Friends, let this sink in and marinate in your spirit.
The Bible says that “the LOVE of money is a root of all evil.”
Keeping that in mind, what would be “the LOVE of the tithe”?
What would it mean that preachers everywhere are saying that if you don’t tithe, you are sinning against God?
What would it mean that preachers are saying that you will go to Hell for not paying your tithes, or that in a less-dramatic judgement, that God will not and cannot bless you or meet your needs if you don’t tithe?
Have you noticed that the phrase “God LOVES a cheerful giver” is always attached to tithing?
Why? Because pastors want you to associate tithing with God’s love towards you and the quality of your love towards Him. They want you to interpret scripture incorrectly to say that “God LOVES a cheerful TITHER” and that God therefore LOVES the TITHE as well.
In Truth, God’s LOVE for you has nothing to do with tithing or your giving. God LOVES you either way.
“The LOVE of money is a root of all evil.”
I would dare say that the LOVE of TITHING can also be a root of all evil.
– Bishop Joshua Maynard