How do you materialize your love for someone?

Parents materialize their love for their children when they strive to give them the best education;

People who are dating materialize their love for each other when they assume the serious responsibility and commitment of marriage;

Married couples materialize their love through their daily sacrifice for one another.

God is Spirit.

Mankind is matter.

How can communication exist between matter and Spirit?

Through supernatural faith.

How can you materialize your faith in God?

How can you have a practical relationship with Him?

By following His thoughts, practicing His righteousness (Laws and Commandments),

subjecting yourself to His discipline, this is, obeying His Word.

The Holy Scriptures can be summed up into one word: obedience;

Supernatural faith can be summed up into obedience.

The prophets Zechariah and Malachi lived during different times, but they were unanimous about this message:

“‘Yet from the days of your fathers you have gone away from My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you’, says the Lord of hosts,” Malachi 3.7 – Zacharias 1.3

How can we return to You? – thought the children of Jacob.

Then the Lord answered them:

“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say: In what have we robbed You?

In tithes and offerings,” Malachi 3.8

Those who use their reason will quickly agree that restoring a communion with God begins with the obedience to this prophecy.

In other words, God does not consent the return of His people through prayer, fasting, keeping the Sabbath, church attendance, being religious, giving to charity, or anything similar…

Those who want to walk with Him or materialize their faith in Him should begin by giving their tithes and offerings.

Those who believe obey. Those who do not believe rebel.

Notice how in this passage He calls those who do not give their tithes and offerings robbers.

Because of this, those who are unbelievers, disobedient or rebellious are, consequently, cursed.

“You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation,” Malachi 3.9

Not by God!

But, because of their condition as robbers.

And what robber will be considered righteous on Judgment Day?

The curse they carry within themselves is not the worst part, it’s the inheritance they leave their descendants.

I repeat: those who believe obey; those who don’t suffer.

Those who can, give orders and those who are wise obey.