Storehouse Tithing

Malachi 3:10  

"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, 

and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open

you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, 

that there shall not be room enough to receive it."

This passage is often used by those who advocate "storehouse tithing" that is, bringing the "tithe" into God's storehouse (the local church), rather than giving it anywhere else. Most church's if not all suggest that gifts to ministries other than the local church should be above the "tithe." Most certainly the "storehouse in Malachi represents the temple or building in the temple complex.

However, today the Old Testament tithe or tenth cannot be reasonably compared with ten percent of gross salary or wages which most people earn today. My Friends, I believe above all, that giving should be a matter between the Holy Spirit and the believer.The tithe may be an adequate guide for determining how much some people should give. Indeed, for many in a lucrative society, it is probably an inadequate amount. There is one thing we must remember, "the amount of giving must be a personal decision. The Apostle Paul wrote that God examines the motives for the giving, not the amount. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver,"(2 Cor. 9:7).  

Amen!

Reading: Mali. 3:7-15

Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry