~Great Teaching on Giving by M. Driscoll~

[n david]

Haven't been able to view this video yet, I will later though.

I was visiting a church earlier in the year, when the Pastor got up and rebuked people for not giving tithes. This is not a UPC church, it's a non-denom church pastored by an ex-UPC minister. He told us that with the current economic situation we better start paying tithes so God can help us and we don't suffer financial difficulty. He said if you weren't paying tithes you were selfish and robbing God.

*sigh*

I like my Pastor and his approach to giving. Tithing is not a law that you must follow or else you're penalized. It's more an opportunity both to bless the church ministries and to be blessed in return.

I wish more ministers and churches would just be honest and stop beating their saints up with calling them names and accusing them of stealing from God.

Tithes and offerings help support the staff and church ministries ... but instead of saying that, they try to make saints believe that somewhere God Himself has a bank account where churches deposit tithes and if people don't pay their tithes, they're robbing God.

It's fraud and a lie, plain and simple.