I bought my house for $150,000 and it sold for $450,000. I made a profit of $300,00 which I will roll over into my next home purchase. Would you pay tithing on this? What do you consider eligable for tithing? Say I get a free car to drive and gas from work....should I pay tithing on this increase each month as a benefit from work? Or only on tangible $$$ amounts? I'm confused!
2006-06-22 07:33:52 · 13 answers · asked by cocoa.girl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, I think you should do what you feel in your heart. Sometimes it seems harder to tithe when you seem to have a lot of money. Examine your heart. That's what I do. I was taught that you should even tithe from money you get for your birthday. Or when someone blesses you, etc. God will bless you! Do it cheerfully! Congratulations to you also.
2006-06-22 07:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by JD 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should pay tithes on all your income. It is hard sometimes to obey this commandment because money is such a sensitive subject. However, think about this. If you read chapter 3, verse 10 in Malachi (the last book of the Old Testament, for those readers not familiar with the Bible), you will notice that the Lord knows we might struggle or be confused when it comes to tithing so he made a promise:
10 Bring ye all the tithes• 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.
Think about that. He promises that not only will he make sure we have all we need (which is not the same as all we want), but He will give us so much in our lives that we will be amazed. By this he doesn't mean we will all suddenly become rich, but our lives will have an abundance of riches, and enough money to cover all our needs.
On top of that, He adds other blessings, spiritual and otherwise, mentioned in the next few verses. It's amazing, but a person will not believe it (develop a testimony that this is true) until they start paying their tithing.
I have a friend who says, "If you want gross blessings, pay tithing in all your income; if you want net blessings, pay tithing on your net income only." I have found this to be true.
With time, I have realized that everything I have, my talents, intelligence, health, family, friends, and material possession have been given to me by God because He loves me. He can take everything away at any time.
However, He shows his love for me every day of my life, even more during the hard times. As long as I keep working hard to draw closer unto him, he protects me and blesses me in many ways, some of which I'm sure I don't realize because that is the way children are - we take our parents for granted.
Anyway, sorry my reply was so long. I hope it helped. I'm glad you were able to make such a good profit from the sale of your house - what a great blessing!
2006-06-22 07:56:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tropical_Woman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations! That is such a blessing. Yes I would pay $30,000.00 to the church. The profit that you earned from your home is an actual and spendable sum that can be measured. A free car is a gift that can't be divided and to give 10% of the car to the storehouse would be kinda ridiculous. I think that praise, worship and "Thank You Jesus" for my blessing would be in order for that situation. If you were in that situation and you felt that God laid it on your heart to do so, give more than 10% or help out someone in need (for example, give someone a ride to church in your new car). I am not a biblical scholar, but I do believe that the tithing principle has to deal with financial gains and not necessarily gifts. You might want to talk to your Pastor about it further. However, if you fail to pay tithes on the money that you made on your house, you will be robbing God.
2006-06-22 07:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tithing is a personal thing, and I am not sure, but if you sell a home and put that money into a new home, I would say no, but if you are just pocketing the money yes. I also believe if you win a lottery or gambeling money the church wont accept tithing for that. I pay tithing on my gross income so when I get my tax return I dont pay tithing on it because it has been already paid, If you want more advice ask the Bishop.
2006-06-22 07:39:20 · answer #4 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would tithe on the whole $450,000 without doubt. God isn't about the math. The Pharisees were rebuked fro tithing spices! Tearing off a tenth of a leaf to be legal. Well, we don't do this for legal purposes. When God said to tithe "Everything that passes under the rod" I believe it means just that. Of course it's voluntary, but if you "tithe" on part, you may be guilty of the very thing Ananias and Sapphira in Acts did--giving part and claiming they gave it all. That didn't work out so well.
Not to suggest you will be struck down if you don't, but why not trust God to keep your car running and see if you actually run out of gas because of your offering.
I give $240 a month, and my income is just $1200 a month. I do it because I couldn't get by on $1200 a month if I didn't, but God makes it work. And on this, I HAVE done the math.
2006-06-22 07:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by Singlemomof10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you have been very blessed by making a profit of $300,000 !! I think that we should only tithe on the money we make from working. The money that you paid your house note with has already been tithed on. Look at it this way. When you get your pay check, you tithe and pay your bills with it right? Well in that way it's already been taken care of ! Enjoy your new house !!
2006-06-22 08:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by justagirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should tithe on any money you bring home. Since you are rolling the money over into the next house, I do not think it is necessary to tithe it. The best answer really is to pray and ask God what he thinks you should do with the money.
2006-06-22 07:37:48 · answer #7 · answered by blublossom76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't tithe on the home sale profit, because it's all money that you're going to use for housing. Honestly, I don't tithe; I give as much as my budget will let me. If you received a free car with paid gas, you could afford more to give to your church, but you could also give to charities or sponsor a needy child.
2006-06-22 07:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is extra to getting a temple propose that in simple terms paying tithing. The Lord is the only that has set the factors - and He can. people who're unworthy or in any different case unprepared to circulate to the temple, won't have a stable journey. regrettably, it happens. We could be humble and residing righteously - preserving all the commandments - to circulate to the temple. that's the Lord's domicile. He needs people who enter in, to be worth. Paying tithing is preserving a commandment, preserving commandments is being worth.
2017-01-02 03:53:12 · answer #9 · answered by anteby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, tithing is an express command from God. You are suppose to pay 10% of your earnings.
2006-06-22 07:42:52 · answer #10 · answered by udeme u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋