Scripture identifies that people with faith in the Lord give a tithe of their income in order to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ within their own community and around the world. In addition, through employing this biblical principle you will:
• Help fulfill the Great Commission given to believers.
• Honor God by being a good steward (manager) of the possessions He gives you.
• Show that His will is the first and main priority of your life.
• Show where your heart is truly located (in the world or in God).
• Allow supernatural reward, protection, and blessing into your life on a continual basis.
Because tithing is percentage based (10% of increase) and not based on a denomination of money, it is inherently fair to everyone because every believer gives the same proportion of income to the church for ministry work, regardless of their level of income. A person with no income would tithe $0, whereas a person who earns or receives $100,000 annually would tithe $10,000, a person who earns or receives $1,000,000 per year would tithe $100,000, etc.
The story of Abraham told in both Old and New Testament passages example for us how great people of faith tithe, thus showing the world around them that Jesus Christ is LORD over all their life including their finances.
Some people argue that we live in the dispensation of grace and not under the law and therefore God gives us no commands to live by and especially not tithing. However this argument cannot be correct because the Great Commission in the bible says that we must teach other people all that God commanded. Other letters to the saints identify commands in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to refrain from or to take certain actions.
Many Old Testament laws were done away with, but those things are clearly identified in the New Testament or never mentioned in it. Tithing is mentioned in the Gospels as something we ought to do as a complement to justice, mercy, and having faith. Also, the writer of Hebrews makes it clear that we tithe to the One of whom it is witnessed that He lives (that can be none other than Jesus Christ) and that He receives our tithe in Heaven though we bring it on earth to His appointed authorities.
Jesus didn't condemn the law rather He fulfilled it by doing away with the need for us to perform works to gain entry into His presence and Heaven but also by identifying a few commands as works of faith. His living in us by the Holy Spirit gives us all the power and wherewithal we need to obey His commandments when we otherwise would not be able to do so by human volition.
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Genesis 14:20, Malachi 3:8-12, Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 7:8
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