TITHES
Definition: To pay or give a tenth part of especially for the supprt of a religious establishment or organization. To give a tenth of one’s income as a tithe.
Scriptures:
1. Genesis 14:20
2. Leviticus 27:30-32
3. Deuteronomy 12:11 & 14:22
4. II Chronicle 31:5-6
5. Nehemiah 10:38 & 13:12
6. Malachi 3:8-10
7. Hebrews 7:5-9
Questions
1. When tithing what percentage should I pay?
2. Who do I pay my Tithes to?
3. Do I have to pay Tithes on my tax return, bonuses or just my paycheck?
4. Do I pay Tithes off my net income or gross income?
5. Is it okay if I use my Tithes to help someone less fortunate than me?
6. When should I pay my Tithes?
Essential Thought
1. Haggai 1:2-6
2. Thus, speaketh the lord of hosts, saying, This people say, that the lord’s house should be built.
3. Then came the word of the lord by Haggai the prophet, saying
4. Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?
5. Now therefore thus saith the Lord of host; Consider your ways.
6. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wasges to put in into a bag with holes.