Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
As this is the Law of the Harvest, for there are 7 laws, and give for the Good and to the Least of these not as in extortion nor in giving in evil deeds...no blessing will come of it...but all the more will become like a drain...
Also Giving 10% is required, but if you study all the sacrifices and times of feast you will give additionally 10% in offerings...this is a wise concept, and give not your gifts to swine, that is giving to evil and you die...such as things that are contrary to God...it is clear, you will be devoured...
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 14:28~29
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 26:12~15
12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
See, Then your gift is blessed, no extortion, all for HIS HOLY habitation, and feeding the Least of these...READ it...Martin Luther thought it wise for people to read the Bible and figure this stuff out for themselves...which was what was planned by God...in the first place for He wanted all men to worship Him and not a man's view of the Law...but JESUS CHRIST's View and that is what all need to seek which is the Royal Law and Jesus Christ lived accordingly in the Perfect Grace of such and was without blemish because he was the Lamb...
Deuteronomy 24:13-15
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
'Sin Unto thee' means it hangs over your head, until it is corrected or the penance is paid...
Seriously if you add up all the sacrifices and offerings such as a thank you offering, a peace offering, a pledge, etc not counting the freewill offereings it comes to 10% or more...it is there just read it...the Tithes is for the widow, stranger, Levites or Pastor and His crew who care for the church...and the orphans...See IT. IS. The. ROYAL. Law...which is Royal Love
The benefits of giving to His Kingdom, instead of a falsifying charity which they are supposed to manage their workers on 30% ONLY and 70% goes for the CAUSE of the Charity, foundation etc...that is the truth...It is best to give to the KINGDOM of GOD in HIS NAME JESUS CHRIST...due to the PROMISE of the DEVOURER...some ministers let their children when they work not pay tithes it Is a hindrance in disciplining them and a teaching of wronging them...a sad thing due to it is contrary to the word of God...because it don't apply to this scripture...
Malachi 3:9-11
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
Now if you don't pay them it means the Devourer is coming in more ways than one...To God Be All the GLORY in JESUS CHRIST...Give and it shall be given unto you...It is better to give than to receive...Give according to the LAW...not the way of the world or the status quo...according to His Word...you will NOT BE SORRY...
This is a parable of a form of a devourer which led them to destruction...in RED.
Matthew 25:34~46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal
