Tithing is scriptural:

1. The first tithe (Gen. 14:19–20)


And he blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”
And Abram gave him a tenth of everythiAbram had just returned from defeating the armies of the four kings, rescuing his nephew Lot, and reclaiming his possessions, and he’s met by an enigmatic priest of God Most High named Melchizedek. The priest attributes Abram’s victory to God—possessor of heaven and earth—and he blesses Abram.ng.



In gratitude to God’s authority and blessing, Abram gives Melchizedek a tenth of his possessions. He doesn’t do it to invoke God’s blessing; he does it in response to God’s blessing.

2. Jacob offers a tithe (Gen. 28:20–22)


Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

Jacob responds to a dream he has received from God by building an altar and vowing that, in exchange for God’s care and provision, he would give God a tenth of his belongings.


3. The tithe is introduced as law (Lev. 27:30–34)


Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”

Here we see Moses giving the tithe as a law. The first 10 percent is called “holy,” or set apart, as belonging to God. The Israelites were to return to God what was already his, and in doing so, recognize the Almighty’s provision.

If for some reason someone needed to “redeem” or keep all or a portion of the goods he was to tithe, he could just give money instead. However, the cash would need to be equal to the tithe’s value, plus an extra fifth. In other words, Israelites could give 10 percent in produce, or 12 percent in cash.

When it came to livestock, a shepherd had to set aside every tenth for God. It was decided by simply counting the animals and consecrating every tenth. The shepherd was not to be deciding based on the quality of the animal.

4. Tithes established for the Levites (Num. 18:21)


To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting

The Levites served a special function in Israel; they ministered before God as Israel’s priests. At God’s command, the Levites didn’t share in the other tribes’ inheritance. The Lord was their portion and inheritance (v. 21).

Here we see the Lord establishing that Israel’s tithe would operate as payment to the levitical priests for their services.

5. The Levite’s tithe (Num. 18:26)


Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, “When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.”

From the income that the Levites received from the tithe, they were still responsible for giving 10 percent off the top to God.

6. Offerings and tithes (Deut. 12:5–6)


But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go, and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

The tithe was not a volitional offering. The 10 percent off the top belonged to God and the Israelites simply repaid it. But this wasn’t the only obligatory tithe. They also tithed to support a special jubilee festival (Deut. 12) and took a third tithe every three years to take care of orphans, widows, and the poor (Deut. 14). These mandatory offerings averaged out to about 23 percent a year.

On top of these compulsory tithes, there were regular opportunities for freewill offerings. These were generous gifts that expressed the Israelites’ gratefulness through voluntary giving in response to their devotion.

At a bare minimum, they gave 23 percent a year, but there was no ceiling on their generosity. They could—and frequently would—give exorbitantly out of their excess. In response to Moses’ call for contributions to the building of the Tabernacle, the Israelites literally gave so much that Moses had to command them to stop giving (Ex. 36:2–7).

7. Tithing for festivals (Deut. 14:22)


“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.”

By God’s design, the Israelites were a celebratory people. Part of their tithe went to preparing for festivals and celebrations!

8. Tithing for orphans, widows, and sojourners (Deut. 14:28–29)


At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

The first tithe taken annually was used to support the Levites. Every third year a special tithe was taken for the distinct purpose of supporting orphans, widows, and strangers. Baked into God’s law was a special provision to take care of the most vulnerable citizens. Interestingly enough, this included caring for people from outside of their community.

How Israelites tithed

9. Bringing in the tithe (2 Chron. 31:4–5)


And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord. As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

Because we trade almost exclusively in currency, it’s fascinating to consider what it would be like in a largely cashless society. How do you tithe when tithing means setting aside 10 percent of your grain, wine, oil, honey, and produce?

Bringing in your tithe is quite an affair when you realize that it entails exacting division of actual goods and livestock, and then the responsibility of bringing them to the storehouse.

10. Nehemiah reestablishes the tithe (Neh. 10:35–37)


We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord; also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.

Nehemiah is known for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem as part of God’s plan to restore Israel after a 70-year captivity. Preparing God’s people for temple worship in their homeland required a reorientation to the worship rhythms in the life of an Israelite.

At this point, many Israelites had lived their entire lives in captivity. And while the stories and traditions were kept alive verbally, they no longer knew what it was like to live under the law. Here we have the reestablishment of the Law in regards to offerings and tithes.

Even with this preparation, Nehemiah finds that the Levites aren’t receiving the portion of the tithes that are to be sustaining them (Neh. 13:10).

11. The principles of plenty (Prov. 3:9–10)


Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

If the world and everything in it truly belong to the Lord, why wouldn’t this principle be true? This isn’t the only time that the Lord promises Israel that he’ll reward generosity with plenty (Deut. 15:10; Prov. 11:25; Malachi 3:8–12).

The challenge is that one must have the faith to give sacrificially to see if the Lord keeps his word.

12. THE LORD REQUIRES MORE THAN REGULAR TITHES (AMOS 4:4–5)

“Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God.

The Lord is angry at Israel, and Amos has come to proclaim God’s judgment against her. It doesn’t matter if the nation of Israel is dependable and exacting in the giving of their tithes and offerings if their behavior negates God’s laws.

In a passage that is thematically echoed by Jesus in Matt. 23:23, God makes it clear that stringent attention to the law in one area isn’t an excuse for license in others.

13. THE ROBBING OF GOD (MAL. 3:8–9)

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, “How have we robbed you?” In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.

Throughout the Old Testament, an offering was something you gave, but the tithe was something you owed. It belonged to the Lord and it was repaid—it wasn’t a gift. On top of the importance of recognizing God’s sovereignty in the tithe, the whole priestly system relied on the tithe to stay functional.

Of particular interest here is the how the withholding of some in Israel put the whole nation at risk of God’s judgment.

14. TESTING GOD IN THE TITHE (MAL. 3:10–12)

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

In his mercy, God desperately wants to use the carrot rather than the stick. If he can, he’ll try to get his people to respond to promises of blessing for their obedience instead of having to bring the hammer of judgement down.

In verse 10, the Lord reiterates the problem; the storehouses are empty. If they would only be compliant, there would not only be a full larder, but they would experience an overabundance of provision and freedom from want. Their abundance would also be proof that God was in Israel, making them the envy of nations.

15. DON’T NEGLECT THE WEIGHTIER ISSUES (MATT. 23:23)

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

The picture here of the religious person carefully measuring out their spices to ensure that their tithe is exact while ignoring justice and mercy is powerful. To show concern for tithing your smallest crops while ignoring the law’s weightier concerns is shortsighted.

16. THE FAITHFUL GIVER (MARK 12:41–44)

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Obviously, the point of this passage is in the faith of the widow to give what she had out of poverty. This is a beautiful picture of trust in God’s provision, and Christ’s response to this act of faith demonstrates God’s feelings toward our sacrifice and generosity.

What is also interesting here is the fact that Jesus went out of his way to sit and watch people give their offerings. God’s interest in our giving isn’t cursory. He recognizes more than we do how our faith is revealed in our habits of giving.

17. TITHING AND PRIDE (LUKE 18:9–14)

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

The Pharisee in this parable finds his value and justification in his devotional acts. He holds up his fasting and tithes up to God like a badge and thanks God that he isn’t like this lowly tax gatherer. As we have seen, the tithe tied Israel together. It was an offering that was common to all and was used to take care of the nation’s priests, widows, orphans, and transients. It wasn’t intended to make the giver self-righteous and prideful.
18. TITHING TO MELCHIZEDEK (HEB. 7:1–2)

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

With this discussion on Abraham’s tithe to Melchizedek, we’ve come full circle. Moses first tells us of this tithe in Genesis, and the author of Hebrews readdresses it as he compares Christ’s ministry to the priest Melchizedek.

The author of Hebrews argues that, although the tithe was supposed to be paid to the Levites, Abraham gave a tenth of his spoils to the priest Melchizedek. And that, through this act, the Levites also metaphorically tithed to Melchizedek. Not only did the priest take a tithe from Abraham, he blessed him. Hebrew’s author says, “It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. (v. 7)” The whole chapter compares the priesthood of Christ to this mysterious Old Testament character.

It’s only appropriate that the last place the tithe is mentioned it’s being used to point to Christ’s preeminence.



Though @daddyfreeze is correct regarding tithe abuse in Nigerian churches, nonetheless tithe is a kingdom principle established in the order of MELCHIZEDEK and an infallible Law of Nature.

Give and you will receive.
Lay your bread on the waters and in the morrow you will find it
Whatever you sow you must reap.

Credit to my team at echurch.

isnovic:
and an infallible Law of Nature.

law of nature for where? who confirmed this

see how u dey dig things to back stealing peoples money, i go to church often, i dont pay offering or tithe and my life is better than 87% of my church members, why the tithe neva help their life?

isnovic:
Tithing is scriptural:

1. The first tithe (Gen. 14:19–20)


And he blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”
And Abram gave him a tenth of everythiAbram had just returned from defeating the armies of the four kings, rescuing his nephew Lot, and reclaiming his possessions, and he’s met by an enigmatic priest of God Most High named Melchizedek. The priest attributes Abram’s victory to God—possessor of heaven and earth—and he blesses Abram.ng.



In gratitude to God’s authority and blessing, Abram gives Melchizedek a tenth of his possessions. He doesn’t do it to invoke God’s blessing; he does it in response to God’s blessing.

2. Jacob offers a tithe (Gen. 28:20–22)


Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

Jacob responds to a dream he has received from God by building an altar and vowing that, in exchange for God’s care and provision, he would give God a tenth of his belongings.


3. The tithe is introduced as law (Lev. 27:30–34)


Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”

Here we see Moses giving the tithe as a law. The first 10 percent is called “holy,” or set apart, as belonging to God. The Israelites were to return to God what was already his, and in doing so, recognize the Almighty’s provision.

If for some reason someone needed to “redeem” or keep all or a portion of the goods he was to tithe, he could just give money instead. However, the cash would need to be equal to the tithe’s value, plus an extra fifth. In other words, Israelites could give 10 percent in produce, or 12 percent in cash.

When it came to livestock, a shepherd had to set aside every tenth for God. It was decided by simply counting the animals and consecrating every tenth. The shepherd was not to be deciding based on the quality of the animal.

4. Tithes established for the Levites (Num. 18:21)


To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting

The Levites served a special function in Israel; they ministered before God as Israel’s priests. At God’s command, the Levites didn’t share in the other tribes’ inheritance. The Lord was their portion and inheritance (v. 21).

Here we see the Lord establishing that Israel’s tithe would operate as payment to the levitical priests for their services.

5. The Levite’s tithe (Num. 18:26)


Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, “When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.”

From the income that the Levites received from the tithe, they were still responsible for giving 10 percent off the top to God.

6. Offerings and tithes (Deut. 12:5–6)


But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go, and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

The tithe was not a volitional offering. The 10 percent off the top belonged to God and the Israelites simply repaid it. But this wasn’t the only obligatory tithe. They also tithed to support a special jubilee festival (Deut. 12) and took a third tithe every three years to take care of orphans, widows, and the poor (Deut. 14). These mandatory offerings averaged out to about 23 percent a year.

On top of these compulsory tithes, there were regular opportunities for freewill offerings. These were generous gifts that expressed the Israelites’ gratefulness through voluntary giving in response to their devotion.

At a bare minimum, they gave 23 percent a year, but there was no ceiling on their generosity. They could—and frequently would—give exorbitantly out of their excess. In response to Moses’ call for contributions to the building of the Tabernacle, the Israelites literally gave so much that Moses had to command them to stop giving (Ex. 36:2–7).

7. Tithing for festivals (Deut. 14:22)


“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.”

By God’s design, the Israelites were a celebratory people. Part of their tithe went to preparing for festivals and celebrations!

8. Tithing for orphans, widows, and sojourners (Deut. 14:28–29)


At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

The first tithe taken annually was used to support the Levites. Every third year a special tithe was taken for the distinct purpose of supporting orphans, widows, and strangers. Baked into God’s law was a special provision to take care of the most vulnerable citizens. Interestingly enough, this included caring for people from outside of their community.

How Israelites tithed

9. Bringing in the tithe (2 Chron. 31:4–5)


And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord. As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

Because we trade almost exclusively in currency, it’s fascinating to consider what it would be like in a largely cashless society. How do you tithe when tithing means setting aside 10 percent of your grain, wine, oil, honey, and produce?

Bringing in your tithe is quite an affair when you realize that it entails exacting division of actual goods and livestock, and then the responsibility of bringing them to the storehouse.

10. Nehemiah reestablishes the tithe (Neh. 10:35–37)


We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord; also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.

Nehemiah is known for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem as part of God’s plan to restore Israel after a 70-year captivity. Preparing God’s people for temple worship in their homeland required a reorientation to the worship rhythms in the life of an Israelite.

At this point, many Israelites had lived their entire lives in captivity. And while the stories and traditions were kept alive verbally, they no longer knew what it was like to live under the law. Here we have the reestablishment of the Law in regards to offerings and tithes.

Even with this preparation, Nehemiah finds that the Levites aren’t receiving the portion of the tithes that are to be sustaining them (Neh. 13:10).

11. The principles of plenty (Prov. 3:9–10)


Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

If the world and everything in it truly belong to the Lord, why wouldn’t this principle be true? This isn’t the only time that the Lord promises Israel that he’ll reward generosity with plenty (Deut. 15:10; Prov. 11:25; Malachi 3:8–12).

The challenge is that one must have the faith to give sacrificially to see if the Lord keeps his word.

12. THE LORD REQUIRES MORE THAN REGULAR TITHES (AMOS 4:4–5)

“Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God.

The Lord is angry at Israel, and Amos has come to proclaim God’s judgment against her. It doesn’t matter if the nation of Israel is dependable and exacting in the giving of their tithes and offerings if their behavior negates God’s laws.

In a passage that is thematically echoed by Jesus in Matt. 23:23, God makes it clear that stringent attention to the law in one area isn’t an excuse for license in others.

13. THE ROBBING OF GOD (MAL. 3:8–9)

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, “How have we robbed you?” In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.

Throughout the Old Testament, an offering was something you gave, but the tithe was something you owed. It belonged to the Lord and it was repaid—it wasn’t a gift. On top of the importance of recognizing God’s sovereignty in the tithe, the whole priestly system relied on the tithe to stay functional.

Of particular interest here is the how the withholding of some in Israel put the whole nation at risk of God’s judgment.

14. TESTING GOD IN THE TITHE (MAL. 3:10–12)

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

In his mercy, God desperately wants to use the carrot rather than the stick. If he can, he’ll try to get his people to respond to promises of blessing for their obedience instead of having to bring the hammer of judgement down.

In verse 10, the Lord reiterates the problem; the storehouses are empty. If they would only be compliant, there would not only be a full larder, but they would experience an overabundance of provision and freedom from want. Their abundance would also be proof that God was in Israel, making them the envy of nations.

15. DON’T NEGLECT THE WEIGHTIER ISSUES (MATT. 23:23)

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

The picture here of the religious person carefully measuring out their spices to ensure that their tithe is exact while ignoring justice and mercy is powerful. To show concern for tithing your smallest crops while ignoring the law’s weightier concerns is shortsighted.

16. THE FAITHFUL GIVER (MARK 12:41–44)

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Obviously, the point of this passage is in the faith of the widow to give what she had out of poverty. This is a beautiful picture of trust in God’s provision, and Christ’s response to this act of faith demonstrates God’s feelings toward our sacrifice and generosity.

What is also interesting here is the fact that Jesus went out of his way to sit and watch people give their offerings. God’s interest in our giving isn’t cursory. He recognizes more than we do how our faith is revealed in our habits of giving.

17. TITHING AND PRIDE (LUKE 18:9–14)

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

The Pharisee in this parable finds his value and justification in his devotional acts. He holds up his fasting and tithes up to God like a badge and thanks God that he isn’t like this lowly tax gatherer. As we have seen, the tithe tied Israel together. It was an offering that was common to all and was used to take care of the nation’s priests, widows, orphans, and transients. It wasn’t intended to make the giver self-righteous and prideful.
18. TITHING TO MELCHIZEDEK (HEB. 7:1–2)

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

With this discussion on Abraham’s tithe to Melchizedek, we’ve come full circle. Moses first tells us of this tithe in Genesis, and the author of Hebrews readdresses it as he compares Christ’s ministry to the priest Melchizedek.

The author of Hebrews argues that, although the tithe was supposed to be paid to the Levites, Abraham gave a tenth of his spoils to the priest Melchizedek. And that, through this act, the Levites also metaphorically tithed to Melchizedek. Not only did the priest take a tithe from Abraham, he blessed him. Hebrew’s author says, “It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. (v. 7)” The whole chapter compares the priesthood of Christ to this mysterious Old Testament character.

It’s only appropriate that the last place the tithe is mentioned it’s being used to point to Christ’s preeminence.



Though @daddyfreeze is correct regarding tithe abuse in Nigerian churches, nonetheless tithe is a kingdom principle established in the order of MELCHIZEDEK and an infallible Law of Nature.

Give and you will receive.
Lay your bread on the waters and in the morrow you will find it
Whatever you sow you must reap.

Credit to my team at echurch.

The funniest thing I have read this year.
so I am just thinking, if Jesus died and washed away our sins and cleared our debts, so how come we no longer offer burnt sacrifices or go to jersuSalem for the annual Passover feast but we are allowed to tithe?

I personally think that giving is what the church should emphasis on not tithing. Giving was practiced by the new testament believers and I'm yet to see where tithe was collected by the disciples. Apostle Paul in 2cor 9:7 encouraged that giving should be willingly and of necessity but tithe in old testament was not so. it was compulsory to pay it. that is not Christianity. that makes tithe not practicable in this dispensation. You are to give willingly. (2cor 9:7) giving should be willingly and NOT of necessity

OP, why are you wasting your time, preaching to Freeze is like trying to convert Satan himself- only God can do that, if it pleases Him. Forget that demon incarnate!

There's no tithe in d new testament pastors should drop it and stop giving an atheist like daddy freeze a chance to insult Christianity

Did Jesus collect tithe? Did the Apostles collect tithe? So why is daddy GO collecting tithe?

Even if we wanna go back under the law...
Under the law, tithes were paid yearly. Under the law, in the first year, you eat your tithe, same thing in the second year, eat your tithe in the 3rd year, your tithe should be used to feed widows, orphans and strangers...

But we are not under the law...Jesus has fulfilled the law.

Anybody who pays tithe is a goat!

DLondonboiy:
Did Jesus collect tithe? Did the Apostles collect tithe? So why is daddy GO collecting tithe?

Even if we wanna go back under the law...
Under the law, tithes were paid yearly. Under the law, in the first year, you eat your tithe, same thing in the second year, eat your tithe in the 3rd year, your tithe should be used to feed widows, orphans and strangers...

But we are not under the law...Jesus has fulfilled the law.

Anybody who pays tithe is a goat!

How Christlike!

Infomaz:



How Christlike!

Those were the words of Jesus..He said if you don't feed the poor, clothe the naked , house the strangers and visit the prisoners then you are a goat ..

The words of Jesus

I love the write up....The foolish will not understand the things of the spirit.Giving tithe is not mandatory and if you do not give tithe does not mean you will perish.The most important is giving.Giving what will be acceptable. Cain gave what was not valued and his offering was unacceptable but Abel gave and it was accepted. King Solomon the richest man ever gave unto God what cost him and he was rewarded.If you do not give,you are a sinner,if you do not pay tithe but still give beyond the tithe, you have fulfilled the scripture. God bless Op

Spuggie:

The funniest thing I have read this year.
so I am just thinking, if Jesus died and washed away our sins and cleared our debts, so how come we no longer offer burnt sacrifices or go to jersuSalem for the annual Passover feast but we are allowed to tithe?

good question

DLondonboiy:
Did Jesus collect tithe? Did the Apostles collect tithe? So why is daddy GO collecting tithe?

Even if we wanna go back under the law...
Under the law, tithes were paid yearly. Under the law, in the first year, you eat your tithe, same thing in the second year, eat your tithe in the 3rd year, your tithe should be used to feed widows, orphans and strangers...

But we are not under the law...Jesus has fulfilled the law.

Anybody who pays tithe is a goat!

It hurts you that "goats" are paying tithes. Not everyone is miserable like you.

Spuggie:

The funniest thing I have read this year.
so I am just thinking, if Jesus died and washed away our sins and cleared our debts, so how come we no longer offer burnt sacrifices or go to jersuSalem for the annual Passover feast but we are allowed to tithe?

My dear no offence, then you have not yet understood the real reason why Christ came.

Christ came so you will know this unassailable truth:

...that the Kingdom of God now resides is in you.

You are the Church Christ came for. So check your church and tell me if you, its priest, is right with God.

Then you are as guilty as the Pastor you seek to criticize or condemn.

when the allegation buhari/APC has plans to islamise Nigeria as far back as 2014. I told everyone who cared to listen how it's a big lie. my reply was "MUSLIMS CAN'T ISLAMISE NIGERIA IF CHRISTIANS DON'T AGREE TO THE PLOT".
Christians are the ones that can islamise Nigeria.

for several weeks now the debate has been on tithe and offerings. the church is coming under attacks not from outside but from fellow church goers. what happened to preaching what you believe in without calling out pastors who don't agree with your point of view after all the bible says " judge not"(Mathew 7:1-3).
Now we have a daddy freeze that has launched an attack on men of God and judging them in the process under the guise of freeing people from bondage. This is a christian civil war going on in the country now and no matter how it ends the result will not favour Christianity in Nigeria if it's not nipped bud. Will any right thinking nonbeliever want to become a christian when we are so divided against ourselves? Right now virtually all major denominations in the country have been accused of one wrong doing or the other.
catholics have been accused of idolatry.
Pentecostal churches have been accused of financial fraud (using tithes to build big buildings and live large while church members suffer).
even CAN has turned to a political party that o ly speaks out when it's time to criticise the APC led FG.
Now people are being discouraged from giving towards the expansion of the kingdom of God.

at this rate Christians in Nigeria will islamise the country themselves before the Muslims can even hatch a plan to that effect.

which way fellow Christians? can't we just preach what we believe in without calling out fellow pastors and labeling them fake?

iamJ:
law of nature for where? who confirmed this

see how u dey dig things to back stealing peoples money, i go to church often, i dont pay offering or tithe and my life is better than 87% of my church members, why the tithe neva help their life?

And why do you think they still give "stupidly" according to you.

I hope you heard the one who recently gave a 1 million dollar.

See whether you like it or not, whether you pay or do not pay tithe but you give out to the needy out of a pure heart, you will reap its reward; for you have sown.

This is why they are God's eternal law that cannot be broken.

Be you a sinner or believer, the law of harvest remains.

But the real believers knows why you are allowed to keep the store of your rewards and for how long!!!

[size=20pt]The tithe is introduced as law (Lev. 27:30–34)[/size]


Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”

Here we see Moses giving the tithe as a law. The first 10 percent is called “holy,” or set apart, as belonging to God. The Israelites were to return to God what was already his, and in doing so, recognize the Almighty’s provision.

[b]If for some reason someone needed to “redeem” or keep all or a portion of the goods he was to tithe, he could just give money instead. However, the cash would need to be equal to the tithe’s value, plus an extra fifth. In other words, Israelites could give 10 percent in produce, or 12 percent in cash.[/b]

ofai:


It hurts you that "goats" are paying tithes. Not everyone is miserable like you.

Do you understand the meaning of the word miserable?

Spuggie:

The funniest thing I have read this year.
so I am just thinking, if Jesus died and washed away our sins and cleared our debts, so how come we no longer offer burnt sacrifices or go to jersuSalem for the annual Passover feast but we are allowed to tithe?

Every Christian know this answer.

Jesus was the last and final peace offering

But seed and harvest time remains.

Op if you fail to show me where the New Testament specifically sanctioned us to pay tithe to Pastors, I won't pay any bleeping tithe.

My church are aware I support church mission so well, but always surprised why this kind giver is always sitting down whenever the call for tithe is made.

I helped a guy with some people and I told my friend who has been complaining about me not paying tithe who happened to be there "this is how I pay my tithes". I was surprised at his reply "that is better".

I have never paid tithe and am not going to start it soon, till some one convinces me. Funny enough, I give more than those even screaming tithe up and down.

Tithing is a big scam. Why is it that out of every mosaic laws in the Bible, you guys went and pick Tithing? Tithing is a bug scam. Jesus never paid tithe, there was no record that the early Churches do, the Apostles never paid tithe. What they did was sell their properties, bring it together to share among themselves as a Church. Even if I have to pay tithe to a Church, I will make sure that we share the money equally equally so that wealth will be equally distributed among members as it is was done by the early Churches. I will be the last person to contribute to the fueling of some Thieves private jets.

I don't understand why genuine christians are wasting time on Freeze. The devil will surely do anything to bring discord among God's people and in this case he is using daddy freeze.

Notice that it is those who don't tithe that make the most noise against tithing e.g daddy freeze.

dodelight:
OP, why are you wasting your time, preaching to Freeze is like trying to convert Satan himself- only God can do that, if it pleases Him. Forget that demon incarnate!

for me to believe tithes pls show me the original manuscript of bible instead of all these revised versions that has been edited by pastors and G O

The church is not fulfilling the purpose of God. The church is begging and misleading the people crying for help. If we are one of the most corrupt countries the church must be blamed. Paying is not the problem, what you do with the funds is.

Amberon11:
I don't understand why genuine christians are wasting time on Freeze. The devil will surely do anything to bring discord among God's people and in this case he is using daddy freeze.

Notice that it is those who don't tithe that make the most noise against tithing e.g daddy freeze.

The devil is not using him look at this issue from both sides not one side. The church is not fulfilling its purpose. The focus of most churches is not on Christ but on entertainment and good life. We know what the old missionaries did for us all, how they did it etc.
We all need to be understand the cry for help by the church and mourning congregation.

isnovic:


And why do you think they still give "stupidly" according to you.

I hope you heard the one who recently gave a 1 million dollar.

See whether you like it or not, whether you pay or do not pay tithe but you give out to the needy out of a pure heart, you will reap its reward; for you have sown.

This is why they are God's eternal law that cannot be broken.

Be you a sinner or believer, the law of harvest remains.

But the real believers knows why you are allowed to keep the store of your rewards and for how long!!!

It's wonderful to give $1 million to a church or charity, but i am also concerned to know if the dude is not stealing from all of us by asking for his personal income tax returns. If that amount is a tithe then his normal annual income tax should be at least $2 million

churches are engaging themselves with unnecessary projects that has no Godly gospel target. Pastors turn churches into beggars how else can I explain. The people are watching and expecting change in ungodly project management and can't find.
You can never find a pure water sell that is thirsty. God funds a Godly project, only ungodly project result in pastors using scare tactics to get money from people.

It's always parish competition that parish has that we want a better one too Aba. I walk and work with pastors so I know what I'm saying.
How do you tell people Jesus is coming and yet as a pastor advertising the church property business. Sell good homes for me. If Jesus is coming should I not go get ready for his coming pastor ?

To the churches

People want to hear that there is please donate money for motherless and fatherless children to build affordable schools or to help so and so person

bamidelee:

for me to believe tithes pls show me the original manuscript of bible instead of all these revised versions that has been edited by pastors and G O

no, i don't partake in such arguments. your life ur choice. ur choice ur eternity.