Your Finances in Perilous Times Seminar : Financial Freedom God s Way Academy Rev. Bob Louder MBA, PhD The Tithe Change Religious Folklore Scriptural Survey Sharing Beyond the Tithe Sharing Out of Obedience Sharing From Your Abundance Sharing Sacrificially 1.1
Sharing: Common Questions How Much? On the Net or the Gross? With Whom? The Tithe Change Religious Folklore Scriptural Survey Knowledge 1.2
Knowledge Attitudes Knowledge Attitudes Individual Behavior Knowledge Attitudes Individual Behavior Group Behavior 1.3
Knowledge: Seminar Attitudes: Seminar Knowledge: Seminar Attitudes: Seminar Individual Behavior: Work Shop & Coaching Knowledge: Seminar Attitudes: Seminar Individual Behavior: Work Shop & Coaching Group Behavior: Financial Coach Training 1.4
Definition: Sayings that sound spiritual but are not Scriptural. Definition: Sayings that sound spiritual but are not Scriptural. Sayings that get you into trouble when you are not close enough to God to know the Truth. Definition: Sayings that sound spiritual but are not Scriptural. Sayings that get you into trouble when you are not close enough to God to know the Truth. Prior Examples: God helps those who help themselves. 1.5
Definition: Sayings that sound spiritual but are not Scriptural. Sayings that get you into trouble when you are not close enough to God to know the Truth. Prior Examples: God helps those who help themselves. Money is the root of all evil. Definition: Sayings that sound spiritual but are not Scriptural. Sayings that get you into trouble when you are not close enough to God to know the Truth. Prior Examples: God helps those who help themselves. Money is the root of all evil. Poverty is spiritual. Tithing Examples Old Testament Legalism 1.6
Tithing Examples Old Testament Legalism Requirement for Christians Genesis 14:18-20 blessed Abram saying, Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And bless be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand. Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Hebrews 7:1-10 This Melchizedek was a king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness ; then also, king of Salem means king of peace. Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. 1.7
Hebrews 7:1-10 Just think how great he was: even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people that is, their brothers even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. This man, however, did not trace his decent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. Hebrews 7:1-10 And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth paid the tenth through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor. Deuteronomy 14:23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 1.8
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. New Testament Tithes Each Year: 10% to feed the Levites 1.9
New Testament Tithes Each Year: 10% to feed the Levites Each Year: 10% to feed the Hebrews widows and orphans New Testament Tithes Each Year: 10% to feed the Levites Each Year: 10% to feed the Hebrews widows and orphans Every 3 rd Year: 10% to feed the Gentile widows and orphans 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver 1.10
Romans 1:35 Who has ever given to God that God should repay him? You don't tithe to get close to God. You tithe because you are close to God. The Tithe Change Religious Folklore Scriptural survey Wrap-Up 1.11
Wrap-Up The Tithe Change Religious Folklore Scriptural survey Sharing Above and Beyond the Tithe Sharing out of obedience Sharing from your abundance Sharing sacrificially. Your Finances in Perilous Times Seminar : Financial Freedom God s Way Academy Rev. Bob Louder MBA, PhD 1.12