A tithe is a tenth of your income that should be given to your church that you are a member of or to some form of God's work. People often say they cannot afford this, but God does enable you to do this once you get started. This is part of his miraculous law. Everything is God's to begin with anyway. Why rob God? Offerings are given as an extra gift for your church or God's work.
tithing according to the Bible (I think) does not involve money. It refers to product of the land or animals. I'm willing to change my postition if somebody will show me where money as a tithe is ever mentioned in the bible.
And if my recollection and knowledge of the Bible is correct, it is only the tenth cow that passes under the rod that is offered as tithe. If you only have nine cows, then you are exempted from tithing. It does not matter if you have ten cows or ten thousand cows. Only the tenth cow that passes under the rod is offered. So if you have ten thousand cows and you only offered one as tithe, that's not 1/10 (tenth) of your asset (or income). That's 1/10,0000 (ten thousanth).
[4] Leviticus 27:30-33, "And all the TITHE of the LAND, whether of the SEED of the land, or of the FRUIT, of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. And concerning the TITHE of the HERD, or of the FLOCK, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it..."
We learn a great deal about tithing in this section of Scripture:
- The tithe comes from the "land," not the air or the sea. Fishermen were not required to tithe fish.
- It was the "seed" or agricultural products from the fields that was holy to God and tithable.
- Products from "trees" were to be tithed. This not only included the fruit, but oils, etc.
- Of "herds or flocks" it was the "tenth" that passed under the rod that was holy and dedicated to God.
Here is exposed another lie of modern clergymen. It was not the
first tenth, but rather the
tenth tenth that belonged to God, contrary to every minister I have ever heard, who insists that the
first tenth always belongs to God. Unscriptural. Untrue. Read your bible--it's the
tenth one of a herd that belongs to God.
Another interesting point is this. If a herdsman had but
nine cattle,
he didn't tithe his cattle at all! Also notice that God did not even require the
best of the cattle, just the tenth one to pass under the rod even if it was the runtiest of them all. Remember, we are talking about tithing and not sacrificing (animals for sacrifice always had to be without blemish).
1As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.
2He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
[a] 3"I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
4All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
If Jesus Christ died on the cross to give us everything, he doesnt only deserve a tenth he deserves EVERYTHING. People get hung up on what percentage, I don't need to give, its an Old Testament giving. Well, the pharisees gave butt loads of money and the lady who gave 2 little coins gave more. WHY? Because it has to do with your heart.