INTRODUCTION
Thursday – April 3, 2025
Video link: https://youtu.be/lzYA44PaKMQ
I have been quickened to write and teach about the various offerings that are taught, even commanded in the Scripture. Most people are familiar with the tithe and freewill offerings but what about “firstfruits” and “sowing” for a harvest? It seems to me that many are expecting a harvest from the three offering types noted. We will explore what each offering is, what our obligations and benefits are from each. One thing I want to be crystal clear from the beginning. The giving of any of the offerings or sowing is never to be considered routine and traditional. It is a heart issue, a willing obedience. The following Scripture will be our text or anchor for this teaching.
Nehemiah 12:44 (KJV)
44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
We see three offerings, really obligations, spelled out clearly in this Scripture verse. What about sowing for a harvest? There is much controversy about offerings, especially the tithe. I recently did a teaching on the tithe and that will be repeated in this teaching. It seems that much of the controversy concerning tithing and other offerings is rooted in fear, which is lack of love of and trust in God. This is God kind of love which only God and His children can express (get my book – Awake, Arise, and Triumph – Be Love). Many exclaim that is the Old Testament, I give when I can! There is much wrong with this view, and I will get to all of that in the process of this teaching. One thing is clear, at least to me, and that is that we are not to come before the Lord empty.
Deuteronomy 16:16-17 (KJV)
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
An idea has arisen in modern times that the gospel is free. Really? It was not free for God. He paid everything to redeem humankind. It was not in ancient times either, no one came to the priest without the prescribed offering. Has God changed somewhere along the way? The Church House is not free; the Ministers appointed to that House are not free, and the maintenance of that House is not free, and the outreach of that House into all the world is not free.
TAKE HOME:
- The Word of God commands three offerings be brought to the Lord. These are the offering of Firstfruits, the Tithe, and the Freewill Offering.
- In addition, there is the Law of Sowing and Reaping, also active in take home one, which brings specific reaping.
- Do we view our giving as an obligation only?
Lord willing, I will resume right here Monday. Remember, we love you, the Lord loves you, and there is nothing you can do about either one.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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