Bible Questions Answered:
“I have tithed for the last 5 months
but I am no better off....”
Carrie/ Liverpool, England (United
Kingdom)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Malachi 3:10 KJV
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.
We cannot dictate to Almighty God, just
what He should do for us! But He has promised to bless His faithful
children. He does this faithfully in ways we may or may not ever
know of.
We do not give to The Lord, because
He is a source of financial revenue! What an insult that would
be!
We give to The Lord and His church,
because He has told us to do so!
Luke 11:42 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you Pharisees!
For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your
herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God.
You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more
important things.
Not to tithe, The Lord says
is to “rob God!”
Malachi 3:8,9 KJV
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and
offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye
have robbed Me, even this whole nation.
Stop
here and read the previous blog posting: Tithing
Our safety, our health, yes our
finances, our homes, and friends...what wealth, what blessings, this
and more than we will ever know this side of eternity, our Living
God, blesses us with every hour!
How extremely thankful we should be!
Psalm 68:19 KJV
Blessed be The Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even The God Of Our Salvation. Selah.
Psalm 103:1-5 KJV
1 Bless The Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Blessed be The Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even The God Of Our Salvation. Selah.
Psalm 103:1-5 KJV
1 Bless The Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Our treasure, our real treasure is not
to be found in money, or transitory earthly things.
A Christians Treasure:
Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
19 Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.
Matthew 19:21 KJV (Rich young
ruler.)
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be
perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me.
Our Giving To
The Lord:
Deuteronomy 16:17 KJV
Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of The Lord thy God which He hath given
thee.
I Chronicles
29:9 KJV
Then the people rejoiced, for that
they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered
willingly to The Lord..."
Proverbs 3:9 KJV
Honor The Lord with thy substance,
and with the first fruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 11:25
KJV
The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Luke 6:38 KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
I Corinthians
16:2 KJV
Upon the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him..."
II Corinthians
9:6,7 KJV
6 But this I say, He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well
doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
