| "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them" (John 13:17) was the statement of the Lord Jesus Christ who had set an example for His disciples. Such a state of real happiness will not be the blessing of any one who refuses to conform with our Lord's teachings. Let us not forget that He set an example in many things as He taught and kept the Law.
Now happiness implies contentment, but there can be no contentment where law is violated, for those who break the law are far from happy. Tithing is as much a part of the law as are the Commandments and it is the duty of man to keep all the law and a real blessing is promised to the tither: such was Malachi's contention.
The Psalmist also voices the reward for keeping the law, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Law of the Lord; and in his Law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" (Ps. 1 :1-3).
It is further declared in the Psalms, "The law of the Lord is perfect"; and the perfect Man, Jesus Christ, as an example for us, kept that law in every particular. Can we do less than to try to emulate Him? |
