This document discusses biblical principles of financial stewardship, including tithing, offerings, and sowing and reaping. It explains that tithing refers to giving 10% of one's income to God, and promises blessings for those who faithfully tithe, including prevention of plagues on crops. However, it warns that God cares more about justice, mercy and faith than outward displays of tithing alone. The document advocates practicing multiple levels of giving, including first tithes, second tithes, third tithes, first fruits, and offerings.

1. God’s Interest in your
Financial Interest

2. In the financial system there are terms like:
 profit / loss;
 debits and credits;
 mortgage;
 gearing;
 leverage;
 interest;
 security etc

3. In biblical economics the terms are:
 tithing,
 sowing and reaping,
 offerings,
 terumah,
 seed

4. The principle of tithing
or tithes

5. 8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But
you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and
offerings. 9 You are under a curse--the whole
nation of you--because you are robbing me.
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house. Test me
in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I
will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing that you will
not have room enough for it.
Malachi 3:1-18 (NIV)

6. "Jesus doesn't want to take
your money, He just doesn't
want your money to take
you“
"The veil of money has
never been about how much
money you have but about
how much money has you."
AW Tozer

7. 23 Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
pay tithe of mint and aniseed
and cummin, and have
neglected the weightier
matters of the law: justice and
mercy and faith. These you
ought to have done, without
leaving the others undone.
Matthew 23:23 (NKJV)

8. 11 I will prevent pests from
devouring your crops, and the
vines in your fields will not
cast their fruit," says the Lord
Almighty. 12 "Then all the
nations will call you blessed,
for yours will be a delightful
land," says the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 3:11-12 (NIV)

9. 11 And I will rebuke the
devourer [insects and plagues]
for your sakes and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your
ground, neither shall your vine
drop its fruit before the time in
the field, says the Lord of
hosts.
Malachi 3:11-12 (AMP)

10. 11 Formy part, I will defend
you against marauders,
protect your wheat fields
and vegetable gardens
against plunderers." The
Message of God-of-the-
Angel-Armies.
Malachi 3:11-12 (MSG)

11. First Fruits or Terumah (before taxes)
First Tithe (before taxes)
Taxes to government
2nd tithe
3rd tithe
Offerings

12. 2 But for you who revere my name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in its wings. And you
will go out and leap like calves
released from the stall.
Malachi 4:2 (NIV)

13. 5 "See, I will send you the prophet
Elijah before that great and
dreadful day of the Lord comes.
6 He will turn the hearts of the
fathers to their children, and the
hearts of the children to their
fathers; or else I will come and
strike the land with a curse."
Malachi 4:5-6 (NIV)

14. 2nd tithe

15. 3rd tithe

16. First fruits / Terumah

17. Offerings

18. God’s Interest in your
Financial Interest