Tithing: What does the Bible Teach (Often used to 'fleece the flock')

Motivation is everything

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16).

Most people ignore this verse in the context of giving, but God’s giving has to be the very foundation of our giving. Notice three things about God’s giving:

1. His motivation was love.

2. In giving His Son, the Father gave of Himself.

3. God’s giving was in response to our need, not our greed—that we should not perish.

There is a form of sacrificial giving that God despises:

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing (1 Corinthians 13:3).

God looks on the heart, and He is not impressed by loveless giving. Your motivation is everything.