Some have taught that if you give more money, you’ll get more money in return. Sow your money sparingly, and you’ll reap less cash return from God. Just as those who mix the old and new covenants together like to smother the flock with a legalistic 10% “tithing principle” … there are others who will twist a natural law of sowing and reaping, and suggest it works the same with money. They’ll say to plant more greenbacks in order to gain a financial harvest.
It’s just another manipulative method from people with their hand out as they sell you on the idea that God will reward you based upon certain conditions similar to a quid pro quo. That’s not freedom, it’s not grace, and it’s not the gospel. God has given you a new heart which has the desire to give because of love.
When the truth confronts our hearts in dynamic fashion, it can be difficult to receive it in our minds because we’ve been trapped within religious teaching which may have caused us to depend on certain assumptions that are not based on truth. One of those bondages is breaking free from a religious requirement referred to as a tithe or giving 10% of all your monetary income.
In the New Covenant of Jesus Christ, we’re in a very different paradigm where God’s Spirit lives in us, leading and guiding us as individuals. As a new creation in Christ, it’s within our new righteous nature to desire to give willingly. The Apostle Paul provided a summary of giving under grace:
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7).
