Sermon Tone Analysis

Last few weeks,

Why join a church, we understand that God has planned it this way, we are not designed to do this thing alone

Why read your bible, how else will we know what He is saying to us, to grow we must be reading Gods word!

This week again is another tough topic so says society,

Tithing - defined - from an old english which meant a tenth, which is where we get tenth, also scripture uses tenth

1st question is why tithe?

this one most of us had probably asked ourselves, and maybe you end up with a few answers, maybe you say well that is just what we are to do, or maybe you end up with well have to keep the lights on some how, or it is how we do things as a church

those are all correct, but for use to understand tithing we first have to ask some different questions,

like we have for the past few weeks

1 - What is tithing?

Tithing is the act of giving a tenth to God

wether it be grain, fruit, flock, or income, it is the portion and the act of giving it to God

2 - What is the purpose of the tithe

God set this up to supply the levites which were 1 of the 12 tribes set apart for him, they had no inherence in the land and no way of making food or money, in the NT it was designed to supply the church

3 - How are we to give our tithe?

we are to give it joyfully

since it is God’s first it should come off the top

Some of the best advice I received growing up was that the first thing you should do after being paid is tithe, then at the end of the year when you get your giving statement, it is fun to see how much you gave and did not even miss!!

Back to our first question of why tithe?

I hope you understand that tithing is more than money, tithing is more than giving 10% of your income, tithing also includes our time, and service and our skills

Everything you have is because of God! all he requires in 10% of what he has blessed us with back

Church we are to be serving the church as part of your tithing as well as tithing money, and skill and time and energy.

Some of you are better at decorating, or skill musicians, or builders, or mechanics, or movers

we should be tithing 10% across the board, money, skills, time, energy

It is my prayer that you have come today and learned a thing or two about tithing, more importantly i hope you understand why you are to tithe, that it is a blessing to Christ,

Maybe you have come here and God has shown you that you need to start tithing, or to give more, or maybe you need prayer, I would invite you if you don't know who Christ is, I would love to come and talk you about it.