Tithing

The natural logic and spiritual tithing

For Just Llecllish M.
Malachi 3 is one of the most revealing passages about tithing. It raises several
angles of view, here discuss in some depth. In this study we begin by defining
what is the tithe, since etymologically and semantically. We will also see diffe
rent types of thieves tithe, since it is subtracted to give it. In this sense, w
e Christians have a choice: either pay the tithe or steal the tithe. Obviously,
nothing is safe from their consequences: either blessing or curse.
Contents Introduction 1. Concepts of tithing. 2. Thieves tithe 3. Choice of tith
ing 4. Tithing Truths 5. Conclusions tithing excuses
To make matters worse, we'll play with not very deep on implied truths of tithin
g. Finally, it can never fail: discuss about the most common excuses for not tit
hing.
Study
Part A
Concepts of tithing
Etymological formed by the prefix "ten", meaning a tenth. So tithing is to give
the Lord a tenth (10%) of our income. Semantic. 1. It is the duty to live on thi
s planet. 2. God gave us this land for our benefit, but on one condition: to giv
e 10% of everything we produce.
Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it have dominion ove
r the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens and every living thing that move
s upon the earth. Gen 1: 28 (RV1995) The tithe of all products of the field, whe
ther grain from crops or fruit trees, belongs to the Lord, for he is consecrated
. Lev 27:30 (NIV)
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Part B
Thieves of tithing
Thieves by vocation. They plan and execute heists. Whether big or small. Thieves
by hobby. They are called cleptomanÍacos. And because they are characterized m
eets steal little things. Oblivion thieves. 1. The people of Israel suffered a "
collective forgetting." When the Lord said "you are robbing me, they said: What
are you stealing? 2. Have you ever had something like that? Some, distracted, su
ffer from this weakness. So it's good to remind us constantly. 3. The people of
Israel did not realize how terrible they were committing. Apparently, it was a s
mall breach, but no. Stealing is stealing, is a penny or a thousand suns. And ye
t, when we stole the Lord Almighty, in whose sight nothing is hidden.
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I the Lord do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob, have not been ex
terminated. 7 From the time of their ancestors have moved away from my decrees a
nd have not saved. Turn to me, and I will return to you says the Lord Almighty.
But you reply: In what sense we have to return? 8 Does the man steals God? You a
re robbing me! [Robbed and cheated, AMP] But you ask, How do we rob you? In tith
es and offerings. Mal 3:6-8 (NIV).
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Part C
Choice of tithing
Paying the tithe to the Lord. When you give your tithe, you get the blessings of
God. What does that mean? Open windows and reprimanded eater.
1. Open windows means to be under divine favor. "I will open windows
heaven and pour out so much blessing that abound on and. " (Mal 3:10) Image: 2R
7:2,19
2. Eater reprimanded, or protected. "Rebuke for you to
consuming, and not destroy the fruit of your land or your vine in the field will
be barren. " (Mal 3:11 a) The NIV says, "cut off the lobster, not to
ruining their crops and vines in the fields do not lose their fruit says the Lor
d Almighty. "
About Who is devouring devouring? In Eden the devil is typified by a snake here,
the devourer, call lobster (NIV), caterpillar, grasshopper, grasshoppers, etc..
What makes the eater? The eater would eat the fruit of their crops (the result
of your effort). The devouring their crops destroyed (the source of your livelih
ood). Mal 3:11 b The passage of devouring the countryside left the vines complet
ely sterile (symbols of protection, honor and wealth). Mal3: 11c
On the blessing. God has promised his children prosper. But as every promise, ha
s its conditions. Someone said "every promise of the Lord has three conditions."
Each condition set forth in the Bible implies an act of obedience. And all obed
ience involves blessing (the blessing follows obedience, Dt 11:26-28). Here, the
promise is "a blessing, that over and abound." And the condition is to pay the
tithe to the Lord. And it's the only time God says "prove me in this." Prosperit
y is not just receive€but also to manage wisely and correctly blessing. Illustr
ation: One day I asked why, despite the fact that tithes and offerings, I'm not
so prosperous. Most will claim the Lord, until at analyzing my accounts (revenue
s and expenses) I realized that my problem was "lack of blessing" but "waste of
blessing."
To steal the tithe to the Lord. 1. If you do not tithe, voluntarily put you unde
r the curse of the devil. It means: Windows closed eater loose.
2. Keep the windows closed means not having God's favor on our lives, which mean
s not only in economic performance. 3. An eater loose in our life and ministry i
s able to eat and what we produce.
On the curse in Christ we have been blessed with every blessing (Eph 1:3) and ca
n not be cursed. That is, the devil has no dominion over us, nor can have more.
But the devil is prowling, looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). He has n
o right to touch a single hair of ours, unless you offer it. All sin (disobedien
ce) is a way to open the door to the devil. If you do not ask forgiveness immedi
ately (start to obey), the devil will come into your life. And if you do not do
anything about it, the devil will destroy your life. Everything, not because the
devil is the greatest, but because you allow it. No tithing is a form of disobe
dience that gives the enemy legal right to devour our blessing. If lack of forgi
veness opens the door to the torment, depression and confusion, not tithing open
s the door for consuming activity.
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Part D
Tithing Truths
When you tithe, you're paying for the concept of eating spiritually. 1. If you g
o to a restaurant and eat, then you leave without paying, how will your conscien
ce? You bring the tithe to the house where you eat ... not to other ministries.
2. Where do you bring your tithes? ... the house of God. Mal 3.10 Your tithe is
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or you can go to another ministry. If God touches your heart, you can send an of
fering. Image: No ministry should ask paraclesiástico tithes. 3. Our first moti
vation for tithing should be obedience to God and his word. This is the first re
ason and the consequence will be that God will pour out His blessing. When you t
ithe, you are trusting in God's ability to prosper you. 1. Not in your own abili
ty, or your own system. The Bible says "damn the man who trusts in human strengt
h." 2. When the Lord says "prove me in this," what you want spark in us is the a
bility to trust Him, Jehovah Jireh (my provider). When you tithe, you're linking
your heart to the vision of the church. 1. "When you tithe to your church, your
heart is coupled with the people of God and your leaders," says Larry Kreider.
2. Where we put our money, we put our heart (remember where your treasure is the
re your heart. (Mt 6:21). If our hearts are with our church and its leadership,
we rejoice in giving our tithes into the house of God, is our church. When you t
ithe, you are confirming your relationship with your pastor coverage. 1. Abraham
after his victory, tithed to Melchizedek, as an attitude of submission to his a
uthority. Heb 7:1-2 2. When you are accepting tithes the authority of the minist
er. No tithes, no cover. No tithes, no acceptance of authority. no tithes, no re
lationship. 3. "When tithes find a new sense of trust in the Lord and the leader
s that the Lord has put on your life, "says Larry Kreider. When you tithe, you a
re claiming the pastor's anointing on your life.
1. When you tithe you are confirming your relationship with your pastor (Bruce M
ittchel).
Is that the money relates.
2. And if there is no relationship, there is fluid (Ps 133:1 ss) What Rony Chave
z called "flow in the anointing on your pastor." 3. You are not buying the anoin
ting, but you as you interact (from heart to heart) with another. For where your
money is your heart. When you tithe, you're expanding your ability to minister.
1. By giving these cushioning your selfishness. 2. By giving these training you
to minister better (love, serve, help, etc.).. That is, to "collaborate in God.
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Part E
Excuses to tithing
Ignorance. 1. Some people do not tithe because you never taught them. Acts 17:30
2. Others, because they know the subject so supercialmente (is that just taught
) that it is as if they knew nothing. For disobedience. 1. Tithing liability fai
th is not an act, therefore useless. Heb 11:6 2. Tithing is an act of obedience
of faith, and faith pleases God. 1Jn 2:4 For disbelief. 1. Disbelief is lack of
faith. 2. Faith is only possible with the word (listening and re-listen). A pers
on who hears very little about the subject,€the most obvious is to be skeptical
in this area. Rom 10:17 For debts. 1. Christians are called to pay our debts. T
hose who do not tithe, and owes a debt to God. Rom 13:7
2. If God is first in your life, you first pay your tithes to the Lord,
based and confident in what God says, "prove me now herewith" (Mal 3:10). Then,
with what the Lord will continue supplying, pay your other bills. For MICI. 1. A
n excuse is unreasonable "not to, because they have." But "giving" is a reasonab
le motivation for "ask." Luc 6:38 2. When you have your heart to give, immediate
ly God will supply for des. The Bible says that God is who gives us bread (to ea
t) and the seed (for planting). 2Cor 9:10 For traumas.
1. The fact that you have been scammed pseudo ministers above does not
Figure that the tithe is bad. Illustration: If your uncle was driving the bike b
roke does not mean that the bike is bad.
2. Tithing is a biblical figure, so (like everything God has said and done) for
our blessing. Forget the past and walk into the future, but in obedience to the
Lord. Fil 3:13 3. A brother cheated overcame his trauma after his wife told him:
"Your problem is not seeing what you do with your tithe, but give to God what b
elongs to God." 4. How we use your trauma? (If you've had).
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Conclusions
1. Legislation in the Old Testament stated that it had to tithe. Today, in the N
ew Testament tithe not because it is a law but by love. And obedience is a produ
ct of love. Jn 14:15 And it is obedience that attracts every blessing. 2. With r
egard to the tithe we have two options: Pay or Steal. If we pay we come under bl
essing, if we steal, we put ourselves under a curse. 3. The tithe reminds us who
God is (owner) and who are we (administrators). 4. Learn a little about the tit
he to do it with faith, and face it victoriously every excuse. 5. Cultivate the
habit of systematically. That is, no sooner get money first and save the tithe a
way in an envelope. When Sunday comes, go and take it to the house of the Lord.
1 Cor 16:2