Peace to all brothers and sisters!
Today we study the fellowship and share about tithing!
Let’s turn to Leviticus 27:30 in the Old Testament and read together:
“Everything on earth,
Whether it is the seed on the ground or the fruit on the tree,
The tenth is the Lord’s;
It is holy to the LORD.
------One-tenth-----
1. Abram’s Dedication
And Melchizedek, king of Salem (which means king of peace), came out to meet him with bread and wine; he was the priest of the Most High God.He blessed Abram and said: "May the Lord of heaven and earth, the Most High God, bless Abram! Blessed is the Most High God for delivering your enemies into your hands!"
"So Abram gave a tenth of all his earnings to Melchizedek. Genesis 14:18-20
2. Jacob’s Dedication
Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and keep me on my way, and give me food to eat and clothing to wear, so that I can return to my father’s house in peace, then I will make the Lord my God. God.The stones that I have set up for pillars shall also be the temple of God; and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth. ”---Genesis 28:20-22
3. The Israelites’ Dedication
For I have given the Levites as an inheritance the tenth part of the produce of the children of Israel, which is the heave offering to the LORD. So I said to them, ‘There shall be no inheritance among the children of Israel. ’”The LORD commanded Moses, “Speak to the Levites and say to them, ‘Of the tenth that you take from the children of Israel, which I give you for your inheritance, you are to take another tenth as an inheritance. Offer sacrifices to the LORD—Numbers 18:24-26
Of all the gifts given to you, the best of them, the consecrated ones, shall be offered as a heave offering to the LORD. --Numbers 18:29
4. Give one-tenth to the poor
"Every three years is the year of tithes. You have taken one-tenth of all the land.Give it to the Levites (workers of holy works) and to the strangers, to the fatherless and to the widows, so that they may have enough to eat in your gates. Deuteronomy 26:12
5. One-tenth is the Lord’s
“Everything on earth,Whether it is the seed on the ground or the fruit on the tree,
The tenth is the Lord’s;
It is holy to the LORD.
---Leviticus 27:30
6. The firstfruits belong to the Lord
You have to use your propertyand the firstfruits of all your produce honor the LORD.
Then your storehouses will be filled with more than enough;
Your winepresses overflow with new wine. --Proverbs 3:9-10
7. Try depositing one-tenth into the "Tianku"
Test me by bringing a full tenth of your tithes into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house, says the LORD of hosts.Will it open the windows of heaven for you and pour out blessings to you, even if there is no place to receive it? ---Malachi 3:10
Gospel transcript from
the church in lord jesus christ
2024--01--02