134. TITHING
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Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it (Mal.3:10).
1. The tithe is God's second best...it's an easy way out for those who are not willing to give all.
2. Your tithe is the minimum God expects!--Under the New Testament you're supposed to give everything you can!
3. You can even cast in all your living and still not hurt, because God will bless you for it.
4. You can't count God's "hundredfold" all in dollars and cents.
5. 110%ers: Giving your fulltime service to the Lord plus tithing 10% of your income.
6. 10% is not a maximum, it's a minimum!
7. You're in front of God's court of judgement every time you make out a TRF report.
8. Tithing is an act of faith and obedience.
9. The tithe is not a gift, it is a required minimum tax as far as God's concerned.
10. God is a pretty sharp taxman!
11. If you don't give an offering, God will take a collection!
12. God comes first!--He is a preferred creditor.
13. God's tithe must come first!--And you must pay it first before you pay anything else.
14. God's tithe is your top bill on the top of your stack of bills.
15. Sometimes when you're not willing to give the minimum, God collects the maximum!
16. I am firmly convinced that if you tithe faithfully in faith and obedience because of faith in God's Word, that He will take care of you no matter what, and more than reward you for it!
17. Jesus promised a 100-fold return if you give all! Think of it!--100-fold! It may not all be in dollars and cents, it may be in protection, or maybe saving you from accidents and sicknesses that would have cost you a hundred times more!
18. God never lets anybody get hurt by giving or tithing! The Lord just won't let you suffer for it! He may let you think you're going to sacrifice and suffer for it and that it's hard, but He'll always more than repay!
19. God is a very just God and very merciful and loving. But I tell you, He can crack down if you make Him mad enough, especially if you're withholding from Him!
20. God collects what you refuse to offer voluntarily.
21. You are going to lose if you steal God's share!
22. If you don't learn any other lessons through tithing, you will have learned something that will benefit you the rest of your life.--And that is that if you put God first He will see that you never lack for anything you need and that you have more than enough of everything.
23. God bless you and help you to put God first in your life, your heart, your family, your Home and your bill-paying.
24. God will not tolerate you touching His share. He's given you 90%, why should you rob Him of His 10%?
25. God's first law of economics is to seek His Kingdom first, then all these other things shall be added unto you.
26. All kinds of things will go wrong that God could keep from happening if you were faithful, but if you literally steal God's little 10% share, He just won't bless it and you'll suffer for it.
27. You cannot afford not to pay the 10%! God won't bless your work and He won't bless you financially!
28. God expects you to give your whole life and everything you own for the Lord, in fulltime service, as much as you can. But He certainly does not expect you to give less than 10%.
29. No one in the whole World has any excuse whatsoever for not being able to tithe at least one-tenth of your total income to God!
30. Anybody can tithe!--And God will bless you for it!
31. God blesses the tithers who really give sincerely and sacrificially, and they will never be able to outgive God if they are faithful.
32. If you're only tithing, giving only 10% to get the full counsel of God, you're getting by cheap!
33. You don't need to use that tithe yourself, no matter what you think or say!--That's God's small portion of the 100% He's given you and it belongs to Him.
34. If you tithe the 10% reluctantly and only because it's required and it's the law and otherwise you wouldn't get your pubs, then you'll probably only get credit for what you would have willingly given, sad to say!
35. I've known all kinds of trouble to befall people who tried to rob God of His tithe that cost them many times more than their little unpaid 10%--Accidents, illnesses, operations, losses in business, car troubles, repairs, etc.
36. The tithe is God's flat-rate tax on all--the required 10%.
37. If you can give more than the tithe, God will expect you to freely give it.
38. If you're able to give more than the tithe and you don't give it, God will take a collection and you'll be sorry!
39. Watch out for the judgments of God and the collections of God if you lie to us on that monthly report by claiming you're giving 10% when you're not!
40. God is no piker! He's no skin-flint! He's not chintzey! When you give to God, He will give you back much more than you gave.
41. God requires 10% tithe for His WS temple ministries, and expects gifts above that if you're able, and 100% if you can!
42. If you don't put God first, you're going to have a Hell of a lot of unexpected bills with which He'll chastise you!
43. Tithing is God's law of economics--if you put Him first and you pay your full tithe, God will bless you for it and He'll see to it that you have more than enough to pay the rest of your bills.
44. God insists on being in first place, not only in your heart and in your life, but in your bill paying as well!
45. Anybody can tithe! No matter how little you make or how little you get--how little income you receive from whatever--you can tithe 10% of it.
46. Don't tell me you can't, because if you couldn't, God wouldn't have asked it of you! God would not be demanding at least 10% of your income if He didn't think you could give it.
47. There's no excuse for anybody not paying their tithe on time.
48. Your labours of love will not be in vain. You may not always see immediate results in tithing, as God tests us to see if we'll obey anyhow! But then he always bountifully blesses in the end.--It's as sure as the law of gravity!
49. You can't lose by tithing! It'll solve all your money problems and prosper you bountifully.
50. Those who claim to be TRFers and tithe little or nothing are cheaters and liars and robbers of God!
51. There is not one of God's children on Earth who cannot afford to give something.
52. All the money the Jews had was His, but He let the Jews keep 90% and all He asked for back to show their thanks was a mere 10%! So when they even begrudged Him the 10%, He took back the 90% also! He took the whole thing away from them and even kicked them out of their country because they begrudged Him that little bit!
53. The best way to make sure that you have your tithe or gift to send with your report on the first of the month is to faithfully put it aside in a special little tithe or offering box throughout the month as dedicated exclusively to the Lord and untouchable for any other purpose.
(See also No. 316C, 332A, 336A, 665, 667, 682, 702, 791, 842, 843, 880, 886-889, 928, 932, 934, 1050, 1051, 1068, 1075, 1076, 1078, 1079, 1081, 1212, 1316, 1320-1322, 1433.)
54. GEN.28:22b And of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.
55. EXO.25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring Me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take My offering.
56. LEV.27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
57. DEU.14:22a Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed.
58. DEU.16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
59. PRO.3:9,10 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
60. MAL.3:10-12 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the Devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
61. 1COR.16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
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