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Do I have to tithe? How much should I give?

Believers differ here honestly. Some hold that the tenth is a standing creation-order principle that predates the law and still stands; others hold that the New Testament replaces a fixed percentage with proportionate, planned, cheerful giving that for many should exceed a tenth. Both sides agree on this: give deliberately, give regularly, give with joy rather than under pressure, and treat any teacher who makes a blessing conditional on a payment as the Bible treats him.

Where Christians differ. The honest note: Malachi is addressed to Israel under the covenant at Sinai. Whether it transfers directly to the believer today is exactly the point Christians debate. What no one can defend from Scripture is using it to frighten poor people into giving money they need for food.

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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

Upon the first day of the week let every 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

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.

Malachi 3:10

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