EMILO2STAY: pls let me ask what is this spiritual devourer, because i only know of physical devourers which are nothing but insects

swtchicgurl: GOSHEN,

This thread solidly confirms you know NOTHING (NOT A LITTLE, NOTHING) about the Word of God nor spiritual understanding.

Becareful man, the "Letter is killing you" @ Cor. 3:6

Have you ever heard of spiritual devourers?! Where exactly do you make up these 'teachings' from?

I advised you to ask the Holy Spirit for help when studying the Bible and you have obviously refused.

Becareful, keep your errors to yourself, stop making other people err!

Don't stir up the consequences of turning other people from the truth.

You may not may not get the chance to reconcile with all the people you turned from the truth! Be careful!

Bidam: Firstly God is a Spirit.God was speaking thru malachi to the priests and jewish nation in that particular scripture.

Secondly God never called 'the devourer an "IT" but a "HE"

Thirdly we know insects are "it" not he.

Fourtly a devourer can be a symbolism for a type of satan,just like legion,beelzebub,serpents,dragon,prince of persia,roaring lion etc..

Fifthly, God can use symbols and parables to convey spiritual truths and realities just like Jesus used symbols and parables in His day to explain the kingdom of God.

Lastly even though God was speaking the israel as a nation in that book of malachi,there are spiritual truths and principle we can glean from that book that can affect our present day church and that is why it is called THE BIBLE not a jewish history book.

Thanks and stay rapturable.

God2man:

By the Grace of God, i am a member of MFM, so, Let's see what the OP will say about his church.


God2man,

Image123:
methinks he needs some humility.

christemmbassey: so tithe collectors can nt preach this tithe fraud without issueing threats?

who made me a tithe collector and since when did Biblical truth become a threat? smh!

marvelling: @Goshen360 which church you dey go sef? This your write up is against mainstream pentecostal teachings of our day.

God2man: Mr.man, you ran away from the other thread with the promise you will give us, 10 Anti-tithe churches, here you are teaching about a doctrine that you know is NEVER familiar with the believe of all churches all over the world.

Anti-tithe doctrine is alien to christianity all over the world.

All the Anti-tithe churches you have been mentioning are from U.S, none is from Nigeria.

Where do you get this satanic doctrine?


There is only one Answer, PIT OF HELL.

God bless you.

God2man.

fr_evangel:
But at the time you post this all that Goshen had done was quote Bible. Does this not tell you something about "mainstream" teachings.
@Goshen, a friend drew my attention to this sometime last year.
There ar some many grey areas in the doctrine of tithing as taught today.
Notice that many of those who support tithing actually DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE QUOTING FROM THE SAME BIBLE and actually encouraging them to study.
Christians are now afraid to study the Bible for themselves. Afraid to tell their church leaders where they missed it yet we see Paul commending the Berean church in Acts 17:11 for confirming the scriptures for themselves.

Sarassin: I do agree with the OP and it has been well known for ages. The problems occur when you take bible verses out of context, it is very clear that Malachi 3: 8-12 is not referring to a failure to tithe, rather it is referring to greedy, thieving priests overseeing the distribution of the tithes from the storehouses and withholding choice portions for themselves of what was to be shared equally.

I should point out also that the ‘’devourer’’ (Aklm)referred to in the book of Malachi, and beloved of pastors who use it to put the frighteners on their already impoverished non-tithe paying congregants was basically a malevolent Canaanite deity reminiscent of the humble grasshopper.

Elantracey: The letter killeth but d spirit giveth life ,my advice to christian always is never to interprete d bible wit men's wisdom because d wisdom of men is like foolishness unto God ..as God 4 his wisdom and his spirit to be able to understand it bible .. .meanwhile if it's not greediness n stingines wat will make u go search scriptures just to back up ur selfish reason 4 not payin tithe moreover wat is 10% of wat ah earn wen most of money n time goes into d work of d ministry...whether it's right or rong ah dont care as long as d bible never said we shouldn't pay tithe am gonna pay tithe till jesus come ..if u dont want to pay dat should be ur decision only n dont involve others into it instead use ur tym n preach d gospel dere re still many unsaved pple in d world

Bidam: Firstly God is a Spirit.God was speaking thru malachi to the priests and jewish nation in that particular scripture.

Secondly God never called 'the devourer an "IT" but a "HE"

Thirdly we know insects are "it" not he.

Fourtly a devourer can be a symbolism for a type of satan,just like legion,beelzebub,serpents,dragon,prince of persia,roaring lion etc..

Fifthly, God can use symbols and parables to convey spiritual truths and realities just like Jesus used symbols and parables in His day to explain the kingdom of God.

Lastly even though God was speaking the israel as a nation in that book of malachi,there are spiritual truths and principle we can glean from that book that can affect our present day church and that is why it is called THE BIBLE not a jewish history book.

Thanks and stay rapturable.

EMILO2STAY: so beelzebub, prince of persia and satan are now crop destroyers or agricultural demons ehh!...hahahaha u are funny.well thank God u admit the book of malachi was written to the old nation of israel, and as such, the destroyer of crops malachi, is the same destroyer crops in deuteronomy 28:38 and 42 there is nothing symbolic about it.

swtchicgurl:



why don't you just do yourselves the little favour of looking through some other threads where all these have been discussed...hopefully, you will pick up some vital information. Importantly, open your hearts to wisdom. God bless.

Bidam: Jesus sent demons into swines. You can equally say livestock demons abi? Let's leave devourer to mean exactly what the scriptures says..Even the locust army was mentioned in the book of Joel why wasn't devourer mentioned? If you don't understand anything about satan,it is better to keep mute.

Bidam: Jesus sent demons into swines. You can equally say livestock demons abi?[s] Let's leave devourer to mean exactly what the scriptures says..[/s] Even the locust army was mentioned in the book of Joel why wasn't devourer mentioned? If you don't understand anything about satan,it is better to keep mute.

Bossforeva: The Thief Cometh not but to Steal, Kill and destroy but i have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.. The bolded attributes a devourer.

truthislight:

So, the bad things that satan causes, it is God that sent him to you ?

So, satan works for God ?

If devourer = satan, then all the bad things that satan does should be blamed on God.

Satan is then on standby by God to punish "Christians" that fails to pay tithes. Smh for you people.

What Nonsense !

*After which you go casting and binding satan that God always sent to you for not paying tithe.*

It is a very big pitty

EMILO2STAY: what kind of excuse is this, i should be telling u to keep mute instead, jesus simply casted out demons from a possessed man into swine, the demon were not created specially to possess pigs.oh!... Maybd the mad man didnt pay his ten percent to jesus, so jesus decided to devour his pigs by sending demons to drown them. The devourer of crops in malachi is not a demon stop deceiving uself, demons do not possess vegetables only insect destroy them. Maybe u missed agric classes in school.

Bidam:
Moreso, Malachi never mentioned locust it says devourer.. Let's leave it like that abeg.