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Seven Biblical Principles

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Faithful Tithing

  1. The Tithe is Holy. Lev. 27:30 2. The Tithe belongs to God. Lev. 27:30 3. We should put God first. Proverbs 3:9,10; Genesis 28:20-22 4. God will honor careful obedience with blessings. Deut. 28:1-14 5. Failure to tithe is robbery of God. Malachi 3:6-10 6. An honest tithe has three elements. 1. 10% — Genesis 28:22 (portion or percentage) 2. It must be returned to God’s storehouse — Mal. 3:10 (place) 3. It is to be used to support the ministry — Numbers 18:21 (purpose) 7. God’s Plan is best. Proverbs 3:5,6 "If all, both rich and poor, would bring their tithes into the storehouse, there would be a sufficient supply of means to release the cause from financial embarrassment and to nobly carry forward the missionary work in its various departments." (4T475) "If all the tithes of our people flowed into the treasury of the Lord as they should, such blessings would be received that gifts and offerings for sacred purposes would be multiplied tenfold, and thus the channel between God and man would be kept open. The followers of Christ should not wait for thrilling missionary appeals to arouse them to action. If spiritually awake, they would hear in the income of every week, whether much or little, the voice of God and of conscience with authority demanding the tithes and offerings due the Lord." (4T474) "It is part of your work to teach those whom you bring into the truth to bring the tithe into the storehouse as an acknowledgment of their dependence on God. They should be fully enlightened as to their duty to return to the Lord His own." (Evangelism - 250) "Let the church appoint pastors or elders who are devoted to the Lord Jesus, and let these men see that officers are chosen who will attend faithfully to the work of gathering in the tithe. If the pastors show that they are not fitted for their charge, if they fail to set before the church the importance of returning to God His own, if they do not see to it that the officers under them are faithful, and that the tithe is brought in, they are in peril. They are neglecting a matter which involves a blessing or a curse to the church. They should be relieved of their responsibility, and other men should be tested and tried." (Counsels on Stewardship - 106)