The Facts About Church Giving
God doesn’t give us a percentage to work with, He allows us to choose the amount, but because we want to, not because we have to.
Those who choose not to give aren’t breaking any commandments, but they are missing great blessings as well as holding back the work of God by not helping to finance it.
Some say Malachi 3:8 doesn’t apply as tithes are no longer commanded. Whether or not it does, Malachi 3:10
speaks of God’s house, which is one of the references of the church. If He will bless a required offering, how much more a voluntary one?
Malachi 3:10
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.
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The Facts About Church Giving
My father used to always say that many church members said they didn’t give because they couldn’t afford to. He always told them that he gave because he couldn’t afford not to.
Giving freely to God is acknowledging His Lordship, our servitude, and our dependence. These are all good things that we should be doing always.
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the
dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,