📢  TITHING IS A SIN    Billy Graham Stanley Best Powerful Speech - video Dailymotion

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#billygraham #billygrahammotivation #billygrahamclassics #tithing #giving #churchtruth #money #blessings #godsgrace #christianity #sermon #truth #faith #freedom #motivation #bible #newcovenant   📢 "TITHING IS A SIN" | Billy Graham Stanley Best Powerful Speech   Description:  🔴 Are you still believing that tithing is a requirement for God’s blessings? It’s time to break free from the chains of religious deception! In this powerful 32-minute message, uncover the truth about tithing and why it was never meant for New Testament believers. Many have been pressured, manipulated, and even scared into giving—but God’s blessings are not for sale!   🔥 This life-changing sermon will challenge everything you’ve been taught about tithing and lead you into the freedom of grace. If you’ve ever felt guilty, burdened, or fearful about giving, this message will set you free!   👉 Stay tuned till the end—this truth will transform your faith! 🙌   ⏰ Timestamps  0:00 - Welcome & Introduction 👋  2:15 - The biggest deception about tithing 😨  5:48 - Does God require 10%? 🤔  10:22 - The New Covenant truth about giving ✝️  14:05 - Breaking free from financial manipulation 💰  18:37 - The real meaning of generosity ❤️  22:50 - What the early church actually taught 📖  27:45 - Living in God’s grace, not legalism 🙌  31:10 - Final thoughts & closing message 🔥

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00:00My friends, I come before you today with a word that may shake the very foundation of what you've

00:10been taught. But I do not stand here to tickle ears or to comfort traditions. I stand to proclaim

00:18the truth of God's word. And I urge you with an open heart and an open Bible to hear what the

00:24Spirit is saying to the church today. For too long, the church has been burdened with a yoke that

00:30Christ himself never placed upon his people. For too long, good-hearted believers have been

00:36manipulated, guilt-tripped, and bound to a system that God never intended for his redeemed children.

00:42I am here to tell you today, without hesitation, without fear, and without compromise,

00:49tithing, as it is taught in many churches today, is not just unnecessary, it is a sin against the

00:57very gospel of grace. Now, before you turn away or shut your ears, let me ask you, do you love truth

01:06more than tradition? Do you desire to follow Christ in freedom rather than live under the weight of a

01:12law that was never meant for you? If so, then I challenge you, stay with me. Open your heart,

01:18open your mind, and most of all, open your Bible. Because today we will break the chains of

01:26deception, expose the lies that have held many captive, and step into the glorious freedom of

01:31giving as God truly intended. Stay with me, and let us walk this journey together. My friends, let us turn

01:39our eyes to the word of God and seek truth, not tradition. Let us examine what the Bible truly says

01:47about tithing, because if we are to follow Christ, we must be willing to lay aside everything that is

01:53not of him. And so I ask you today, are you bound to the old covenant, or have you stepped into the

01:59glorious freedom of the new? Have you been told that tithing is a requirement, a command, a duty that

02:05must be fulfilled, lest you rob God himself? If so, I urge you, do not harden your heart to this message,

02:12but let the word of God speak for itself. Tithing was never given to the church. It was given to

02:20Israel. It was part of the old covenant, a law established for a specific people in a specific

02:26time for a specific purpose. When God commanded the tithe, it was not money that was given, but crops,

02:34livestock, and the produce of the land. In the book of Leviticus, in Numbers, in Deuteronomy,

02:42again and again, we see that the tithe was designed to support the Levitical priesthood

02:47and maintain the temple system. It was a system of provision, not a universal law for all people.

02:53The Levites had no land to cultivate, no inheritance among the tribes of Israel,

02:58and so God established the tithe to sustain them. But I ask you, my friends, where is the Levitical

03:05priesthood today? Where is the temple that stood in Jerusalem? Where are the sacrifices offered daily

03:11for the sins of the people? They are gone. Christ himself has fulfilled the law. Some will say,

03:19but tithing was before the law, wasn't it? Didn't Abraham tithe to Melchizedek? Yes, my friends,

03:24Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils of war, not his income, not his livelihood, but the spoils of battle

03:30to Melchizedek in a single one-time event. He was not commanded to do it. He did not set up a law to

03:38continue it. And Jacob, who made a vow to give God a tenth, did so conditionally saying, if you bless me,

03:45then I will give you a tenth. These are not examples of a divine mandate for the church. These are not

03:52binding laws upon the people of God today. Nowhere, listen to me, nowhere in the New Testament is the

03:59church commanded to tithe. Not once did Jesus tell his disciples to give 10% of their wages.

04:07Not once did Paul, in all his letters to the churches, instruct them to take up a tithe.

04:14If tithing were required under the gospel of grace, don't you think the apostles would have made it

04:20abundantly clear? But instead, what do we find? We find a call to give, not by compulsion, not by

04:27obligation, but freely, joyfully, as the Spirit leads. The early church gave because love compelled

04:33them, not because law demanded it. Yet some preachers today stand in their pulpits and declare that if you

04:40do not tithe, you are robbing God. They point to Malachi 3 in thunder, will a man rob God? Yet you have

04:47robbed me in tithes and offerings. But I say to you, read the whole passage. Read who God was speaking

04:53to. He was rebuking the priests of Israel, those who had corrupted the temple, those who had failed

05:00in their duties. This was not a command to the church. This was not a declaration over the body of

05:07Christ. And yet how many believers today sit under the weight of fear, under the burden of condemnation,

05:14because they have been told that God will curse them if they do not give 10%. My friends, Christ took

05:22the curse upon himself. He bore it all on the cross. We are no longer under the law, but under grace.

05:30Hear me today. If you are giving out of fear, out of duty, out of some misguided belief that God will

05:37withhold his blessings unless you pay him off like some tax collector from heaven, then you are not

05:43giving in faith. You are living under a law that Christ has abolished. And that, my friends, is sin.

05:51Because anything that is not of faith is sin. God is not looking for your 10%. He is looking for your

06:00heart. He is looking for a cheerful giver, one who gives out of love, out of gratitude, out of a deep

06:08and abiding trust in him. And when you give that way, whether it be 10%, 20%, or 2%, it is holy unto the

06:17Lord because it is done in faith and freedom, not bondage and law. So I ask you again, are you living

06:23under the old covenant or have you stepped into the freedom of Christ? Will you cling to a law that has

06:29passed away or will you embrace the truth that sets you free? The choice is yours. But I say to you

06:36today, whom the son sets free is free indeed. My friends, let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author

06:44and finisher of our faith. Let us set aside every weight, every burden, every law that Christ himself

06:51has fulfilled. For I tell you today, if you are still clinging to the tithe as a requirement for

06:57righteousness, then you are clinging to something that Jesus took to the cross and put to death.

07:03The law was a shadow, but Christ is the reality. The law was temporary, but Christ is eternal. The law

07:10was a tutor, but now we have the spirit of the living God dwelling within us. Why then do so many

07:16continue to teach what has already been fulfilled? Why do so many churches bind believers under a yoke that

07:23Christ himself removed? We must understand what Jesus came to do. He did not come to patch up the old

07:30system. He did not come to reinforce the law of Moses. He came to fulfill it. He said in Matthew 5 17,

07:37do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill

07:42fulfill. And fulfill it, he did. Every law, every ordinance, every requirement of the old covenant

07:50found its completion in him. The temple sacrifices, fulfilled. The priesthood, fulfilled. The dietary

08:00laws, fulfilled. The tithing system, fulfilled. If Christ has fulfilled the law, then why do we hold

08:08on to something that no longer applies? Some will say, but Jesus mentioned tithing in Matthew 23 23 when

08:16he rebuked the Pharisees? Yes, he did. He told them, woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,

08:22for you pay tithe of mint and a nice and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law,

08:28justice and mercy and faith. But hear me, my friends. Jesus was speaking to those still under the old

08:35covenant. The temple still stood. The sacrifices were still being offered. The Levitical priesthood

08:41was still in place. He was not telling the church to tithe. He was rebuking the religious leaders for

08:48their hypocrisy. And just a short time later, that entire system came crashing down, never to be

08:54restored. The veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, declaring that the old way was finished.

09:00The moment Jesus cried, it is finished. The tithe, along with the entire Mosaic system,

09:06was fulfilled once and for all. Yet there are those who say, but tithing was God's principle

09:13before the law and principles do not change. I ask you then, where do you see any command for Adam to

09:20tithe? Where do you see Noah giving a tenth of his goods? Where do you see the early church practicing

09:25a mandatory tithe? If this was an eternal principle, why do the apostles and all their writings

09:31never once command tithing for believers? My friends, it is because Jesus did not come to

09:37establish a new law of percentages. He came to set us free from the law entirely. Under the new covenant,

09:44we are not called to give 10%. We are called to surrender our whole lives to him. We are not under

09:50obligation. We are under grace. Think about it. If tithing were still required after the cross,

09:58wouldn't Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, the one who wrote letter after letter to instruct the church,

10:04have mentioned it clearly? Yet, what do we find? We find Paul teaching generosity, not tithing. We find him

10:13saying in Corinthians 9, 7, each one must give as he is decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under

10:20compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. No compulsion, no requirement, only giving that flows from a

10:27willing heart. That is the gospel way. That is the way of Christ. That is the way of grace. Some preachers stand

10:36behind their pulpits today and declare, if you do not tithe, you are cursed. They reach back into Malachi

10:43and place fear upon the people of God. But let me tell you something. If you are in Christ, you are not

10:47under a curse. Galatians 3, 13 says, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become

10:53a curse for us. If Christ has redeemed us, then how can we be cursed? If he has fulfilled the law, then how can

11:01we be required to keep what he has already completed? My friends, to insist on tithing as a requirement is to

11:07deny the power of the cross. It is to say that what Jesus did was not enough. It is to put back up the very veil

11:14that he tore down. So I ask you today, are you trusting in Christ alone or are you holding onto a law that has

11:21passed away? Are you giving in faith or are you giving out of fear? Are you free or are you still bound? My friends, do not

11:29let anyone place a burden on you that Christ has removed. Do not let anyone take you back to what

11:36Jesus has finished. You are not under the law. You are not under the tithe. You are under grace. Walk in

11:41that freedom. Live in that freedom. And when you give, give not as one under obligation, but as one

11:46who has been set free by the son of the living God. My friends, let us open our hearts to the truth of

11:52God's word for where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. We have spoken about how tithing was part

11:57of the old covenant, how it was fulfilled in Christ and how we are no longer bound to the law. But now we must

12:04ask, if we are no longer required to tithe, then how should we give? What does God expect of us? Does he demand a

12:12percentage or does he desire something far greater? My friends, I tell you today, New Testament giving is not about

12:20obligation, not about legalism, not about fear, but about the freedom of the heart. The Bible does not

12:27command us to give 10%. It commands us to give as we are led by the Holy Spirit, cheerfully, generously,

12:33and willingly. Look at the example of the early church in Acts 2, when the spirit of God fell upon

12:39the believers, what did they do? Did they run to the temple to pay their tithes? No. It says they

12:44shared everything they had. It says they sold their possessions and gave to those in need.

12:51It says they lived in fellowship, breaking bread with glad and sincere hearts. My friends, that is

12:59spirit-led giving. That is the giving of a heart transformed by Christ. It was not about percentages.

13:05It was about love. It was about the leading of the spirit. It was about giving freely because they

13:11had freely received. Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles, did not command the churches to tithe.

13:20He did not say, set aside 10% of your wages each week and bring it to the leaders. No. What did he

13:27say? In 2 Corinthians 9, 7, he writes, each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly

13:33or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Hear that again. Not reluctantly, not under compulsion.

13:40My friends, any giving that is done out of fear, any giving that is done because someone says you

13:47must is not New Testament giving. It is legalism. It is bonded. It is not the way of grace. Some

13:56preachers today will stand before their congregations and say, if you do not tithe, you are robbing God.

14:02They use Malachi 3, 8 as a weapon, as a whip to drive people into submission. But let me tell you

14:08something. If you are in Christ, you are not a thief. You are a child of God. You are not under

14:15a curse. You have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Malachi was speaking to Israel, to a people

14:22under the old covenant, to a people who had turned from God's ways. But we, my friends, are under a

14:27better covenant, a covenant of grace, a covenant of freedom. The only thing we rob God of is our trust

14:32when we believe that we must earn his blessing by following a law that has already been fulfilled.

14:39The truth is, when giving is done freely, it is an act of worship. It is an act of love. It is an act

14:46of faith. God does not need your money. He wants your heart. And when your heart is surrendered to him,

14:54you will give not out of fear, not out of duty, not because someone told you that you have to,

15:00but because you desire to bless others, because you desire to further the gospel, because you desire

15:08to be a vessel of God's provision. That is the kind of giving that God honors. That is the kind of giving

15:15that pleases him. That is the kind of giving that brings joy, some of you may ask. But if we do not

15:21tithe, how will the church survive? How will ministries be funded? How will the work of God

15:26continue? My friends, do you not believe that God is able? Do you not believe that he moves upon the

15:32hearts of his people? The church is not sustained by law. It is sustained by faith. The work of God is

15:39not funded by fear. It is funded by love. When God's people give freely, there is no lack. When God's

15:45people give as the spirit leads, there is always enough. The churches of the New Testament were not

15:51sustained by tithes. They were sustained by the generosity of believers who gave from the heart

15:56willingly, joyfully, trusting that God would provide. And let me tell you today, if God could

16:01supply the needs of the church then, he can supply them now. If he could stir hearts to give then, he

16:07can stir hearts to give now. We do not need legalism to keep the church alive. We need faith. So I say to

16:15you today, do not give out of fear. Do not give because you feel pressured. Do not give because

16:20someone told you that you must. Give because you love. Give because you trust. Give because

16:26the spirit leads you. Give because you are free. And when you give in this way with a cheerful

16:32heart, you will find that God's blessings will overflow in your life, not because you followed

16:38a rule, but because you walked in faith. And faith, my friends, is what pleases God. My friends,

16:45let us open our eyes to the truth and break free from the chains that religion has placed

16:50upon us. For too long, the church has been told that blessings come at a price, that if

16:56we do not give a certain percentage, God will hold back his favor. But I tell you today, that

17:01is a lie. That is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. God's blessings are not for sale. His grace is not

17:09earned and his love is not bought with money. And yet how many sit in pews every Sunday believing

17:16that unless they give their 10%, God will withhold his goodness from them. How many have been made to

17:22feel that unless they pay their tithe, they are shutting the windows of heaven. My friends, that

17:27is not the God we serve. God is not a merchant selling blessings to the highest bidder. He is not a tax

17:34collector demanding his portion before he moves in your life. He is a loving father who gives freely

17:40to his children. Jesus himself said in Matthew 5 45, that God makes his son rise on the evil and on the

17:48good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. If God pours out his goodness on all, then why do so

17:57many believe that he holds back his blessings based on a number based on a person? My friends, that is not

18:04the heart of our father. That is not the message of grace. Many preachers will stand in their pulpits and

18:11tell you that if you do not tithe, you are blocking God's blessings. They will use Malachi 3 10 to say that if

18:18you bring your tithe into the storehouse, then the windows of heaven will open. But let me ask you, who is

18:26Malachi speaking to? Was he speaking to the church? Was he speaking to those under the new covenant? No, he

18:33was speaking to Israel, to a people under the law, to a people who were commanded to bring their tithes for

18:38the support of the Levitical priesthood. That system is gone. That temple is no more. And yet some still use

18:45this verse to manipulate and control, to make people believe that unless they tithe, God's hands are

18:52tithe. My friends, the hands of God are not bound by money. His blessings are not released by

18:59percentages. The sacrifice that opened the windows of heaven was not 10% of your income. It was the

19:06blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. If blessings came through tithing, then tell me, why are there

19:12people who tithe faithfully yet still struggle? Why do some give their last dollar expecting an outpouring

19:19only to find themselves in the same situation? My friends, God's blessings are not a transaction.

19:26They are not a deal to be made. They are not a business contract where you pay 10% and receive

19:31divine favor in return. That is not faith. That is not grace. That is not the gospel.

19:36Look at the apostles. Look at Paul, Peter, John. These men walked in the fullness of God's blessings,

19:44yet never once did they preach tithing. Never once did they say, give 10% and God will prosper you.

19:51No! What did they say? They said to live by faith. They said to trust in God. They said that we are

19:57already blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 103 declares it,

20:02blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual

20:08blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. My friends, if you are in Christ, then you are already

20:15blessed. You do not have to buy his favor. You do not have to purchase his provision. You do not have

20:20to tithe to be in his good graces. The moment you believed in Jesus, you stepped into the fullness of

20:27his blessings. But some will say, if we do not tithe, how will God provide for us? My friends,

20:34do you think God's provision depends on a formula? Do you think he needs 10% of your income in order

20:41to meet your needs? No! The Bible says in Philippians 4, 19, my God shall supply all your need according

20:47to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Not according to your tithing record, not according to your giving

20:53percentage, but according to his riches. And let me tell you something, his riches never run out. His

21:00storehouse is never empty. His provision is limitless. God calls us to give, but he calls us to give from

21:07a place of love, not legalism. He calls us to give from a place of faith, not fear. He calls us to give

21:15cheerfully, not because we are afraid that if we don't, he will withhold his blessings. The moment we

21:22believe that our giving controls God's favor, we have turned faith into a transaction. We have reduced

21:28our relationship with God to a business deal. But God does not work that way. He is a father, not a

21:35banker. He is a giver. He does not bless you because you followed a rule. He blesses you because he loves

21:42you. So I say to you today, do not let anyone tell you that God's blessings are for sale. Do not let

21:49anyone place fear upon you, telling you that unless you give a certain amount, heaven's windows will

21:55remain closed. My friends, the windows of heaven have already been opened through Jesus Christ.

22:01The blessings of God are already yours in him. Do not live in fear. Do not give in bondage.

22:08Walk in the freedom of grace, knowing that your father in heaven is a good God, a faithful God,

22:15a loving God who blesses not because of what you give, but because of who he is. My friends, let us

22:23not be deceived. The enemy has always tried to take what is pure and twisted into something burdensome.

22:30He takes what God has given freely and makes man believe he must earn it. He takes grace and turns it

22:37into law. He takes generosity and turns it into obligation. And today, one of the greatest deceptions

22:44that has crept into the church is the idea that tithing is a divine command for believers, that it

22:50is a holy requirement, that failing to give 10% is disobedience to God. But I tell you today, that is a

22:58lie. That is not what Jesus taught. That is not what the apostles taught. That is not what the apostles

23:05taught. That is not the way of grace. When Jesus walked this earth, he confronted the religious leaders

23:12because they placed heavy burdens on the people, burdens that they themselves would not carry. They made the law

23:18about rules, about measurements, about requirements, but they missed the heart of God. And I tell you, the same

23:26thing is happening today. Some pastors, some churches, some leaders are using tithing not as a way to encourage

23:32generosity, but as a tool to control, to manipulate, to place fear into the hearts of God's people. They teach that if you do not

23:41tithe, you are disobedient. They teach that if you do not tithe, you are under a curse. They teach that if you do

23:47not tithe, God will not bless you. But I tell you, that is not the gospel. That is not the message of Jesus

23:53Christ. Let me ask you, if tithing is a command for the church, then why is it never commanded in the New

23:59Testament? If tithing is required for righteousness, then why did Jesus never command his followers to tithe?

24:05If tithing is the key to financial blessing, then why do we see no mention of it in the teachings of Paul,

24:10Peter, or John? My friends, it is because tithing was part of the old covenant, and we are under a new

24:17covenant. And under this new covenant, we are not commanded to give out of obligation, but out of

24:21love. We are not bound by a percentage, but led by the Spirit of God. Some will argue, but Abraham

24:27tithed before the law, so tithing must be an eternal principle. But let us look at what really happened.

24:33In Genesis 14, Abraham gave a tenth of his spoils to Melchizedek. But nowhere do we see God commanding

24:43him to do so. Nowhere do we see Abraham making it a practice. Nowhere do we see him telling his

24:49children, you must tithe to be blessed. This was a one-time event, a freewill offering, not a law,

24:55not a commandment. And yet, some have taken this single event and used it to create an entire

25:01doctrine, a system that pressures people into giving, not by faith, but by fear. God does not

25:07want forced giving. He wants willing hearts. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 9, 7,

25:14each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion,

25:19for God loves a cheerful giver. My friends, if you are being told that you must tithe, then you are

25:25being placed under compulsion. If you are giving because you are afraid that God will not bless you

25:31otherwise, then you are giving under fear. But God does not bless fear. He blesses faith. He does not

25:39want you to give because you feel pressured. He wants you to give because you love him, because you trust

25:45him, because you desire to be part of what he is doing. Some churches have turned tithing into a

25:51membership fee, a system where your giving determines your standing. But let me tell you, God does not

25:57measure your faithfulness by a percentage. He does not determine your righteousness by what you put in

26:03the offering plate. Your righteousness is found in Christ alone. Your favor comes through Jesus, not

26:09through tithing. Your blessings come through faith, not through fulfilling a law that has been fulfilled in

26:14him. The danger of this false teaching is that it keeps people in bondage. It makes them believe

26:20that their financial well-being depends on their giving instead of depending on God. It makes them

26:26believe that they are under a curse if they do not give 10% instead of believing that Jesus became a

26:31curse for them on the cross. It turns the gospel of grace into a gospel of works. But my friends,

26:39the truth is this, Jesus paid it all. He completed the work. There is nothing left to earn, nothing left

26:47to purchase, nothing left to fulfill. We do not give to receive blessings. We give because we are. We do not

26:54give to remove a curse. We give because Christ has already redeemed us from the curse. We do not give to earn

27:02God's favor. We give because we already have it through Jesus Christ. So I say to you today, open your

27:08eyes. Do not be deceived. Do not let anyone place a yoke upon you that Christ has removed. Do not let

27:16anyone tell you that your standing before God is determined by what you give. Give freely. Give in

27:22faith. Give because you love, not because you're afraid. Give because the Spirit leads you, not because

27:28man pressures you. And above all, walk in the freedom of Christ, knowing that you are already

27:33blessed, already favored, already loved, not because of what you do, but because of who he is.

27:40My friends, when we look at the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, we see a Savior who came to set the

27:47captives free. We see a Redeemer who broke the chains of legalism and brought us into the glorious

27:52liberty of grace. He did not come to place heavy burdens upon us. He came to remove them.

27:58He did not come to add more laws. He came to fulfill the law so that we could live in the freedom of

28:04his love. And yet, there are many today who are still living under the weight of man-made rules,

28:10believing that their relationship with God is tied to their ability to give a set amount of money.

28:16But my friends, that is not the gospel. Jesus never once commanded his followers to tithe.

28:23He never said, give 10% and you will be blessed. No. What did he say? He said, freely you have

28:31received, freely give. He said, give and it shall be given unto you. He spoke of generosity, of

28:38compassion, of faith, but never of obligation. Because giving in the kingdom of God is not about

28:44percentages. It is about the heart. It is not about following a rule. It is about being led by

28:52by the spirit. It is not about fulfilling a requirement. It is about living in the overflow

28:56of God's grace. But the tragedy today is that many churches have taken what should be a joyful

29:03act of love and turned it into a legalistic duty. They have taken what should be a spirit-led response

29:10and turned it into a law that must be obeyed. And what happens? People give not because they want

29:16to, but because they feel they have to. They give not out of joy, but out of fear. And my friends,

29:22that is not the will of God. The Bible says that God loves a cheerful giver, not a pressured giver,

29:28not a fearful giver, not a reluctant giver, but a cheerful giver. And how can someone be cheerful

29:33when they are being forced? How can someone give with joy when they are being told that if they do not,

29:38they are robbing God? Some will say, but if we do not tithe, how will the church survive? How will

29:44the pastors be supported? How will the ministry continue? My friends, do you think God's work is

29:49dependent on a legalistic system? Do you think he needs to force people to give in order to sustain

29:54his kingdom? No, the church is not built on tithing. It is built on faith. The ministry does not thrive

30:03because of percentages. It thrives because of the generosity of spirit-filled believers who

30:08give as the Lord leads them. When people are free to give from the heart, they give abundantly.

30:13When people are led by the spirit, there is no lack. The early church did not operate under the law

30:19of tithing, yet they had all things in common and no one was in need. Why? Because they gave not out

30:25of obligation, but out of love. They gave because their hearts were transformed by the power of the

30:31gospel. And this is the truth that so many have missed. Giving is not about numbers. It is not

30:38about 10%, 20%, or any set amount. It is about being a vessel of God's love. It is about recognizing that

30:47all we have belongs to him and using it for his glory. It is about trusting him, not because we are afraid of

30:54a curse, but because we know he is a good father who provides for his children. When we give freely,

31:01without compulsion, without fear, without legalism, that is when we truly reflect the heart of God.

31:08So, I ask you today, are you giving out of love or out of fear? Are you giving because the spirit has led

31:16you or because man has pressured you? Are you giving in the freedom of grace or are you still living under

31:23the bondage of the law? My friends, Jesus came to set you free. He came to remove every burden, to

31:29break every chain, to destroy every yoke that keeps his people in captivity. Do not let anyone tell you

31:36that you must pay for God's blessings. Do not let anyone convince you that you're standing before God

31:41is based on what you give. You are his child, redeemed by his blood, favored by his grace, blessed beyond

31:50measure, not because of what you do, but because of what he has done. So, walk in that freedom. Give

31:56as the Lord leads you. Give because you love, because you desire to be a blessing, because you

32:02trust in the one who supplies all your needs. And know this, when you give from a heart of faith,

32:07from a place of joy, from the abundance of grace, you will experience the true blessings of God,

32:13not because you followed a law, but because you walked in the fullness of his love.

📢 TITHING IS A SIN Billy Graham Stanley Best Powerful Speech

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