Financial Stewardship (Part 2)

Date: 2 November 2025

Speaker: Adriaan Pretorius

In Part 2 of Financial Stewardship, the modern mandate of tithing 10% is challenged, revealing it as Old Testament taxation—over 25% across three required tithes—to fund Israel’s theocracy rather than freewill giving to God. Throughout the Old Testament, two types of giving are identified: voluntary offerings and required giving. Examples of voluntary offerings include Cain, Abel, Abraham and the abundance of the tabernacle. Examples of required giving (taxation) are Joseph’s 20%, the Levites’ tithe, the festivals tithe and the welfare tithe. Voluntary giving honours God with first fruits and cheerful generosity, never coercion. Believers are urged to move beyond legalism into Spirit-led, bountiful stewardship that reflects true devotion. Part 3 will examine the New Testament perspective.