Where to Return Your Tithes and Offerings. Part [1] 10/02/2025 (Evening thought)

Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

 Merriam Webster Dictionary. The:  definite article Meaning: [1] It is used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is definite or has been previously specified by context or by circumstance. For example: Put the cat out, This gospel of the kingdom, Preach the word, [2] It is used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is a unique or a particular member of its class.

For example: The dragon was wrought with the woman. Which keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. There is a lot of confusion, and a whole lot of noise as it pertains to where you should return your tithes and offerings, and even though some may take it for granted that returning to your local church is a no- brainer, there are several questions that need to be clarified on the issue, so that folks might be aligned with God’s will.

For instance, when it says in our first passage that the tithe should be returned to “The storehouse”, does it mean any local church, or any congregation from any denomination? For instance, is your local Baptist church where you attend church regularly, each week, “The storehouse” that the Bible is referring to?

Malachi 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What Are You Hiding? Part [12] 10/01/2025 (Morning thought)

Psalms 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hides not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

[The Great Controversy pp 88] As they have become partakers of the righteousness of Christ, and their characters are found to be in harmony with the law of God, their sins will be blotted out, and they themselves will be accounted worthy of eternal life… Whatsoever we do, whether at church, at work or in our interaction with other persons, we must do it as if in the light of day, and it must be able to pass the smell test of The Almighty God.

The reason for this is that God desires us to mature to the point where persons can be subjected to the closest scrutiny, and yet, come out clean. In this way not only God, but we ourselves may be vindicated. The Lord has promised to cast all our sins into the depths of the sea, and He will, if we come clean by confessing and forsaking our sins. But to wait until we are exposed, like Achan and Judas will cause the name of Christ to be greatly dishonored.

In closing, let us always remember that the work of salvation is to have Christ formed within. This does not happen overnight, it is a work in progress, but it should be our firm purpose to cooperate with the heavenly agencies through our freedom of choice so that the work of God may be perfected in us. We therefore end with a gentle reminder that God sees and knows it all.

1st Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!