All we have is from God

“Upon the first day of each week let every one of you lay aside a specific amount of money as God has prospered him, that there may be no gatherings when I come.” [1 Corinthians 16:2]

p_171_r_161 The Apostle Paul encourages the church to “lay aside” a sum of money to give to the work of God. Most Christians do this by means of Tithes and Offerings. In the New Testament the words Tithe and Tithing appear only eight times. Nowhere does the New Testament expressly command Christians to tithe, however as believers, we are to be generous in sharing our material possessions with the poor and for the support of Christian Ministry.

Christ Himself is our model in giving.

Giving is to be voluntary, willing, cheerful, and given in the light of accountability to God. Giving should be regular and by no means limited to a tithe of our income. We recognise that all we have is from God and we are called to be faithful stewards of all our possessions [Romans 14:12, 1 Corinthians 9:3-14, 16:1-3, 2 Corinthians 8-9].