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What is the power of tithing?
Through ONE ACT OF OBEDIENCE of tithing, God promises TEN BLESSINGS. (1) It enables you prove your faith in God as your SOURCE. (2) It enables you prove God in your finances. (3) God promises to open the windows of heaven upon you.
Do you have to pay tithes?
Payment of tithe is obligatory to Christian faithful. An Old Testament commandment, it is made popular by Malachi 3:10, where Christians are required to give 10 per cent of their income to God through the priest. If faithfully adhered to, the act is said to attract rich blessings from the Lord.
Is it a sin to be in debt?
No, money is a tool. The Bible specifically says that the “love” of money is evil. If we put money above God in any way, our relationship with money is unhealthy. In fact, the Bible never states that you should not use debt.
What does God promise about tithing?
The Lord has commanded us to pay tithing. In return, He promises to “open … the windows of heaven, and pour … out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10). His blessings, however, come in His own way and in His own time and can be spiritual or temporal.
Why you should not tithe?
We should not tithe because God wants us to give generously, and tithing is the bare minimum. Our God is a generous, giving God who so loved the world that He gave that most precious gift, His only begotten Son.
What does the Bible say about tithe?
The bible says a lot about money, and every bit of it is twisted by modern preachers. “Tithe” means “tenth”. The Jews were commanded to give a tenth of various crops to the temple. It was not a tenth of all income, only a tenth of the increase of certain crops and only at harvest time.
What is the difference between tithes and offerings?
To tithe is to give God 10 percent of what he has given to you, and an offering means to give above and beyond the tithe. Tithes and offerings usually come in the form of monetary giving but can be anything of importance to you, including time, talents and gifts.
Is not tithing a sin?
Mormons believe that God commanded us to tithe. He did so anciently and he did so again more recently (according to the Mormons). So not tithing would not be considered a sin but disobedience to God would be.