Tithing - Bible Baptist Church

Genesis 14:17

Leviticus 27:30-34

(vs 30) Tithe is not money, it is food for the Levites.
(vs 31) If you convert it to money, you add 20% to it.
(vs 32) Tithe is not money, it is food for the Levites.
(vs 33) Israelites not allowed to pick and choose which ones. It’s simply that you count one to give, then count nine for yourself. If you decide to change it out, then the Israelites could not sell the one they held back or the one they wanted to trade it with.
(vs 34) This is law.

Numbers 18:20-32

(vss 20-21) Tithe would compensate the Levites since they had no land.
(vss 22-23) Only one tribe could perform the ministry and if anyone else tried to they would die. Not like today.
(vs 24) Explains the compensation of the tithe.
(vss 25-28) Levites were to tithe as well.

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

(vs 22) Tithe is a tax on the increase of the field that God has given.
(vs 23) Tithe to learn to fear the Lord, like you would the IRS if you didn’t pay your taxes. If you don’t give of the increase of your land and of your flocks, then God will take away your land and flocks.
(vss 24-27) The place God has chosen is too far and the food will spoil before it gets there. Then sell the food for money and take the money and when you get to the place the Lord appointed for the tithe, buy food for the Levite.
(vss 28-29) Tithe happens every third year (26:12). Twelve tribes and twelve months in the year, but tithe happens every third year. So twelve tribes take 36 months to bring in their tithes. For three months the tribe of Judah brings in their tithe. For three months the tribe of Benjamin brings in their tithe.

Nehemiah 10:38-39

Attending but not tithing means you’ve forsaken the house of God. Going but not contributing to the upkeep means you’ve forsaken the house of God.
If you’re sitting on your couch in your home and your roof is falling in and water line is broken leaking in the house, you may be in your house, but you’ve forsaken your house.

Malachi 3:8-10

(vs 9) Not tithing brings a curse. In Christ, you cannot be cursed.
(vs 10) This nation is not a reference to any Christian, God is talking to Israel.

The tithe compared to New Testament giving

1 Corinthians 16:1-2
- Collect on the first day of the week.
- Liberality, not law.
- No tribe that it is given to.
2 Corinthians 9
- Give out of good will.
- Give sparingly reap sparingly. The more that’s invested in the work of the Lord, the more the Lord is able to work.
- Not covetous, not grudgingly, not of necessity, but cheerfully.
Where your treasure is there your heart is also. There is more in the New Testament about giving than there is about witnessing. There is more about giving than there is about heaven. There is more about giving than there is about hell. For a Christian, if 10% is all they’re doing, it’s a start, but not particularly impressive. Considering lost Jews were expected by God to give a tenth of their animals, fruits, vegetables, seeds, etc, before Jesus Christ gave his life on the cross. Paul will say in Romans that after the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ that a Christian offering his body a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God was a reasonable service.