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Sons To Glory
obedience is what He honors, not money. After all, Jesus’ perfect
obedience led Him to a cross, and not to a pile of earthly riches.
The man Job is a perfect example of one who walked in covenant with
God, and had God’s “hedge of protection” due to his obedience, but yet
God still allowed Satan to attack Job for the purpose of refining and
perfecting him (Job 1-2). We can never put God in a box and use His
goodness for our own purposes. His covenant principles work, but they
are so manifold that we cannot totally understand His works from
beginning to end as Job learned and Solomon wrote about in
Ecclesiastes 3:11. Even when we are faithful to give the Lord’s tithe
and offerings, sometimes God takes away our finances temporarily to
put us in a wilderness where we will learn to trust in Him alone.
Nevertheless, this example of Job is the exception and not the rule.
Spiritual laws work just like the natural laws such as gravity, and if you
try to defy the laws of gravity you will get hurt. It is a spiritual law that
you reap what you sow, and those that give much will receive much.
“Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For
with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
(Luke 6:38)
The current world economy is based on working, doing and performing
in order to gain prosperity for yourself. It revolves around being
concerned for yourself and what you can “get.” However, God’s
kingdom economy is very different. Although there is much work to be
done in God’s Kingdom, the Kingdom economics are based on giving
and not getting. It is based on being your brother’s keeper and giving
without expecting anything in return. If everyone operated with this
attitude, then life on earth would be so much more like it is in heaven.
WHERE should we give the Lord’s tithe? This is a question that the
Scriptures answer directly and one that has not been obeyed properly
by a majority of those who give tithes. The bottom line is that the
Lord’s tithe goes directly to PEOPLE and not to building projects or
gospel literature or organizational overhead expenses. Deuteronomy
26:12-13 specifies four different types of people that are eligible to
receive the Lord’s tithe: 1) “Levites” - which include apostles,
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