Message Notes

YAG 15th RETREAT
Theme: Tithes and Offerings
Date: 4-5 May 2012
Title: Great Biblical Examples of Tithing and Offering
Session #5

1. Abraham

a) Giving of a tithe to God              Genesis 14:20

b) Voluntarily

c) Part of Worship

2. Jacob

a) Promise of a tithe                        Genesis 28:20-22

b) Promise of One Tenth                 Genesis 28:22

3. Prescribed Giving

a) Practice of the fear of God          Deuteronomy 14:23

b) In support of the Place of Worship         Deuteronomy 14:24-25

c) In support of the servants of God (Levites)          Deuteronomy 14:27

d) Out of compassionate concern for the fatherless and the widows             Deuteronomy 14:29

e) Generosity enjoined                    Deuteronomy 15:1-11

4. King David

a) Personal principle of giving

b) It must cost something               1 Chronicles 21:24-26

c)  Prepared offering                        1 Chronicles 29:2

d) Affection for God’s house           1 Chronicles 29:3

e) Acknowledgment that wealth comes from God                1 Chronicles 29:12

f) Appreciation of the privilege to give at all           1 Chronicles 29:13-15