Is 10% Tithing/Giving Required by God or Can You Rob God with It?

Navigate this video by clicking on the time markers to go to the parts of this video you would like to see. Rob Zins ( https://cwrc-rz.org/ ) Th.M, Dallas Theological Seminary who is a long time associate of Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin, TX for over 30 years gives this presentation along with Pastor Greg Van Court of Dayspring Fellowship ( http://dsf.org/ ). 2:15 - video begins. 3:35 - What does the word "Tithe" mean? The Hebrew word for "tithe" is m'sar which means "tenth part." The Greek term dekatow means "tenth." Biblical references for this.

12:34 - Deuteronomy 14:28-29, Deut. 26:12-14, Deut. 26:14-15.

18:46 - Malachi 3:8-12, "8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the Lord of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it...

20:51 - What the tithe meant in the Old Testament: thanksgiving, dependence, awareness, obedience, worship, welfare, orphan, widow, & trust in the Lord.

26:02 - Methods by churches to get donations. Some churches post the top givers names on the walls of their church to entice other church members to give more money which creates the sins of pride, envy, & strife.

28:05 - What does the New Testament say about Old Testament 10% tithing? 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, "Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.