The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

Chapter one - G. Edward Reid, Tithe, and the Storehouse 11give your little. Have you been blessed with abundance? Then be sure tolay aside that which the Lord registers as His own.SummationIt is important to return a tithe.ConclusionGod owns everything and we own nothing. When we return a tithe, “we are onlygiving Him that which is His own, to withhold which is theft and robbery.”What tithe is to be used forGod says:1 Corinthians 9:14Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospelshould live of the gospel.Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 9, p. 250God has not changed; the tithe is still to be used for the support of theministry.Manuscript Releases, Vol. 1, p. 189God's ministers are His shepherds, appointed by Him to feed His flock.The tithe is His provision for their maintenance, and He designs that itshall be held sacred to this purpose. . . .Counsels on Stewardship, p. 93The tithe is sacred, reserved by God for Himself. It is to be broughtinto His treasury to be used to sustain the gospel laborers in their work.Ibid., p. 71In the tithe, with gifts and offerings, God has made ample provision forthis work. He intends that the ministry of the gospel shall be fullysustained. He claims the tithe as His own, and it should ever be regardedas a sacred reserve, to be placed in His treasury for the benefit of Hiscause, for the advancement of His work, for sending His messengers into"regions beyond," even to the uttermost parts of the earth.Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p. 472In commissioning His disciples to go "into all the world, and preachthe gospel to every creature," Christ assigned to men the work ofspreading the gospel. But while some go forth to preach, He calls uponothers to answer to His claims upon them for tithes and offerings withwhich to support the ministry and to spread the printed truth all over theland.Ibid., Vol. 6, p. 215Light has been plainly given that those who minister in our schools,teaching the word of God, explaining the Scriptures, educating thestudents in the things of God, should be supported by the tithe money.[Bible teachers only]