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The Lord’s Tithe and Finances
prophets, evangelists, pastor / teachers, singers and psalmists. 2) “the
stranger” - which is anyone who doesn’t know the Lord, 3) “the
fatherless” - orphans or homeless, and 4) “the widow” - people who do
not have family to care for them.
Deuteronomy 26:12-15 – “When you have finished laying aside all the
tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and
have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, then you shall say
before the Lord your God: “I have removed the holy tithe from my
house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which
You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your
commandments, nor have I forgotten them. I have not eaten any of it
when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for unclean use, nor
given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my
God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me.
Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your
people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore
to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
The Lord’s tithe is used to build PEOPLE and not ministry centers.
Moses’ tabernacle was built with the wealth of Egypt and the Jewish
temples were built and maintained from free will offerings and not the
Lord’s tithe. The key thought in WHERE the Lord’s tithe goes is to
PEOPLE, and not to things. It should be given directly to people in the
name of the Lord and not in the name of a church or organization
because it is His money and not ours. This way, the Lord gets the
credit and not the person or group giving it. This requires a lot of time
and effort to be sure that the Lord’s tithe ends up directly in people’s
hands, but this is why the early church in Acts 6:2-4 had to appoint
“seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom” over
the matter of distributing the treasury that was delivered to the apostles.
This is part of the true “work” of the church, and it requires men and
women of wisdom to deliver it properly as the Spirit leads. It is an
important matter to get the Lord’s tithe WHERE the Lord says to give
it, and this requires being led of the Holy Spirit to give it into the hand
of the people whom He desires to have it.
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