Tithe Payment Is Important For Every Genuine Christian
Recently, we received an email from beloved in Christ asking for
emphasis's on Christian tithe payment. Actually, when we behold the
request to share light about church tithe payment, our heart were
greatly filled and overwhelmed with Joy, because church tithe payment is
very important and it’s one of the dreaded messages that always scared
off many brethren, even from attending church fellowship.
Today, many renowned Christians dispersed the doctrine of tithe
payment, yet always irking for not patterning in the Lord blessing while
their fellow brethren are been showers continuously with blessing. They
always frown at the message of tithe payment without understanding the
basic important of tithe payment.
However, church tithe payment is a must for every genuine
Christian who possessed the mindset of making heaven and if you haven’t
commenced in church tithe payment, we strongly admonished you hearken
unto this doctrine because many are already victim of the danger of none
tithe payment in the church.
Tithe Payment Is A Divine Necessity For Every Genuine Christian.
One day, a very wealthy man was walking on the road. Along the
way he saw a beggar on the sidewalk. The rich man looks kindly on the
beggar and asked, "How did you become a beggar? The beggar said, "Sir,
I've been applying for a job for a year now but haven't found any. You
look like a rich man. Sir, if you'll give me a job, I'll stop begging"
The rich man smiled and said, "I want to help you. But I
won't give you a job. I'll do something better. I want you to be my
business partner. Let's start a business together” The beggar blinked hard. He didn't understand what the older man was saying. "What do you mean, Sir?
Psalm 104;24 “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches” "I
own a rice plantation. You could sell my rice in the market. I'll
provide you the sacks of rice. I'll pay the rent for the market stall.
All you will have to do is sell my rice. And at the end of the month, as
Business Partners, we'll share in the profits. Tears of joy rolled down his cheeks.
"Oh Sir," he said, "You’re a gift from Heaven; you're the answer to my prayers. Thank you, thank you, and thank you" He then paused and said, Sir,
how will we divide the profits? Do I keep 10% and you get the 90%? Do I
keep 5% and you get the 95%? I'll be happy with any arrangement”
The rich man shook his head and chuckled. "No, I want you to give me the 10%. And you keep the 90%. For
a moment, the beggar couldn't speak. When he tried to speak, it was
gibberish. Uh, gee, uh, wow, I mean, huh? He couldn't believe his ears.
The deal was too preposterous. The rich man laughed more loudly.
He explained “I don't need the money, my friend. I'm already
wealthy beyond what you can ever imagine. I want you to give me 10% of
your profits so you grow in gratitude” The beggar knelt down before his benefactor and said “Yes Sir, I will do as you say. Even now, I'm so grateful for what you've done for me" Exodus
19;5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:
for all the earth is mine”
And so that was what happened. He forgets where the blessings
came from. Each day, the beggar now dressed a little bit better operated
a store selling rice in the market. He worked very hard. He woke up
early in the morning and slept late at night. And sales were efficient,
also because the rice was of good quality. And after 30 days, the
profits were astounding.
At the end of the month, as the ex-beggar was counting the
money, and liking very much the feeling of money in his hands, an idea
grew in his mind. He told himself, “Huh, why should I give 10%
to my Business Partner? I didn't see him the whole month. I was the one
who was working day and night for this business. I did all this work. I
deserve the 100% profits.
A few minutes later, the rich man was knocking on the door to
collect his 10% of the profits. The ex-beggar opened the door and said, "You don't deserve the 10%. I worked hard for this. I deserve all of it" And he slammed the door. If you were his business partner, how would you feel?
Hi, this is exactly what happens to us, God is our business
partner. God gave us life-every single moment, every single breath,
every single second.
Psalm 24;1 “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein” God gave us talents and ability
to talk, to create, to earn money. God gave us a body, eyes, ears,
mouth, hands, feet, heart. God gave us mind and imagination, emotions,
reasoning, language. Hence, Sharing 10% with him is an expression of
gratitude and love. So never forget to do your bit and do it with
immense gratitude, joy and love.
The Doctrine On Church Tithe Payment And How To Pay
Church tithe payment is very important for very genuine
Christians and it’s very dangerous to adjourn your tithe payment incur
from your present income to latter month because it hinder prayers and
gives permission for locust invader to Infest both your financial and
the healthy life of your family. Joel 2:25 "And I will restore to you
the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the
caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you"
However, there is no impunity in God's judgment on church tithe
payment because if you don't pay your tithe, things will definitely be
tight for you. Genesis 14;18-20 “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought
forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he
blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor
of heaven and Earth, And blessed be the most high God, which hath
delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all”
Abraham our father; meet Melchizedek without father or mother.
He bows down to greet Melchizedek the priest of the most high God and
offer tithe unto him. The bible said; that Levi while yet inside the
loins of Abraham stretch fort his hand. WHO IS LEVI?
Levi is the great grandchild of Abraham; but he was in the lions of
Abraham and stretch fort his hand from ETERNITY to TIME and offer tithe
unto Melchizedek and secures for himself the post of priesthood before
he was born.
Hence, this spiritually signifies that tithe payment is a
spiritual generational covenant and every ignoramus act you indulge in
none payment of tithe in your church, simples means, you don’t want to
secure the post of priesthood in your lineage because whatever goes
around must surely comes around.
Hebrews 7:1-3 "For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of
the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the
kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all;
first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that
also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without
mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of
life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually”
However; when you decide to live act ignorantly and forsake to
abide under the doctrine of tithe payment in your church; you are not
only punishing yourself but also destroying the future destiny of your
unborn children. If you are not paying your tithe, it means you don't
love your future children and you don’t want their prosperity and
excellence in life.
How To Pay Tithe In The Church
Malachi 3;8-12 “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But
ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9, Ye are
cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10,
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.
Verse 11, And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he
shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine
cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.12,
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the LORD of hosts”
Tithe payment is the 10% of your total GROSS INCOME earned before any expenditure (total income earned in division by 10). Tithe payment isn’t your "NET INCOME"
incur after expenditure. Deuteronomy 14:22 "Thou shalt truly tithe all
the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year"
In nutshell, your tithe payment comes first before any
expenditure because God’s business must come first. He owns everything,
including your life and soul. Therefore, you must truly tithe all your
income before the thought of government tax payment or removal of
transport fees and other personal expenses such as food, clothes, house
rent, school fees etc.
You are mandated to removed your tithe from any incurred profit,
income or gift you made or received before accounting for loses or
expenditures. As a newly employed staff; you must removed the tenth
percent of your salary before remembering or accounting for
transportation fees and feeding expenditure.
You must tithe before accounting for taxation or other
miscellaneous expenses. As a business man; you must tithe your income
before making any adjustment of your transporting expenses. Your tithe
payment comes first before any adjustment or expenses because Almighty
God isn't second class or under-developing creator.
Deuteronomy 8:18 "But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for
it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his
covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day" His
sufficiency is greater than our lives because he isn't a beggar but
creator of all creativity and givers of wealth and riches. He is not a
poor God---but rather a giver and unleashes of powers and wealth.
Haggai 2:8 "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the
Lord of hosts" He doesn't need your money or riches but rather need to
test your faith and sincerity of service in his vine yard because money
is a defense and answereth all things----which without, the propagation
of the gospel will be hindered.
Nevertheless, as none working class or a student you must fully
tithe any financial gift you received or else, you would definitely find
it difficult to obtain divine favor from people. If you are tested of
the little cash gift and you failed to redeem your tithe, please don’t
expect to be divinely favored again because you refuse to acknowledge
your God as a supplier of riches. Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall
supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus"
Whenever you tithe faithfully and cheerfully without murmuring
or complain; you are spiritually setting up or opening bank account in
Heaven for yourself and same time making savings. Whenever, you knee to
utter any prayer unto God, instantly his angels will ran a quick check
in your Heavenly bank account for remaining balance.
If your account balance exceeds the minimum withdrawal, you will
certainly experience financial empowerment and increase but if
signifies red due to your unfaithfulness in tithe payment; things will
definitely becomes tight for you because God isn’t mocked and neither a
beggar. Galatians 6;7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”
Wrong Perception In Church Tithe Payment.
Tithing is the mechanism for funding the Gospel. Those who
withhold tithes and offerings from the Lord are disobedient Christians;
they won't be ready for His return. By their disobedience, they hinder
the gospel from going out and costing souls to perish. Moreover, the
Lord has warned the church, that anyone who loves money more than Him,
will not see the Kingdom.
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The Lord instructed us through the prophet Malachi to bring the whole tithe into the "storehouse" so there may be food in "God's house" .Malachi
3:10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be
food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "if I
will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a
blessing until it overflows.
In saying this, the Lord showed that the storehouse and His
house are one and the same. According to the Law, the people were to
bring their tithes to the temple, so we know that was the storehouse,
known as God’s house. Some believe they are free to give their
tithes directly to other believers, like strangers, widows, orphans, the
oppressed and the poor. No doubt, those are important needs that are near to the Lord’s heart.
However, I tend to think of giving to those needs or “alms to the poor as an “offerings” and not "tithe". On the hand, if we maintain our interpretation of the "storehouse" as
the local church, then we would give our tithes to the local church.
This would be in line with common sense, as well as the scripture about
sharing with those who teach you.
Important Of Tithe Payment To Christian.
Paul said that, “The one who is taught the word is to share all
good things with the one who teaches him.” (Galatians 6:6). He also
taught that we must not muzzle the ox, and the worker is worthy of his
wages (1 Timothy 5:18). He was clear that this applies to ministers of
the gospel who have dedicated their lives to preaching. Would God be
pleased if a disciple gives his tithe to a widow while his pastor and
family go hungry and without proper clothes or shelter?
In the New Testament, the disciples shared all good things with
their elders, which were the apostles in Jerusalem. They brought their
gifts and laid them at the apostles feet (Act 4:35; Act 4:37; Act 5:2).
It was the apostles who then determined how those funds should be
distributed, and to whom they should give them.
Where there were widows in need, the apostles used the funds to
ensure the widows received a distribution of food. And the apostles were
not getting rich off this money either. Peter and John told
the lame beggar that they possessed neither silver nor gold. The
collection Paul took for the poor disciples in Jerusalem was similar.
He wanted people to set aside a sum of money in keeping with their
income each week, based on what each one had decided in his heart to
give.
He wrote to the Corinthians, “On the first day of every week
each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no
collections be made when I come.” (1 Corinthians 16:2) Then when Paul
came to Corinth, the local church overseers gave the money from the
church members to Paul. “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-7.
In turn, Paul took the gifts and delivered them to the saints in
Jerusalem. This was a ministry to the saints (2 Corinthians 9:1). This
tithe issue has a root in old testament as it is written here "To the
sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an
inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service
of the tent of meeting. (Number 18:21).
The Pastors Must Also Pay Their Tithe
Just as the rest of the people must tithe to the Lord, the
pastor also must tithe. This is what the Lord said to Aaron and his
fellow Levites. Here is how it worked. The Lord said to Aaron,
"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, When you take
from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for
your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the
LORD, a tithe of the tithe"(Number 18:26).
The Lord told Aaron to tell his fellow Levites to offer to the
Lord a tithe of the tithe. In other words, out of the tithe they
received from the people, they were to offer a tithe of that to the
Lord, the best part of what they received. The Lord considered that
best part to be the sacred part, or holy part.
It was dedicated or set apart.
He instructed Aaron to tell the Levites, “So you shall also
present an offering to the LORD from your tithes, which you receive from
the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the LORD'S offering to
Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering
due to the LORD, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them.'
You shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it,
then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the
threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat.’(Number 18:28-30).
This meant that the Levites must give the LORD'S offering to
Aaron the priest. This was to be the best part of the offerings they
received from the Israelite. After they gave this to Aaron, the rest of
the tithes they received were to become theirs to eat and drink.