{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.25 / Is tithing biblical today?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2225,"description":"A guy came up to me in the church lobby after I preached on giving. \"Tithing is Old Testament,\" he said. So I asked him what the New Testament says about giving. He didn't know.\nMost of us don't lack information. We lack application. My co-host Nick Surface and I talk about the gap between what we say we believe and how we actually live, and money is where that gap shows up first. We look at what the Old Testament says about prosperity and whether the tithe still matters today. Not the minimum. Alignment.\nIs tithing just an Old Testament law?\nNo. The first tithe predates the law. Abraham gave a tenth to Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18-20) long before Moses. Hebrews 7 picks that thread back up, and Jesus told the Pharisees they were careful to tithe without ever telling them to stop (Matthew 23:23).\nWhat is the New Testament standard of giving?\nIn Acts 2 and Acts 4 the church sold land and property and gave until there were no needs among them. If the tithe feels too Old Testament, that's the New Testament standard.\nIs knowing the Bible enough?\nPaul said knowledge puffs up but love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1). Love is the application of knowledge. A person who doesn't apply what they learn is no better off than a person who never learned it.\nDoes the Bible say God wants His people to prosper?\nJob, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were all blessed with wealth, and Proverbs 10:22 says the blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow with it. But prosperity as the reason you follow God is different from prosperity as the result.\nWhy is \"what's the minimum?\" the wrong question?\nGod is already pleased with you because of grace. The tithe isn't a ticket to heaven. It's the minimum standard of honoring God financially, and where your treasure is, your heart will be also (Matthew 6:21).\nScriptures\n1 Corinthians 8:1 · Proverbs 10:22 · Genesis 14:18-20 · Hebrews 7 · Matthew 23:23-26 · Matthew 6:21 · Acts 2:44-45 · Acts 4:32-35\nThinkers and books\nC.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}