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October Wednesday 30th
QUESTION AND ANSWER SERIES (TITHING)
TEXT: Genesis 14:18-20
KEY VERSE: 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. “
QUESTION: Some denominations do not believe in tithe payment. I want to be cleared Sir and another thing is that some people pay tithe directly to ministers, is it right?
ANSWER: (Part 1)
From our text we see this case before the children of Abraham were born, before the law was given, maybe about 400 years after Abraham was paying tithe. He paid tithe to a man called Melchizedek and Melchizedek who was he? He was the priest of the most High God. He was the minister of the Most High God. We didn’t have the details of Melchizedek but Abraham would have known him, Abraham would have been convinced about him, Abraham would have been well directed to do what he did knowing that it is to God as a priest, as a minister of God represented God. It means the Lord led you so to give tithe to a minister of God. You know the minister, you know his life and work that it is in truth and righteousness. You can do that because the Lord has led you to the right place.
You can do that, that’s to say the tithe that you want to give to the minister of God that person should be a true servant of the God of heaven. Yes, but you say he is not a pastor over a church the Bible says the human body don’t have the same members, we have the eye, we have the nose, we have the ear, we have the hand, we have other members that are inside that we don’t see them. They work together to form the whole body. In the same way the ministers in the body of Christ do not carry out the same function. There are some that are pastors that gather congregation to pastor them, there are some that are evangelist they don’t have congregations, some have prayer ministry, some have children ministry, some have different kinds of ministry that may not have a building gathering people but they are true servants of God, true ministers of God and we are all working together to produce salvation for mankind.
So although the man is not over a church but if you see what he is doing for God is very great. Does that man also need money? And if he is looking for money who does he tell? He tells who? He tells God and the money you have in your hand that as tithe is it God money or your own. That money you have in your hand is it belonging to your denomination or belonging to you. That man has called on God and said Lord I am trying to organize prayer conference and we need money to eat, we need transport money, God give me money.
Thought for the day:
Song for the day:
Bible reading for the day:
Jeremiah 27-28; 2 Timothy 4
#Horemow
October Wednesday 30th
QUESTION AND ANSWER SERIES (TITHING)
TEXT: Genesis 14:18-20
KEY VERSE: 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. “
QUESTION: Some denominations do not believe in tithe payment. I want to be cleared Sir and another thing is that some people pay tithe directly to ministers, is it right?
ANSWER: (Part 1)
From our text we see this case before the children of Abraham were born, before the law was given, maybe about 400 years after Abraham was paying tithe. He paid tithe to a man called Melchizedek and Melchizedek who was he? He was the priest of the most High God. He was the minister of the Most High God. We didn’t have the details of Melchizedek but Abraham would have known him, Abraham would have been convinced about him, Abraham would have been well directed to do what he did knowing that it is to God as a priest, as a minister of God represented God. It means the Lord led you so to give tithe to a minister of God. You know the minister, you know his life and work that it is in truth and righteousness. You can do that because the Lord has led you to the right place.
You can do that, that’s to say the tithe that you want to give to the minister of God that person should be a true servant of the God of heaven. Yes, but you say he is not a pastor over a church the Bible says the human body don’t have the same members, we have the eye, we have the nose, we have the ear, we have the hand, we have other members that are inside that we don’t see them. They work together to form the whole body. In the same way the ministers in the body of Christ do not carry out the same function. There are some that are pastors that gather congregation to pastor them, there are some that are evangelist they don’t have congregations, some have prayer ministry, some have children ministry, some have different kinds of ministry that may not have a building gathering people but they are true servants of God, true ministers of God and we are all working together to produce salvation for mankind.
So although the man is not over a church but if you see what he is doing for God is very great. Does that man also need money? And if he is looking for money who does he tell? He tells who? He tells God and the money you have in your hand that as tithe is it God money or your own. That money you have in your hand is it belonging to your denomination or belonging to you. That man has called on God and said Lord I am trying to organize prayer conference and we need money to eat, we need transport money, God give me money.
Thought for the day:
Song for the day:
Bible reading for the day:
Jeremiah 27-28; 2 Timothy 4
#Horemow
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