Many Christians have tithed reluctantly with no results at all.

2. Many Christians have tithed reluctantly with no results at all. • Coming into grace it seems what most Christians are relieved about is tithing • It’s better to live a life of blessing than from one miracle to the next • As an eldership we have grappled with the tithing issue. However it seems easier to come to a conclusion about eternal salvation, healing, forgiveness etc. • If the question is should I tithe or shouldn’t I? • Don’t by virtue of the question, it means • you don’t have a revelation on tithing.

3. Malachi 3:10-12 still stands, the promises, not the curses as do all the other Old Testament promises. It’s up to you to appropriate it or not. Jesus took on the curse by becoming a curse! • Tithing is more for the individual than the church. If you prosper the church still only receives 10% don’t focus on the 10% you give but the 90% you keep. • Declare good things over the money you tithe • God wants to multiply what you have, not just add. • What will the world think if I prosper • and they see it?

4. Slaves have their needs met to survive, sons and daughters are heirs and should be living in abundance • The first reason we tithe should be to show Jesus how great He is. Wealth follows not the other way around • The law did not establish the tithe , it was way before the law , the law rectified it • If you give 10% to any one you are saying how great they are.

5. LIE #2 I am good and gracious , therefore God is good and gracious. (MARK 10:18) 2 Peter 1:3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

6. CREATIVE POWER TO BECOME WEALTHY • Deut 8:18 • Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful (create wealth) , in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath. • When we become wealthy the way we remember is through the tithe • Communion table the way we remember • Is through breaking of bread

7. The power to get wealth is part of the grace covenant, not the law covenant… • In grace it's a free flow of gods power unhindered • In law no promises are for free that all have conditions attached • The only condition for you is to believe to have faith. To have revelation

8. LIE # 3 just because you’re rich doesn't mean you love money - just because you are poor it doesn't mean you love God The word tithe in the Hebrew is מַעֲשֵׂר - ma aser or maasar or maasrah The Hebrew word for rich is   עָשַׁר - ashar RICH IS HIDDEN IN THE TITHE

9. TITHE IS OUR FIRSTFRUIT ROMANS 11:16 If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

10. 1 COR 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep When we tithe it makes the sum holy. If first fruits are holy the sum the total all other is holy What is holy the devil cannot touch

11. RESTORING REVELATION LUKE 15 Parable lost the lost sheep So Jesus told them this story: 4“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? 

12. RESTORING REVELATION LUKE 15 Parable of the Lost Coin 8“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coinsa and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it? 

13. RESTORING REVELATION LUKE 15 Parable of the Lost Son 11To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land

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16. IS TITHING FOR THE NEW COVENANT? • UNDER LAW 10% BEFORE LAW IT WAS 10% WHAT IS IT NOW? OVERVIEW: • God is good – God alone • God supplies us the power to create wealth- confirming His covenant with us • The ability to create wealth is a Grace gift • We are exhorted to remember 2x in the word • a. when we become wealthy • b. when we have communion • 5. All money is seen as filthy . our first fruits make the rest holy. • 6. Rich/ wealth is hidden in the tithe

17. IS TITHING FOR THE NEW COVENANT? • UNDER LAW 10% BEFORE LAW IT WAS 10% WHAT IS IT NOW? OVERVIEW: • Restored revelation to the church : salvation for all who want it , tithe the ability to create wealth, sonship joint heirs of Jesus Grace • The best secrets are hidden god wants us to search for them as revelation cant be lost or stolen easily • We don’t have to tithe without the revelation • of tithing or the conviction, we don’t • have to tithe we get to tithe.

18. IS TITHING FOR THE NEW COVENANT? • UNDER LAW 10% BEFORE LAW IT WAS 10% WHAT IS IT NOW? OVERVIEW: • Our tithe is a testament to Jesus that he lives • Our tithe sets us up for success. • Our tithe establishes covenant • Prosperity, true prosperity comes through the cross