The Blessings of Tithing Pt. 1

Tithing is simply giving 10% or one-tenth of ALL your income in a given month to the Lord at the end of every month as your recognition of His blessings in your life and in obedience to His commandments. NOTE THE FOLLOWING THINGS ABOUT THE COVENANT OF TITHING 1. The only time God invites his people to test, examine or prove him (bāḥan) is Malachi 3:10 which relates to tithing in the whole Bible. God killed all Israelites in the wilderness from 20years and above because they tempted him ten (10) times - Numbers 14:19-23. But when it came to tithing he invites us to prove him or tempt him. In other words, you can start paying tithes faithfully and expect God to bless you and you will be assured that it will happen. 2. Tithing is a covenant between God and the Christian who is born again, according to the command in Acts 2:38. The covenant of tithing was only for the children of Abraham, not the unsaved. “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). Tithing has nothing to do with unbelievers so you must not listen to unbelievers opinion on tithing in order to decide what to do. C. Tithing is a test: God tests the Christian’s ability to trust him with his or her material wealth. It’s a test of do you trust God with your financial prosperity and are you faithful to covenant of tithing from nothingness? D. The foundation of tithing is the belief that God is the creator of everything, hence the owner of all things. It is the Abrahamic declaratioggn of faith that says 'ĕlōhîm rā'â – God will see to it or God will provide - Jehovah Jireh (Genesis 22:14).