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Tithes & Offering

How many of you enjoy having a place to come worship freely? Do you enjoy the lights, the indoor plumbing, etc? It comes from the 10% which is the Tithe. If you are not giving your 10% then who will?

Genesis 1:11-12

Every seed produces after it’s own kind.

Genesis 14:20

…delivered thine enemies into thy hand. When we see others in the world prosper, ie – they go to church, and they don’t tithe, yet they propser. What message are we receiving? A negative one. If you think it’s ok not to tithe or you say that it’s between you and God, you are receiving a false sense of security. How can God go against His own word?

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honor the Lord

Malachi 3:6-12

How do you rob God? In tithes and offerings. V.11 says that He will rebuke the devourer for your sake. By God it is that you are able to obtain finances (Deuteronomy 8:18 It is God that gives us power to get wealth.)

He blesses us so we can give back to Him. (Haggai 1:7-11) We give so that His house will have money to pay the bills and to give towards the increase of His kingdom. There comes a time when we will have to pay the piper. What will we have to lose before we do it His way? Disobedience is sin.

Matthew 7:24-27

Another example, this story is a parable ending the sermon on the mount (chapters 5-7). He was saying that if we don’t take heed to the wisdom of God, then we are like the foolish man building on the sand.

Malachi 3:13-15

We question the character of God. We see how far we can get without getting caught.

God is not mocked, a man will reap what he sows. As in Genesis 1:11-12 if you are sowing into the world then of the world you will reap. When the world doesn’t work for you any longer what will?

We have many laws, the law of faith comes by hearing. The law of gravity is always present, it is a fixed law. The law of electricity allows you to use it safely if you respect it and not violate it. God’s word is spiritual law, you have to apply it properly. Jesus said I am the truth (the way, the truth and the life). Pilate asked about what truth was. He should have asked who is truth. The truth was standing in front of him and he failed to realize it.

Genesis 1:11

The seed is in itself, this truth is in front of you today, will you receive it? Or like Pilate will you fail to realize it? You can count the number of seeds in an apple but you cannot count the number of apples are in one seed.

Nehemiah 11:1-2

Tells the story of rebuilding the city of Jehu. The city wall has been built, but there was no one to live in the city. His solution was to draft families to live there. Note that 1 in 10 is a tithe. God selected 1 of every 10 men who were sacrificed and set apart for a specific purpose (His children pay the tithe). They were different than the rest. The rest will accomplish something, but they will not accomplish what the 10% will accomplish, to be chosen to dwell in His city. The same with our finances, God gives us 100%. It makes sense that 90% will accomplish some things, but not what the 10% does. What happens to Israel on a physical level happens to us on a spiritual level. They went willingly, they were not forced. We are living stones in His kingdom.
 


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