22/02/2026
*SUNDAY 22ND FEBRUARY, 2026.*
*TOPIC* :TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
*AIM* : To know the significance of tithes and offerings in our worship to God.
*TEXT* : Malachi 3:6-12, Ex.35:4-10, 20:21
*MEMORY VERSE:* Prov.3:9=Honour the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruit of all thine increase.
*INTRODUCTION* :
Regular payment of tithes and offerings is mandatory because God commanded it. Tithes and offering are God's provisions to bless His people. Obedience to this has brought financial blessing to many obedient believers who practiced it and those that are disobedient to this command has been robbed of the fulfillment of the divine promise of God in Mal. 3:6-12.
*LESSON 1-WHAT IS TITHING IN BIBLICAL STANDS*
a. Tithe is one tenth of all incomes, salary, profit, gifts etc.
b. Tithing is a practice which has existed long before the dispensation of the Law. Gen 14:18-20.
c. Abraham paid tithe, His seed too must pay, John 8:39, Gal 3:26-29, Rom 4:12. We are the children of Abraham by faith,
d. Jacob vowed to pay tithe the will protect him Gen 28:16-22.
e. Israel commanded payment of tithes live, 27:30-32, Num. 18:21-24
f. Jesus command payment of tithes with mercy, faith love of God etc. Matt 23:23, Lk 18:12.
g. Paying tithe attracts some blessings. Malachi 3:11.
h. Not paying tithe will bring curses upon the offender.
Malachi 3:9.
i. Covetousness, rebellion, unbelief and greed are some of the reasons some people do not pay tithes. I Tim 6:10. Isa. 15:23, Hebl:6.
j. Tithes are to support the work of God.
*LET THE CLASS CARRY OUT THIS EXERCISE*
a. ldentify the crucial issues relating to tithes and offering
raised in Malachi 3:6-12 & Ex 35:4-10, 20-21.
*LESSON 2-OFFERINGS*
a. Offering are willing gift which we offer to God from our heart. Ex 35:4 -10& 20-21.
b. Both offering and tithes must be paid to avoid robbing God. Matt. 3:8
c. For offering to attract God's blessing it must possess
the following characteristics/attribute:
1. Regula