Grace4You

Preachers who use Malachi 3 v 10, as a scare tactic to influence people to give, are not walking according to grace. Tithing predates the law of Moses. In Genesis 14, we read about Melchizedek's meeting with Abraham returning from the slaughter and gave a tenth part of all he had to Him. As we turn to the law of Moses, we see that tithing was not a suggestion or a nice idea, it was a command and it was agricultural in nature. In fact, there were three kinds of tithing. The Levitical tithe, the feast tithe, and the poor tithe. But something your pastor probably never told you is the fact, not everyone under the law was required to tithe. If you didn't own land or livestock, what would you tithe? You couldn't tithe what you don't have. To tell Christians that if they don't tithe, they are cursed, when Christ became a curse for us, is nothing short of cruel and flat out stealing from people. If you have never been told how to give under grace, welcome to grace giving. 1 Corinthians 9 vs 6 – 8: But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. Grace liberates you to give generously because it is not a necessity, and if you understand that Christ gave his all for you, that God loves a cheerful giver, then no one will have to scare you into giving, it will flow from a heart of gratitude and you will give beyond a tithe, because you are at liberty to give as you please.