Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

“I the Lord do not change.(A) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(B)

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(A)

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17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(A) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(B) who does not change(C) like shifting shadows.

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27 “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.(A) Is anything too hard for me?(B)

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22 Because of the Lord’s great love(A) we are not consumed,(B)
    for his compassions never fail.(C)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.(D)

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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C) 29 For those God foreknew(D) he also predestined(E) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(F) that he might be the firstborn(G) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(H) he also called;(I) those he called, he also justified;(J) those he justified, he also glorified.(K)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(L) If God is for us,(M) who can be against us?(N) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(O) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
The Lord is the everlasting(B) God,
    the Creator(C) of the ends of the earth.(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,(E)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(F)
29 He gives strength(G) to the weary(H)
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(I) stumble and fall;(J)
31 but those who hope(K) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(L)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(M)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(N)

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14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am(A) has sent me to you.’”

15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[b] the God of your fathers(B)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(C)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name(D) forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
  2. Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(A) or change(B) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

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18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(A) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(B) set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,(A) the First and the Last,(B) the Beginning and the End.(C)

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

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I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
    apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(D)
people may know(E) there is none besides me.(F)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,(G)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(H)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“You heavens above, rain(I) down my righteousness;(J)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(K) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

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The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(A) and Redeemer,(B) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(C)
    apart from me there is no God.(D)

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17 But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children(A)

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26 They will perish,(A) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.

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Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you(E) to this through our gospel,(F) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion(A) until the day of Christ Jesus.(B)

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28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(A) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(B) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(C) are irrevocable.(D)

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This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:
“I, the Lord, have called(E) you in righteousness;(F)
    I will take hold of your hand.(G)
I will keep(H) you and will make you
    to be a covenant(I) for the people
    and a light(J) for the Gentiles,(K)
to open eyes that are blind,(L)
    to free(M) captives from prison(N)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(O)

“I am the Lord;(P) that is my name!(Q)
    I will not yield my glory to another(R)
    or my praise to idols.(S)

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13 For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand(A)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help(B) you.

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I will not carry out my fierce anger,(A)
    nor will I devastate(B) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(C)
    the Holy One(D) among you.
    I will not come against their cities.

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57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)

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38 Yet he was merciful;(A)
    he forgave(B) their iniquities(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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