The Messenger - Week 3: "Generosity"
Today we're going to be continuing the sermon series, "The Messenger," a study in the book of Malachi. This series is preparing us for the coming season of Advent Today we're going to be focusing on one of the many prophetic words that the prophet Malachi offered to the people of Israel. And in this one, the prophet really doesn't pull any punches. He tells the people that they have been robbing God by their lack of generosity. And, not surprisingly, they wonder how that could possibly be... More on that in a bit. When I was a kid, I was taught that you were supposed to tithe back to God 10% of all the money you earned. So, if I earned a dollar, I owed God ten cents. There was a time when I would get really excited about giving my tithe. I would drop my coins into the offering plate, slowly... letting them hit and make a lot of noise. But the older I got, I started thinking to myself: "10% se...