Genesis 28 vs. 20-22 – And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- For divine presence … “If God will be with me”
- For divine protection … “And will keep me in His way”
- For divine provision … “And will give me bread to eat”
- For divine governing … “And raiment to put on”
- For divine peace… “So that I come again to my father’s house in peace.
- To test God … “Then shall the Lord be my God”
- To confirm Lord’s presence in His church … “And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house”
- To recognise God as the giver of wealth of wealth … “And of all that thou shalt give me”
- To honour God … “I will surely give the tenth of them”
- To prove your obedience … “And Jacob vowed a vow”
Prayer
I refuse to be the enemy of my breakthrough in Jesus name.
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i agree also we should pay tithes, ppl always want to use excuse that it was in old testament, when they want to get out of something or do something, like get tattooed, etc. and also ppl want to argue that we only need to pay whats after taxes,just anything to get out of giving God whats his, when in actuality all of it is his, and even the air we breathe is his, so its aggravating when i hear ppl argue about it, but they can spend 5000 and up on christmas presents. on the other hand, i am having a hard time finding a church to pay tithes to because every church i know of they expect you to give give give, the majority are always begging and wanting you to make pledge, show your w2 before you join, but dont you dare expect a loaf of bread when you lose your job because the church will not give it to you and if they do you must fill out questionaire, but they dont ask for questionaire before they take. that being said, at this point and time, i only give to homeless shelters or poor ppl, because the church isnt going to do it, even though God expects the church to help the poor, they turn their backs on them, so i just give to them, because he said if we consider the poor he would deliver us in time of trouble, and if we lend to the poor he is gonna give it back anyway, not that im looking for it back, God doesnt owe it to me, but he keeps his word, and one day these churches are going to answer for being greedy.
You have completely twisted Jacob’s prayer out of context to suit your own desires.
1. Jacob the supplanter (not Israel) was telling God what to do – not a good example for Christians to follow. Notice the “if” condition.
2. Jacob commanded God to protect him and bless him first, and then he would return a tithe.
3. According to Deuteronomy 28 to 30 and Galatians 3:10, the whole law was a test – obey ALL to be blessed; break ONE to be cursed. It is foolish to think that God would bless a Hebrew for tithing while he was breaking many of the other 600 plus commands of the whole law.
4. Jacob did not believe his own vow. While returning and fearing Esau, he was willing to sacrifice his lesser wives and lesser children by placing them at the forefront to be slaughtered.
5. Jacob’s tithe was from defiled pagan dust. It was not a HOLY tithe of food from inside God’s HOLY land as required by the Law and as applied in Malachi 3:10 and Matthew 23:23. Again, this was not an example for Christians.
6. God never placed Gentiles or the Church under the Law and He never commanded them to tithe. New Covenant giving is freewill and sacrificial. Please stop abusing God’s Word to teach error.