- TITHE
taɪð noun One-tenth. - 2. verb. Set aside a tenth of something, either as savings or as a charitable donation.
- 3. verb. Give [either a tenth, or any variable amount] to our church.
Most Christians define
But for small churches, what we collectively donate isn’t always enough to cover
And you need to bring your whole tithe to church. ’Cause it says so in the bible.
Malachi 3.8-12 KWL - 8 “Does any human cheat God like all of you cheat me? You say, ‘How do we cheat you?’
- In tithes. In offerings. 9 You’ve cursed yourselves. The whole nation is cheating me.
- 10 Bring your whole tithe to my treasury: There’s unclean food in my house!
- Please test me in this,” says the L
ORD of War. “See if I don’t open heaven’s floodgates and pour down blessing till you overflow. - 11 I rebuke the blight for you: It won’t ruin your crops. It won’t kill the vines in your field,” says the L
ORD of War. - 12 “Every nation will call you happy, and consider you a land of delight,” says the L
ORD of War.
Most preachers only quote verses 8-10, and don’t bother with verses 11-12. They should. These verses reveal
I know; you might never have heard this idea before. You’d be surprised how many Christian pastors are totally clueless about this fact. I grew up Christian, and hadn’t heard any of this stuff till my thirties. But it’s all in your bible, hiding in plain sight.