to tithe to Reinehard Bonke ministry. I agreed and later on that day I began sending ten percent of what money I get to their ministry, and have kept that up, and will continue to do so, because I never realised at that time God had a good reason for me tithing through Reinehard Bonke ministries. There is a part of this scripture from Malachi 3-11-that the majority of Christians have never been taught, and it has within it a tremendous promise from God to protect you and to protect your body and to protect your children; and because it is not worded in that way, Christians have overlooked

20 it and the gracious promises in it, and I will explain to you what the devil never wanted us to discover! ** God knows everything and knew because I had no church to give my tithes to he had me tithe to Reinehard Bonke s ministry; he knew I was going to be seriously attacked in a few months time and I had no cover, so he set my cover in place by getting me to tithe and now I come under the promise; for his promise and my life is a living testimony to his power and grace and majesty. I can t thank my God enough for his mercy for when I was in the severest pain from my injuries I had other visitations, but from the enemy convincing me I was going to die. This was the worst time of my life, the enemy was doing everything he could to kill me and God would not allow him because of his promise in Malachi three eleven. I was having hallucinations caused by the amount of different pain killers I was on, and having strange dreams, but in all this I did not take a single heart or diabetes tablet, I stood on the word of God which he enforced for me. I am still in pain and discomfort even as I type this, but I can type this and do some work again for my daughter; beside during those five months, the lord showed me scripture after scripture explaining their sometimes hidden meaning or simply showing me the little words like in and and, that the devil causes us to overlook. For an example; this very scripture we are learning today is deceivably wrong, it is focused on the windows of heaven opening wide with the blessings; and I am sure that there are many like me has sought the financial side of the return promised; not the curse part or the part I want to show you now, in how we have been deceived in this word, like so many others, it continues on; and in verse eleven it begins with the word and, in most translations. Some translations say then, And means = used to introduce a statement that continues or adds weight to a statement just made. or =used to link two verbs or statements about events to indicate that the second follows the first; or =used to connect clauses or sentences, especially in spoken conversation. The English Encarta dictionary, {UK} The word in means - to be a place and state of being and condition

21 For an example; we are in Christ Jesus. Now use it with the meaning behind the word, in - Christ Jesus we are a place and state of being and condition, this is our true status. Another example is Prince Charles is in that place and state of being and condition as the future king; he is in going to be the next king of England. But you ask, How are we robbing you? In tithes and offerings; 9 you are under a curse your whole nation because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. ****Malachi 3-11-New King James Version (NKJV) And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, Says the LORD of hosts; 12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land, Says the LORD of hosts.**** God is speaking about tithing to him, first of all in righteousness, and then mentions the curse you bring to your nation if you are a part of a collective group of people like a church who believes they are sinners, washed in the blood or saved by grace or just simply believe they are sinners, they deny the glorious work Jesus accomplished on Calvary for your sake, not his! For those who believe all his suffering and pain was so to make them children of God holy spotless and sinless forever perfect in his sight and have accepted all his faithful promises in his word the word and is significant; and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes. There were no full stops in those days, this scripture continued on, and because most translations say pestilence it has been overlooked; we were deceived by the devil. Now you know when you tithe to God seriously believing that you are saved by grace and washed in the blood and redeemed this scripture promise belongs to you, just as it belonged to me by the grace of God showing me as the enemy tried to kill me at least twelve times that I am aware

22 of. My heart is still perfect glory to God, the enemy wanted me to doubt and believe there was still heart damage, when the lord healed it in the Hospital months before. Malachi three verses ten and eleven both belong to you, so now stand on the word and receive your promises, God is faithful, I found this out for myself and it will never go away; I will die when he wants me and not before. A Christian s attitude when I shared about tithing and the lord s promise; She said first of all, I don t believe it, and not only that, but tithing is in the Old Testament, and Jesus is what we depend on today; this Christian woman belongs to a born again believers church which believes in tithing, and I know for fact she tithes in this church; I do not know if she tithes to the church or tithes to the lord through this church, but going by her attitude I think she is tithing to a church, maybe I am so wrong. This woman is so wrong, because God does not change he remains forever the same; 6 I the LORD do not change. A Christian theologian friend of my daughter was visiting my home and I was showing him my guitars in my computer room, when he lifted a book I had written on tithing, and he said, I don t agree with this, and held my book up, I didn t ask him if he believed or not, it was his first time in my home, then he proceeded to tell me he teaches the scriptures and is a theologian, and goes out to churches preaching. I asked him why he doesn t believe in tithing, he replied, I never tithe because it is Old Testament, Jesus changed things made things new. I said to him, I can t understand you, a protestant believer, and a teacher of the word of God, and one who teaches teachers and pastors don t believing in tithing, and I told him Jesus brought tithing into the New Testament, and he looked at me like I had two heads. And I turned to the word of God to Mathew and showed him where Jesus was talking to the scribes and Pharisees, and said they tithe ok but they have neglected to do the other things of justice and mercy and faith; he said you have done the tithing ok but you left out the things you

23 should have done, like mercy etc. 23 -These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. So the truth is Jesus himself brought attention to tithing and as God himself said, he does not change; he still wants us tithing in righteousness, because for one he knows the blessings that come through tithing; he knows he can save you from the devourer and death itself because of tithing to him. It is the offering to him that he appreciates; it is showing love to him and obedience, and in return he blesses you with heavenly blessings of an open window and will rebuke the devourer for your sake. As I said tithing is mentioned in the New Testament by Jesus himself, so he brings it into the New Testament promises. Matthew New King James Version (NKJV) 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees; hypocrites, for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel If Jesus said it, he meant it; do what he says and you will be blessed with an open window; study this whole scripture and you will see even more than I have shown you in this book at this time Amen