Tithes and offererings are very important!! It is not about to get the preacher rich. But it is all about obedience!! As a Born Again Believer the most important thing in our lives are to be obedient!! Obey God at all times!!
Malachi 3:10: "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that there will not be room enough to store it."
Tithing come with a reward when you obey God!! We expect God to give and give and give but what are you willing to give back to God? Remember it is between you and God and not you, God and the preacher!!
Luke 6:38: "Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
You cannot reap what you do not sow!! You cannot expect a harvest and do not sow!! It does not work like that!!
Leviticus 27:30: “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord."
Proverbs 3:9-10: "Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine."
It is so important to obey God!! Do not listen to what the world says. Do what God said is right and you will be rewarded!!
Malachi 3:8 : "Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions."
By not tithing you are robbing God!!
Abraham is a example of tithing and God blessed Abraham!!
Genesis 14:18-20: "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything."
Luke 16:10: “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much."
2 Corinthians 9:6: "The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."
And it is God's command that those who are preaching the Gospel should get their living from the Gospel!!
1 Corinthians 9:14: "In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel."
Proverbs 11:24-25: "Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed."
When you tithe God will reward you!!
Isaiah 30:23: "Then He will give the rain for your seed with which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful."
Obey God by sowing. You will reap what you sow!! If you sow big, you will reap big. But if you don't sow on what the word is telling you, you will lose everything!! And you cannot expect a harvest when there is famine in the land!!
And this is why we sow.... 2 Corinthians 9:10: "For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you."
Be obedient!! Do what the Word of God says and not the world!! The world's opinion doesn't matter, but God's oponion!!
