why does god want 10% of my money i earned?

Answer 1

i dont know maybe he needs to do some repairs on the kingdom that were supposed to be living in.Maybe he needs money to add some rooms because that place is full.LOL

Answer 2

I hate saying this but you are a victim of a mis-quote and the truth is they read that quote and fail to read the rest that goes along with that quote. God, demands that you put up ten percent of what you earn in to a store house for your use later. Like in a bank,etc. Now God also ask you to give you pastor and the church a heave offering. Now how much that offering should be I am not sure, but I am sure that it is not ten percent of what you earn. another thing God did promise to take care of your pastor and church. But not one human being know how he plans to do that. So I say give your church something for bills have to be paid
and try not being to cheap because God, will judge you on that as well. Now I know that I am in for a fight about what I have said but what I have said is also written in the Bible,that will prove not some of what I have buy every thing that I have said to you this day.

Answer 3

Well, obviously, he has no need for it. The goal of what we call the "ten-percent tithe" is, ideally, to supply the needs of those people who run the church -- pastors, staff, etc.

The idea is that, by deriving their wages from the people whom they serve, those who minister are able to devote their entire energies to their ministry, and not have to find an outside job.

Now, you'd be right to wonder whether some of the rich televangelists and their ornate ministry centers and organizations might be raking in a little too much money, and honestly, it's right of us to wonder. Ideally, any money the ministers of a church make beyond their immediate needs should be devoted in some way to the good of the overall church, but that's a principle that can be applied in many ways. Funding missionary work and seeing to the needs of the poor are two obvious ways, but when it comes to spending money on, say, new church facilities or equipment, arguments can be made on both sides. Maybe the ministers of the church *can* reach more people for Christ by, say, building a recording studio and starting a radio ministry. Or maybe there are more pressing needs for the money, and a radio ministry might be an exercise in hubris. There aren't always right and wrong answers to such questions.

But in general, the Bible is generally interpreted by Christians to indicate that God wants us to put aside that portion of our income for the good of the church overall. We're not so much "giving it to God" as "setting it aside for God's work, which we are assigned to do."

Answer 4

God doesn't want your money - churches do. Churches need and want your money because they have bills to pay just like any other business. Some churches also need and want your money because they think that sending missionaries to other countries to help spread their message of god's word is a good idea and something that they must do, but it costs money to fly five families to a foreign country and it costs money to give them food, shelter and clothing while they are there.

Answer 5

Your money is the first thing to tackle, first eveything belongs to God, it was NEVER your money in the first place, and if God is someone you really be-live in you will understand that it is NOT the money in your pocket that gets you by, by paying your tithing "and offerings" you acknowledge God's owner ship of you and your reliance on His protection and love, Never will He leave or forsake you" when God allows the money to collaps and its not worth anything, or if you would die today, what will it be worth anyway, we are living in A world where everyone dies, and He is the only way out, that money helps provide for pastors, again, its all His anyway, right?

Answer 6

God doesn't. God doesnt want anything. The scam artists running the church want it. Keep your money, or give it to charity... that would be a way to make sure your money is going to do good, not pay the churches legal fees.

Answer 7

the church wants the money. The church has nothing to do with god other than he makes a great advertising icon for them. If there is a god, trust me.

" He is not the kind you have to wind up on Sunday."

Answer 8

That is the biggest scam on the face of the earth. Churches "TELL" you that, but God most certainly did not tell the churches to collect 10% of your money. Churches support their own "organized dogma" and agenda, and 'staff' using your 10%.

The KEY is CHARITY. GIVING ----always returns to you. Practice it. There is nothing wrong with GIVING, but make sure it is used well.

Answer 9

This is where I would draw the line, JUST SAY NO ! God doesn't want it the church does so they can have their get together and all they have to have to play with at the church . God doesn't care if you were to pray in a field. If you ask me its to pay to have a million dollar church built. No Walton's Mountain anymore eh!

Answer 10

He doesn't need your money. God requires tithing to teach you the lesson of sacrifice. Tithing money usually goes to assist the poor and needy. What's so bad about that? And besides, nobody is requiring you to give this money. It's your choice.