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Area Week bible studies(Tithe and offering) Elder Stephen Addae


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Tithes are our way of saying we appreciate what God has done for us through our covenant with him.



God through Abraham established tithing.
Before it became law in Israel, God had already arranged with Abraham that men will tithe.

Definition and origin
Tithe originates form the word masa in Hebrew which means a tenth.

Tithe is a tenth of our income before any deductions.

“I  give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in  return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting. From  now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will  bear the consequences of their sin and will die. It is the Levites who  are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility  for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for  the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the  Israelites. Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the  tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord. That is  why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the  Israelites.’ ”
Numbers 18:21‭-‬24 NIV


Be sure to set aside  a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. Eat the tithe of  your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and  flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose  as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord  your God always. But if that place is too distant and you have been  blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the  place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), then  exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to  the place the Lord your God will choose. Use the silver to buy whatever  you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you  wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the  Lord your God and rejoice.
Deuteronomy 14:22‭-‬26 NIV


Then  Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of  God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God  Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High,  who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth  of everything.
Genesis 14:18‭-‬20 NIV

This Melchizedek was  king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from  the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth  of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of  righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
Hebrews 7:1‭-‬2 NIV

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  there will not be room enough to store it.
Malachi 3:10 NIV

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