The Path of Truth to Life
Bible Translation Project
Finances
How to live in His will financially?
Money Talks But Mine Only
Says Goodbye.
2 Kor 8:1-3
1 Ons maak aan julle bekend, broers, die
onverdiende guns van God wat aan die
gemeentes van Makedonia gegee is,
2 dat, onder baie toetse van stryd, hulle
oorvloedig was in blydskap en dat, die
diepte van hulle armoede, oorvloedig
gemaak is in die rykdom van hulle
vrygewigheid,
3 want hulle was na vermoë, ek getuig dit,
bo vermoë, uit hulleself gewillig.
Die verstaan van Onverdiende Guns
Maak ons harte en hande oop vir ander. As ek
verstaan hoe vrygewig Vader teenoor my was.
So hoe kan ons daaraan dink om vir ander te gee as
ons self sukkel om deur te kom?
Die sleutel is ons ervaring van Vader se Onverdiende
Guns.
Giving is a blessing, not a burden.
- Grace produces deep joy during great adversity.
- Grace enables rich generosity even during extreme
poverty.
- Grace changes my focus from what I can get to what I
can give.
- Grace transforms my natural bent of wanting to have
into wanting to help.
- Grace is personified in Jesus Christ, who "though He
was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that
you through His poverty might become rich"
Giving is not a burden but a grace in which
we are called to excel.
Deut 28:12 hwhy will open to you
His good treasure, the heavens, to give the
rain to your land in its season, and to bless
all the work of your hand. You shall lend to
many nations, but you shall not borrow.
How is that possible?
* I will give hwhy-God top priority in my
life. Mat 6:33.
* I will seek to grow in the knowledge of
hwhy-God and His ways. Prov 2:3-5.
* I will yield all my financial rights to
hwhy-God. Phil 2:5-6.
* I will conduct my financial manners in
such a way as to glorify
1 Cor 10:31.
hwhy-God.
* I will humbly ask hwhy-God for the
supply of my needs. Phil 4:6.
* I will take hwhy-God as my source and
believe He will supply my needs.
Phil 4:18-19.
* I will be grateful to hwhy-God for what
He supplies. 1 Thes 5:18.
* I will keep in mind that hwhy-God
promises supply in my basic needs and
not my desires. 1 Tim 6:8.
* I will remember that hwhy-God is
more interested in developing my
character than to make me rich.
3 Yog 2, Ya'akov 1:3+4.
* I will seek to maintain a Biblical
lifestyle and will seek to make
investments with eternal value.
1 Yog 2:15. Mat 6:20. 1 Tim 6:18-19.
* I will not lend money to a fellow
believer with interest. Ex 22:24
Relating my finances to giving
* I will give my Tithes & Offerings to the
work of hwhy. Mal 3:10, 2 Cor 9:7.
* I will give what I can to the poor and the
needy.( Alms ) Prov 19:17, Ps 41:1-3.
* I will give generously to my wife.
1 Kefa 3:7.
* I will transfer all ownership of all that I
have and am to hwhy. Mark 10:29-30.
2 Cor 8:3 " For I testify that they gave as much
as they were able, and even beyond their ability.
Entirely on their own,"
A study of this and the following verses reveals
an attitude that is different.
My finances related to
personal life management
* I will achieve financial freedom.
Prov 22:7. Mat 6:24.
* I will not be in debt. Rom 13:8.
Prov 3:27.
* I will save to pay cash for the
things I need. Prov 21:20.
* I will establish a budget and do
my best to live within it. Prov 16:9.
Prov 24:3. Phil 4:11.
* I will not compete with others to display
and maintain my status. Phil 2:3.
* I will work hard to deserve my salary or
income or provision. Eph 6:7, 2 Thes 3:10.
* I will be honest in all my doings. Prov 11:1,
Mat 7:12.
* I will avoid becoming surety. Prov 6:1-5.
* I will not go into partnership with a nonbeliever who doesn't accept these principles.
2 Cor 6:1-4.
How do I receive?
1. Absolute trust in the character of hwhy.
Trust Him for what He says and do.
2. Absolute commitment to the will of hwhy.
Trust His will as the best for you.
3. Absolute obedience to the Word of hwhy.
4. Absolute assurance in your relationship
with Him.
5. An intense longing to see hwhy at work.
6. A continuing confirmation of our faith in
the promises we claimed.
Test and check yourself
* hwhy's children must make deposits
that bear everlasting dividends.
*
hwhy gives different gifts and expect
results from it.
* Nothing is ours, all belong to hwhy
* Do not give when you do not need it
any more. Give it when somebody
else needs it.
* Only a few people have a lot of
money and is rich at the same time
* Do not give with exterior motives,
self enrichment or for a price.
* hwhy always asks everything.
* Do you believe the Bible. Does your
Bank account show that you believe
it.
* You are responsible for the present
needs, not to save up for possible
future needs.
* Put your money where your mouth
is. Be careful for idle words.
* Most people lack a vision of eternity.
* Always plan to consider others.
You are not the most important.
* hwhy has no saturation point
* You can not out-give hwhy-God
* What do you and your Church do
with hwhy's money
* Do you give to receive, or to be
able to give more and let hwhy be
lifted up.
Mark 6:31-44
The feeding of the 5000
1. Inspiration
2. Delegation
3. Organization
4. Utilization
5. Multiplication
6. Realization
7. Conservation and over-flow
1. Inspiration:
The disciples felt they have done enough "send
them away" - Yeshua inspires them with a vision
of doing more." give them to eat" - We need to
hear from heaven and not work out our own
fancy schemes.
2. Delegation:
Food did not miraculously appear in the hands of
the people. He gave responsibilities to people
through whom He performed the provision.
3. Organization:
Then He commanded them all to sit down in
groups. We must have sound and wise
organization.
4. Utilization:
We must begin using what we have, even if it is
only 5 loaves and 2 fishes. We begin to give what
we are and have to Him and will be amazed
what He is able to do with that. You can not
give what you do not have and own.
5. Multiplication:
All our planning and principles will not work if we
have not met with the God of the impossible. The
God of miracles. The disciples knew they can not do
the task with what they have but had to trust and
obey and see the miracles. We can only move into this
if we live in co-operation with the God of miracles
through trust.
6. Realization:
We can realize our goal. The task
was accomplished.
7. Conservation and over flow: Lastly Yeshua told
them to not waste what was left. God is providing
liberally but never must it be wasted. Spend wisely.
And there was 12 baskets left. Minister to others and
hwhy-God will also abundantly supply in
your own needs.
TRUST GIVING IS MONEY hwhyGOD GIVES THROUGH YOU WHICH HE
WOULD NOT GIVE TO YOU IF HE DID
NOT TRUST YOU TO PASS IT ON. IT IS
NOT TO GIVE WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE.
- Trust God and hear from Him how
much He wants to give through you to
a person in His service!!
- Not according to your ability but
according to His.
- Let hwhy-God tell you exactly how
much He wants you to trust Him for.
- Know that you can always receive His
provision for His purpose.
hwhy-God's promises to givers
Prov 3:9-10
Honor hwhy with your
substance, and with the firstfruits
of all your increase,
10 and your barns shall be filled
with plenty, and your vats shall
be bursting with new wine.
Prov 22:9
He who has a beneficent eye shall
be blessed; for he gives of his
bread to the poor.
Ecc 11:1
Cast your bread upon the waters;
for you shall find it after many
days.
Isa 58:6-11
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go
free, and that you break every yoke? 7 Is it not to break your bread to
the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor?
When you see the naked to cover him; and not hide yourself from
your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth as the dawn, and
your health shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall
go before you; the glory of hwhy shall bring up the rear. 9 Then
you shall call, and hwhy will answer; you shall cry out, and He
shall say, Here I am. If you take the yoke away from your midst, the
pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness; 10 and if you extend
your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your
light shine in the darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 And hwhy shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in
dry places, and make your bones fat; and you shall be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Mal 3:8,10
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed
Me. But you say, How have we robbed
You? In the tithe and the offering. 9 You
are cursed with a curse, for you have
robbed Me, even this whole nation. 10
Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so
that there may be food in My house, and
test Me now with this, says hwhy of
Hosts, whether I will not open the windows
of heaven for you and pour out a blessing
until there is not enough room to store it.
Matt 10:42
And whoever gives one of these
little ones only a cup of cold
water in the name of a disciple,
truly I say to you, he shall by no
means lose his reward.
Matt 19:21-30
Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and
give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow
Me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful,
for he had many possessions. 23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly, I say
to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 25 When His disciples
heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But
Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible. 27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, Behold,
we have left everything and followed You. What then will there be for us? 28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the
Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will
also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone
who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or
children or lands, for My name, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal
life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Matt 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, you
blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and
you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me
something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I
was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited
Me; I was in prison and you came to Me. 37 Then the
righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You
hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When
did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and
clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and
come to You? 40 And the King will answer and say to them,
Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of
these My brethren, you did it to Me.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you:
good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running
over it will be put into your
bosom. For with the same
measure that you use, it will be
measured back to you.
2 Cor 9:6-12
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let
each one give as he purposes in his heart, not from sorrow or out
of duty; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make
all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in everything, may abound for every good work. 9 As
it is written: He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever. 10 Now may He who supplies
seed to the sower, and bread for eating, supply and multiply the
seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
11 while you are enriched in everything unto all sincerity, which
causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the ministry of
this service not only supplies what is lacking to the saints, but
also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13
through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for your
professed obedience to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal
sharing with them and all men,
Hebr 6:10 For God is not unjust, to
forget your work and labor of love
which you have shown toward His
name, in that you have ministered to the
saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire
that each one of you show the same
diligence to the full assurance of hope
unto the end, 12 that you do not become
slothful, but imitate those who through
faith and patience inherit the promises.
The overall attitude is to bless the kingdom.
What can I do or increase to bless the
Kingdom. Once this is our attitude and
desire - God can use us most effectively.
2 Cor 9:6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap
sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also
reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he decided in his heart,
not from sorrow or out of duty; for God loves a
cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you, that you, always having all
sufficiency in everything, may abound for every
good work.
9 As it is written: He has dispersed abroad, He
has given to the poor; His righteousness endures
forever.
10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and
bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you
have sown and increase the fruits of your
righteousness,
11 while you are enriched in everything unto all
sincerity, which causes thanksgiving through us to
God.
12 For the ministry of this service not only supplies
what is lacking to the saints, but also is abounding
through many thanksgivings to God,
13 through the proof of this ministry, they glorify
God for your professed obedience to the gospel of
Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all
men,
It is clear - The measure with which you give
is the measure used to give to you. If you
can be trusted, God will bless you with more
because He knows you will bless the
Kingdom with more.
When do we give,
how,
to whom?
In Psalm 24 David declares, "The earth is
hwhy's, and all it contains." - That includes
your money, income, possessions, house and all the
things you love - yourself, your wife, kids - or am I
reading this wrong??
- Take a minute and be quiet and then take up stock
of your world - does it belong to hwhy or
only some of it?
I am trying to establish a Biblical mindset before
we talk about money and finances and giving.
SO - If all belongs to Him in my thinking and
practice - why do I have problems with any kind
of giving? - it is, for that matter, not mine to
refuse.
In 1 Cor 4:7 the apostle Sha'ul asks, "And what do
you have that you did not receive?"
OK - so it is mine - I received it and that is why I
can give - because I can not give what is not mine. It
is not mine if I do not understand that my possession
is only as caretaker - it is His in any case - AND - it
is mine to give because it was placed in my care -
hwhy-God, the Owner, is a Giver.
In Deut 8:18 God told us that He was the One
giving us the power to make wealth. "But you
shall remember hwhy your God, for it is
He Who is giving you power to make wealth,
through which He may confirm His covenant
which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day."
Just when people think they can say: "I have worked
hard for my money and I've earned it to use it on
myself" "I deserve something for myself."
hwhy-God reminds us Who gave us the
strength and the ability. It is not your boss paying you
every month; it is through him that hwhyGod provides. It is by His power for His good and for
the sake of the Kingdom. That should be our mindset.
God owns everything, gives us the ability to make a living, and
wants us to recognize that everything comes from Him. We
simply are stewards of the things He has entrusted to us, and
part of being a good steward is giving back to hwhy,
as He expects and commands. It's not that hwhy
needs our money. Rather, giving serves as a testimony that
hwhy owns both the material and spiritual things of
our lives. An attitude which will be blessed by hwhy.
The history of giving in the
Bible
After the fall of man - we see as early as Adam and
Hava's children the giving of a sacrifice of their
produce - that is the one way of giving to God.
As early as the book of Genesis, we find Avraham
giving something called a "tithe" to the priest MalkiTzedek. In Hebrew, the word tithe is maaser. The
literal meaning of the word is tenth with the applied
meaning in Scripture as "first tenth".
Avraham tithed in Genesis 14 after returning from the
rescue of his nephew Lot from four enemy kings.
When he encountered Malki-Tzedek, he voluntarily
surrendered to him one-tenth of all the spoils he had
taken from his enemies. Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:2-6
- Important to notice: He did not first deduct his
operational cost and expenses to obtain these!!!!
Gen 28:22
And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall
be God's house, and of all that You give me I
will tithe to give a tithe to You.
People sometimes argue that the tithe was part of the
Moshe Law and doesn't apply to modern-day
Believers, who are not under the law. But Avraham
tithed some 430 years before the Law was given to
Moshe. In any case it is not the law of Moshe but of
God - Who never changes.
Furthermore, even in the days of Moshe, the tithe
was not a law. Although it appears in the legal
book of Leviticus (chapter 27), there is no
punishment associated with the failure to tithe.
However, there is a consequence: loss of blessings.
New Covenant???
If you look at Mat 23:23 + Luke 11:42 correctly
you will see that physical tithing must now
accompany giving in Spiritual things and is not
abolished.
Mat 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin,
and have disregarded the weightier matters of the
law: judgment and mercy and faith. It is
necessary to do these, and not to leave the others
undone.
How much is a tithe?
I believe that giving was meant to be individualized,
even in Moshe's time. It never was intended that
everyone should give the same but that each should
give according to his or her abundance and
conviction. One-tenth was the minimum, but the book
of Deuteronomy lists several additional offerings
described as tithes . Thus, it's likely that those who
could, gave much more than 10 % in those days.
Couples and companies who cannot commit a tenth of their
fruit to God should examine their spending and living
habits. They are stealing because tithing speaks of the first
tenth that belongs to God. Mal 3 says that you can steal
from God by taking the tithe, and offerings which should go
to Him. This is serious. You can not make calculations on
your spending by including the FIRST PORTION that
belongs tot God!! If you do that, you steal.
I find 3 types of giving in the Bible.
Tithes
Offerings
Alms
Offerings
1 Cor 16:1, 2 Now concerning the collection for the
saints, as I have given orders to the churches of
Galatia, so also you do:
2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay
something aside, storing up from whatever he is
prospered, that there be no collections when I come.
2 Cor 9:6-8
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap
sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap
bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he decided in his
heart, not from sorrow or out of duty; for God loves a
cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in
everything, may abound for every good work.
Alms
2 Cor 9:9 As it is written: He has dispersed
abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness
endures forever.
Result
2 Cor 9:10-15 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and
bread for eating, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and
increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 while you are enriched
in everything unto all sincerity, which causes thanksgiving through
us to God. 12 For the ministry of this service not only supplies
what is lacking to the saints, but also is abounding through many
thanksgivings to God,
13 through the proof of this ministry, they glorify
God for your professed obedience to the gospel of
Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all
men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you
because of the surpassing grace of God in you. 15
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.
Where should the tithe
go?
Mal 3:10, the tithe was supposed to be brought into the
storehouse, which was a place where the Jews delivered
their offerings of grain or animals. This was at the temple
in Yerushalayim as well as at the synagogues in the local
areas. The Storehouse is from where those appointed by
God can live from, ministry can function and can be used
according to His laws of taking care of the needs of His
children.
The storehouse had specific functions:
1 - Feeding the tribe of Levi. Those
who minister) - Num 18:24-29
2 - Caring for believers Deut14:28
3 - Caring for Gentile poor Deut 14:29
It is always in that order - that is important.
Ideally, the local fellowship should serve as the storehouse
in God's economy today, if they sow in the Kingdom. God
has designed the congregation (house church) to carry out
vital social functions similar to those funded by the
storehouse. Fellowships also should take care of those who
teach and guide them .
Remember that you cannot sit under the teaching of a
teacher without supporting them financially 1 Tim 5:17-18
1 Cor 9:7 Who ever serves military duty at his own expense? Who plants
a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does
not drink of the milk of the flock? 8 Do I say these things only as a
man? Or does not the Law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the
Law of Moshe, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
Is it oxen God is concerned about? Deut 25:4; 10 Or does He say it
altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he
who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be
partaker of his hope. 11 If we have sown spiritual things to you, is it a
great thing if we reap your material things?
Important concept to the House congregation
movement. When people left the "Church" they
stopped giving and sows where-ever. You still have a
first priority and responsibility to those teaching you
and then to those in need in your group and then to
those in need at other fellowships. Then you can go
outside with your provision.
One of the major causes of arguments among
couples is money, and one spouse may oppose
giving a tenth to God's work. However, if both
spouses are Believers, they should have a desire
to please hwhy.
Should we calculate our tithe based on gross incomes
(before deductions) or net incomes (after deductions)?
According, to Prov 3:9-10, God has asked for our first
fruits, which is the first and best of all that we receive.
Therefore, we should tithe from our total income before
taxes. When we calculate our tithes based on net income,
we put the government or whatever ahead of God. This to
me shows a wrong attitude.
When we think of tithing, offerings or alms,
most of us only think of giving money. But
giving non-cash assets, such as food or whatever
we produce is just as valid.
Now that we looked at the basic
principles - let us look from all
angles what scripture says.
Peshitta Tanakh
Own translation
Deut 14:22- 29
14:22 "You shall definitely tithe all the produce from
what you sow, which comes out of the field every
year."
As seen, God expects the first portion, 10% or more,
of my harvest or income. Notice again - not after
deducting my expenses. As Torah-true born-from
above Child of God I trust that you will grow in this
understanding. We are too quick to deduct as much as
we can before giving.
- Definitely means that it is a fixed command of
God - you will do good to obey.
- Every year - not only some times when things
seems good - regularly as you receive
income. For the farmer it is once a year - for
the worker each month or week.
- Doesn't seem to me to be the profit from the
harvest - but from the whole harvest - perhaps
its only me.
- It is not necessary to harvest the complete
field first - the first portion goes to God even
before the rest is harvested.
14:23 "You shall eat in the presence of hwhy your
God, at the place where He chooses to establish His Name,
the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the
firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn
to fear hwhy your God always."
I believe this is referring to the time of the Feasts, when the
tithing is taken to Yerushalayim, to the storehouses. You can
use it for yourselves as you please
- Deut 12:17
hwhy-God commands this, with the family, to be
done at Yerushalayim. He only commanded them to go
there 3 times a year - during the feasts. So this must be one
of those times.
The people do not have food for a feast yet…hwhyGod knows this and give His Own for them to feast with!!!
It is His, even if you have nothing. He invites you! To
acknowledge your dependency on hwhy-God and
fear only Him.
14:24 "If the distance is so great for you that you are not able to
bring the tithe, since the place where hwhy your God
chooses to set His Name is too far away from you when
hwhy your God blesses you,"
God does not want to make it difficult or a burden - it must be an
enjoyable feast
14:25 then you shall exchange it for money, and bind the money in
your hand and go to the place which hwhy your God
chooses."
Bind on your hand means not to use it for anything else - it is
designated for the feast
14:26 "You may spend the money on whatever your heart desires:
for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart
desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of hwhy
your God and rejoice, you and your household."
You do not have to buy the same things as was sold with your
tithe. You can buy what you desire, because it is a feast of God to
be enjoyed.
You are only to eat in the presence of God - not where you desire.
This is His feast, with His money and provision. The rest stays in
the storehouse .
Strong drink was allowed for non-priests and nonLevites. Priests and Levites were not allowed to drink
when doing service. We as priests of the Kingdom
should remember that. We are in His service. Are you
a priest?
It is a family feast like all feasts. The family is
important to God.
14:27 "Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your
town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you."
Not all should be taken to the main feast - some should be
left for taking care of the Levites who serve at home.
14:28 "At the end of every third year you shall bring out all
the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in
your town." Deut 26:12
14:29 "The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance
among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who
stays in your city, so that hwhy your God may
bless you in all the work of your hand which you do."
The promise of blessing in ALL you may do. Ps 1. God is a
giver and will bless those who have the same attitude.
Neg 13:12
2 Chron 31
2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to
their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt
offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the
camp of hwhy. 3 The king also appointed a portion of his possessions for the
burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, the burnt offerings for
the Sabbaths and the new moons and the set feasts, as it is written in the Law of
hwhy. 4 Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Yerushalayim to
give the portion for the priests and the Levites, that they might grow strong in the
Law of hwhy. 5 As soon as the word spread, the children of Yisra’el brought in
abundance the first fruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of
the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
6 And the children of Yisra’el and Y’hudah, who dwelt in the cities of Y’hudah,
brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the tithe of set-apart things which were
consecrated to hwhy their God they laid in heaps upon heaps. 7 In the
third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh
month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed
hwhy and His people Yisra’el. 9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests
and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief priest, from the
house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the
offerings into the house of hwhy, we have had enough to eat and have
plenty left, for hwhy has blessed His people; and what is left is this great
abundance.
Neg 10:38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the
Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tithe of the tithes to the
house of our God, to the rooms of the storehouse.
It seems first that there should be control at the receiving of money and
secondly that the priests receive with the Levites. All who serve in His Kingdom
is able to receive. People have a question to whom they may give - I believe you
should take care of those teaching over you and be careful to see that it is used
for His Kingdom - not luxury and waste. Also be open for His Spirit in these
times.
A tenth of what is received again is given to the storehouse see Num 18:26 - this
is for taking care of poor and specifically not for the priests.
Neg 10:39 For the children of Yisra’el and the children of
Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine
and the oil, to the rooms where the articles of the sanctuary
are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and
the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our
God.
I see here that not the tithing but offerings are used to take
care of the buildings and is done by all who serve there
Num 18:26 Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: When you take
from the children of Yisra’el the tithes which I have given you from them
as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it unto
hwhy, a tithe of the tithe.
Even 'fulltime workers' and those receiving tithes from others should pay
tithes into God's storehouse. Where is God's storehouse? I believe in
today's system it is all places and people serving the Kingdom with a
Kingdom attitude and way. Not those working as a job and not those doing
God's work for money. Those in His service should be taken care of - not
made rich. Needs should be filled, not salaries paid.
Lev 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether
of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree,
is hwhy's. It is holy unto hwhy.
Lev 27:31 If a man will pay to redeem any of his
tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.
Genesis 14:20; 28:22;
Gen 28:22
Leviticus 27:30, 32;
Numbers 18:26;
Deut 12:17; 14:22, 23, 28; 26:12
2 Chronicles 31:5, 6
Negemiyah 10:38; 13:12
Malagi 3:8, 10
Mattityahu 23:23; Luke 11:42.