Solomon read the scripture before we went out to gather your gifts in service of the Lord at St Mark's last week. Do you give your tithe? Here is a food for thought from the Old Testament.
"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts." Malachi 3:7-11
Our treasurer Mike MacMurray will be addressing the congregation on Financial issues in the next few weeks. But read Moshe's message posted a short while ago to put 2010 in context along with the two tough questions we must ask ourselves.
The St Mark's Editorial Team.
Are there reference's to tithing in the New Testament?
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