MAXIMIZING YOUR FINANCIAL POTENTIAL (PT 7)

Tithing is a powerful principle found in the Bible from Beginning to
End:

• Abraham COMMENCED it ~Gen. 14:18-20
• Jacob CONTINUED it ~Gen. 28:20-22
• Moses CONFIRMED it ~Lev. 27:30
• Malachi COMMANDED it ~Mal. 3:8-10
• Jesus COMMENDED it ~Matt. 23:23
• God COMMISSIONED it ~1 Cor. 9:13-14
• Paul CONFIRMED it ~1 Cor. 16:2

THE TESTIMONY OF THE TITHER

1. Tithing makes your Money HOLY and not your POCKETS
   HOLEY!

Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? This is what the LORD Almighty says: Consider how things are going for you! You have planted much but harvested little. You have food to eat, but not enough to fill you up. You have wine to drink, but not enough to satisfy your thirst. You have clothing to wear, but not enough to keep you warm.  Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! ~Haggai 1:4-6

A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. ~Lev. 27:30

HOLY means 'set apart TO God and blessed BY God'

When we give the 10th God will BLESS the REST

2.  It is a CONNECTION to God’s PROTECTION

Abraham's tithe was NOT a REQUIREMENT from GOD - BUT A RECOGNITION OF GOD and A RESPONSE TO GOD.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying , Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Shield means 'protection and defender'.

God says in Mal 9:11 "I will prevent pests from devouring your crops…"

Prevent means 'to restrain, to set a guard to deter'

3.  It is God’s Strategy for Prosperity

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.

Blessing means 'Benefits, gifts, the favour of God ';