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Why Do We Give Tithe and Offering?


Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house... - Malachi 3:10

Why do we give tithes, offering, sacrificial giving, first fruits, all forms of giving? Some folks would argue pastors are already rich, so why make them richer. The common reason giving we hear these days is that we give so that God will bless us back a hundredfold. After all the scriptures say give and it will come back to you. (Wrong interpretation)

Most times, when it's time to give in our church programs, most preachers are quick to read out the curses in Malachi 3:8 to us either to frighten us or compel us to give. But God doesn't compel us or frighten us to give.

So then why do we give offerings in our local assembly?

The primary purpose of giving tithes and offering is to ensure that there is abundance in the house of God (which in this post is our local assembly). God wants us to give so that there will be meat in the storehouse. The storehouse God refer to here is our Local Assembly. We give because because the church needs our money. Let us not be over spiritual about this. The gospel won't progress faster and further if there is no money. The primary purpose of giving is not to evade curses or because we fear God, No! We give because we want the house of God to have enough.

It's not good that a local assembly can't fuel their generator for service, it's not good that churches can't pay their staff, it's not good that social amenities can't be provided in the church of God. All these things require money and that money won't come from heaven but from me and you.

The next time, a preacher threatens you to give your tithe or offering, simply ignore him and give because you know better. The church of God needs money; we don't need to be spiritual about that. The blessings of God naturally flows when there is abundance in the church. The reverse is the case. You don't give tithe and offering because you want to receive an hundred fold (it's funny), we give to make available in the house of God.

Believers are called to give not out of fear but out of love. 

Good Morning and a beautiful day to you. 



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