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=Dealing with [[Tithing|tithes]] and offerings=
=Dealing with [[Tithing|tithes]] and offerings=
==The pastor's motives?==
''All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.''<ref>Matthew 4:9</ref>
The preacher in a Message church challenged his congregation that if they tithed regularly, God would bless them. One family in the church began to faithfully double-tithe. After a while, the Pastor purchased a nicer house and car. The family in his church continued to give, and continued to struggle financially for years.
In the Bible, Job’s status of righteousness did not depend on his earthly wealth, and his earthly wealth was not a status of his righteousness. A formula of wealth for worship is a works-based submission-for-prosperity gospel that the Devil preached to Jesus.
Was this pastor twisting the Bible's message for his own advantage?  Is this the doctrine of devils?  Was the motivation for the family's giving based on a desire to obey scripture or to receive blessings?


==A child's story==
==A child's story==