THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TITHES AND OFFERINGS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TITHES AND OFFERINGS
There is, however, a difference between TITHES and OFFERINGS, not only in language but most especially in spirit. A TITHE means “ten percent of all benefits that come our way, such as, our salary, inheritance, gifts and even the interest one might earn on bank accounts, etc.” While OFFERINGS is over and above our ten percent TITHE. By this I mean, that once you have responded in the area of your TITHES, now you have the freedom to graciously give your MINCHAH (OFFERING) as you are directed and made aware of by The Spirit of God as to the particular need or needs, that are presented to you through your congregation, church, or fellowship.
Please remember that both the TITHES and OFFERINGS need to be given in your congregation or church where you attend, “Bring ye all the TITHES into the storehouse”, and wait for God’s blessings.
First Corinthians 9:14 says those who preach the Gospel should live from the Gospel "even so” as the priests of the Old Testament lived from their temple service. God gave the tithe to them (Numbers 18:21). To be "even so” today requires tithing to continue.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:13-14 NKJ -”Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.”
NUMBERS 18:21 NKJ-”Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.”
We tithe because we have a personal financial responsibility to our church. We have a pastor who tend to our needs and the management of our church and they need to be able to live, too. “Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work ” (Jeremiah 22:13).
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