Mind Your Own BusinessPart 3 

 Leviticus 27:30 30 “‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the

LORD; it is holy to the LORD.   

Tithing:  The Discipline of returning the first 10% of your income back to God. 

Two different kinds of businesses:  Cursed business:

 Malachi 3:8-9

8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’   

“In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 

Blessed business: 

Malachi 3:11-12Bring 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 there will not be room enough to store

it. 

I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty.  “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful

land,” says the LORD Almighty.  

Worldly Maturity: Dependence ----------------------------------------------------------------------→

Independence  

 Spiritual Maturity: 

Independence --------------------------------------------------------------------→ Dependence 

Ten is a number of testing all throughout the Scriptures 

...but isn't that just the Old Testament?   

Jesus affirms tithing 

Matthew 23:23“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin.

But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.   

The tithe in the New Testament is the absolute beginning point. 

Acts 4:32-35 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to

testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 

that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone

who had need.