As You Tithe, So You Prosper

Many professing Christians believe that tithing was an institution of the Mosaic law, that it was intended for the ancient Hebrews but not for people of the present age. These individuals object to tithing, saying that we are no longer under the law of Moses but that through faith in Jesus Christ we are under grace and truth. Their contention is that we have no right to teach tithing now, as it belonged to the old dispensation and is not of the new. It is true that under the law of Moses a tenth part of all the increase of the flocks, of the land (fruit, grains), of all income was to be given into the Lord's treasury. Tithing however did not begin with the Mosaic law. Long before Moses' day Melchizedek, king of Salem, blessed Abraham saying: "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand." In response to this blessing Abraham gave to Melchizedek tithes of all he possessed.