Saturday, May 03, 2025

I was trying to buy blessings by tithing according to Malachi 3:10, but no significant improvement in my life happened. Is it because I didn't tithe the full 10%? Or because I tithed with "money I didn't have?" (I.e. to the Salvation Army online with a credit card?)

I was delighted that I could tithe with credit and debit cards, to the Salvation Army.

I still can't tithe with cards to the local Church of God. They still take tithes & offerings the old-fashioned ways, which I don't like.

So I've been keeping track of the back-tithes that I owe, and only tithed 5% to the Salvation Army with a credit card because the other 5% I intend to tithe to Church of God when they start accepting payments by cards.

I stopped tithing to the Salvation Army last year when their Major encouraged me to not tithe with debt by tithing with a credit card. Mom also told me to stop tithing with debt / a credit card.

I decided I'd keep track of the tithes I still have yet to pay, then pay those back-tithes to both churches when I'm out of all debts.

I though tithes in any amount would buy me blessings now that I know the verse Malachi 3:10, but are those blessings triggered when I pay all of the 10% of my income? And do those blessings never happen when I pay with money I don't have, such as a credit card instead of a debit card?

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[–]Ellionwy 12 points 5 months ago

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[–]Fundamental separatist-ishandroidbear04 4 points 5 months ago

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[–]ChristianDiscipleJimmy 2 points 5 months ago

Your problem is coming from the fact that you can’t buy blessings. The only people being blessed are those prosperity gospel preachers like the Church of God and other Pentecostal prosperity gospel peddlers. They are blessed with stupid gullible people who want to, as Joel Osteen puts it, To Have The Best Life Now! God never promised wealth, never promised health. What he did promise is,”The world will hate you because it hated me. They will deliver you up to be killed for my names sake.” “Don’t store up treasures on earth where moth and rust will destroy it, but store up for yourself treasures in heaven.”

If you believe in Jesus Christ, have repented and seeking to die to yourself daily and live for Him. That your faith is solely in Jesus. That you have eternal life. Thats the best blessing that nothing else can compare to.