Chapter 10 - Why Should I Give Money to the Church?
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- TO WHOM DOES MY MONEY AND ALL THINGS BELONG?(PSALM 24:1, PSALM 50:10-12, & HAGGAI 2:8)
- WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DEFINES TITHING AS A TAX OR GIVING OF ONE-TENTH, ESPECIALLY COLLECTED TO SUPPORT CHURCHES. TITHING IS A PRINCIPLE THAT WAS INSTITUTED EVEN BEFORE THE LAW OF MOSES. ABRAHAM WAS THE FIRST TO TITHE -SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE LAW. OF WHAT POSSESSIONS DID ABRAHAM TITHE? (GENESIS 14:17-20)
- WHAT WAS THE COVENANT THAT JACOB MADE WITH GOD? (GENESIS 28:22)
- DID JESUS APPROVE OF TITHING? (MATTHEW 23:23)
- HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO ROB GOD? (MALACHI 3:8-10)
- HOW MUCH OF OUR TITHE DO WE HAVE TO BRING? (MALACHI 3:10)
- WHERE DO WE BRING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS? (MALACHI 3:10)
- WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND SAFETY, OUR "STOREHOUSE" IS THE LOCAL CHURCH THAT WE ATTEND. WHY DO WE BRING OUR TITHES? (MALACHI 3:10)
- THE "FOOD" OR "MEAT" THAT WE NEED TO HAVE "ON THE TABLE" IN OUR LOCAL CHURCH IS SOLID TEACHING FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
- WHEN SHOULD WE BRING OUR TITHE? (I CORINTHIANS 16:2)
- WHAT DOES GOD SAY TO THOSE WHO DO NOT TITHE? (MALACHI 3:9)
- WHEN DOES HE TELL US TO PROVE HIM BY TITHING? (MALACHI 3:10)
- WHAT DOES HE PROMISE TO THOSE WHO BRING THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE? (MALACHI 3:10)
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TITHES AND OFFERINGS? (MATTHEW 23:23 & LUKE 6:38)TITHES ARE USUALLY TO BE GIVEN TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CHURCH. IF YOU ARE TEMPORARILY WITHOUT A CHURCH MAKE YOUR TITHE TO A MINISTRY THAT IS PROVIDING YOU SPIRITUAL FOOD AND SUPPORT. AN OFFERING CAN BE GIVEN TO WHATEVER PERSON OR MINISTRY THAT THE LORD LAYS ON YOUR HEART.
- HOW DOES GOD WANT US TO GIVE? (II CORINTHIANS 9:6-7)
- DOES GOD WANT US TO PROSPER AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT WE DO? (PSALM 35:27 & JEREMIAH 29: 11-12)
- WHAT DOES GOD PROMISE US IF WE WILL GIVE TO OTHERS GENEROUSLY? (LUKE 6:38)THE MEASURE THAT YOU USE IN GIVING TO OTHERS IS THE MEASURE GOD WILL USE IN GIVING TO YOU.