SO WHAT’S TITHING ALL ABOUT?

Julie M. Groves
2014

Most Christians will tell you that tithing is giving 10% of your income to your local church.
How much do you know about what the Bible really teaches about tithing?

 

Complete this simple True/False questionnaire to test yourself.
Then to check your answers, read on to find out how and why tithing
was practiced in the Old Testament and how it is relevant to us today.
The results might surprise you!

 

1. Under the Old Testament Law, everyone had to tithe on their income.	T / F ?
2. We are never to spend our tithe on ourselves.	T / F ?
3. Jesus and his disciples tithed.	T / F ?
4. In the Gospels, Jesus commended the Pharisees for tithing on their income.	T / F ?
5. The Old Testament tithe was used to feed the priests and Levites and for the upkeep of the temple.	T / F ?
6. Abraham’s and Jacob’s tithes were before the Law. This shows that tithing is an eternal principle.	T / F ?
7. Jesus is now in heaven receiving our tithes.	T / F ?
8. If we tithe, we will be blessed; if we don’t, we will be under a curse.	T / F ?
9. If we don’t tithe, we are robbing God.	T / F ?
10. 10% of all we earn belongs to God.	T / F ?
11. The tithe must be given to our local church. After that, offerings can be given anywhere we choose.	T / F ?
12. The tithe is God’s plan for the financial support of our churches.	T / F ?

 

Now read on to find out what the Scriptures say about these 12 questions.
It will work best if you read from the beginning to the end;
but feel free to click on any question to read the answer for that question.

 

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Highly recommended resource:

Gary Carpenter Ministries, especially these pages
http://www.garycarpenter.org/teachings.html
http://www.garycarpenter.org/KingdomFinances.html