Does the Bible say that we will be blessed if we tithe? Does tithing have any relation to receiving blessings? If we don't tithe will we miss out on some blessings that God has for us?
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Tithing and blessings?
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New_Wineskin
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It doesn't say anything about *me* and tithing . I don't grow/harvest anything , so I couldn't tithe even if I found a Levitical priest to present it .
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We need to be surrendered to Yahweh in all areas of our lives including our money,
"Bring 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." Mal 3:10
We might not be aware of His blessings but He keeps His Word.
They say there's more Scriptures about money than anything else in The Bible. We're to save up an inheritance for our children's children for example.
Jesus watched the offering plates - He noticed who gave and how much.
"Bring 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." Mal 3:10
We might not be aware of His blessings but He keeps His Word.
They say there's more Scriptures about money than anything else in The Bible. We're to save up an inheritance for our children's children for example.
Jesus watched the offering plates - He noticed who gave and how much.
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Giving and tithing are not the same. Your question works in the context of charitable giving and supporting a ministry...but there is no tithe. The tithe was a specific tax put in place to support the Levitical Priests. The church today is NOT the storehouse of the tithe and any preacher who say it is, is abusing the scripture.
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New_Wineskin
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Money and tithing have nothing to do with each other .
That passage from Malachi is directed to Levitical priests .
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I didn't read any other posts in this thread. But the blessings that churches bring up usually talk about the verses in Malachi.
The problem with this is that it is talking to the people of Israel. Tithes usually consisted of food based giving, which is why he said "That there may be food in My house". It however is not talking to us. But knowing this God loves a cheerful giver. This does not imply funding a church building, but putting it to actual good use. It is shown in the NT that giving between churches was good in that it would bring equality with each other. Help the lesser when they need help and vice versa when the other needs help. This does not imply how people are using it in todays time though. You see very fancy church architecture that takes an absurd amount of money to fund. It is a very temporal mind-set most people have it seems, spending money on worthless things.
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I have been paying tithe for 30 years and many people I know have been doing the same and all of us have been confessing that indeed God has blessed.
Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, andwhere thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Jesus said that tithe ought to be done. Tithe could be of money or things or animals. Cash was not as plentiful then as now.
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New_Wineskin
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You bolded the wrong part .
Anyway , yes , Jesus did tell the Jewish hypocrites they were to tithe . They were Jews and the Law directed them to tithe . The Law was very specific . One tithe was to the Levites who lived among their fellow Israelites . The tithe was *never* to be money . Another tithe could *temporarily* be converted to money for ease in travelling for a festival . But , that money was to be converted right back to food upon arriving at the destination and eaten by the one tithing . The Lord did not forget nor was He short-sighted in making His commands . If He wanted money to be given to the Levites , He would have mentioned it .
Even the passage that you wrote had nothing to do with money .
Cash was as plentiful then as it had to be . That is why there were money changers . When living by commands , the letter is to be followed . Change in times and conditions do not allow for a change in the command . The commands for tithing mentioned only agriculture .
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When God gave the Israelites the promised land, he RESERVED, for Himself, a tenth of the crops and every tenth animal. They NEVER did belong to the Israelites. In other words, the tithe was from God's increase of FOOD, not from man's income. It was a way to distribute FOOD to the Levites and priests who did NOT inherited any land.
No one, not even the farmers, tithed on their income.
The farmers made their income by SELLING and/or barter-exchanging their crops and animals but did NOT tithe on that income.
Today, ALL born-again believers are priests. ALL of us are called to be deciples of the Lord. No one of us is higher than another. Our bodies are the Temple where the Spirit dwells. According to the scriptures, priests do not tithe.
When you understand the Biblical tithe, it makes sense, and it is plain to see that it makes NO sense to try to tithe today.
Note: Since the Temple Tax HAD to be paid with MONEY, they obviously had money at that time. Yet the tithe could NOT be paid with money.
No one, not even the farmers, tithed on their income.
The farmers made their income by SELLING and/or barter-exchanging their crops and animals but did NOT tithe on that income.
Today, ALL born-again believers are priests. ALL of us are called to be deciples of the Lord. No one of us is higher than another. Our bodies are the Temple where the Spirit dwells. According to the scriptures, priests do not tithe.
When you understand the Biblical tithe, it makes sense, and it is plain to see that it makes NO sense to try to tithe today.
Note: Since the Temple Tax HAD to be paid with MONEY, they obviously had money at that time. Yet the tithe could NOT be paid with money.
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I've got you beat. I have been dutifully paying taxes for almost all of my life. I am taxed on my income, taxed on things I buy, taxed on things I sell, and I will be taxed for the privilege of dying. Interestingly, when totalled, my taxation far exceeds 10%, so I can't actually call it a tithe. If only my government was as lenient as that of the Old Testament.
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GaryArnold
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I have never tithed and I have been blessed beyond my wildest dreams.
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
The blessings are for all those who have faith in God and has NOTHING to do with tithing. God is not a slot machine where you put money in and expect blessings in return.
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Why would you think that?
We are to tithe increase as per the command. Our increase is what we are paid.
How many person worked other than on their own land at the time the command was given? How many banks and hotel etc. were present for persons to work in?
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