November 30, 2008

The Blessing of Tithing

Pierre Hogle andSteve Hyde

November 30, 2008

Jesus is Lord of ALL

• The call of the Christian is to walk in righteousness in all areas of our walk with Him.

(Seek first the kingdom … Matt 6:33) (To teach you always to put God first in your life … Deut 14:23)1. Jesus needs to be Lord of our Finances as well.2. We do this by:

1. Being Blameless in the way we manage our finances;• Returning the tithe to God

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Walking Blameless in our Finances

• Remove any compromise from how we handle our money;• Don’t give the devil authority over your finances.• Examples:

o Incorrect reporting on your income taxo Paying cash to avoid taxo Making copies of copyrighted materialo Lying to get a seniors or child discounto Not putting in a full days worko etc.

• God promises blessing for being blameless:o “walk before me and be blameless. I will confirm my covenant between me and you

and will greatly increase your numbers”

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What is a tithe?

• Ten percent of gross incomeo Any earned incomeo Governmental assistanceo Inheritanceso Bonuseso Monetary gifts such as birthday presents

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How do you tithe?

• Cheerfully o God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7)

• The first fruit is God’so take … the first fruits of all that you produce …

(Deut 26:2)• To local church

o (Malachi 3:10/Deut. 14:23)

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Return the tithe to God

• Tithe belongs to Godo "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.

 "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'  "In tithes and offerings. (Malachi 3:8)

o "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." (Mathew 22:21)

• Jesus asks us to tithe.o "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You give a tenth … you have neglected the more important matters ... You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. “ (Matt 23:23)

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Why do we tithe?

• God promises to bless us: o I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and

pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (Malachi 3:10)

• God will rebuke the devourer:o "I will prevent pests from devouring your crops,

and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," (Malachi 3:10)

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This works:

• Steve’s testimony• Pierre’s testimony

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The Challenge

• Try it and see if it doesn’t make a differenceo 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 blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (Malachi 3:10)