Offering: Worship Through Giving
A framework for giving
- Principles we find in the Tanakh & practice
- Truth of the matter and contextual errors
- Principles we find in the Brit Chadashah
- Guidelines for giving as worship
Tithes dealt with produce & livestock
There are three tithes in the Torah:
- Levitical Tithe
- Numbers 18:20–21
- Festival Tithe
- Deuteronomy 14:22–27
- Poor Tithe
- Deuteronomy 14:28–29
Practical Matters
Ways to give
Truth of the Matter
- Giving Average Locally = 4.87%
- National Average = 2.5%
- Believers are giving 2.5% of their income
- During the Great Depression it was 3.3%.
- Only 3-5% of Americans who give to their local congregation do so through regular tithing.
Taking Things out of Context
The Context of Malachi
- Malachi 3:8–11
- Malachi 1:6–8
- Malachi 2:1–2
- Malachi 3:3–4
- Homework: Read Nehemiah Chapter 13
- Homework Assignment #2: Acts 5 with Ananias & Sapphira
You Gotta Give to Get
- Luke 6;38
- Luke 6:35–38
New Covenant Giving
- Romans 12:6-8
- 1 Corinthians 16:1-3
- 2 Corinthians 9:5-11
- 1 Corinthians 9:3-14
7 Guidelines for Giving as Worship
1. We are called to give financially to the work of the besorah (good news) of Yeshua the Messiah
2. The way you think about and spend your money speaks to what is most important in your life.
3. Think about what it means for you to “contribute out of [your] abundance.”
4. Practice good stewardship of all you have to bless those who have a greater need.
5. Give not out of compulsion, but out of a generous abundance of the Lord’s blessing in your life.
6. Ten percent (tithe) is a beautiful guideline and principle. But God is not limited to a percentage.
7. Prayerfully consider what God would have you give to further the besorah of Messiah Yeshua.