This is the first and most important teaching on tithes and offerings. We must start here - that God owns everything and we own nothing. This is the overwhelming testimony of Scripture. If God needed anything from us, He wouldn't ask us, because He owns everything. We also give to God because of His greatness. This is the reason we give Him our best. His name is great among the nations and He is a great King. Finally, the tithe is holy unto the Lord, and you cannot take what is holy and make it common. This is called desecration. There are other teachings in this series below.