Summary
Hosts
All that we have comes from God. As we covered in the episode on jealousy, we are, in fact, to be jealous, to be protective, of the things that are ours. However, this must be balanced against the fact that much of what we hold we hold in trust. There are things which are solely ours and there are things which are ours for the sake of serving God and neighbor.
Ultimately, we are stewards of this Creation, and we owe duties to God. One such duty is the duty to render thanks to God in the form of tithes. A tithe, simply, is an offering ‘off the top’ of a portion of what God has given us as thanks for the whole. How much we tithe, how we tithe, to whom we tithe, and other related questions are matters of wisdom. Unlike Old Testament Israel, we do not have explicit rules telling us what to tithe, when, and to whom. However, God does invite us to test Him by bringing in the fullness of the tithe, and where God invites us to test Him, it is not only foolish, but sinful, to refuse.
»“Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the LORD of hosts.«
— Malachi 3:6–12 (ESV)
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Show Notes
- Malachi 3:6–12
- Genesis 4:3–7
- Genesis 14:17–20
- Genesis 28:18–22
- Leviticus 27:30–33
- Numbers 18:21–32
- Deuteronomy 14:22–29
- Deuteronomy 26:12–15
- 2 Chronicles 31:2–10
- Luke 11:42–44
- Luke 18:11–12
- Hebrews 7:4–10
- Philippians 4:14–20
- Deuteronomy 16:16–17
- Leviticus 5:11–13
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–15
- 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
- Luke 21:1–4
- 1 Chronicles 29:3–9
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| 0:00.0 | The I'm Welcome to the Stone Choir podcast. I am Corey J. Mahler. And I'm still, whoa. |
| 0:47.9 | On today's Stone Choir, we're going to be discussing tithing. We thought that this would be an interesting, mild continuation of the last couple episodes where we dealt with jealousy and zealousness, which involved possession, and then last week's episode, which dealt with inheritance, passing on things which are owned by one generation to the next, |
| 1:13.8 | which includes obviously both material things and spiritual things and others. |
| 1:18.1 | This week, as we talk about tithing, we're going to be talking about one of the obligations in the |
| 1:22.7 | Christian life to give as you live. |
| 1:26.6 | In inheritance is something that is passed forward to a future generation, |
| 1:29.9 | or in the case of a dowry, momentarily. Something like tithing is more or less an ongoing process. |
| 1:36.2 | So today we're going to talk about what is in Scripture in the Old Testament, the New Testament, |
| 1:40.7 | and then what should it look like today, especially as we're dealing with |
| 1:46.5 | the church in its current state. |
| 1:49.0 | So before we get into the episode proper, just a bit of very brief housekeeping. |
| 1:53.1 | If you go back to listen to episode 63 on repentance, we introduced that we are going to be |
| 1:57.7 | shipping some challenge coins very soon. |
| 2:00.5 | Corey just got the physical samples of them. |
| 2:02.6 | They look awesome. |
| 2:04.5 | In the show notes, we will have the actual pictures of both sides of the coin, |
| 2:09.3 | and we will be linking again where you can find the shop link in the show notes. |
| 2:15.1 | I will also be posting those on social media. |
| 2:18.5 | We already linked the images on telegram a couple days ago for folks who are participating in that daily discussion. |
| 2:24.6 | Through next Monday morning, so next Sunday night, we will still have free shipping, |
| 2:30.4 | and after that shipping is only two bucks, so it's not a big deal. the regular price for the challenge coins is now forty two dollars and once Corey gets the |
| 2:38.5 | shipment in you'll have to process them all I wish I could share in that |
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