Malachi 3:10
ESV / 103 helpful votes
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Deuteronomy 28:12
ESV / 76 helpful votes
The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Genesis 7:11
ESV / 56 helpful votes
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
John 1:51
ESV / 41 helpful votes
And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Malachi 3:8-12
ESV / 38 helpful votes
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 6:38
ESV / 34 helpful votes
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Matthew 7:7-8
ESV / 28 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
2 Kings 7:2
ESV / 28 helpful votes
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
2 Kings 7:19
ESV / 27 helpful votes
The captain had answered the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
Revelation 4:1
ESV / 25 helpful votes
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
John 3:16
ESV / 18 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Malachi 3:8-10
ESV / 18 helpful votes
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Isaiah 24:18
ESV / 18 helpful votes
He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Leviticus 27:30
ESV / 18 helpful votes
“Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord‘s; it is holy to the Lord.
Proverbs 3:9-10
ESV / 17 helpful votes
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Isaiah 64:1
ESV / 16 helpful votes
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—
John 14:2
ESV / 15 helpful votes
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
Matthew 23:23
ESV / 15 helpful votes
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Genesis 8:2
ESV / 15 helpful votes
The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
Ezekiel 1:1
ESV / 14 helpful votes
In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Revelation 22:1-5
ESV / 13 helpful votes
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Revelation 21:4
ESV / 13 helpful votes
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Malachi 3:8
ESV / 13 helpful votes
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.
Numbers 18:21
ESV / 13 helpful votes
“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting,
Revelation 21:1-27
ESV / 12 helpful votes
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” …
Revelation 4:2
ESV / 12 helpful votes
At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
Malachi 3:9
ESV / 12 helpful votes
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
Colossians 2:1-23
ESV / 10 helpful votes
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. …
1 Corinthians 16:2
ESV / 10 helpful votes
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Acts 10:11
ESV / 10 helpful votes
And saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
Luke 20:45-47
ESV / 10 helpful votes
And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
Matthew 6:33
ESV / 10 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Nehemiah 13:12
ESV / 10 helpful votes
Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.
Deuteronomy 28:1-68
ESV / 10 helpful votes
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. …
Deuteronomy 14:29
ESV / 9 helpful votes
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
1 Corinthians 9:13
ESV / 8 helpful votes
Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
2 Chronicles 31:11-12
ESV / 8 helpful votes
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them. And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother as second,
John 14:6
ESV / 7 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Amos 4:1-13
ESV / 7 helpful votes
“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’ The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon,” declares the Lord. “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. …
Nehemiah 13:5
ESV / 7 helpful votes
Prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
1 Chronicles 9:26
ESV / 7 helpful votes
For the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
1 Peter 2:1-25
ESV / 6 helpful votes
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. …
1 Timothy 5:18
ESV / 6 helpful votes
For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
1 Peter 2:5
ESV / 5 helpful votes
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Colossians 3:1-25
ESV / 5 helpful votes
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. …
Acts 17:24
ESV / 5 helpful votes
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
Acts 7:55-56
ESV / 5 helpful votes
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Isaiah 2:22
ESV / 5 helpful votes
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
Psalm 27:1
ESV / 5 helpful votes
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 Chronicles 7:13
ESV / 5 helpful votes
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
Romans 6:14
ESV / 4 helpful votes
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
John 14:15
ESV / 3 helpful votes
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
John 1:14
ESV / 3 helpful votes
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Luke 3:21
ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
Genesis 15:6
ESV / 3 helpful votes
And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Revelation 20:1-15
ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. …
Psalm 51:1
ESV / 2 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
I will open My windows in heaven and pour out My blessings upon you, says the Lord.
You will have more than enough. I will bless your basket and your store. I will bless all that you put your hands to do.
For your faith and trust in Me is not a vain thing. It will become your tangible reality. For as you have given, so shall you receive, says the LORD.
Your harvest is coming of the good things you have planted into My Kingdom, says the Lord.
You will reap abundantly. For My Word is true, and your labor for Me is not in vain. It will produce the good fruit of the good seed that you have sown.
You will sing the songs of the reaper as you gather the wheat into My garners, and you will rejoice with exceeding, great joy, says the LORD.
~ June Sheltrown Reinke
Dr. June Sheltrown Reinke is a prophetic pastor, evangelist and teacher. She has been the senior pastor of Faith Fellowship Ministries in Florida since 1988. She has ministered in the prophetic to individuals and corporate groups for decades.
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“My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray… they have forgotten their resting-place.”
Jeremiah 50:6
God’s Word to the Righteous:
“Gather My Holy Ones/Elect together to Me; those that will make a Covenant with Me by an offering. And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God Himself is Judge. Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify before you: I am God, even your God. Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High: And call upon Me in the Day of Tribulation: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Psalm 50
Let it Rain, by Michael W. Smith
God’s Word to the Wicked
But to the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare My statutes, or that you should take My Covenant in your mouth? Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such a one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes. Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Salvation to the Righteous
“Whoso offers praise glorifies Me: and to him that orders his conversation aright I will show the salvation of God.” Psalms 50
God’s promise to the Righteous:
“Behold, I will send My Messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
God is Judge, A Witness against the Wicked
“Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the idolaters/adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling of his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not reverence Me, says the LORD of hosts.”
Windows of Heaven
“For I am the LORD, I do not change; therefore you children of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from My ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed You? In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and test Me now herewith, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing on you that there shall not be room enough to contain it.” Mal 3:1-10
“He commanded the clouds from above, and opened the windows of heaven… And rained down manna upon them to eat, and Man did eat Angels’ food…” Psa 78:23-25
“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said to them, Truly, Truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.” For the bread of God is he which comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world. Then they said to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes/trusts in me shall never thirst.”
Thy Will be Done! Give us this Day our Daily Bread
“All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the Will of Him that sent me. And this is the Father’s Will which has sent me, that of all which He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the Will of Him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes/trusts in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:31-40
“It is the Spirit that quickens: the flesh profits nothing: the Words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.” John 6:63
“Jesus answered and said, I am not sent but to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.” Mat 15:24
“Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of My mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the Name of the LORD: ascribe greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” Deu 32:1-4
God’s Promises to rebuke His Adversary
“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes…” Malachi 3:11-12
“Who is adverse to God and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he sits in the temple of God proclaiming himself that he is God!” 2 Thess 2:4
“For you have said in your heart “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation… I will ascend the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to the pit… They that see you will look at you narrowly and consider saying, ‘Is this the man that made the earth to tremble? That did shake kingdoms? That made the world as a desert and destroyed the cities thereof?’ …For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant…” Isaiah 14:13-22
Babylon the Great
“And great Babylon has come into remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.” Rev 16:19
“And upon her forehead is a name written, MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. …the woman that you see is that great city which reigns over the kings and rulers of the earth.” Rev 17
Let Us Return to the LORD
“Come, and let us return to the LORD: for He has torn, and He will heal us; He has smitten, and He will bind us up… Then we shall know, if we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:12
Jesus’ Parable
“Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.”
“And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” Matt 7:24-27
Elijah stopped the Rain… caused the Rain
“Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.”
The Trumpet is Blown in Zion!
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My Holy Mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the Day of the LORD has come, for it is here; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.” Joel 2:1-2
“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for He has given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain, and the latter rain in the New Moon. …And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the Name of the LORD your God, that has dealt wondrously with you: and My people shall never be ashamed. And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and My people shall never be ashamed.” Joel 2:23-27
Give us this Day our Daily Bread, by Glowing Nacreous
Lesson 18
Jacob had never felt so destitute and alone — and it was all because he had been devious and greedy. First Jacob had bribed Esau, his elder twin, into selling his birthright. Then, with his mother’s help, he tricked his blind father, Isaac, into giving him the paternal blessing that rightfully belonged to Esau.
Now Jacob was fleeing from home, partly to escape the murderous threats of his offended brother. He bowed his head and cried when he thought of how all his grasping plans had backfired. Alone in the wilderness, with only a stone for a pillow and a stick for protection, Jacob tried to rest. He wondered if he would ever see his parents again and if God would forgive him. Exhausted, Jacob drifted off to sleep. Soon he found himself bathed in the brilliant glow of a vivid dream. He saw a blazing light streaming from the open heavens, with a beautiful stairway spanning from the glory above to the earth below. There were countless shimmering angels traveling up and down this ladder.
Then Jacob heard the Lord speak from heaven and promise to bless him in his journey. The Lord also confirmed with Jacob the same covenant He had made with Abraham and Isaac.
When he awoke, Jacob fell on his knees and made a vow to abandon his greedy ways. He promised, «Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.» Genesis 28:22.
God accepted this vow and opened the windows of heaven so that when Jacob returned home 20 years later, he had become a very prosperous and generous man.
1. Where did Jacob learn the concept of returning a tenth to God?
Genesis 14:18, 20. And Melchizedek … was the priest of the most high God. … And he [Abraham] gave him ______ of all.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Tithe is one-tenth of a person’s income. In fact, the word «tithe» simply means «a tenth.» Jacob’s grandfather, Abraham, set an example many years earlier by giving a tithe to God’s priest, Melchizedek.
2. What portion of our income belongs to God?
Leviticus 27:30. All the ______ … is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Technically, 100 percent of all we have belongs to God.
Psalms 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
But God asks us to acknowledge that we believe it all belongs to Him by returning a tithe, or 10 percent of our increase.
3. What does God do with our tithe?
Numbers 18:21, 24. I have given the children of ____ all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve. … The tithes of the children of Israel, … I have given to the __________tes to inherit. 1 Corinthians 9:13, 14 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
In the Old Testament, God directed that the tithe be used to support the Levites, who were His ministers. In 1 Corinthians 9:13, God says that just as the priests of old were paid from the tithe of the temple, so gospel ministers today should be paid from tithe given through the church.
4. Is the tithing system part of Moses’ old law, which ended at the cross?
Genesis 28:20, 22. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, … of all that thou shalt __________ me I will surely ____ the tenth unto thee.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
No! Both Abraham and Jacob gave a tenth of their income to God long before Moses’ law was given. Because it pre-dated Sinai, we know that it was not part of the ceremonial law that ended at the cross. The law of tithing is God’s plan for support of the ministry, and it remains in effect today.
5. But didn’t Jesus condemn the tithing plan?
Matthew 23:23. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ____ ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
No. Jesus saw that the miserly Pharisees were counting out individual leaves and tiny seeds for tithe instead of taking it to the temple by the bushel. Therefore He rebuked them for being so exact in tithe while failing in judgment, mercy, and faith. He did not condemn them for tithing, but for ignoring the other great principles of Christianity. That is why Jesus said, «These ought ye to have done [speaking of tithing], and not to leave the other undone.»
6. What amazing promise does God make about tithing?
Malachi 3:10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, … and _____ 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.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
God is saying: «If you are doubtful, try tithing as an experiment. Test Me, and see if I won’t return to you a blessing too vast for you to receive.» Hundreds of thousands of tithepayers will tell you that it is true. You cannot out-give God!
7. God tells His people to bring all of the tithe into the storehouse. What does that mean?
Nehemiah 13:12. Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the ___________.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
The storehouse is the treasury of God’s church. (The Bible margin equates «treasuries» with «storehouses».) In Malachi 3:10, God refers to the storehouse as «mine house,» which means His church, or temple. Other texts that refer to the storehouse as the temple, or temple treasury, are 1 Chronicles 9:26 (see margin); 2 Chronicles 31:11, 12 (see margin); and Nehemiah 10:37, 38. So it is obvious that the storehouse is God’s church treasury.
8. When we tithe, who really receives our money?
Colossians 3:23. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the ______, and not unto men.Hebrews 7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [Jesus] receiveth them.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
We need to always remember that we are not returning our tithe to people, but to God. It belongs to Him. We need not worry about how the tithe is used if we give it to God. He is big enough to take care of His own money and to properly handle anyone who may be irresponsible in managing His funds.
9. In addition to my tithe, which belongs to God, what else does He ask of His people?
Psalms 96:8. Bring an ________, and come into his courts.
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and __________s.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
The Lord asks us to give freewill offerings as an expression of our love for Him and our thanksgiving for His blessings.
10. How much should we give as offerings?
2 Corinthians 9:7. Every man according as he purposeth in his _____, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
The Bible does not set a specific amount. Each person decides how much to give for freewill offerings, as God impresses.
11. What test did Adam and Eve fail that we must pass if we expect to inherit God’s kingdom?
Genesis 3:3. But of the fruit of the ____ which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
God told Adam and Eve they could eat the fruit of all the trees of the garden except one—the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They were not to eat of that tree or even touch it, else they would die. God did not put an electric fence around the tree. Rather, He kept it where they could reach out and take the fruit. And they did, because they did not trust God. Today, God gives us all the same test. He says, «You can keep all the money that comes to you, except one tenth. That money is Mine. Don’t take it.» However, He leaves it where we can reach out and take it, if we so desire. But when we do, we repeat the sin of Adam and Eve.
God did not need the fruit of the special tree. It was a test of their loyalty. Neither does He need our tithe. He owns everything! It is a test of our love, loyalty, and trust
12. What commandment are we breaking when we refuse to return tithes and offerings to God?
Exodus 20:15. Thou shalt not _____.Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
God says those who are knowingly unfaithful in tithes and offerings are robbers. It is bad enough when men steal from one another, but it is a terrifying thought that people would dare to steal from God! It is also hard to believe that people would stoop so low as to steal money that God has designated for spreading the gospel to the lost.
13. What does God say will happen to those who knowingly rob Him of tithe and offerings?
Malachi 3:9. Ye are ______ with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 1 Corinthians 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Those who are not faithful in tithes and offerings are cursed, and unless they change, they will be shut out of God’s kingdom as thieves.
14. Why is covetousness so dangerous?
Luke 12:34. For where your ________ is, there will your heart be also.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Covetousness is lethal because our hearts follow our investments. If my focus is on accumulating more and more money, my heart becomes covetous, grasping, and proud. But if my focus is on advancing God’s work, my heart becomes caring, loving, liberal, and humble. Our hearts inevitably follow our treasure. We must never forget that it was Judas’ greed and love for money that led him to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-16).
15. How do you suppose Jesus feels when we rob Him of tithes and offerings?
Hebrews 3:10. Wherefore I was _______ with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Jesus probably feels much as a parent would whose child steals money from his wallet. Losing the money is not the big thing. Rather, it is the child’s lack of integrity, love, and trust that is deeply disappointing. Surely none of us want to grieve the heart of our Saviour.
16. What other Bible principles does God share in regard to giving?
2 Corinthians 8:5. They … first gave their own ______ to the Lord.
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.
Proverbs 11:24, 25 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that witholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Acts 20:35 It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Luke 12:21 He that layeth up treasure for himself … is not rich toward God.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
1 Corinthians 16:2 Let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.
Deuteronomy 16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Nine-tenths of my income with God’s blessing will go much further than ten-tenths without it. Incidentally, when God opens the windows of heaven, His blessings are not always financial. They may include such things as good health, peace of mind, answered prayers, protection, a close-knit and loving family, physical strength, ability to make wise decisions, a closer walk with Jesus, success in soul-winning, an old car kept running, etc. If we truly love Jesus, giving sacrificially for His work will never be a burden. Rather, it is a blessing—a glorious privilege that we will perform with great joy and satisfaction.
17. What did the ladder that Jacob saw in his dream represent?
John 1:51. Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the ____ of man.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
Jacob saw a ladder that bridged heaven with earth, which symbolized the Son of man. In Malachi 3:10, God says that if we bring all the tithes into the storehouse, He will open for us the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing we can barely receive! Jesus is that blessing.
18. What is the greatest gift we can give to Jesus?
My son, give me thine ______, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Mark 7:6 This people honoureth me with their lips, but their __________ is far from me.
Answer : ____________________
NOTE:
When Jesus has our hearts, He has everything else too.
19. When we are faithful in tithes and offerings, Jesus becomes our partner in everything we attempt in life. Are you willing to invite Him to be your partner by returning tithes and giving offerings?
Answer : ____________________