MelesZanawi:
Lawrence Agada, an Assistant Pastor in Christ Embassy with the Lagos Sheraton Hotels and Towers, donated cash and gifts worth N39 million to the Church. He bought a 250KVA generator valued at N4.4 million, and another 27KVA generator for NI.5 million and turned them over to a satellite arm of the church.

Earlier, he had provided N6 million for the refurbishment of the branch, N1 million for the purchase of plastic seats for the headquarters and contributed another N1million to Oyakhilome’s crusade tagged Night Of Bliss. Agada also gave N400,000 to his pastor, who needed money for a trip to Australia.

Happy that Agada had obeyed the teaching on seed sowing, Oyakhilome wrote a personal letter to commend the cheerful giver. “May God, who gives seed to the sower and bread for eating, multiply your seeds in Jesus name,” wrote the preacher.

But Jesus did not multiply Agada’s seeds. Instead, the giver became a guest of the police when his employers discovered that he had stolen from them to give to Christ Embassy. Agada’s employers demanded a refund of the stolen sum. However, Christ Embassy issued a statement admitting that Agada made donations but shamelessly refused to make the desired refund.

stagger:


God can never be mocked. Tithes paid from illegal proceeds will attract a curse. Haggai 1 verse 9 part b says, "what you brought home, I the Lord blew away..." You can decieve a man or a pastor, but you can never deceive the Omniscient.

Remember God rejected the sacrifices of Cain and Saul? You cannot bribe God. See what God said in Isaiah 1:

1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

A Rebellious Nation
2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knows its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,
but Israel does not know,
my people do not understand.”

4 Woe to the sinful nation,
a people whose guilt is great,
a brood of evildoers,
children given to corruption!
They have forsaken the Lord;
they have spurned the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.

5 Why should you be beaten anymore?
Why do you persist in rebellion?
Your whole head is injured,
your whole heart afflicted.
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.

7 Your country is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
your fields are being stripped by foreigners
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
8 Daughter Zion is left
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a cucumber field,
like a city under siege.
9 Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us some survivors,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;
I have no pleasure
in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!
Your incense is detestable to me.
New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals
I hate with all my being.
They have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I hide my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.

Your hands are full of blood!

16 Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
17 Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.[a]
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land;
20 but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Does the current state of Nigeria and its people not fit the description that God was talking about?

Kylekent59:
My question is this: "how did they know he's jobless?

Any money(the profit you make daily) should be calculated at the end of the month, then 10% should be for tithe.

Pimpmaride:
Normally the church, probably the pastor overseeing the church can do that kind of deep research....


If only our pastors can do that, it will be better...
Rather than collecting tithes for every dick and Harry...

Thief go pay tithe
Olosho go do morning devotion after fuckinng the come pay tithe to climb altar again


God is really kind... If not sef, people like me for Don peme sef


Nobody shud quote mi ooo, I'm not feeling too well..

Righteousness89:
Asking is not Bad! The Spirit of God Can lead the Pastor to ask.

What is Important is that you Tell the People the Truth!
Preach to them that if the Source or Proceeds of your Money is from Evil, Fraudulent or Wicked acts, don't Give it to us!

Preach it Bodly in the Church !

That is the True Gospel that should be Preached! The Church needs Money , but not all Money is Acceptable...

You Can't Defraud People and Say you are paying tithe! That is Wickedness

You Can't Kill people to make Money and you say you Bring a Heavy Seed! That is Wickedness!!

You Can't Rob People or Rob the Government and say you bring Tithe! That is Wickedness and Evil Money!

Isaiah 1: 12-17
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

bolaayenimo:
A church member is jobless or has no verifiable source of income. But he pays in a hefty sum of amount into the church as his tithe (10 percent of income ).

Should a church ask him the source of money or just regard it as God's blessings?

bolaayenimo:
A church member is jobless or has no verifiable source of income. But he pays in a hefty sum of amount into the church as his tithe (10 percent of income ).

Should a church ask him the source of money or just regard it as God's blessings?

PaulDasilva:
I'm not sure if it's right or otherwise for the church to do that.

However, if our society was the type that questions people's source(s) of wealth, income and the money they throw around, our nation wouldn't be the money-crazed and corrupt cesspit it is today, and invariably, it would relieve the church of the burden of beaming the spotlight on you.

You can't be a barber and be paying 200k tithe!

bolaayenimo:
A church member is jobless or has no verifiable source of income. But he pays in a hefty sum of amount into the church as his tithe (10 percent of income ).

Should a church ask him the source of money or just regard it as God's blessings?

bolaayenimo:
A church member is jobless or has no verifiable source of income. But he pays in a hefty sum of amount into the church as his tithe (10 percent of income ).

Should a church ask him the source of money or just regard it as God's blessings?

Righteousness89:
Asking is not Bad! The Spirit of God Can lead the Pastor to ask.

What is Important is that you Tell the People the Truth!
Preach to them that if the Source or Proceeds of your Money is from Evil, Fraudulent or Wicked acts, don't Give it to us!

Preach it Bodly in the Church !

That is the True Gospel that should be Preached! The Church needs Money , but not all Money is Acceptable...

You Can't Defraud People and Say you are paying tithe! That is Wickedness

You Can't Kill people to make Money and you say you Bring a Heavy Seed! That is Wickedness!!

You Can't Rob People or Rob the Government and say you bring Tithe! That is Wickedness and Evil Money!

Isaiah 1: 12-17
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Righteousness89:
Asking is not Bad! The Spirit of God Can lead the Pastor to ask.

What is Important is that you Tell the People the Truth!
Preach to them that if the Source or Proceeds of your Money is from Evil, Fraudulent or Wicked acts, don't Give it to us!

Preach it Bodly in the Church !

That is the True Gospel that should be Preached! The Church needs Money , but not all Money is Acceptable...

You Can't Defraud People and Say you are paying tithe! That is Wickedness

You Can't Kill people to make Money and you say you Bring a Heavy Seed! That is Wickedness!!

You Can't Rob People or Rob the Government and say you bring Tithe! That is Wickedness and Evil Money!

Isaiah 1: 12-17
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

chibnnodi:
Yes, I know that the Deeper life Bible church must investigate your source of income, before they accept your tithe.