So this morning we are coming to learn the 2026 main theme song.
So we are all learning it together.
So by the power of the Spirit, by the power of the Spirit, by
the power of the Spirit, the Church is much known.
Through the power of the Gospel. Through the power.
Of the. Gospel salvation comes to all
salvation comes. To.
All by the power of the Spirit, by the power of the Spirit, the
church is marching on. The church is marching on
through the power of the gospel, through the power of the gospel,
salvation come to all salvation comes to.
So it goes like this. By the power of the Spirit, the
church is marching on to the power of the gospel.
Salvation come to all. So we all sing it together by
the power of the Spirit. The Church is marching on
through the power. Of.
The Gospel salvation come to Rome by the power of the Spirit
the Church is marching on. To the power of the Gospel
salvation. Culture.
So we move to the cross. Science and wonders.
Science and wonders follow our
preaching. Follow our preaching.
Healing the seas, healing the sick, raising the dead.
Raising the dead. Signs and wonders.
Follow our preaching.
Healing the sick.
Healing the. Sick raising, the dead raising.
The dead. So what I want to is like signs
and wonders follow our preaching, Healing the sick,
raising the dead. So we will sing it together.
So we are starting from the main verse by.
The power of the Spirit the Church is marching on to.
The power of the ground salvation comes to own.
By the power of the Spirit the church is marching on.
Through the power of the Gospel, salvation comes to own.
Sights and wonders swallow are preaching, healing the sea,
raising the dead. So so I am.
So we are singing everything by. The power of the Spirit the
church is marching on to. The power of the gospel,
salvation comes on. By the power of the Spirit, the
Church is marching on to the power of the gospel.
Salvation comes to own. Signs and wonders follow are
preaching, healing the sin, rising the die.
Casting now demons pulling down strong goods in the name of
Jesus Christ. Casting now demons pulling down
strong goods in the name of Jesus Christ.
Signs and wonders follow our preaching.
Healing the Sea, Raising the dead.
Castino demons pulling the straw holds in the name of Jesus
Christ. Castino demons pulling the straw
holds in the name of Jesus Christ by some wonders follow
preaching healing the sick, raising the dead, casting the
demons falling thou stronghold in the name of Jesus Christ in
the name of Jesus Christ Hallelujah we.
Want to check our seating arrangements so humbly?
Those seating in front? If you have a seat before you,
please move forward for us. Signs and wonders follow our
preaching healing. In the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen. Amen.
Oh, Amen. You look so dull.
Are we OK? Hallelujah.
Oh Saints of God, oh sons of God, until the last person gets
up. So we are not leaving here.
Oh, sons of God, it's a, it's a rally week, an evangelism week.
So you should get me. Oh sons of God, sons of God,
Hallelujah. At this junction, we want to
maintain the level where you've got into pull out your Diaries,
your Bibles, even as we receive the administration of Secretary
Elder Emmanuel AJ Amen. Praise the Lord, oh praise the
living God. Hallelujah.
Thank God so much for how far He has brought us and how far He
has brought the church as a whole.
Today is another day that our Lord God has made and Bible says
you must rejoice and be glad in it.
Hallelujah. Thank the church, the pastor,
which I thank our presiding elder for giving me this
opportunity to come and also teach the word of God to his
people. Hallelujah.
This morning we have been tasked to come and teach one of the
tenants of our church for all of us to understand and know what
that particular tenants is used in the church.
So that nobody will be able to convince you about that.
Because that particular aspect has been going on or people has
been talking about it in the Internet or on the Internet and
people are being deceived to take the side of those that are
on the Internet. But thanks be to God that our of
our leaders are following with keen interests and this one they
have tax us to come and teach on it.
So today is not preaching, today is teaching, and I believe we
all bring out our notebooks and write things down so that when
we go home and people are speaking about that particular
aspect will also come out of our chest high and our heads high
and also speak the truth for them to also learn.
Hallelujah. This morning we have been tasked
to speak on the 9th tenant of the church, the 9th tenant of
the church, which is tithe and offering.
Tithe and offering it is the 9th tenant of the Church of
Pentacles. So today we are going to look at
the meaning of tithe, the meaning of offering.
We'll also look at a small historical background of tithe.
Then. Then we'll look at the three
types of tithing that we have in the Old Testament and then look
at another tights that's it was done or a continuation of
tightening in the New Testament. At the end of that, we also look
at the reason why people don't give tights and then why the
need for giving tights. Then we also look at the
consequences of tightening which we look at the benefits or the
the negative aspects and then we also look at the positive or the
benefit aspect of tightening. Then the last one we will touch
on this morning will be the management and the disbursement
of the tides of the Church of Pentecost.
Your monies that you contribute at the end of the month, how
those monies are disburse in the Church of Pentecost.
This is being done so that we all know what our monies are
used for in the House of God. Hallelujah.
So I pray that you follow me with keen interest.
It will not belong. We'll touch on important aspects
that we are supposed to know and then we all go out of the
church. Hallelujah.
So we are going, we are saying we are looking at tights and
offering. So we are looking at tights
first. And as we already know, tights
is a tenth of our income. So as we are working and as we
are going about our daily activities, our businesses that
God has given unto us and the blessings that God has showered
unto us as we work, we believe that we will gain interest
because God is in our business. God is the one who has given us
these businesses that we are taking care of because the Bible
says that we are stewards of all that God has created and because
we are stewards and God has given us all those things to
cater for the land, the animals and other things that we are
taking care of. When we work with all those
things, we believe that God will shower his blessings on it and
then we will get something to take care of ourselves and our
families. So we are saying that giving
tithe, which is a 110th of our income, is an obligation that we
are supposed to do. Why?
Because we are stewards of all that God has created.
So we are saying that as and when we give tithe, which is an
obligation and which is a right for all Christians to do, we are
paying our debts and what we say we are paying our debts.
How do we pay our debts? Because God has given us
whatever we are using here on earth and we are having income
or interest on it, we are supposed to also appreciate God
for what He has done under us. So paying tight is an obligation
because going up and down even our life this morning, it is God
who has given us it under us. So as we are working, we pray
for work and God grant us work. The connections that we are
giving to all the opportunities that comes on our way for us to
get our individual jobs. It is not by our own efforts,
but it is by the grace of God. Some of us here can testify that
even our work that we are in right now, if we want to apply
for those work, we will not even get it.
But all these things are the favor and the grace of God that
we are doing. It is God who has given unto us.
So, we are saying that after these opportunities and after
these jobs given unto us for us to take care of or for us to
cater for, it is our right to pay tight, which is a 110th of
all income that has been given unto us.
So, if somebody gives you a gift which is also an income that you
have not worked for, we are expecting that you pay tight on
three. So we are saying that tight is
110th of our income, which is an obligation, a right to do
because we are paying our debts onto our God.
Hallelujah. So if you are here, we are not
paying our tithes, then it means we are not doing the right thing
that God has asked us to do. When we look at offering, we are
saying that offering is done in the church to show our
appreciation to God for His faithfulness towards us, not us
alone, towards the church, towards our families, towards
our businesses that God has given unto us.
So when we come to church and we give free will offering, this
morning you have gotten up and you are strong.
Even the journey from your house to the church, it is by the
grace of God that we have come. Somebody can get up and then
within the few minutes the person will go down again.
We have seen things and we have heard things.
So for God to shower His blessings unto us, bringing us
from our homes here into the House of God, it is a favor that
God has given unto us. So we are also obliged to also
thank God for His faithfulness unto us.
So this offering is not a must, but it is something that is
between you and your Creator. How far God has taken you
through Monday through Friday and today, Sunday we are here
and we are strong, so we have to appreciate what God has done
unto us. So when we come and we give
offering unto God in that direction, it means that we are
giving thanks unto God for His faithfulness unto us.
Hallelujah. So look at a small historical
background of tides. So we saw tides happening in the
Bible in Genesis 14, 17 to 22, Genesis 1417 to 22, where we saw
Abraham or Abraham that God took him through.
He went to a battle and as we already know, God took him
through the battle and then he was successful.
So Bible said that as he was coming home, back home he met 2
kings. Bible said that one was a king
of Sodom and one was the king of Salem.
The King of Sodom's name was not given back.
The king of Salem's name was given as Mechizedek.
Bible said that Mechizedek prayed for Abraham and then gave
him a wine and a bread. Abraham also recognized
Mechizedek as the King of the Most High, which means that he
is representing God on this earth.
So as Bible went on to explain unto us, he gave a 110th of all
that he has gained throughout the battle unto Meghisadeh.
Why did he do that? Because he believed that
throughout the battle and the success that he has chopped or
the success that he has gained, it was not done by his own
efforts. It was not done by his own
strength that he believed that it was God who took him and gave
him success. So he gave a 110th of all that
he has gotten from the battle unto God.
So that is where the tides started and it has continued
unto our time now. So we are looking at the three
types of Titan in the Old Testament.
The first one we'll be looking at this morning is the Levitical
Tides. The second one will be the
festival tights. Then the last one we'll be
looking at is the charity tights.
So we are looking at these three tights that our forefathers
practiced in the Old Testament. So we are saying that the
Levitical tights is the tights given to God like the one that
Abraham gave unto. Matthew said it, we give these
tithes to God, but as now as we are here we can't give this
money physically unto God. So people will be asking in the
Internet, people will be saying how do we give tithe to God
whilst we are here on earth. So they are saying tithe is no
more, but we are here to tell you that tithe is alive and
tithe is working. So as we give tithe unto God, we
can't give the physical money unto God.
So God has given people. To represent him on this earth,
to do the work that he came to do.
So we are saying that we give tithe to God through people who
God have selected to do his work on this earth.
And we all know that we give this tithe to the Levites who
are representing God, the priests who are representing God
or doing the work of God, the pastors, the apostles, the
teachers and the others that are doing the work of God.
So we give this to God. So the first one is the
Levitical tithe that we give to God, that we give to his people
who are representing Him on earth.
We have we will read Namus chapter 1821 through to 24.
Namus 1821 through to 24. So I give to the Levites all the
tides in Israel as their inheritance in retains for the
work they do while serving at the 10th of meeting.
Then we move on to the 22 for now on the Israelites.
For now, no Israelites must. For now on, the Israelites must
not go near the tides, the tent of Meeting, or they will bear
the consequences of their sins and would die. 23 It is the
Levites who are to do the work at the Tent of Meeting and bear
the responsibilities for any offering they might, or for any
offering they commit against it. And this is a lasting ordinance
for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance
among the Israelites in the 24 Instead, I give the Levites as
the inheritance to the tides that the Israelites present as
an offering to the Lord. That is why I said concerning
them, they will have, they will have no inheritance among the
Israelites. So as we have read, as God was
sharing the inheritance to the people of the Israelites, the
the Levites was taken out because God has taxed them to do
a particular activity or a particular work in his house.
They are supposed to take care of the tent, do all other
offering in Tasi for forgiveness of the people of Israel, pray
for their work so that their work will increase, so that at
the end when they bring their tithes to the tents of the
house, our Levites who are doing their work there, they will
benefit. So tithes as a Levitical tithes
is for God and because God is not here with that physically,
those who are working are the people who are supposed to
benefit. So as people are saying in the
Internet that tight is no more this one.
We are here to clarify things. That tight is still there
because you have people who are standing in the presence of God
and they are working in the House of God.
So these people who have no inheritance, who have no job, we
have to take care of them. So we are using this tight to do
as God has instructed us. So we have the next one which is
the festival tithe. We are saying that this type of
tithe is taken every year or it is a yearly activity.
So at the end of every year, our tithe will be taken and will be
guarded in a particular house where God will instruct us or
where God has instructed the Israelites that every year we
come together as a family and then we celebrate this
particular tithe. It went on to explain that this
particular tithe, because God has given us a location and we
are all carrying our tithe to that pool, then we come together
and celebrate as a house. It gave room for people who God
has blessed them abundantly. And it says that those who have
been blessed abundantly and cannot carry whatever God has
given to them to that particular location can sell.
And then when they sell, they go to wherever they have been asked
to join or pull all their tights.
And then when they get there, there are people around who are
selling equal things like what they have sold.
So they will buy and then they will pull all together and then
they will do their celebration. So this is a festival 1.
So we can equally look at this as the one that's Joseph and
Mary went to Jerusalem to do. They were all asked to come to
do that celebration. So that is what they were doing
in the Old Testament. Then we'll look at the last one
that is the charity Tight, which is a tight that is also
collected in the Old Testament at the end of every three years.
So we have the tights that we do daily or monthly.
We have the tights that we do every year, which is the
festival one. Then we have another one that we
do at every three years, which is the charity one.
That one too is gathered in a pool and then Bible says that
they are shared or they are distributed after all has been
collected. Yeah, we are distributed to 1
the Levites, one, the aliens, the fatherless, the widows that
are in that particular community.
So we can see that Tides is doing a lot of things.
Those who have lost their husbands and their wives, we
cater for them with this festival or with this charity
Tides. And then the Levites who we have
just read about, who are working in the House of God are also
catered for. Then we have the aliens who are
also catered for. The next point is saying that
this principle is based on what Jesus said.
So the charity tithe is a principle or it is based on a
principle that Jesus said in Matthew chapter 25, the verse 31
through to 46, which says that I tell you the truth, whatever you
did for one of the lowest of these brothers of mine, you did
it to me. So it is a charity things,
whatever you are doing to your brother, whatever you are doing
to your sister, as we pull things together to cater for
them, Bible is saying or Jesus is saying that as you do for
somebody who is in need, you are equally doing for me.
Hallelujah. So when we look at the tithes in
the Old Testament, we are looking at the tithes in the New
Testament. So the tithes in the New
Testament continues. And then in Matthew 23, verse
23, we saw the Pharisees giving tithes for everything that they
have worked for. They gave tithes on their spices
and everything that God has given unto them.
And they thought that giving tithes means that they are doing
the right thing. But in Matthew 23 verse 23 says
that even though they have given all their tithes, accordingly,
as the word of God says, they are not doing something.
They are justice and their messes and their faithfulness
are not in the right direction. So here it is a lesson that we
are supposed to learn. Even though we would say to
ourselves we are giving our tithes as we are expected.
If we are not doing the other things like the Pharisees did,
then our tithes that we are giving has a question mark.
We can give our tithes and even overdo it, but if the other
things that we are expected to do to love our neighbor as
ourselves, to have mercy upon others, to be faithful at our
workplaces that will not add zeros and other things to read
and we are doing everything as we are expected.
Then our tides will be accepted in the House of God.
God will accept it in heaven, but as we if you do it like the
Pharisees, the Bible is saying that our tights will have a big
question mark. So today as we are learning
whatever thing we are doing that is not right about our Titan, we
are here this morning to remember ourselves that Titan is
in the right direction. But the other things that we are
expected to do, if we are not doing it, then our Titan has a
question mark. Then it will be like the
Pharisees. It is my prayer that as we are
learning, we will learn and we will do the right things that we
are expected to do. So that it will not be like the
Pharisees, but it will be people that God Himself will point out
and say that indeed, these are the people that I have trust in
them, that they will do it and do it well.
Hallelujah. Let's look at why some people
fail to give tithe in the House of God.
The first one we look at is share on gratefulness, Share on
gratefulness. Why do we say share on
gratefulness? People think that all that they
have acquired, all that they have gotten is through their own
efforts, is through their own strength, and is through their
own ability. But this morning I'm here to
tell you that we are just stewards of all that God has
given unto us. So people think that because
they have worked, they have gotten up and done and they have
done all the things by their own strength and they are not seeing
God in it as physically as they go out their daily activities,
they think that all that they have, they had it on their own
ability. So why then do they have to give
tithe? So they will not even give
tights and they're not even listening for us to explain unto
them. So this morning we are telling
you that all that you have when you sleep, you know how you
sleep. We have holes all over.
Our nose is open, our ears, our mouth, some of our when we
sleep, we open our mouth, we slow, we will sleep here.
When we get up, we are the other side of the bed.
How do we sleep? How do we get up?
It is all by the grace of God. How do we go on our daily
activities, the air that we take in?
Do we even pay for? So for a person to say that all
that he has is by his own ability, then you, you, you know
that this person don't know what he or she is saying, but that is
their stand. So by saying that they do not
pay the tithes. So we are saying that those of
us who do not pay our tithes or who fail to pay our tight
things, that all that we have is through our strengths.
This morning we are here to remind you that the air that you
breathe in, if God takes that air, what are you?
If you go and sleep and you don't get up again, all that you
have acquired, what is the meaning or what is the essence
of it? So sheer ungratefulness is
something that we have to take out from our dictionary.
Hallelujah. Some people also do not give
tithe because they think they are poor.
But I'm here to tell you that that the Macedonian Church, the
members in the in that church Bible say that they were
extremely poor, but they try to give their tithes.
How much more you look at the auditorium that we have guarded
found all over and check the vessel by a condition.
Now Becca said you are poor. Bible is comparing you that you
are saying you are poor to the Macedonia church.
The members in it Bible use a word that's the members there
were extremely poor just say on Matario crown at it.
But those people in at that time Bible said they gave their tithe
and they did it beyond their ability or they tried that.
Whatever they have, they will at least do something to appreciate
what God has done for them. So we don't have any rights to
say that we are poor. So we will not pay our tithe.
So poor or poverty should be out in our dictionary eyes.
I said we should take share on gratefulness out of our
dictionary. So those people who have putting
these things in their mind that they are poor.
At the end of the month, Sikakra in Arminga may see me, Laura
Fair may see me, Water may light Bill the Akanukra Isha
Miyarukra, how can I take care of myself at the hospital?
We are saying that test God in this and see that if God will
not protect us, Hallelujah. People as people have done it,
people have tested it and people have testimonies over it.
So this morning, don't say that you are poor, don't say that all
that you have is for you alone, but give all that we have unto
God and He will give it back unto you.
Hallelujah. Why the need to pay tithe?
Why at all do we have to pay tithe?
We are saying that the tithe that we pay is the unbiblical
code of the church or it is the lifeline of the church.
Why are we saying that it is the lifeline of the church?
Because the church rely on these monies that we pay.
So the church buildings will get there.
Everything that we do in the church from the from the clergy
down, we do it with the tithes that we pay.
So we are saying that the tithes that we pay is the lifeline of
the church. Without the tithes, there will
be no church. The church will eventually die.
So it's like your heart that is pumping blood to make sure that
you are alive. If your heart stops pumping the
blood, it means that your body will be dead.
So the tithe is the heartbeat of our church.
So this morning we are encouraging ourselves that the
reason why we have to pay the tithe is to make sure that the
church is living on. Our forefathers left the church
for us and we have to continue. And how do we continue?
By paying our tithe so that the church will continue.
We are also saying that that we are supposed to pay tithe
because we are stewards of God's possession.
Everything Bible say that God created everything and handed it
over to man at the point that man gave names to all that God
has created. What a wonderful God that we
said He created His own things and gave it to man to name them.
And up to now what man did is what we are still doing.
So because we are stewards of all that God has given unto us,
there is a need for us to pay tithe.
The next point is that it is a command and then a depth that we
own. I've already touched on it.
We own gold, so we have to pay tithe on it.
The next one is that we brought nothing into this world and we
will take nothing. We are just stewards At the end
of the day. When your time is up for God to
take you and bring somebody to come and continue with whatever
He has given unto you to hold on onto, you will go without all
those things. As I said earlier on, you have
your cars, you have your buildings, you have everything
to your disposal, but when your time is up for you to be called,
you will go as the way you came. So why don't we give what God
has given unto us back unto Him to show appreciation?
Hallelujah. Now let's look at some
consequences of paying and not paying our tithes.
What are the positive and then the negative things that we will
gain or it will come unto us when we pay or we do not pay our
tithes. We will first look at the
negative aspects of not paying our tithes.
I hope you are taking notes so that at the end of the day, if
you have any question you ask and then it will be clarified.
So one negative thing that you gain for not paying our tithes
is that God will you attract poverty.
Say the point is that you will attract poverty and kiss into
your life. So if you are not paying tithes,
you will attract poverty and case into your life.
Malachi 93 says that you are under case the whole nation of
you because you are robbing me. Oh, when we rob God, God is
saying that he's going to case us.
Can we stand the case of God? Babu is saying that it will
continue from the nations that you are in.
So it means that everything, your children, your children's
children, all of them, this case and this poverty will be unto
them. Can we stand the case of God?
There's no way we'll be able to stand the case of God.
So we are urging ourselves this morning that we ought to pay our
tithe and pay it well. So that will not attract
poverty, will not attract case unto ourselves.
Hallelujah. One negative thing is that God's
protection will be withdrawn from us.
Bible say that when we pay our tithes we are being protected.
So that's the one who steals will not come and steal from us.
So Malaka 3, the verse #11 says that I will protect or I will
prevent pets from devouring your crops, and the vine in your
field will not cast their fruits, says the Lord Almighty.
So this is what God is saying, that when you pay your tithe He
will prevent pets from devouring your crops.
Now I believe that this one was written in the olden days whilst
the Israelites were farming. So we have things or animals or
insects that comes onto their farm to destroy their crops.
So God was telling them that when they pay their tithe is
going to protect them, not their families alone, is going to
protect their jobs, their farms and their crops.
And no other pets will be able to go and destroy their tents.
In this, our dispensation, we are not farming, but we have our
individual jobs there. We are going bankers.
We are teachers, drivers, police, security personnels are
here. We go to work.
Some of us use guns and other things.
We see what's happening in the Internet in Ghana while people
are being shot, our security agents, our security workers are
being shot and other things. Teachers are being beaten to
death. All other things are happening
to us, but God is saying that when you pay your tithe, it's
going to protect you. And I believe that our God who
swears are ye and Amen will do that when we do it.
But if we fail to do it, which is a negative aspect, is going
to redraw all this protection. And when God withdraws his
protection, then what is left for us?
You will be like a broom that somebody can take a broomstick
and break it and then you are there and then you are out.
It is my prayer that this morning this negative aspect
that we are talking about will not happen to us, but rather the
benefits or the positive aspects will happen on to us.
Hallelujah. Let's look at some benefits that
has been given to us to talk about.
If we give tight, these are the benefits that we are going to
get. Divine blessings in one
business. So God is saying that He's going
to bless us abundantly. What he's saying is going to
bless us abundantly, so he will bless us.
Divine blessing in good health is also part of it is going to
protect us and give us security. It's also part opportunities and
resources for wealth creation. God will also give unto us, will
also work under open heavens, which means that the heavens
will be open unto us. And then we'll get direct
contact unto God. And as we pray, we'll give unto
us. Let's look at some management
and disbursement of our tights. So as we already said, we give
tights in our local assemblies where we worship.
So tight is given to us in our local assembly where we worship.
After we have given these tights, we collect these tights
and then we take 10% out of it which is called the LDF, which
is called the local Development Fund, which is used to run the
church. But before these things are
done, we also take our allowable deduction which is electricity
and rent. If it is applicable, we take it
out of it before we take our LDF which is the local Development
Fund. After that, all locals will take
the rest of their monies to the district level.
The district level to AS our leaders has brought will also
take the allowable deduction which is rent.
If they are renting a mission house, they also take their rent
from it. They also take electricity and
other things. Then they also forward the rest
to the area. Then the area will also do the
same, take the allowable. Then they also take their 10%
which is the the area Development Fund and push the
rest to the headquarters where the headquarters pull all these
tights from all areas and then they use it for the work of the
church. Some of the things that they use
our tights for at the area level is to support the university
that we have created because they give people scholarship.
They also support our hospitals and clinics that has been built
by the church. They also support our schools.
That is the basic and then the Senior High schools.
They also use some of the money to pay the clergy of the church.
They also cater for the new ministers that are being trained
at BCC. They also support church
building as I believe that this church was supported by the
headquarters. So when our tides go there, they
bring it down to us, to people who need church buildings.
When new districts are created, they also support by giving them
money and other things that are all coming from our tides and
offering. They also support it by building
CBCB. When we go to the missions
field, they have a church called the CBCB that they built for
them a very small deuterium to enable members there to also
worship. They also contribute, give money
to that aspect. So in conclusion, we are saying
that tithes that we give has benefits and we are praying that
we will not go to the negative aspect as I've already said but
we will be try much possible to give our tithes and give it to
all. So that all benefits that has
been said in the Bible, you and I will benefit it.
Let us not stop giving tithe as I said because tithe is the
lifeline of our church and we can see all that we are doing in
the church, the development, the support of our students, our
hospitals, our schools. Even now we are going into
prisons and we are building churches in the yards of prison.
We are building even prison yard for members who have been
convicted or people who have been convicted so that they go
and have training so that when they come out they will their
lives will change. This morning it is my prayer
that is you have made-up your mind not to pay tithe again.
This small teachings that we have done, you will change up
your mind and begin to pay tithe, not to pay it because of
what we have or what the church is doing, but we'll pay it so
that you and I will gain blessing unto our Lord.
I pray that God himself will reveal himself unto you and
explain it deeply so that you understand it well and do as he
has ordered us to do. May God bless us all.
Amen. Oh, you are clapping.
You are clapping unto Jesus. What do we tell our elder?
God bless you, let's add another one, God bless you.
And the final one, God bless you.
Right, so the floor is open for comments, questions and
contributions. Feel free come up here and ask
your question. If you have any comments to make
you can do that. Carriage lead.
Who's taking it first? Super.
Quick one, I just need a bit of explanation where there are
three types of tides. He mentioned the Levitical
festival, then the charity. I think I understood the 1st and
the last but the festival tides I didn't really get the
understanding that much so I want further explanation.
Thank you. Any other question?
Any other question set?
I see a question running through your mind.
Come and see Any other question. Question, comments,
contributions. Oh, just one.
So we are saying that the festival Titan is for is for all
of us is a tight that we have to partake in yearly, is a yearly
activity, as I already said. So this tight God commanded the
Israelites that they should pull all these tithes, all these
resources at a particular location.
So it is given to support those who don't have.
So if it is pulled at a particular place, like tension
here, we are pulling all our tithes into this church at the
end of that particular year. When we pull it, we give it out
as donations. So the Levites who are working
in the House of God will receive their portion.
Then we will go round and look at people in the church or as
Israelites. We support them because it's
like a festival, something that we are doing every year.
We go out to support people who are in need, whether they are in
the House of God or they are not in the House of God.
So the explanation is saying that it is done in their
community. So the community that God has
asked them to pull all these resources in, they go around,
but I believe that before God will ask them to even pull all
their resources in a particular location, then there are people
there who are in need. So after they have done that, I
believe that there will be a direction on how to share all
these things to the widow, to the fatherless, to those who are
begging by the roadside at that particular community.
Not only for those who bring their tithe, but those who bring
their tights will also have their share.
So that particular tight is like a ritual, A yearly activity.
That is why it has been named a festival Titan.
So at the end of every year, we believe that we go out as the
Church of Pentecost do. At a point in time, they go to
prisons and then we pull all our resources together, we go to
prisons and then we give to those who are in need.
We are still doing it. We are still doing it, but it is
not like the olden days that all Israelites are to pull at one
particular place and do. But as the church we also pull
our resources as the need arises and then we go out there to
support the rest. But at the time of the
Israelites it is a must, something that every year we do
it, but as at now, we do it as the need arises.
Hallelujah. So I with my understanding, I
think we are talking about a yearly offering and I want to
believe that the Easter we, we, we organize the Easter yearly.
So I want you to look at the offering that we normally offer
during Easter. For me, I think that is my mind,
maybe I think that the Easter offering is a yellow one, that
one can be related to the festival one or maybe the
Christmas conventions. These are yearly programs, so
maybe we can relate those ones just like the festival tight.
That is my understanding. Let's read the Scripture
Deuteronomy chapter 14 verse 22 to 27.
I think it will also help us. Deuteronomy chapter 14 verse 22
to 27. Be sure to set aside a tenth of
all that your fields produce each year.
As the speaker said, during those days they were mainly
farmers buying our dispensation. We have different professions,
so we should consider that. And so be sure to set aside a
tenth of all that your field produce each year.
It's the tides of your grain, new wine and oil, and the first
born of your heads and flocks in the presence of the Lord your
God, at the place He will choose as a dwelling for his name.
And in our dispensation, that is the church, a place he will
choose as a dwelling for his name.
So that you may learn to Revere the Lord your God always.
But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the
Lord your God and cannot carry your tithes because the place
where the Lord will choose to put His name is so far away
then. And you see, during those days
the only place you could offer is Jerusalem.
So wherever you are, you have to move to Jerusalem to go and
offer. So please take note of it verse
25 then exchange your tithe for silver and take the silver with
you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.
And so why change or exchange your tithe for silver for
silver? Because maybe before you leave
one place to Jerusalem, by the time you get there your produce
might have rotten. I hope you understand.
So if you should exchange it into silver, at least you can
maintain it and then present it. Verse 26 Use the silver to buy
whatever you like, cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented
drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household
shall each day in the presence of the Lord your God and
rejoice. And do not neglect the Levites
living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance
of their own. 28 verse 28. At the end of every three years,
bring all the tights of that year's produce.
And OK, I think we are interested in up to 27.
So from the question I'd rather ask this tithe.
This tithe was to be taken every year to be eating with the
person's household at a specifically designated place
that is Jerusalem before the Lord.
If such designated place was far away, then it could be sold and
the money used to buy whatever they like for the enjoyment of
the house in the presence of the Lord.
And so from this explanation, how do you understand it?
Now I'll complete it. But from this explanation, what
did you, what are you deducing from it and how do you
understand it? And from the scripture we have
read, and taking the current church into consideration, how
do you understand it? It's not the address to him, but
to all of us. How do you understand it?
Yes. All right, so from the scripture
then the readings think it is obvious.
So the festival tides, it's more like a festival each year.
And the purpose of this is the whole year you bring whatever
you end 110th of it, the purpose is to celebrate in the presence
of the Lord with your family, just like how the reading said.
So it is a festival each year to be celebrated in the presence of
the Lord with your family. That's my that's what I got from
the reading. With your family, right?
And also with others, not only your family, because it is a
household, something that we are doing.
So in your household maybe you know, we know that in the olden
days they live in a compound house, very huge houses.
So I believe that. So as the end of the day, as we
have food, all our tides and we are celebrating not only our
household but people who are around, we can also call people
who are around so that we all celebrate because it is a
festival thing that we are doing.
I mean. And so from this morning's
lessons, you could see that we have other types that we have
not been talking about or we don't know much about.
But from what we just read and from what our elder said, when
did we organize our love fest? Last two weeks.
Last two weeks we had our love fest.
Where did we organize it? Where did we organize it in the
church? Where did we get the resource
from? And so from this explanation,
what it means is that God is expecting and one keyword that
came out from the Scripture and the definition, he said that the
money used to buy whatever they like for the enjoyment of the
household in the presence of the Lord.
Hello. So when we come to the House of
the Lord is not only Shrababa. Shrababa, we have to find time
and enjoy ourselves in the presence of the Lord.
And if we want to do it and do it well, then we have to do it
well. What we did the other time, it
is not it is not what I hope you understand.
And the reason why it is like that is because because you
don't have the understanding and maybe I don't have the
understanding the types that I was to supposed to bring for
this purpose, I didn't bring it. I hope you understand.
So please let's take note of it. So what it also means is that
you see from the presentation our elder gave, he made mention
about 3 different types, but we are talking about the festive 1.
The festive one. The purpose is that we will come
to the presence of God as a family or you come in the
presence of God as a family. We all come together and then
enjoy, have an enjoyment in the presence of God.
I mean, I hope it's clear. Have you responded to that
question? Yeah.
Any other question? Any other question?
OK, If there is no question, I will ask you, why don't you
tight? Yes, Why don't you tight,
please? Yes, since you don't have any
question, I'm asking why don't you tight.
If I say why don't you tight, We have spoken about three types of
tights, the charity, we have spoken about the Festive 1 and
we have also spoken about the Levitical tights.
So why don't you tights, I hope that question is clear is that.
Is it personal or general? It's a general.
If you want to personalize, it's fine.
If you want to generalize, it's fine.
OK. Praise the Lord.
So for me, I the reason why I don't tight for the festival.
I didn't know about the festival tights.
So that was that's why I don't tight for that one.
But then since I've lent it today, I'll make sure that I, I,
I put in the efforts to give my tights on that one.
Thank you. Hello.
OK, I was a bit sceptical about coming out to speak because I
don't know if it's personal or but you said we can, it's a
contribution. So I think I want to start by
saying as a church, maybe we have to start looking at the way
we teach about Titan because the times have changed.
Why am I saying so? I might have a difference or I
was born into the Christian religion even though I didn't
start from Pentacles. I started as a Christian before
I joined Pentecost. And I've learned a lot about
Titan from the church and then from my own research.
But what of others who joined us and all they hear is we are
Titan because we want to take care of our pastor or most
people think that we tight because the Titan is used to
take care of pastors or as the Bible says the Levites.
And in this dispensation, can you point me to the Levites in
the church? If I don't know anybody who
comes from that line, why am I giving them giving money to for
that person to be taken care of? I don't know if you are getting
me because I believe that the Levites are purposely or
basically living in Israel and in Ghana.
We don't have their lineage here.
I don't know if you're getting me.
So that is why the question, why don't you tight?
That's my understanding and I also want to put it out as in
Titan comes from a certain background.
What does God want from us? He wants us to give.
Titan is a form of giving and I personally, yes.
Let me make it clear, I don't believe in Titan.
I believe in giving. I pay my tithe though, but I
don't say I'm Titan, I'm giving to God.
Why am I giving to God? Because he gave his only
begotten son for me. He didn't give 10%, He gave all.
So when I'm giving to God, I must give my all to God.
Even though we are teaching about Titan, we must teach the
people to understand why they give to God and why they must
give their all. I don't know if you are getting
me but this is my understanding. So I think the teaching or how
we go about Titan must be crafted in a certain way.
To carry this message is a form of giving and when you are
given, give your all. I don't believe in giving my 10%
to God, I believe in giving my all to God.
Amen. Titan in the New Testament times
Giving of tithes and other
offerings was in existence before, during, and after the
New Testament times. During the Persian period, the
Jews were obligated to support the Temple and its priests and
Levites by contributing the first fruits of the earth and
trees, the first born of animals and humans to be redeemed, a
dough offering wine and oil, and it can be found in Nehemiah
chapter 10, verse 32 to 39. Additionally, they were expected
to pay imperial tributes. During the Second Temple period,
representatives of the priests and Levites collected tithes as
a second set of taxes for the temple and priesthood.
By the time of Malachi, the prophets, because the Jews had
come under Roman colonization and were paying taxes to them,
the economy had become so bad that it was difficult for some
of them to give tithes. Those who were giving tithes at
that time were only giving partially.
The Lord considered the partial giving of tithes and offerings
as robbery. He therefore asked them to bring
the whole tithes or the tithes or the full tithes into the
storehouse into his storehouse. It can be found in Malachi
chapter 3, verse 6 to 12. The emphasis is mine, mine.
This is what sometimes happen to some contemporary Christians.
They think that by giving some monies as tight, they have
fulfilled the requirements of the Lord.
The hard fact is this, as far as tithing is concerned, it has to
be given in full and not partially.
This shows that the Lord demands our total commitment and
obedience to Him. The Pharisees however did their
best to tight on even the mini test items such as garden herbs
and spices such as mint, deal and coming.
It can be found in Matthew chapter 23 verse 23 and Luke
Chapter 11 verse 42. Jesus spoke one Pharisee.
Jesus spoke about 1 Pharisee who was boasting that he gave tides
of all he had. That is Luke chapter 18 verse
12. Please project Luke chapter 18
verse 12 the Pharisees even thought that everything that is
eating and everything that grows out of the earth was to be tight
on he said that if Luke 18 verse 12 I fast twice a week and I
give 10th of all I get. Let me continue here.
The Pharisees even thought that everything that is eating and
everything that grows out of the earth was to be tight on.
Meanwhile, they were not faithful or merciful and also
administered injustice. Jesus sought to correct them
when He said Woe to you, teachers of the law and
Pharisees, you hypocrites. You give a term of your spices,
mint deal, and cumin, but you have neglected the more
important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and
faithfulness. That is Matthew 2323.
You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the
former. Now when we say you should have
practiced the latter without neglecting the former, what does
it mean? Yes, the Scripture is the word
to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You give a term of your spices, mint, dill and cumin, but you
have neglected the more important matters of the law,
justice, mercy, and faithfulness.
You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the
former. What does it mean?
Pay what Jesus said? Yes.
Yeah, please give him the mic. OK, he says.
You give a 10s of your spices. That's that's the you should
have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
So the latter is them neglecting important matters.
So they should have given the tent of their spices and mint,
Dylan or and not also neglect giving justice, mercy and
faithfulness to others. So what it means is that they
attach so much importance to tighten, neglecting
faithfulness, neglecting mercy, neglecting justice, and Jesus is
telling them that all are very, very important.
Even in our dispensation. Some people think that when you
tight it is enough, you can live your life anyhow.
And so Jesus is drawing the attention of the Pharisees that
the way they attach importance to Titan, they should attach
importance to living a righteous and a holy life.
It can be seen here that Jesus did not condemn or nullify the
giving of tithes. He rather thought that it was
not enough for a person to give tithes when that person was not
just merciful or faithful. In his view, givers of tithes
should also impartially administer justice, be involved
in acts of mercy, and be faithful in all their activities
to please the Lord. A typical example.
You carry your tithes and then you come and pay or you do your
very possible best and you pay your tithe faithfully at every
given time. And then you have money, have
resources. Your neighbor don't have what to
eat. Your neighbor is seriously sick
and he's dying, but you are no merciful towards your neighbor.
Your neighbor don't even have what to weigh, but you prefer to
come and pay your tight faithfully and then your
neighbor who is next to you, who is dying, who has not got what
to eat. You can support him.
And so we dream the Ding Ding. You know, there are some people
who have, but they are very, they are very stingy.
And so Jesus is saying that yes, we should pay our tithes, but we
should be merciful. Yes, we should pay our time, but
we should be faithful. Yes, we should pay our time, but
we should we should be people who who are just how we say
someone is just what does it mean?
He mentioned justice. Why we say someone is just?
What does it mean? Yes.
Oh, are you here? Oh, Please wait.
You are not the only wait. You are not the only person.
Please set help us. Why we say 1 is just?
What does it mean? Does being honest?
Honest. Yes.
Any other person? Yes.
I also think the person is on pain CCA the person is If it is
this, it is there's. No cheating, no cheating.
Yes, yes, Waka waka with you. You speak into the mic, so I
will hear your voice. OK, so I wanted to say that the
person is fair. He.
Is fair, he. Was saying on pace CCA.
On your bias, yes, there's one hand at the back there.
The person stands for what is right.
God bless you all. Do you know that in our
dispensation and even in in the church now who?
Yeah. OK, so giving to someone what
they deserve. What he deserves yeah.
OK, God bless you. Do you know that in our church
now, there are some people who have their mindset that when you
have money, you'll be ordained as an officer.
And there are some people also have their mindsets that when
you have money and you are ordained as an officer, you can
live your life anyhow. And we have some people who have
managed to enter the they are rich.
They, they, they, they have money.
They have become officers. Some are not officers.
They are members. They live their life anyhow.
Some of them are womanizing, some of them are drinking, and
some of the members and some of the officers who know, but they
are afraid to talk about it. Hello.
Yeah. Yeah, we can.
Have you Have you seen some before?
No. Are you sure?
And even at times when we talk about it, when we talk about it,
and at times soon when we talk about one, we are afraid to talk
about it. And there are times when you
manage to talk about it and it gets to a point some people want
to. I hope you understand.
So we are talking about justice. What is not good for coffee is
not good for could you? I'm saying it because we, the
members, we are the same people who talk about it all the time.
How come somebody issue will come and then within the
shortest possible time we are finished talking about it and
the decision is taken and then another person issue, can we
talk about it and talk about it and talk about it again?
Maybe it's the same issue. One has money, one don't have
money, one supports the church so much that the church don't
want to lose him. If we lose him, the church is
the financial status of the church will just come down.
And so they presided. I don't want to lose him, so
they presided. I will try and then, oh, you be
patient. Oh you let's do it this way and
another person who the Bible sees and then straight.
I'm not saying I'm being that or someone is being that, but the
point is that we should be just Amen.
The problem it can be seen that Jesus did not know.
The problem with the Pharisees was that.
They thought that by Titan they were better acceptable to the
Lord, who would probably overlook all other things they
did, the Pharisees began. The Pharisees began to think
that giving tithe was a substitute for the moral law of
justice, mess, and faith. Jesus therefore had to correct
their evil thoughts and belief. For the Pharisees, full tithing
was a mark of loyalty to God, but Jesus considered their
hypocritical motive behind it. One of the main New Testament
teachings is that Christians must offer their bodies as
living sacrifices to God. Romans 12/1.
This implies that as they offer their bodies to the Lord, the
giving of their substance to the Lord is also included.
Titan was practiced during the times of the early Church
Fathers, such as Iranians who lived between 1:30 and 200280,
wrote that if the Jews regularly paid tithes, the Christians who
were serving the Lord in a new spiritual dispensation should
save him with all that they had because they had a hoop of
greater things. With this understanding, the
giving of 10% tight is basic. There are some Christians who
have chosen to give more than 10 of their income to the Lord as
tight. Amen.
I hope it's clear and so please
the New Testament believer. At times some people say Jesus
did not talk about tights because Jesus did not mention
the word tights. But from what we read, you could
see that Jesus brought clarity to it.
And Jesus also made us to understand that tights, tights
is very important and we shouldn't replace tights with
the moral laws. And then when I was speaking, he
talked about the Levites. Someone would say in our
dispensation, who is the Levites?
And then he made us to understand that when God was
distributing the inheritance to the people of Israel for the
Levites, they didn't have any shame.
And God commanded that the other, the other, the other
persons should work and then support or bring their tithes to
the House of God. And that was going to be the
source of income for the Levites.
So it is scriptural in our dispensation.
And because we are in the Church of Pentecost, I can talk about
the Church of Pentecost because every church and its
administration, there are some churches, when you pay the
tithe, it goes to the pastor. And so there are some people who
think that all the tithes we pay in the Church of Pentacles goes
to the district past. No, that is not a situation in
our church. In our church, why do you pay
your tithes? 1 You must ensure that you pay
your tithes in your local church.
The reason why you pay your tithes in your local church is
because that is your, your spiritual home.
That is where you are fed spiritually and so you own
allegiance to that local church. Hello, at times someone, maybe
you came from Kumasi and then now you are living in Accra, you
are working in Accra and then maybe you have brought your
transfer card or you know that you are not going back to
Kumasi. Maybe you came from your
hometown to a different location.
You are attending church at a different location, but you are
not paying your tithe today. You pay your tithes at where you
are coming from. Meanwhile you are being fed in a
different local church. If you do that, it is totally
wrong. Where your name is recorded and
registered, where you are fed spiritually, that is where you
must be your tithes. Amen.
So if you are here and you are doing like that, please take
notes and do the right thing. And in our church, when a pastor
is when a pastor is what? When a pastor is called into the
full time ministry, I was being careful of the way to choose and
so I needed to consult whatever a pastor is called into the full
time. Do not forget the pastor is
called from among the people as you are seated there.
When we see the call of God upon you, the presiding elder and the
presbytery will recommend you to the districts and the district
pastor also will confirm the calling and they will also
recommend you to the area. And when the area also confirms,
the area will recommend you to the national.
And when you go to the National and you pass the interview, then
the call upon you is confirmed. Then you become a full time
minister of the church. Do not forget that some of these
people, in fact all the people who are cold, they are some are
well to do us. They are all working.
We don't just we don't just Amen.
But the point is that they are all well to do.
There are some who are doctors, there are some who are lawyers.
There are some who are they are all professionals.
Should they do their normal work, they will be earning so
much, but when they receive the call and they respond to the
call in the Church of Pentecost, you have to stop everything you
are doing. That is why we have full time
ministers. They are full time.
You don't do any other work apart from the ministerial work.
It is of late that the Church of Pentecost has introduced and is
accepting 10th ministers. The 10th ministers, they are
professionals who do other works, yet they are still and it
is now coming. But I'm talking about the full
time. Majority of our ministers are
full time ministers. So what it means is that when
they are cold and they stop whatever work they are doing and
they are doing them in a serial work, how are they going to
survive? How are they going to feed their
wives and their children? Do not forget that they are
family men. And so from what you read the
Levites, the Bible is saying that the tights that was brought
into the temple, that is what they depended on.
So in the Church of Pentecost, when you come and pay your
tithes, maybe let me read it for clarity sake.
Then we'll bring it to a close. Management and disbursement of
tithes. In the Church of Pentecost, the
Bible teaches bring the whole tithes into the storehouse that
there may be food in my house. Because of the different types
of administration being run by the churches, every church
determines its storehouse in the Church of Pentecost.
Tides should be given in a person's local assembly because
that is where they get their spiritual guidance, care,
feeding, teaching. From there it is sent through
the districts and the area to the headquarters.
So this place, let me also be quick to add, that's the local
assembly. That is where the member get his
spiritual guidance, care feeding and the teaching.
The member get his spiritual guidance.
There are some members, they are in the church but they don't
have any spiritual guidance because they are refusing to be
good members. Hello.
I am trying to draw your
attention. I'm not yet to judge or
whatever, but as a member in the local assembly, you should have
spiritual guidance. How can you have spiritual
guidance when the leaders even don't know your name?
The leaders don't know your name.
How can you get care when the leaders even don't know your
name? You don't even come to church.
And how can you be fed and be taught?
So let's all think about it. This means that the Church of
Pentecost operates a centralized system of financial
administration. This constitutes the where the
storehouse of the Church of Pentecost in the Church of
Pentecost. They are allowable deductions
that may be taken from the tights.
In the Church of Pentecost there are allowable deductions that
may be taken from the tights. These include church rents where
applicable. So, for example, if we are
worshipping in a place that we are renting, at the end of the
month, whatever tight we get, it is allowed for us to pay from
that tights and then our electricity bill and water bill
as well as electricity and water bills at the local church level.
After that, after deducting all the allowable deduction, after
that 10% of the remaining money is taken at the local assembly
level as a local Development Fund for local administration.
So let's say at the end of the month, all the tides we got from
the church is 2000 Ghana CD. If we are renting a place, we
pay our rent from it, we pay our lights and our water bill from
that 2000. After taking that money out, the
remaining money, the local assembly deducts 10%.
So let's say after all these deductions is left with 1500,
the 1500, the local assembly would deduct 10% from it, which
is 150 CD. Is that correct?
10% of 1005 is 150 CD. So when the local takes that 150
CD from the 1005, it will be left with 1350.
That 1350 will be paid to the into the district account and so
the local assembly will depend on that 150 CD for local
developments. So what it means is that our use
the city, whatever we need to do in the local, whether we are
doing construction, we are the running of the local we want to.
So in our case, for instance, at the end of every month when we
do deductions of our lights and our tights, and then we get our
10%, the 10%, some of the things we buy is what water.
And what if I say what are the drinking water, The drinking
water? We buy cups, we buy tissue.
I mean we pay. We pay for the rubbish and the
wastes and so all those expenses are made from that 10% no matter
the amount whether it will reach or it will not reach your
expenses. That is the policy I mean.
And so while we send 1350 to the districts, that district also,
if the district is paying water bill, light bill, they pay from
that money 1350. So let's say they also pay 150
from US expenses from the money forwarded to them.
If they pay 150, it will be left with how much 1002.
And then out of 1002, the district is supposed to also
maintain 10% as the district Development Fund. 10% of 1002 is
how much 120 CD. So you could see that the local
assembly, the local assembly had 150 CD to run the affairs of the
local and the district had 120 CD.
The same way the district is to depend on that 120 CD for the
running of the district affairs. When it comes to running of the
district affairs, maybe there is a program that the district must
attend in the name of the district.
The district must make expenses from lose, lose money.
And so the point is that at times, depending on the types we
get, and even in our case, at times, the local Development
Fund and industry Development Fund is not enough to cater for
our expenses, our men. The reason why I'm taking my
time to explain this is at times we have the notion that the
local or the district has a lot of money in its accounts sitting
there. But let me continue.
So after the district has done its deductions, these include
church rents where applicable as well as electricity and water
bills at the local assembly. After that 10% of the remaining
amount is taken at the local assembly.
The remaining amount is sent to the district office by all
assemblies constituting the districts.
So here also let me explain. Assuming our district we have
about in our case, let's say we have two local assemblies.
So English will bring its the Economist, after the deductions
they will forward or pay their tights to the district.
The local people will be you bring it together, you do your
deductions and then the district will also forward the rest to
the area. At the district level, the
mission house rents where applicable as well as mission
house water and electricity bills are deducted. 10% of the
remaining amount is taken for administration and district
level. This is referred as District
Development Fund. From the district office, the
remaining amount is sent to the area. 10% of all types received
from the district constituting the area are taken at the area
level. This is known as the area
Development Fund. Then take note, the area gives
support and scholarship to needy students.
So when the money leaves local to district and then from
district to area, from different districts, when it gets to the
area, the area gives support and scholarship to the needy
students. Currently, I know that tension.
What area? Our area, we are sponsoring
almost 300 students at the Pentecost University College.
Almost it's between 2:52 fifty plus.
That's why I said almost 300 students at the Pentecost
University College. But the area is not making noise
about it. Amen.
And some of our members in this church are beneficiaries of it.
So the point is if we don't pay the tights, how can this be
done? And so you could see that the
tights, you are paying the tights I'm paying.
Even though it's doing the work of God, it is also being a
blessing to other people. But the head context directive,
10% of the ADF that is area Development Fund for every area
is used to support church administration and ongoing
church building and mission house projects within the area.
So when the area also get the the tights, they use 10% to
support the works of the area, the area administration, maybe
one district is building it's temple, just as when we were
building our temple, the area came to support us.
Should it be dependent on only us to build this Chapel?
It should have taken us more than 20 years.
Hello. And you go to some places, some
areas they start building a Chapel.
They don't finish five years, 10 years every year.
They keep on raising funds building, building, building and
the dolphin. But in our case when the ties
from all the district goes and they support the district, that
is how come we have our building like this.
I mean another 10% of the title received at the area office from
the district is taking us Accelerated Infrastructural
Development Fund. AIDF to support ongoing church
building and mission house projects in the area.
The remaining amount is sent to the headquarters into the
Central fund from the Central fund.
At the headquarters, the salaries of full time ministers
and non ministerial staff are paid every month.
Every month the headquarters releases grants to the areas to
support the construction of mission houses and church
buildings. Every month the headquarters
releases another grant called CBC.
As Elder spoke about, the headquarters also gives support
in the form of scholarship to the needy students.
The headquarters is responsible for the training expenses of new
ministerial students currently at the Pentecost University
College. The church is responsible for
their feeding, accommodation and other expenses of the students.
Because no student is made to pay anything, the headquarters
supports newly created districts to acquire mission houses for
their ministers as well as basic evangelism equipment.
The headquarters is responsible for transporting all transferred
ministers to their new stations. The headquarters financially
support the Pentecost University College, the Pentecost
Hospitals, clinics and Basic Schools, Senior High schools,
among others. The headquarters has been
financing the construction of police stations as well as
drilling boreholes for deprived communities.
The headquarters is responsible for the purchase of vehicles for
most area heads. The headquarters has been
financing the construction of church buildings for pencil
groups and the campuses of the tertiary institutions.
Similarly, in addition to supporting the travelling
secretaries in constructing church buildings, the
headquarters has been providing financial support for the
construction of the church buildings and mission houses at
the various military barracks. The headquarters runs its
administrative expenses and uses part of the tight to expand the
church work across the country. It is a rule in the Church of
Pentecost that to engender greater transparency and
accountability, money counters should be changed every month.
Tights must be counted and recorded in the presence of
other persons. Tithes should not be used for
giving loans to church members. Tithes should not be used
directly by any individual or church leader.
Church leaders to support the construction of any project.
It is important for Christians to know that there is a
difference between tithes and offerings.
A tithe is 1/10, which must be given to the Lord.
All offerings must be voluntarily taken from the
remaining 90% of income that the person retains in other ways.
It is inappropriate for a person to use his or her tithe as an
offering. It is inappropriate for a person
to use his or her tights as an offering this.
Please let me comment about it tomorrow.
You could see that at times when the local church is, let me use
our church for as an example, since December up to this
period, we've had a lot of programs, a lot of activities.
And then we always encourage the members to support, support,
support in five years from December.
And we realized that from some, for some time now, our tights
keep on going down, down, down, down.
And I think I've said it here before and I was thinking that
the officers, we have discussed about it, church workers, we
have discussed about it. And I'm thinking I may be right,
I may be wrong. I'm thinking that some people
don't pay their tights at all and some people also don't pay
their tight fitfully. And I want I, I read this
material. What also came to mind is
probably because of the other things we decided to do, some
people decided to channel some of their tights through.
I hope you understand, Barbara. I hope you understand.
Send a tight year 2000. We say we want to do party, they
tight 2000 / 200 around 3000 is the same church.
We say recently what activities did we do that people supported
us. We did, we just did yesterday we
just did a Valentine. The topic was a Ville doubt
Ville, some people supported us. So from the same 2001 in two
people who know at the end of the day, no, the tights that is
supposed to pay which is 2000 not a swat TR with abaca 500.
The other 1005 no, it still went into the church activity.
But what we are saying is that the other 90% you have, you can
do other expenses, you can give other free will offering from
it. You shouldn't go into the the
10% of your tights, please. Is it clear?
Hello and she said what it is, why?
And then your last stop. Amen.
Tide should not be used to give arms to the poor, beggars and
needy. The reason is that it will never
be acceptable by the Ghana Revenue Authority for any reason
to use his or her taxes to support the needs of the poor
and needing. Tithes should not be paid to the
districts of a person's hometown because the individual church
member has a moral and spiritual responsibility to his or her
local assembly. It is in the person's local
assembly that he or she gets spiritual guidance, care,
feeding and teaching. Tithes should not be paid to
another church or organization because the individual church
member has a moral and spiritual responsibility to his or her
local assembly. This place to let me comment
tomorrow. Maybe you are a member of this
church. And then this coming Sunday, we
are having a fundraising to maybe buy a bus or for a project
and then another person invites you or maybe the church in your
village or your town, they are also having a fundraising and
they invite you and they invite you.
When it happens like that. Brother Cornelius, what will you
do? You 2, you are one man.
Your offering is 1. What will you do?
Come and tell us. Why is that, Mike?
Oh please give him the mic for me.
Hi. In such a case, I think the best
thing to do is to. Contribute to your local church
and then also the 90% that's left of your income.
You can decide to allocate some portion to your church in the
village. Yes, any other person.
Any other person. So let me also add this time I'm
not talking about the tides though we are talking about what
I really says that I should not be paid to another church or
organization. Let's say this organization full
Gospel, full Gospel businessmen, they have India program.
They still brother said we are inviting you and then you go
there or any other organization and then they are having their
program and they are taking tights and you are you are
invited. When it happens like that, you
don't pay your tights there. That is what we are saying.
You pay your tights at the local assembly.
But from what our brother said, the other 90% you have out of it
you can give to supports. But this one, I'm talking about
a special offering in the local church.
We are having a program and then you are invited elsewhere and
then you leave your local church and you go elsewhere.
That is not the right thing to do Amen.
I hope you understand if we finish, maybe we'll give you 3
minutes for questions, then we'll end there.
But our time is far gone. Tides should be taking on a
person's gross salary and not the net.
The person is. The reason is that the taxes
that are taken from the person's salary constitute a financial
obligation or he obligation he or she owes to the states.
It is from these taxes that the state provides security and
other social amenities to the cities.
Cities, citizenry, church leaders and money counters are
to be careful not to misuse or misapply the tides of any
unapproved purpose because the Bible says we have an altar from
which those who minister at the Tabernacle have no right to eat.
Hebrews 13, verse 10. Church leaders and money
countries are expected to demonstrate a high sense of
faithfulness, integrity and integrity and transparency in
the handling of tithes and offerings Are men because of our
time? We want to end here.
We'll continue later. Maybe we want to dedicate 2
minutes for any question clarification, then we end.
Amen. Any question, right?
So if there is no question, Adam will pray for.
Us Father, Lord, we thank you this morning for the revelations
that you have revealed unto us about Titan.
We pray that Father we cannot do away without you.
Pray that Father you grant us the strength and the Greece to
tight well a lot of men a lot of people do not tight well read
our Father you help us to tight world and continue to guide us
in whatever that we do. We thank you Lord, in Jesus
scenario period Thanksgiving, Amen.
He said Amen. So we want to practicalize what
you've learned this morning, our brother Joshua, and that will
take us through tight Joshua.