TITHES

The Old Testament instructs us to pay tithes, it is this instruction that Jesus was raised up knowing and practicing. At no time did He tell us to not pay tithes. It is in giving to God that we are blessed. We are promised that our tithes will be returned to us. This return is reason enough to give to the Lord, but to us there is a more important reason. It is because of God that we have the income we have. Our money belongs to Him first, we are only giving back to Him a part of what He was blessed us with.

Months ago I wrote a play about tithing. It is impossible to include the entire play here, but I will include part of the outline. A Pastor offers you a hundred dollars, asking that after he gives it to you, you will take the money, make change and return to him 10%. By you doing this he will promise to you that he will mulitily the ten dollars you have given him and give that also back to you. Now in truth I would think that any of us would do this if it was a Pastor we knew. There is no way to lose.

Do we not trust the Lord to do as He promised? Malachi 3:6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Tomorrow we will look at scriptures that some take to believe that we do not need to pay tithes.

God Bless
recj/LJG