Do you believe that God will bless you more if you tithe? I do! God tells us he will bless us if we do! [Spirituality & Religion]

No. Its a con to make you give a percentage of your money away.

No I do not. That's what's known as the "prosperity gospel".

Be careful not to take things out of context. In Malachi, God is telling His people (Israel) much more than just tithing. God is angry at His people. They were mocking God by giving Him a false pretense of worship (lip service). They offered God lame animals as sacrifices while keeping the best for themselves, worshiped idols, divorced their wives just because they wanted to, withheld tithes because they wanted the money... And then they had the gall to wonder why He wouldn't accept their worship. They were so bad that one couldn't distinguish them from the wicked.

Malachi should be a wakeup call to us today, as many people who claim they belong to God are doing the exact same thing. They're all "churchy-church" on Sunday, but the rest of the week they cheat, lie, and mistreat others. They claim to follow God, but their hearts are set on money and pleasure (greed, selfishness). They abuse their wives and children (physically and/or mentally). And then they wonder why God's not blessing them or hearing their prayers. God was not pleased with that then, and He is not pleased with it now.


"So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape." - Malachi 3:15

God loves a joyful giver.. This is stated in the Holy Bible..

But if a person ""gives"" because they have the expectation of receiving a ""Blessing"" equal to or probably better then what they have""given"" then in truth they have not truly given anything at all.. They have simply invested an amount to secure for themselves a return.. That's not giving..

True giving is when you give and have absolutely no expectation of desire for a return.. That's when a person has really given..

Giving has never been a transactional matter..

any god that needs anything that humans have isn’t much of a god

Do you also stone to death those who break the Sabbath?

God sounds like a multilevel marketing scheme.

What does the creator of the universe need with money?

Jesus told us to tithe with widows , the poor , the homeless and the sick
A tithe is a 10th, But think on Jesus is worth much more than a 10th so give what you can :)

Most religions use fear and greed to gain adherents. This is just one of the "greed" attractions... "Mansions in Heaven" would be another?

I believe that God rewards people for doing good things, and the reward will be in the next life if not in this one. Giving money to good causes, including churches, is one of many ways to do good.

No, and whenever our church tries to use that line of reasoning, I object.

That's Old Testament. The rules changed with Paul...

As long as the Church does not receive police and fire protection because they don’t pay taxes for that.

Tithing means give a tenth of the first of everything for the gospel to go out, Jesus good news!

If the churches would use that money to help the poor instead of giving fat salaries it would,.

And why would someone want to challenge Allah as if He is to BE challenged?

Why doesn't your deity just create some more gold if it's hard up for lucre?

Shall I tithe him the first tenth of my daily dump? You did say "everything"!

Sadly most of the money given doesn’t even go to good.
It goes to the pockets of child molesters.
As one of the children I keep far from them.

Malachi is old testament and meant for the jews tho. A christian generally believes that jesus pbuh erased the law of the jews so how does tithing still stand?

Would you challenge god to catch you if you jumped off a cliff?