Robbing God
Would anyone in their right mind ever say that they would willingly steal from God? This is exactly what Christians do if they don’t tithe. See Malachi 3:8-12. I am sure I may offend some here since I have heard that usually a large portion of a church’s budget is usually funded by a small portion of the congregation. So I am sure there are a lot of Christians who don’t tithe, but how can a Christian justify not tithing? God commands us to tithe. All that we have comes from God and He promises to pour out His blessing on us when we tithe, and He feels so strong about this that He invites us to test Him in this. So speaking of spending habits, if you are a Christian and you don’t tithe but you continue to spend on all of your wants (not needs) are you honoring God by being a good steward of all He gives you? Here are some alarming statistics and many more can be found at http://www.emptytomb.org/lifestylestat.html :
The 2001 Overseas Ministries income, including donations and other sources, to 690 agencies, including denominational, interdenominational and independent agencies, was $3.8 billion. Compare this with consumer sales, U.S. Consumers spent more than $24.3 billion on candy in 2002, during 1999 U.S. soft drink sales came to $58 billion, in 1998 there were $23 billion in pet-related sales, in 2001, Americans spent $38 billion on state lotteries.
I’ll try to not be so preachy tomorrow.
The 2001 Overseas Ministries income, including donations and other sources, to 690 agencies, including denominational, interdenominational and independent agencies, was $3.8 billion. Compare this with consumer sales, U.S. Consumers spent more than $24.3 billion on candy in 2002, during 1999 U.S. soft drink sales came to $58 billion, in 1998 there were $23 billion in pet-related sales, in 2001, Americans spent $38 billion on state lotteries.
I’ll try to not be so preachy tomorrow.
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