Money

Jesus talked a lot about money. 16 of Jesus’s 38 parables address money and possessions. Jesus knows that we cannot serve two masters. So if we want to serve Jesus, we must think of money as a tool given to us by God to help us accomplish the mission Jesus gave to us. A tithe is returning to God the first 10% of what He gives to us. An offering is giving any amount above 10% to serve someone else. By encouraging Christians to be generous and give offerings in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was not replacing the tithe. He was deepening the meaning of what it means to be generous.