Chapter 10 - Why Should I Give Money to the Church?

    1. TO WHOM DOES MY MONEY AND ALL THINGS BELONG?(PSALM 24:1, PSALM 50:10-12, & HAGGAI 2:8)
    2. WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DEFINES TITHING AS A TAX OR GIVING OF ONE-TENTH, ESPECIALLY COLLECTED TO SUPPORT CHURCHES. TITHING IS A PRINCIPLE THAT WAS INSTITUTED EVEN BEFORE THE LAW OF MOSES. ABRAHAM WAS THE FIRST TO TITHE -SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE LAW. OF WHAT POSSESSIONS DID ABRAHAM TITHE? (GENESIS 14:17-20)
    3. WHAT WAS THE COVENANT THAT JACOB MADE WITH GOD? (GENESIS 28:22)
    4. DID JESUS APPROVE OF TITHING? (MATTHEW 23:23)
    5. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO ROB GOD? (MALACHI 3:8-10)
    6. HOW MUCH OF OUR TITHE DO WE HAVE TO BRING? (MALACHI 3:10)
    7. WHERE DO WE BRING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS? (MALACHI 3:10)
    8. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND SAFETY, OUR "STOREHOUSE" IS THE LOCAL CHURCH THAT WE ATTEND. WHY DO WE BRING OUR TITHES? (MALACHI 3:10)
    9. THE "FOOD" OR "MEAT" THAT WE NEED TO HAVE "ON THE TABLE" IN OUR LOCAL CHURCH IS SOLID TEACHING FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
    10. WHEN SHOULD WE BRING OUR TITHE? (I CORINTHIANS 16:2)
    11. WHAT DOES GOD SAY TO THOSE WHO DO NOT TITHE? (MALACHI 3:9)
    12. WHEN DOES HE TELL US TO PROVE HIM BY TITHING? (MALACHI 3:10)
    13. WHAT DOES HE PROMISE TO THOSE WHO BRING THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE? (MALACHI 3:10)
    14. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TITHES AND OFFERINGS? (MATTHEW 23:23 & LUKE 6:38)TITHES ARE USUALLY TO BE GIVEN TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CHURCH. IF YOU ARE TEMPORARILY WITHOUT A CHURCH MAKE YOUR TITHE TO A MINISTRY THAT IS PROVIDING YOU SPIRITUAL FOOD AND SUPPORT. AN OFFERING CAN BE GIVEN TO WHATEVER PERSON OR MINISTRY THAT THE LORD LAYS ON YOUR HEART.
    15. HOW DOES GOD WANT US TO GIVE? (II CORINTHIANS 9:6-7)
    16. DOES GOD WANT US TO PROSPER AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT WE DO? (PSALM 35:27 & JEREMIAH 29: 11-12)
    17. WHAT DOES GOD PROMISE US IF WE WILL GIVE TO OTHERS GENEROUSLY? (LUKE 6:38)THE MEASURE THAT YOU USE IN GIVING TO OTHERS IS THE MEASURE GOD WILL USE IN GIVING TO YOU.