THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THANKSGIVING/HARVEST

THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THANKSGIVING/HARVEST

2.After all you can give God anything
Mal.1.8 - And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

Mal.1.9 - And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal.1.10 - Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Mal.1.11 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal.1.12 - But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
Mal.1.13 - Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Mal.1.14 - But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
The list of anything is endless. Not just anything but something that is tangible. What you purposes to give from your heart makes the 'anything' to become 'something' tangible.
2Cor.9.7 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
The Scripture Mal.1:8-14 clearly described the state and quality of the substance you give unto God as an offering.Its quite unfortunate that what is now been practised is laughable. What is not useful to us is what we decide to give unto God for a burnt offering. No man can beat God in giving. Perhaps we felt since "God will not eat the stuff" let me give what i like...