Success God’s Way Vol 3 Part 2
Principle of First-Fruits
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
I.Success God’s Way Vol. 3 God’s Best Kept Secrets on Tithing
A.Principle of First-Fruits
1.(Prov. 3:9-10; Rom. 11:16 NIV) Tithing is a first-fruit principle that honors God as man’s Source and allows God to bless the whole.
2(Mal. 3:1-2, 6-15 NIV) What is this curse?
~(Gen. 3:14-19 NLT)
~(Rom. 8:18-25 NLT)
~(Luke 16:11-13) unrighteous mammon
-Filthy lucre (ref. 1 Tim. 3:3, 8; Tit. 1:7: 1 Pet. 5:2)
B.The first-fruit enables God to bless the whole based on the first fruit or tithe (first tenth).
~(Gen. 2:16-17; 3:22-24) The tree of knowledge.
~(Gen. 4:3-5) Cain brought an offering of fruit and Able brought the firstborn of his flock.
~(Josh. 6:17-19; 7:1-12 all NLT) God gives the Israelites the victory at Jericho but Achan steals the tithe and they lose the battle of Ai.
~(1 Kings 17:9-16 NLT) brings believers through famine.
~(1 Cor. 15:12-23 NIV) Because Jesus was God’s first fruit offering we are righteous
[Pastor Lee Stokes]