Giving tithes ensures a believer will be rich?

Published: August 6, 2007, 12:24 am

Tags: christian living theology, blessings, godliness, martyrdom, material wealth, tithe

I was reading a Japanese Christian forum the other day, and a certain individual stated that he made a mistake at work and yet it ended up benefiting the company. Then he had car troubles, but his company paid for the repairs. Later, his car stopped on the railroad tracks and caused the trains to stop for 15 minutes but he wasn’t sued by the train companies for the lost revenue. In fact, come to think of it, he says, his tires (modern day sandals?) have not worn out as fast as they should have. He stayed in a hotel and accidentally left his wallet with all his money in a telephone booth. 15 minutes later he went back and it was still there. All this, he says, is because he gives his tithe on Sundays. When I asked him why the apostles lived lives of poverty before being martyred, he responded that to be martyred was the “greatest of all blessings.” Interesting comeback, I guess, but he missed the point entirely. God’s blessings do not have to be material. I

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