A Scriptural Study on… Tithes, Offerings & Money

1. What Do We Believe? 18 A Scriptural Study on…Tithes, Offerings & Money Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. MALACHI 3:10, 11

2. Principles: 1. He that is faithfulin that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust intheleast is unjust also in much. (Luke 16:10) 2. If you think money is bad to have, hold, earn, save or give this sermon is not for you. Money

3. DEUT. 8:18-19 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. Money

4. LEVITICUS 3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’S. EZRA 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. Money

5. Principles: 1. He that is faithfulin that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust intheleast is unjust also in much. (Luke 16:10) 2. If you think money is bad to have, hold, earn, save or give this sermon is not for you. 3. Humans alone Possess the Ability to Transform Themselves (Eg: William Konar, Rochester, NY) Money

6. DEUTERONOMY 11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. I TIMOTHY 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Money

7. Tithes and Offerings, unpaid 136. Can a Christian go to heaven if he or she does not pay tithe? Now, that's one that I could not answer Scripturally. But I do believe that every Christian is obligated to pay tithings because it is a commandment of the Lord. "And blessed are they that do all His commandments, that they might have a right to enter into the Life, the Tree of Life." Now, I do believe that tithe-paying is essential to a Christian experienceQA.GOD.BEING.MISUNDERSTOOD COD 61-0723 Money

8. HEBREWS, Chapter Seven, Part I, September 15,1957 123....Why would he ask Abraham to pay tithes? You see what a strict thing it is to pay tithes? Tithing's right. Every Christian is duty bound to pay tithe. That's right. Never has been changed! Money

9. Not Every Truth Is Obvious MATTHEW 11:25-26 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. DEUTERONOMY 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Money

10. Knowledge: (Heb.) da'ath Perception, skill, discernment, understanding, and wisdom. HOSEA 4:6-7 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: (discernment, understanding) because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. Money

11. Knowledge (Gr.) epignosis Acknowledgement of precise and correct facts and principles; used of the knowledge of things ethical and divine. EPHESIANS 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Money

12. DANIEL 12:1-13 1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Money

13. THE.FALLING.APART.OF.THE.WORLD 196 “…We receive a Kingdom that cannot be moved." The world is falling apart. And every politician, denomination, church will fall to pieces, but we receive a Kingdom that cannot be moved… God made it fragile so it would break. In its fragile condition like that, it's got to break. But, we got a Kingdom that's solid now, when everything else falls and give away. A Kingdom! Not a political system, not a denominational system; it all becomes Pharisees and doctors of the Devil. But we receive a Kingdom, an Eternal King Who is the Eternal Word, Who has Eternal Life; by His Eternal Word to His Eternal people who has Eternal Life, and we're partakers of this. Oh, my! 62-1216 Money

14. “…in a democratic society the existence of large centers of private power is dangerous to the continuing vitality of a free people.” M. Urofsky (Pg. 81) “An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics.” Plutarch Money

15. Richest 1% To Own More Than Half World's Wealth By 2016 – (Oxfam) Published Time: January 19, 2015 09:42 “…despite constant warnings that the upward curve in wealth concentration will only lead to disaster, the rich continue to gobble up a bigger and bigger share of the global wealth pie. Last year, Oxfam reported that the world’s 85 richest people have the same wealth as the poorest 50 percent (3.5 billion people). This year, Oxfam said the reality has become even more worrisome, with just 80 people owning the same amount of wealth as more than 3.5 billion people.” Money

16. Meanwhile, during the 2012 US election campaign, the financial sector provided $571 million in campaign contributions, Oxfam said. The charity said the wealth of the super-richest 80 people doubled between 2009 and 2014, and that increasingly the wealth was being used by the rich to further their own interests, usually by lobbying efforts in government. Money

17. Richest 1% Own Half The World's Wealth, Study Finds Credit Suisse Report Highlights Increasing Gap Between The Super-rich And The Remainder Of The Globe’s Population “The world’s richest people have seen their share of the globe’s total wealth increase from 42.5% at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to 50.1% in 2017, or $140tn, according to Credit Suisse’s global wealth report published on Tuesday.” Money https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/14/worlds-richest-wealth-credit-suisse

18. These millionaires – who account for 0.7% of the world’s adult population – control 46% of total global wealth that now stands at $280tn. At the other end of the spectrum, the world’s 3.5 billion poorest adults each have assets of less than $10,000. Collectively these people, who account for 70% of the world’s working age population, account for just 2.7% of global wealth. Money

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21. THE.TRUE.EASTER.SEAL 84 We find that greed though, in church, and in politics, and in national affairs… Look, because of greed, look what's happened down there now in Africa; not only there, but all over the world everywhere... this is all they have, is right here on earth, or, they live that way. If this was all I had, I'd be a miserable person. I'm looking for a City whose Builder and Maker is God. There's where we lay our treasures up, for that purpose. 61-0402 Money

22. Greed Financial Realities In a Declining America LUKE 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Money

23. Paradise Papers Leak Reveals Secrets Of The World Elite's Hidden Wealth Files from offshore law firm show financial dealings of the Queen, big multinationals and members of Donald Trump’s cabinet The firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers leak provided offshore services to a bank accused of facilitating terrorist financing, transnational organised crime and the Syrian government’s chemical weapons program. Appleby represented the Cayman Islands holding company of FBME Bank for at least a year after the US Treasury published an extraordinary roster of allegations against the bank, and acted as its agent for more than a decade beforehand. Money

24. The details come from a leak of 13.4m files that expose the global environments in which tax abuses can thrive – and complex and seemingly artificial ways the wealthiest corporations can legally protect their wealth. The material, which has come from two offshore service providers and the company registries of 19 tax havens, was obtained by the German newspaper, and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with partners including the Guardian, the BBC and the New York Times. The project has been called the Paradise Papers. Money

25. THE.WORLD.IS.FALLING.APART 61 Every so often the world gets in such a chaotic condition until there is nothing can help it. We've had this several times, these preludes. And we find that each time when it meets this condition, it causes people to start praying. And they feel that everything has played itself out, as all of our systems and everything that we have, play itself to the end. It did that in the antediluvian world... Politics and other things just comes to its end, there is no more to it. I think all that's done by God, for a purpose, to kind of rejuvenate, to kind of bring back. It has a way of renewing itself. And I think it's just a law of God, that these things comes to that place. Money

26. THE.TRUE.EASTER.SEAL 78 …where we are, people has sold their birthrights for politics. And if none of you has ever got the tape that I spoke at Middletown, OH, week ago, on Jezebel and Ahab, I wish you would listen to it sometime. And how that the nation, because of greed, they have absolutely sold out Christ just as much as Judas 2000 yrs. ago for 30 pieces of silver. Oh, it's a tremendous thing to think that the condition that exists amongst this nation and these peoples today... To think that many years ago, they would have never done a thing like that. But today they're so greedy, trying to get more money. 61-0402 Money

27. WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC Father, we hear this song of Only Believe, it makes us to know that that's all we have to do to inherit any of God's promises, just believe them. We thank Thee for Thy great power, Thy great revelation of Thyself to us in this last days. It makes our heart most happy and joyful, to know that we have come in contact with the living God; Who vindicates it right back in physical, material evidences, as He did in the days gone by, and as He has promised for this day... This dark day where no one seems to know which way to go, we're so glad that we found the safety zone, the retreat. Now bless us tonight, as we speak of Thy Word. 65-0221 Money

28. The “Elect Lady” is Guided to Truth • II JOHN 1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; • II PETER 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Money

29. Tithes and offerings, Unpaid God’s view: Malachi 3:7-11 1.) “Gone away from mine ordinances” 2.) A thief: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (I CORINTHIANS 6:10) 3.) You are cursed with a curse 4.) The devourer has been loosed upon you to destroy your crops. That which you have worked so hard to raise, will spoil (self destruct) before reaching harvest. Money

30. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings Questions and Answers, October 15,1961 161. Would it be wrong to use tithes on church building funds?Well now, here's a touchy little thing for the church now. No, correctly tithes is to go to the minister, all the tithings went to their priests, their pastors. Yes, tithings are to go for nothing else. I know people take their tithes and give them to a widow woman. That's wrong. If you've got anything to give the widow woman, give her, but don't give her God's money. That's not yours in the first place. That's God's! Money

31. FORSAKING.ALL 62-0123 14 … And now, today, to see great fine structures going up, clean, where people can come in and worship God, we're so thankful for this; and for the sacrifice that people, with their tithings and offerings and contribution, has built this house for the Lord. Money

32. THE.UNPARDONABLE.SIN. 54‑1024 104 I went down there and worked during the depression and they brought their tithes in, instead of me keeping it and not working, I put my own tithes in, and my offerings in, and the money in and we built the tabernacle here. And it's built on the alms of the people that they give to me to make a living with. I worked and put it back in the tabernacle. And that's the reason we call it the Branham Tabernacle. Money

33. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings CHRIST IS REVEALED IN HIS OWN WORD August 22,1965 ...."Owe no man nothing." That's lingering debts that you could pay. Pay them. But an old lingering debt that you could be paying on, pay it off. Now, don't go with anything hanging on you like that.I'd just become a Christian; I said, "First thing, Mr. Mason, as my duty to God, I owe Him my tithes. I want to pay Him my tithings first. Then my next duty is pay my debts." Money

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35. Baptism (Example) • Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: • Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Money

36. Baptism (cont’d) PSALMS 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. EPHESIANS 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, COLOSSIANS 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily Money

37. Baptism (cont’d) ROMANS 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Money

38. Church Order • Reverence the sanctuary • Attire – attitude – quietness • Conduct ourselves as if Jesus was on His throne right here on the platform • Expectation Money

39. “Thus Saith the Lord” Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. MALACHI 3:10, 11 Money

40. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings LET US SEE GOD November 29,1959 28 But, you know, I feel like this, that a member of a church, their first obligation is, with their tithe and offerings, is to support their church… and your obligation is to your church and not to an evangelist like me. Money

41. God’s View: Malachi 3:7 to 11 In paying your tithes and offerings, you: 1.) Will be bringing your tithes into the storehouse 2.) Are returning to God and God will return to you 3.) No longer robbing God - free from God’s curse 4.) Can put God to the test – He said, “Prove me.” 5.) Have Gods’ promise, I will open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Money

42. Scriptures on Tithes and Offerings • Genesis 14:18-20* • Genesis 28:22 ** • Hebrews 7:1-10 • Genesis 28:20-22 • Leviticus 27:30-33 • Numbers 18:24 & 26 * 422 years before the law ** 270 years before the law • Deuteronomy 12:5, 11, 17 14:22-23, 28 26:12 • II Chron. 31:4-6,12 • Nehemiah 10:37-39 12:44, 13:5,11 New Testament • Matthew 23:23 • Luke 11:42 Money

43. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings SPIRIT SPEAKS THROUGH THE PROPHET March 8,1960 18 Every man ought to have a church home. You ought to have a place, not just to float about from pillar to post, but have somewhere that you go to church and you call it your church, somewhere you pay your tithe, and somewhere that you help support the cause..... Money

44. Offerings - Giving God’s view, according to Old & New Testaments Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. LUKE 6:38 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. PROVERBS 28:27 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. PROVERBS 19:17 Money

45. Offerings - Giving Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.MALACHI 3:8 Therefore, tithes belong to the Lord. To keep the 10% is to steal from God. Therefore: Until we give over (more than our tithe), we have “given” nothing. There is no “Offering” until we exceed the tithe, for the tenth belongs to God anyway. Money

46. Tithes and offerings, Unpaid God’s view: Malachi 3:7-11 1.) “Gone away from mine ordinances” 2.) A thief: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (I CORINTHIANS 6:10) 3.) You are cursed with a curse 4.) The devourer has been loosed upon you to destroy your crops. That which you have worked so hard to raise, will spoil (self destruct) before reaching harvest. Money

47. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings Questions and Answers, October 15,1961 161. Would it be wrong to use tithes on church building funds?Well now, here's a touchy little thing for the church now. No, correctly tithes is to go to the minister, all the tithings went to their priests, their pastors. Yes, tithings are to go for nothing else. I know people take their tithes and give them to a widow woman. That's wrong. If you've got anything to give the widow woman, give her, but don't give her God's money. That's not yours in the first place. That's God's! Money

48. FORSAKING.ALL 62-0123 14 … And now, today, to see great fine structures going up, clean, where people can come in and worship God, we're so thankful for this; and for the sacrifice that people, with their tithings and offerings and contribution, has built this house for the Lord. Money

49. THE.UNPARDONABLE.SIN. 54‑1024 104 I went down there and worked during the depression and they brought their tithes in, instead of me keeping it and not working, I put my own tithes in, and my offerings in, and the money in and we built the tabernacle here. And it's built on the alms of the people that they give to me to make a living with. I worked and put it back in the tabernacle. And that's the reason we call it the Branham Tabernacle. Money

50. Quotes on Tithes and Offerings CHRIST IS REVEALED IN HIS OWN WORD August 22,1965 ...."Owe no man nothing." That's lingering debts that you could pay. Pay them. But an old lingering debt that you could be paying on, pay it off. Now, don't go with anything hanging on you like that.I'd just become a Christian; I said, "First thing, Mr. Mason, as my duty to God, I owe Him my tithes. I want to pay Him my tithings first. Then my next duty is pay my debts." Money