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Paula Brooks
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To my mother Linda Jarvis and my dad Jerry
Jackson. You both have inspired me to be the individual
that I am.
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25) Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the
money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the
Lord thy God shall choose: 26) And thou shalt bestow that
money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for
sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy
soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy
God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 27)
And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake
him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.” The same
code stipulated the third year’s tithe was for care of the Levites,
orphans, widows, and foreigners. Deuteronomy 14:28-29 says,
“At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of
thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy
gates: 29) And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inher-
itance with thee), and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the
widow which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat
and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all
the work of thine hand which thou doest.” Jesus, however,
warned that strict tithing must accompany concern for the
more important demands of the law, which is just and merci-
ful living. Matthew 23:23 “woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and
cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law,
judgement, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,
and not to leave the other undone.” Therefore, we as New
Testament believers ought to tithe. However, if we tithe aside
from love, mercy and faith, Jesus calls us hypocrites.
In Leviticus chapter 27 the bible explains, (if studied prop-
erly) that a tithe is not the same as a vow. You can not vow to
give ten percent of your income on a weekly or biweekly ba-
sis and expect God to recognize it as a tithe. For so long, we
as Christians have been dedicated to paying ten percent of
our income to our local churches because we had been taught
that this is what is required of God.
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hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke
of bondage.” Therefore, everything that we give should be
given in love, willingly and cheerfully, just as God desires.
We should not give because of pressure placed on us by oth-
ers or because of requirements. Man has made it a requirement
to pay tithes and offering when God through Christ has given
us liberty. The bible says in Romans 13:8 “Owe no man
anything, but to love him”. When we as Christians grasp
this biblical truth, we’ll begin to walk in the true manifested
blessings of God. Believers need to understand the fact that
Christians ought to give in the Spirit of love. Once our giv-
ing is extended from the love in our hearts we won’t be
frustrated about not having enough money left for our own
personal necessities or desires; we won’t be sorry or regret-
ful about our giving later. When love motivates to give, we
fulfil what God desires of us in 2 Corinthians 9:7 which says,
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let
him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a
cheerful giver”. Since we know that God is pleased when we
give cheerfully, why do leaders put so much pressure on Chris-
tians to give; especially when it comes to tithing. I’ve been
in congregations where leaders teach their members to laugh
and shout at offering time in order that they may appear cheer-
ful. This does not move or impress God. You may have an
expression of cheerfulness of your face but God knows the
heart of each and every man.
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The bible says in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Nowhere
in the bible does it state “God so loved tithers that He sent
His only begotten son”, nor does it say “After our salvation
experience our lives should consist of paying tithes and of-
ferings in order to maintain our status in God’s kingdom”.
Mark 12:28-34 explains the way to God’s kingdom in a very
direct and clear way. It says, “And one of the scribes came,
and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving
that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the
first commandment of all? 29) and Jesus answered him, The
first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord
our God is one Lord: 30)and thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. 31) and the second
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THE GOSPEL
I thank God for all of the experiences that I’ve had in vari-
ous church organizations. Through those church experiences
I’ve gained a lot of knowledge and understanding of what is
and is not truth. My family and I have been members of vari-
ous church organizations and the journey can not ever be
forgotten. Many Christians believe that once you join a par-
ticular church that’s where your membership should remain
until Christ’s return. I disagree with this because I’ve always
had a desire to learn more of God. And the only way we can
learn more about God is to seek to understand what different
congregations teach of Him. So in our quest to learn of God
we’ve been seated in different congregations. We have been
blessed to learn through these churches and personal study of
God’s word that the Gospel means “good news from God”.
Glory to God! Contrary to this learned fact, during our travel
through various churches and denominations I had rarely heard
any “Good News” being preached. Yes, I have heard a lot of
messages that scratched the itch in my ears. They sounded
really good. Matter of fact, most of them have been the stuff
that I wanted to hear. Wonderful messages. There was only
one distinguishing fact that separated these pulpit preached
messages from the Gospel described in the bible. Many of
them never manifested the results that the biblical Gospel of
Jesus’ day brought forth. Although it has been taught in many
pulpits that the Gospel is the Good News of God, I still had
not heard much good news. I have heard a lot of messages of
condemnation, though. Such as: “If you do not do this, that
will happen to you”, “the reason you are not seeing God’s
blessings is because you are not doing it like this or you need
to do it like that”, etc. It is all a form of condemnation. Con-
demnation brings guilt upon a person. Many times after these
types of sermons people feel guilty and wonder how they
managed to miss God. I once met a young man who’s pastor
preached a message like such of these, telling his congrega-
tion that they had not done enough for God. Well this young
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lievers today. So whenever someone says that you are not be-
ing blessed because you are not a tither, it is not true, according
to scripture. The Word of God tells us that we are now living
under God’s grace, not under the law. Tithing is a choice to
bless God for His goodness, not a commandment.
As I mentioned before, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pas-
tors and teachers are all vital to the Body of Christ. Their jobs
as spiritual leaders of God’s church, is to exort, edify and com-
fort the Body of Christ. Some who have been given the position
to shepherd God’s sheep believe that they have a right to dic-
tate to the sheep. But God has already instructed the sheep as
to how to live, by way of the bible. The shepherd’s job is simply
to lovingly instruct, direct, watch over and care for the sheep.
Paul explains the position of shepherds in 2 Corinthians 10:8
when he says, “For though I should boast somewhat more of
our authority, which the Lord hath given us for “edification”,
and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed”. Those
are the words of Paul. He knew his position as a leader was to
encourage believers. When Christians are encouraged in the
Word of the Lord it is a fact that, they will give willingly and
cheerfully. As a result God can bless His people, abundantly. 2
Corinthians 9:7 says, “God loveth a cheerful giver. Revelation
is: God loves a sincerely, cheerful giver. As I have said before, I
have been a part of a church congregation who trains its mem-
bers to cheer and shout, as if excited, during the tithes and
offerings period. This does not fool God. Remember, God
knows the heart of man. 1 Samuel 16:7…for the Lord seeth
not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart. Good News (Gospel) con-
cerning giving is to know that we do not have to give a fake
cheer, shout or dance in order for God to move on our behalf.
The Good News is knowing that God loves each and every one
of us regardless of our giving. God does not love us any less
than those leaders who seem to be blessed, abundantly. Wake
Up!!! Body of Christ, open your eyes in Jesus’ name. Ask the
Holy Spirit to remove the blinders from your spiritual eyes, that
you may see clearly. 2 Corinthians 3:14 “But their minds were
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blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil taken away
in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in
Christ.” Ask the Holy Spirit to remove the spiritual plugs from
your ears so that you can hear clearly what God is trying to say
to you concerning His will to prosper you. Leaders should not
be the only Christians who are prospering. God does not repect
them anymore than He respects us because they have been
called. He loves us all the same.
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and give unto them for me and thee. So you see, it’s not a
part of God’s plan for leaders in His church to prosper and
live debt free while the sheep of God’s flock live in lack when
they are faithfully and consistently paying tithes and offer-
ings. God would not be the God that the bible describes Him
as if this was so. Let us receive the “Good News” of God’s
Word into our hearts and minds. God is a good God and His
Word is full of Good News. I for one do not want to leave
this earth and go to heaven without first experiencing His
goodness here on earth. Matthew 6:10b “Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in heaven”.
The good God and Father that I have come to know as “El
Shaddai” does not desire that we live in lack and insufficiency
on this earth. God’s Word also tells us that He does not de-
sire that we worry about anything. God is pleased when we
prosper. Psalm 35:27 says “Let them shout for joy, and be
glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say con-
tinually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in
the prosperity of His servant”. 3 John 2 says, “Beloved, I
wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth”. So do you actually be-
lieve that God wants His children to suffer and live in lack
and insufficiency? By no means does He want that, not even,
for a little while. God’s Word tells us the exact opposite.
The Gospel of the kingdom of God is saturated with the
anointed truth. Jesus said so in Luke 4:18. “The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me because He hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the broken-
hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised”.
Believers need to be able to distinguish whether what they
have been hearing is God’s anointed Gospel. They will only
have this ability, to distinguish God’s Gospel, as they study
and receive God’s Word as the Holy Ghost teaches them. The
Gospel of the kingdom of God manifests the Truth concern-
ing God’s unconditional love for us. The Gospel would inform
and assure Christians that God is not in pursuit to get our
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ing messages are being taught, they are contradicted by the truth
about God. The Word of God describes God as Love and the
Bible informs us that God changes not. Malachi 3:6 For I am
the Lord, I change not.Yet contrariwise, they continue to teach
the truth that Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, according to Galatians 3:13. Although confusing, many
who are saved believe both of these conflicting messages, in-
stead of, just believing the truth that Christ did not die in vain
and He really did redeem us. The Old Testament men and
women of God were to operate according to the law and they
did reap a blessing for obedience and a curse for disobedience.
We now operate under a new and better covenant. Under the
New Testament though, we are under the grace of God because
of the Blood of Jesus.
Because so much unintentional condemnation is being
preached, the children of God are actually afraid of God. The
bible according to 1 Peter 2:17 does tell us to fear God. 1
Peter 2:17 says, “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear
God. Honor the king”. The fear that we are instructed to
have is a term that represents respect. Why would the Word
of God say that God has not given us the spirit of fear (2
Timothy 1:7) if He wants us to be afraid of Him? We must
not ever forget that God is a Spirit of love and His desire that
we live in His love. 1 John 4:18 says “There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment.
He that feareth is not made perfect in love”. To be afraid of
God is torment. God does not desire that his children live in
torment. Many are tormenting themselves when it comes to
tithe. I have known people who would pay tithes even when
they really could not afford to tithe. When Christians learn to
tithe properly, according to scripture, the tithe will always be
able to be afforded. The message in the church that motivates
this ignorant type of action is, “When you think that you can
not afford to pay tithes, the truth is that you can not afford not
to pay tithes”. This statement is ludicrous. Yet, as a result
believers will pay tithes and allow their bills and necessities to
go undone. Many Christians will even pay their tithes then
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God that the love of God that is present in her life motivated
her to draw closer to God. She began to saturate herself more
and more with the Word of God. Usually this would cause one
to abandon God. Suprisingly, she told me that this cold treat-
ment came from the first family of the church. Behind the pulpit
it may seem that a leader is living and operating in AGAPE but
the bible says you shall know them by their fruit, not by their
words.
Spiritual fruit are not material possessions. Spiritual fruit
are described in Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law”. If you
are not a tither it is a rarity for a false pastor to happily dis-
play the fruit of the Spirit towards you. False prophets or
false pastors get offended when their members do not pay tithes
or give offerings. They act as if the tithe and offering belongs to
them, when the tithes and offerings really belong to God.
Many believers, mistake material possessions for spiritual
fruit. When we see a leader flourishing with material things we
instantly think that they are living in the will and blessings of
God. This is not always so. There are those false prophets/
pastors who are flourishing on account of their deceptions and
then there are those pastors and teachers that are blessed of
God because they allow the true spiritual fruitage of God to
operate in and through them. There are those leaders who are
faithful tithers and offering givers. As I mentioned earlier, God
is a reciprocator of tithes and offerings given to Him. The bible
does say that a man should live of the gospel that he preaches
(1 Corinthians 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they
which preach the gospel should live of the gospel). So, a leader
should be taken care of by his congregational offerings, as he
ministers the Word. But not to the extent where feeding the
minister causes the congregation to live in lack. Some leaders
manage to get over into gluttony while their members and the
Body of Christ feed their glutton desires as an act of submis-
sion. Contrary to what is going on throughout the Body of
Christ, God intended for pastors to take care of His sheep and
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make sure the needs of the less fortunate were met with the
tithe; according to Deuteronomy 26:12 which says, “When thou
hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the
third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they
may eat within thy gates, and be filled;”
To deny Christ is to proclaim that there is power in the giv-
ing of tithes and offerings. There is no power at all in the giving
of tithes and offerings outside of God’s love. Anything that we
do or give has to acknowledge the Spirit of Christ, which is
love.
Testimony: I must stop for a minute here to share some-
thing with you. Today, I went to a birthday party of a relative
of mine. While at the party my husband and I began talking
with an elderly lady who was a former attendee of church.
From her personal testimony it is definite that she knows
God for herself. She explained to my husband and I that
when she attended church in her younger days it did not cost
her anything to go and hear the Word of God. She then stated
that she does not attend church anymore because she can not
afford to. Although we instantly understood what she meant
by this statement, she proceeded to explain herself. She ex-
plained that church is too expensive. Meaning there are various
funds and church organizations requesting financial assistance.
She explained that she can not go and hear the Word without
someone, including the pastor, begging for money. This is why
she and many others do not attend anymore. Her relationship
with God is now the personal prayer time that she shares with
God. To separate herself from the church because of money
was a shame. Regardless of greed, God does not want us to
stop assembling ourselves with fellow believers. It is a shame
that people have commercialized the Word of God. It is a surety
that when you attend church an offering will be collected. Of-
ferings should be collected. The church has expenses that should
be cared for by the people of God. However, people of God
should not have to be coerced into giving of their lack or inabil-
ity. God loveth a cheerful giver. Many times when a believer
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does not or can not give, they are made to feel guilty. A guilty
conscience prompts them to give in spite of their lack of fi-
nances. Man has commercialized the church. He has made
church a business instead of a place of worship.
I just felt led to share that testimony with you. I have not
shared this to condemn anybody or to speak against the
churches of today. I pray that many will consider their ways
and repent. I believe God’s desire is for His people to know
the truth. The truth is: God is Love and we as Christians
ought to be representatives of that Love. Our tithes and of-
ferings do not represent the love of God that is present in our
lives. We represent God by our actions of love for fellow
humans. In order for leaders to represent the love that God
placed in them, they must first be honest and tell God’s chil-
dren the truth. My prayer is that God will use me as a vessel
to share His Gospel with the world through this book.
Whatever, you do, get the Truth. God wants His people
to know the Truth so that we as believers can live in the lib-
erty that Christ has provided. John 8:32 “And ye shall know
the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free”. I pray that as
you read this book which is based on God’s Biblical Truths,
you will feel the spiritual chains of bondage fall off. If you
are receiving this, you are being made free.
Now I also know that there will be those of you who would
not receive this message, if God Himself stepped off of the
throne and verbally told it to you. It was the bible scholars
in the Gospels, while Jesus walked the Earth, who perse-
cuted Jesus because of the Truth that he bore. So as a Christian
I know that I’m not exempt from what my Lord went through.
However, I am willing to suffer persecution for righteousness’
sake. I love the Body of Christ and because God has imparted
Truth concerning tithes and offerings, I feel commissioned to
share the Truth that I know with my fellow Saints in Christ.
Another misconception that is being placed in the minds of
believers everywhere is that tithing is the “covenant connec-
tor”. This is not biblical. Hebrews 12:24 says, “…Jesus the
mediator of the New Covenant…” Again, according to New
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can receive our desires from God. Psalm 37:4, “Delight thyself
also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine
heart”. The Word does not say, “According to your demonstra-
tion of heart through tithing, God will give you the desires of
your heart”.
Deuteronomy 8:18 is another scripture that the children of
God has been misinformed about. I would like to expound on
it for a minute. It says, “But thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God: for it is He that giveth thee the power to get wealth, that
‘He’ may establish ‘His covenant’ which He sware unto thy fa-
thers as it is this day”. God’s covenant is not for believers to
finance the Gospel in order to win souls into the Body of Christ.
His covenant is to bless His people to live abundant lives as they
conform to His ways. God’s ways are of love. We as Christians
fulfill our part of God’s covenant as we walk in love with oth-
ers. God was saying: “You should always remember Me when
you prosper: because it is Me who gives you the resources to
get wealth, that the promise that I swore to Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob will come into existence for you”. The promise that God
gave our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not have any-
thing to say about making His children prosperous in order to
fund the Gospel. We as Christians should fund the sharing of
the Gospel because of our love for God. God promised our
forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that He would prosper
them and their decendants. Establishing His covenant means
to fulfill His promise to prosper us. Establishing the covenant
is God’s job, not ours. God establishes His covenant by fulfill-
ing His promise to prosper us. He just does not want us to
forget about Him once the covenant has been established in our
lives. Do not forget about Him as far as giving Him thanks,
through tithing from His manifested promised blessings.
Many believers think that God’s covenant will be established as
we pour money into churches and evangelistic organizations to
fund the spreading of the gospel. The covenant (promise of
God) is established when we use the power that God has given
us and live in prosperity. God has given each of us some sort of
gift that we can use to get wealth, the wealth that He desires us
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Psalm 35:27 says, “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that
favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, ‘Let
the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity
of His servant’”.
Now you will not find anywhere in the scriptures that I
have shared here, nor will you find any biblical scripture aside
from these that tithing is the covenant connector. God does
not contradict Himself. Hebrews 13:20 does not say, “as you
give tithes and offerings God will work that which is pleasing
to Him in your life”. Why do pastors so often say when they
instruct believers to pay tithes, “I am not trying to get some-
thing from you, I am trying to get something to you”? I believed
them for a while at a great cost. I urge you to study the Word of
God for yourselves. You will find that our prosperity is what
pleases God, Psalm 35:27, “Let them shout for joy, and be glad,
that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually,
Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosper-
ity of His servant.” Tithing is not God’s means of exchange for
prosperity. If it was that easy we would all be overflowing with
more than enough increase.
Jesus died, shed His blood and was resurrected on the
third day after His death. This sacrifice is what gives us ac-
cess to the covenant of God. There is no tithe or offering that
we can pay in order to help Jesus mediate the covenant. He
is the Son of God. How dare we use money to substitute the
precious blood of Jesus! It is just not possible!
Some leaders have unknowingly allowed themselves to
be used of the enemy to tell the Body of Christ that tithing is
the covenant connector. Some do this because it is a get rich
quick scam. Some do it just to follow the majority. I believe
that some leaders may sincerely be ignorant to the truth and
are teaching this message in error.
Think about this: Many Christians have been paying tithes
for a very long time and have not progressed at all, financially.
Many more have fallen into a deep pit of debt. Believers ought
to wonder why this is so. If Malachi 3:10 was directed to the
Israelites, why aren’t we seeing the results of giving tithes? God
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ish us. God is our creator. God rejoices that He created you
and I. He did not create us for someone to have a dictatorship
over us. Otherwise, we would not need Jesus to be our Lord.
Jesus’ Lordship instructs us how to live. He’s not a dictator, so
why would He allow another human being to dictate our lives
to us? We are not robots. God’s purpose for pastors, teacher,
prophets, evangelists, and apostles is for them to comfort, exort
and edify the Body of Christ, in the Word of God. We should
be able to go to a shepherd for comfort and spiritual nourish-
ment. They have been placed in those positions for our
edification. Hebrews 10:25 says, “Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exorting
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approach-
ing”. However, we find that in many churches today it is a
rarity to find edification and exortation. Instead, there is a lot
of condemnation and guilt existing in the church houses today.
Messages of condemnation such as: “If you don’t do this, God
won’t do that”, “If you want to be blessed, you need to sow
$100 into this ministry”, etc., are being preached. You probably
have heard more. These types of messages have guilt and con-
demnation attached to them. Most times if a person is unable
to give money or just do not have intentions to give, they feel
that they aren’t good Christians. Some believers are made to
feel guilty and condemned. Those who are able but do not have
a desire to give, will most likely wind up giving anyway, in an
effort to be blessed of God. God’s blessings are not dependant
on our giving. I conclude this chapter by saying again “Tithes,
offerings, nor any other money or material possession offered
to God does not connect us to God’s covenant. God is a recip-
rocator though. When you sow seed in Jesus’ name God is sure
to give you an abundant harvest. Jesus Christ is the Covenant
Connector and He has paid it all!
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on your blessing ran across your mind. If you have not been
receiving the harvest that God promised in His Word maybe
you have not been sowing according to God’s Word. Try sow-
ing the biblical way and prove God. Well the intention of this
book is to rid the Body of Christ of these deceptions that have
crept in unawares.
I do not believe that we as Christians will ever perfect oper-
ating in the Kingdom of God until we actually get to heaven.
However, God has instructed us to seek the Kingdom of God.
To seek the Kingdom of God simply means to strive to repre-
sent God in everything that we say, think or do. We need to
realize that everything that we say, think or do is a seed sown.
God is an infinite God, He is never ending and the Kingdom of
God is just as He is. The Kingdom of God is a never ending
entity. This is why we can never attain perfection in God’s ways
with our natural human senses. With that being said, we must
remember that God is not as complex as many leaders describe
Him either. God is our father and He wants us to know of Him.
Matthew 11:29 says “Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me”.
We can never know all that there is to know about God, just as
our natural kids don’t know everything about us; but they do
know that we love them. This is what the bible tells us of our
Heavenly Father, God also. He loves us unconditionally. Un-
conditionally means that He loves us no matter what. He loves
us whether we pay tithes or not. Even when we sin He loves
us. Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth His love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”. God sent
Christ to die for you and I when we were sinners. Christ died
free of charge for us. So, do you think that now that you are a
born again believer you should buy His blessings with a tithe or
offering? That is absurd. God just does not operate that way.
For one, we are His children and He loves us. Secondly, God is
displeased that we are ‘trying’ to use Him or fleece Him. Ro-
mans 8:32 “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered
Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us
all things?” The word “us” in this scripture represents Chris-
tians, those who are imitating Christ. Romans 8:32 confirms
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why their needs were met. Be mindful that it was not because
they provided for Paul, it was because they provided for him
with willing, cheerful hearts.
Being a cheerful giver is a representation of our faith in
God, because giving cheerfully is a response of Love. And
we know that faith worketh by love. Galatians 5:6 ‘For in
Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.” Now we
all have had the church experience where some pastor or
church leader announces that they need money for a build-
ing fund or some particular budget. The pressure is then
placed on the congregation to finance this fund. You give,
but not willingly or with a cheerful heart. Instead, you give
in and effort to honor your man/woman of God and because
you want to help finance the gospel. Many in the congrega-
tion really can not afford to give but because of the guilt that
is inflicted upon them, they give anyway; in an effort to prove
that you are a supporter of the vision of the ministry. Most
times believers will smile and put on a real fake happy face,
knowing deep down inside that they really can not afford to
give. As cheerful as you try to be about it, it is fake. You
know it and God knows it. Although no one else may recog-
nize the phony persona, God knows. And God is saddened
by your vain attempt to tempt Him. Remember Psalms 44:21
“…for He knoweth the secrets of the heart.” During this
kind of experience with giving we are actually outside of the
Will of God. At such times, no one has had time to purpose
it in their hearts to give; therefore, love has nothing to do
with the act of giving at that time. Which means that God
has nothing to do with it either. When believers sow seed
we need to keep in mind that every seed should be sown as
an act of love toward God and man. Hopefully, these biblical
truths will be read, revealed and received by many, including
leaders in the Word of God. Lastly and most importantly
this scripture tells us that God loveth a cheerful giver. In
order to worship God in giving, the believer must be cheer-
ful about giving.
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Don’t believe those who tell you that you are not being blessed
financially because you are not a tither. What about those who
tithe consistently and still are not being blessed the way that
God says His children should be blessed? What is hindering
their abundant financial harvest? And what about those people
who do not tithe, neither do they attend church, yet they seem
to be living well financially? Think about it! Maybe it has more
to do with their love walk than you may be mindful of. Could
it be that what God’s word says is true: the love in their hearts
has something to do with their prosperity?
One thing I know is that we all, as Christians, have the
love of God in our hearts. Love is a fruit and fruit take time to
grow. It is our choice to nurture exercise that love or ignore
the fact that it dwells inside of us, by shutting up our bowels
of compassion. Romans 5:5b ‘because the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us’.
We need to get rid of all of the ineffective crap that has been
placed in our minds, purge our minds of all the unnecessary
“stuff” and allow the love in our hearts to dominate our lives.
Luke 6:45a says “A good man out of the good treasure of his
heart bringeth forth that which is good’. When anyone gives
anything that is good from their heart it is definite that cheer-
fulness accompanies the good that they give.
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could not have been talking to the laymen because they were
not allowed to enter the storehouse. If God was talking to mere
laymen this text would have been worded as such: “Send ye
all the tithes into the storehouse…”
Sons of Jacob was a title used to describe the priests in
the 3rd chapter of Malachi. According to Holman’s bible dic-
tionary the words “Sons of” always represent a priesthood.
Sons of…, as defined in Holman Bible Dictionary refers to
members in a group or class and does not imply to family
relationship. It suggests a community or guild of prophets.
Now if we want to believe that the prophet was literally speak-
ing to the Sons of Jacob, we need to know that the twelve
sons of Jacob were considered patriarchs. The word patri-
arch comes from a combination of the Latin word “pater”
meaning “father” and the Greek verb “archo” meaning “to
rule”. Thus a patriarch is a ruler of a family, a clan, or a
nation. The messenger of the Lord goes on to say, if you
bring the tithes and offerings into my storehouse, I will pro-
vide for you; more than you are able to receive. He instructs
them to prove Him. In essence He was saying, If you think
that you are living good of the tithes of the people, bring the
tithes to me and I will give you more than enough for your
personal use.
Malachi 3:9 also should be studied carefully with the Holy
Spirit in order for light to be shed on what God was actually
saying. It says, “Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed
me, even this whole nation.” To rob someone means that one
had to enter that person’s dwelling place and take something
that belonged to that person. To enter God’s house and not
give tithes does not illustrate that you have robbed him. Again
when a person robs a bank they go in and unlawfully take the
money that the bank holds. If a person goes into a bank and
walks out without making a deposit, they have not robbed
that bank. Yet pastors tell laymen that this verse was written
to the non-tithers. This can not be true, according to what we
know about a robber. Only the priest, king or prophet of the
Old Testament could have gone into the storehouse and rob
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tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is
the year of tithing, and hast given it (the tithe) unto the Levite,
the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat
within thy gates, and be filled.” The Levites went into the
promised land with the Israelites, however, they inherited
none of the land nor any of the goods in the land; so, it was
ordered by God that the Israelites provide for them with the
tithe. The stranger may have been someone who was pass-
ing through the land or someone who was not in the decent
of the Israelites or Levites. In today’s society the stranger
would be considered that person who’s not a part of the Body
of Christ. The fatherless were those Israelite children who
had lost their father and had no other source to provide for
them. The widow was that elderly Israelite woman who’s
husband had died and had no way to provide for herself. So
now we know through the reading of Deuteronomy 26:12 that
we probably haven’t been receiving our promised blessing
because we haven’t been tithing according to God’s Word.
Since the truth has been revealed to us, we must remember
that as we tithe to provide for others we have to do it with a
willing, cheerful heart. We should stop just tithing because
we are instructed to do so by pastors and leaders in the church.
When we tithe according to man’s instruction, we tithe inef-
fectively and the blessings of God will not flow. You should
know that this is truth through your past experiences. Re-
member II Corinthians 9:7 “…for God loveth a cheerful giver”.
Ephesians 2:8,9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works,
lest any man should boast”. Because we are saved by the
grace of God, and not of works, we should never think that
our salvation or our blessings are based on the work of tithing
to a church facility. Through research of information for this
book and revelation from God I have learned that if you tithe
$1,000,000 without the love of God it is worth nothing to God.
Cain became jealous of his brother Abel because God ac-
cepted Abel’s gift and not his. As a result Cain killed Abel. This
lets us know that Cain could not have offered his gift to God in
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of two truths that the bible tells us. First, faith worketh by Love
(Galatians 5:6), secondly, faith without works is dead ( ). Con-
sider giving to be the work. Faith for a harvest from that work
of giving will not manifest anything without the presence of
the power of Love. FAITH + WORKS – LOVE = 0. FAITH +
LOVE – WORKS = 0. FAITH + WORKS + LOVE = MANI-
FESTED HARVEST. This is how God works. We should not
give just because God’s word says it will be given back to us in
abundance. We must first recognize that Love is saying this
(John 4:7,8) and the God of Love only recognizes and acknowl-
edges love. The word of God needs to be studied with the
knowledge of who God is. As we study the Word of God in the
knowledge of who He is, we will be enlightened in the scrip-
tures. There has been a problem in the Body of Christ.
Christians have not been receiving harvest the way that God
promised and it has been for a reason. The manifestation of
harvest from a seed is conditional. I have just outlined those
conditions for you. Jesus said in John 15:7 “If you abide in me,
and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you. Simply put, Jesus was saying “if you
abide in Him (love) and His Words (instructions) are lived out
in you, you can ask for whatever you desire and it will be given
to you from His Love.
We have been told, or many of us may just believe that we
do not have any faith or maybe we do not have enough faith.
Well, according to God’s Word, believers not having faith is
not the problem. How do I know this? Well the Word of God
tells us that God has dealt to every man the measure of faith-
Romans 12:3. Now concerning our not having enough faith,
many are ignorant also, because God’s word has something to
say concerning this too. Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 “…if ye
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and and nothing shall be impossible unto you”. Now we all
should know that a mustard seed is really small. In fact, it is the
smallest of all seed. Therefore, if God says that all we need is a
small amount of faith to cause mountains to move; and He has
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Conclusion
I pray that after you have read this book in its entirety
God has revealed some spiritual truths to you. This book, by
no means, was written to cause bitterness, confusion, or di-
vision in the Body of Christ. It has been written to enlighten
God’s children of God’s truths concerning the tithe. I know
that many of you who are tithers, have wondered “where are
your promised blessings?” Well hopefully, this book has ex-
plained and clarified all that has confused many concerning
the tithe and sowing and reaping the promised abundant
blessings of God.
In closing I feel obliged to remind you that “tithing is not
an avenue to the blessing, but it is a result of the manifested
blessing of God”.
Be Blessed with God’s richest blessings and continue to tithe!
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