What is an Offering?
Offerings are various kinds of givings which constitute functionality in righteousness, activating our pre-existing benefits otherwise referred to as the blessing.
To offer means to give up, lose ownership of or to surrender control or another. An offering is not a contribution; there are contributions in church today that can be collected for various purposes, these are totally different from an offering.
A contribution is a solicited giving towards a specific project. This means when a man gives a contribution, it is proper for him to know how it is used and get a report or an appreciation because to contribute means to partake of something.
Thus one who contributes owns a part of what is done or achieved , or a reference or part of the praise that results from what is done.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
Romans 15:26
On the other hand, an offering is a fruit of righteousness and a commanded and necessary substance for worship.
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:
Exodus 23:15
So when a man gives an offering to God, it will be wrong for him to want to know how it is used, because he has offered it, which means to relinquish ownership.
It is important to know when dealing in the kingdom of God that the kingdom of God is not a charity. However, the Kingdom of God has a charity.
Contributions can be made to its charity, but whatever is given to God is an offering and must be guided by a separate law.
This is one of the biggest challenge with Christians today and why they do not get blessed for their givings, because they have mistaken offerings for donations or contributions.
And many times, they are not to blame because even the ministers always call for donations not knowing the difference.
But as we study along, you would begin to see the difference between an offering and a donation or contribution.
Giving to God is not because God cannot open the windows of heaven and pour out money. The uniqueness is to satisfy the principles of worship and the principle of faith, which in turn activates the blessing.
Four Things Offerings Do Not Do
During the dark ages, there were heretic teachings in the church about the true role of offerings. Many were deceived into paying for the forgiveness of their sins or buying places in heaven with an offering.
Many of these misconceptions still hold in the minds of many today. This is why it is important for us to address them by taking a quick look at four things your offerings will not do for you.
1. Offerings do not make you righteous.
Righteousness is the nature you receive by faith when your receive Jesus as the Lord of your life. It is a gift of God based on the sacrifice of Christ, so an offering cannot make you righteous.
For if by one man's offence sin death reigned by one much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:17
2. Offerings do not save you from your sins, only Jesus can.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4: 12
3. Offerings do not take you to Heaven.
Receiving salvation or being born again is the way to heaven.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:3
4. Offerings do not create overnight wealth.
It services the blessing and positions you for wealth. However, how you give an offering and what you do after you give an offering can jeopardise the integrity of your offering.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold : and the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great.
Genesis 26:13
How God Relates With Offerings
Going forward, it is important to know how God feels or relates with your offerings when you give it. You must look beyond the man that receives it to the response of the God that owns it.
And here men that did receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews 7:8
God relates with offerings as follows:
1. As an act of worship:
First and foremost, offering is an act of worship. It is the ultimate declaration of your adoration and worship of God.
Many persons are used to worshipping with their lips and their words but do not understand that their offering is an act of worship. An offering is also an integral part of the circle of worship . See this in the scripture below;
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
1 Chronicles 16: 29
Did you see that? We are to come before God with our offerings and worship in the beauty of holiness. Thus we see that worship without offerings is not complete.
An offering is that which completes the circle of your worship. We see another example of this in 2 Chronicles chapter 29 from verse 28.
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Chronicles 29:28-30
King Hezekiah and the people offered to God and worshipped showing us that our offerings is a major part of our worship to God.
2. As a holy thing:
Unlike a contribution, God relates with the offering as a sacred or a separated thing unto his name. This makes such a substance holy, meaning consecrated to God and his worship.
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, There shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 20:40
3. As an honour:
It is written in scripture as it is common even in the society to honour our fathers and mothers.
It is common to hear the saying give honour to whom honour is due, indicating that honour is giving a special treatment to someone because of a special place that they occupy in our lives.
So we honour our presidents, our elders, etc. If our fellow men deserve honour, what honour is due to God?
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase:
Proverbs 3:9
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I b master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
Malachi 1:6
4. As a sweet smelling savour:
Whenever we give to God, our offerings come to him as a sweet smelling savour that is pleasing in his sight.
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
Philippians 4:18
5. As a cause for the blessing to rest:
The blessing often hovers over us but when we give; our offerings can cause the blessing to rest. Thus an offering become a causative factor for the blessing to rest and become functional in the life of the worshiper.
And the first of all the first-fruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
Ezekiel 44: 30
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. ANd he blessed him, and said, Blessed b Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. ANd he gave him titles of all.
Genesis 14:18, 20
6. As a proof of love for him:
The true test of love is what you are willing to give up. When we willingly offer to God , we are declaring our love for him.
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statues of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
1 Kings 3:3
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her had, and kissed his feet , and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke 7:37-38
7. As a declaration of faith:
When we give to God, we are declaring that he exists and expressing our faith in his ability to meet our needs and make us prosper.
But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is , and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
They that sow in tears shall reap in Joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5-6
8. As fruit that will abound to the worshipper's account:
When we give offerings, fruits of increase abound to our account and this gives our righteousness eternal value.
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Philippians 4:17
9. As provision for his house:
An offering is God's system of providing what is needed in the church and for his work. What we give to God in offering , He in turn gives to his priest to carry out the assignment that he has given to them.
Bring ye all the tithes into the store house, that there may be meat in mine house...
Malachi 3:10a
Why God May Reject An Offering
It is one thing for an offering to be offered, but it is another thing for it to be accepted , In the earliest book of the Bible, we see this reality when Cain and Abel brought forth their offerings.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4: 3-5
So why may God reject an offering?
1. God rejects offerings mingled with sin.
When we give offerings in sin, our sin pollutes the offering. It puts a blemish on our offerings.
Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, the table of the LORD is contemptible. Malachi 1:7
Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. Ezekiel 46:13
2. God rejects offerings without honour.
When we give offerings without honour we are showing or declaring our disregard for God despite what our lips may profess.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if yeoffer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 1: 6,8
An offering you did not plan or prepare adequately to give is not honourable. An offering that is not at par with how much God has blessed you is also not honourable.
This is why it is important to learn to set apart what you intend to give to Go.
This is also why squeezing your offering, dropping an offering with absent-mindedness, or giving just anything that you can lay your hands on is dishonourable to God and it is the reason why many Christians do not prosper.
Imagine how you would prepare to give a gift to someone who is important. All that comes to your mind is the definition of honour.
One important way to honour God with what you have chosen to give is to celebrate him when you give. An offering is substance wrapped with praise and worship. If it is not wrapped with praise and worship it is not an offering.
Praise is characterised by loudness and exuberance and worship is characterised by reverence. Therefore your offerings must come to God with a combination of Joy, Exuberance and reverence.
The most important thing to you should be ensuring that God receives it and the only way he receives offerings is if it is wrapped with praise and worship. That is the only way you can get a blessing.
Never give an offering like a donation, because that will not give you the blessing. Also, never give half-heartedly. Whatever you want to give, celebrate God with it.
3. God rejects offerings accompanied with grumbling.
God loves a cheerful giver because he is openly declaring his joy and trust in God. If God loves a cheerful giver, then it is clear that he hates a grumbling giver. Giving with grumbling is a sign of lack of faith and trust in God.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Ye said also, behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Malachi 1:13
Therefore, never have a grudge or grumble towards giving. Some persons do not only grudge,their words and attitudes discourage others from giving.
Never create grudges for yourself and others when it comes to giving. Grumbling and grudges are a sign of unbelief and can take you many years behind in your destiny.
The Children of Israel were set back about forty years because of grumbling.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believe not? So we see that they could enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:17-19
4. God rejects offerings given in deception.
To give deceptively is to say you will give a particular thing and then give something else. It is often a product of pride and fear.
Some persons make vow that they cannot give to show off infront of others, and only redeem what they like later. That is giving in deception .
Others make a vow and later feel cheated , and then go ahead to give whatever they like. This is giving in fear. We are supposed to give as God has blessed us.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great king, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Malachi 1:14
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts 5:1-2
Also, deception includes giving less than God has blessed you.
Upon the first day of the week let ever one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:2
Therefore, if God rejects the things that we outlined above, it is therefore important that we give acceptable offerings-offerings that please him and are acceptable in his sight.
It is only acceptable offerings that activate the blessing.
Types Of Offerings
There are different types of offerings based on the purpose for which they are given. Let us begin to look at some types of offerings.
1. Freewill Offering
This kind of offering is given out of free will in declaration of our love for God. True love operates out of free will because love can never be forced.
That is why a freewill offering can be categorized as a love offering, one that we give without anything attached.
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Leveticus 22:23
And Solomon love the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
1 Kings 3:3-4
Freewill offerings are thus necessary in worshipping the Lord. The fact that it is Freewill does not mean that it is not important.
It simply means it can be maneuvered as a love expression to the magnitude of our feeling.
It is a necessity in the act of worship as love cannot be divorced from worship.
2. First Fruits Offering
The first fruit offering is giving God the first - the first of your harvest or increase.
It is also giving God the best of your increase. The Focus of this offering is honour. When we give our first fruits, we Honour God- we declare Him first in our lives and this will bring plenty and abundance into our lives.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst ou with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
3. Tithe Offering
The tithe offering refers to offering God ten percent of our income or increase. This offering shows our submission to God and it is a declaration of our dependency on Him as our source.
Bring ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Malachi 3:10
4. Seed Offering
The seed offerings are specific sacrificial offerings to God to activate angelic activity and secure God's favour in your direction. Notice that I call this a sacrificial offering. It is sacrifice because it is beyond the regular; it costs you something.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:6
The seed offering being a sacrifice offered to God, release one into a season of harvest. This indicates that we can utilize a seed offering to achieve whatever harvest we seek.
If we therefore seek the harvest of an anointing, we can sow a seed into the life of someone who has that anointing.
If we also desire a grace, wisdom and ability etc., our seed in the soil that carries the potential of the harvest we desire will be a way of connecting a harvest that can bring prosperity.
5. Service Offering
These are offerings that we give to God when we come together to worship Him. At appointed times of worship to God; we are instructed not to come empty.
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Deuteronomy 16:16
We are instructed to come with our service offering. Thus, this offering is motivated by obedience and it is one way by which we service our covenant of prosperity with God.
6. Enquiry Offering
This is the offering that should accompany our request and inquiry.
When we make a request or want to enquire of the Lord, it is important that we come with an enquiry offering.
The offering therefore serves as a tool for worship as we seek to know God's mind with regards to our request.
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
1 Samuel 9:8-9
7. Thanksgiving Offering
This type of offering is given in appreciation to god for what He has done.
True thanksgiving is accompanied with an offering.
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
Leviticus 7:13
Therefore, every time you meditate on the good things that God has done in your life, do not just say thank you with your lips, give Him a thanksgiving offering also.
The offering of thanksgiving brings wholeness.
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
Luke 17:17-19
8. Praise Offering
Praise is a declararion of the ability of God-what God can do. It is exaltation that preceeds from a revelation or an understanding of God's ability.
Therefore, a praise offering is a sacrifice that should accompany your praise.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:11
This kind of offering is used for warfare when you need to release your faith to get God to move on your behalf.
The offering accompanied with praise activates your faith as you declare what God can do, thereby releasing Him to do it.
Thus when we praise God, we must always remember to bring our offering and sacrifice of praise and this will cause God to move and manifest on our behalf speedily.
9. Beginning Offering
How you begin every venture or project is very important to its success. The beginning offering is an offering inviting God on the scene as you begin a project.
When you give a beginning offering, you are inviting God to begin with you, and when He does, you can be sure about the success of that venture.
This is the significance of this type of offering.
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
Numbers 28:11
10. Commanded Offering
This is the kind of offering that the Lord can ask for at any time by speaking to you directly in your heart, in a vision or through a prophet you can trust.
It is this kind of offering that a lot of ministers take advantage of and lie to people that the Lord has said when the Lord has not.
This is dangerous as they will give account to the Lord. However, scriptures show the existence of this type of offering.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Exodus 25:1-2
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:1-2
11. Vow Offering
This is a promise to give something to God in return for granting a request or keeping to a promise.
A vow offering is usually redeemed after the promise or request has been fulfilled. This is what we see with Hannah in 1 Samuel chapter 1;
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Samuel 1:11
She made a vow that if God would give her a child, she would offer him back for god's service all the days of his life and god heard her;
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:20
And after God heard her by giving her Samuel, she paid her vow;
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 1:24-28
by her vow offering the yoke of barrenness was broken from her life. Like Hannah, you too can break the power of barrenness and poverty and connect to god's supernatural provision by making a vow.
However, this kind of offering is very sacred because when we make a vow to God like Hannah, God expects us to pay it. The scripture below highlights this;
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
God considers a man who vows and does not pay a fool and he will not bless a fool.
When you delay or defer payment of your vow, the scripture says the works of your hands will be destroyed.
Thus when you make a vow, do not delay to pay after God has answered your request or you would activate a curse upon your business or job.
12. Covenant Offering
These are offerings we give to seal a covenant. When God speaks a promise to you or when you make a request from Him, either of he parties may seek a covenant by mutual agreement.
This was the kind of offering we see Abraham give in Genesis chapter 15.
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:8-13
The difference between a vow and a covenant offering is that whilst vow offerings are paid after the fulfilment of the promise, covenant offerings are released upfront.
While Hannah redeemed her vow after the fulfilment of her request, Abraham by mutual agreement gave a covenant offering to seal the covenant before its fulfilment.
This offering gives a guarantee to the fulfilment of your request.
13. Fruit Offering
A fruit offering is an offering we give as a result of spiritual impartation that we receive.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Hebrews 6:7-8
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Galatians 6:6
When you are taught a new revelation or when you receive an impartation, these are seeds sown into your life.
It is only right spiritually for the seeds sown into you to bring forth fruits. This aswe see in the scripture above attracts a blessing.
Many have destroyed their lives by fighting people who have invested in them spritually.
This is dangerous because a man who has invesed in you never needs to fight you, but what he has invested in you and impared to you will begin to fight you from within.
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
John 14:30
We see Jesus alluding to that reality. What Jesus is saying here is 'let us go, the devil cannot hurt us because he has not made any investment into us'.
Be careful how you deal with a man who has an investment in you because his investment in you may begin to work against you.
This is why God does not bother to fight the devil, because all he has is from God, and his walking away is his destruction because everything in him is working for his destruction.
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Ezekiel 28:17-18
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Galatians 6:6
When you present a fruit offering, it seals what you have been imparted with and gives you a spiritual licence to function in what you have received.
It is one thing to have a thing. it is another thing to have the licence to operate it.
It is this kind of offering that some refer to as prophet offering though i do not like the term because it has been widely abused.
I consider this offering a very mature kind of offering because it is based on an uncommon revelation.
Most pastors/priests who are well to do or wealthy today have not prospered really by tithes and regular offerings, but by the hand of those who have come to perceive their ministry both by the revelation of the Lord and by the impact that they have made in their lives.
It is by this kind of giving that a man can decide to give huge sums of money in fruit to a man of God.
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
Luke 8:1-3
We see this also with Jesus in the scripture above. This is not tithe and offering; they ministered to Him of their substance.
It is another way of saying they backed Him up with their money. Take note that these people who backed Him up with their money were those He has actually ministered to.
This is the real secret of pastors' wealth and this is why nobody can do anything about it. And I will say to you if you are a pastor/priest, you do not need to look for money, beg for money or lie and manipulate people for money.
If you truly please God and bless people, God will cause them to bring fruits to you that will minister to every kind of need you may have.
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
2 Chronicles 17:3-5
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Let me use this medium to invite you to worship at Gospel Pillars International Church Headquarters this Sunday at Gospel Pillars Church Coliseum, Plot 11C Kudirat Abiola Way, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria.
For other worship centers around the world, please call an appropriate number below:
Nigeria: +2347036905175
Africa: +27629858680
America: +19018466609
Asia: +919739362049
Europe: +447774915049
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