Tithes and Offerings
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Tithes
Tithes
Tithe - One-tenth of a person’s goods, whether agricultural or monetary, dedicated to God.
Idea of 10% came from our Father of Faith Abraham in a gift to Malchizadek
Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High. He blessed him and said:
Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and blessed be God Most High
who has handed over your enemies to you.
And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
SO Abram and Lot had split. Lot lived over by Sodom and Gomorrah and Abram lived Oaks of Mamre. Sodom and Gomorrah get conquered and people are taken away . When Abram hears about this, he assembled 318 men and together they defeated 4 kings to return Lot and others home.
Then this Melchizedek shows up.
King of Salem
King of the Valley
And Salem is Jerusalem!
Brought bread and wine
Priest to God Most High.
Blessed Abram.
This man was both KING and Priest. That does not exist anywhere but in 1 person.
Melchizedek means King of Righteousness!
“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value. Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the Lord. He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”
These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you.
Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.
It’s all God’s
It’s all God’s
Haggai 2:8
“The silver and gold belong to me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
- i love it when god says “test me” - it means he will pass!
Giving leads to blessing!
tithe is faith
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Change our perspective!
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
you get to give - not have - change perspective
FOUNDATION -
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
give what you can, and want - its a great starting point!
FOCUS
2 cor 9:6-7
The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
Offerings
Offerings
not a tithe - over a tithe
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 6:38 - give and receive great things - give and you WILL receive
Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Proverbs 18:16 - giving opens the door to greatness
A person’s gift opens doors for him
and brings him before the great.
Conclusion
Conclusion