The Blessings And Benefits Of Paying Tithes!

Psalms 103:1-5 The Lord wants us to understand that there are benefits to serving Him. Philippians 4:19; God is, and has all of our supply. Genesis 8:22; His process is seed, time and harvest; 1 Corinthians 16:2, God established seed time; on the first day of the week (Sunday) an amount is given as God has prospered you. Genesis 28; 22There is an amount to be given; and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Numbers 18:21; reason for tithing; tithing was paid to support the work of the priest in the Tabernacle (storehouse); it was given to the priest. Malachi 3:7-13: Tithing; a blessing when you do, a curse if you don't. Why? Tithing is an issue of obedience, trusting God and caring for His house. New International Version 6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' 8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 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 blessing that you will not have room enough for it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty. John 16:13, Ephesians 2: 17-19, Tithing gives us access to the presence of God for information/revelation. Deuteronomy 8;18; Tithing gives favor with God; for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth. Luke 6:38; Your sowing should give you favor with man and produce a large increase. The place to sow is where you are fed. 2 Corinthians 9:6-10: You will reap according to your sowing, sparingly or bountifully; give cheerfully in faith; God makes all grace abound toward you that you always have all sufficiency in all things; God ministers seed for you to sow and bread for your food and then multiply your seed sown. God then increase the fruit of your righteousness. Or in other words; you can live right (free from bitterness at God for poverty) and see the fruit of your righteousness. Genesis 12; and thou shalt be a blessing. God bless us to be a blessing! Tithing was not under the law, it was before the law. Abraham paid tithe before the law (Genesis 14:18-20). Abraham tithed out of gratitude to God for who He was. He didn’t pay tithe because a law required it of him. Abraham was under grace; Abraham was justified when there was no law to guide him and he tithed when there was no law to enforce it (tithe)! Matthew 23:23; Jesus declared that the scribes and the pharisees paid tithes. Tithing is talked about very little in the New Testament because it was not an issue; it was embedded in the Jewish religion and they did so faithfully and consistently. Exodus 36:4-7; the Tabernacle of Moses and the temple were built on the freewill offering of the people and not the tithe.