Good Reasons To Pay The Cult
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:17 pm
Protects a person from spending their hard-earned money on themselves:
“The covenant of tithing weans the faithful from the love of money and its attendant trappings.” (Keith B. McMullin, “An Invitation with Promise,” Ensign, May 2001, 61) “But without a testimony of tithing, [children] are vulnerable. In their teenage years, they become attracted to clothes, entertainment, and expensive possessions and risk losing the special protection that tithing provides.” (Robert D. Hales, “Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings,” Ensign, Nov 2002, 26)
Protects a person from being a thief:
“What is so important about tithing? If you don’t pay tithing, you are stealing from the Lord (see Mal. 3:8), and that’s contrary to the eighth commandment, and no one has ever prospered doing that.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “The Resurrection,” Ensign, Nov 1990, 76)
It’s a debt:
“Tithing is not a free-will offering; it is a debt...” (Marion G. Romney, “Concerning Tithing,” Ensign, Jun 1980, 2) “The most important step toward achieving financial well-being is to pay tithing first—no excuses and no exceptions.” (Lane V. Erickson, “Five Steps to Financial Well-Being,” Ensign, Mar 2004, 66–71)
More important than eating:
“As I pondered the significance of life and death, I thought, ‘What last words of counsel would I leave my children if I knew the time had come to leave this world?’ I could not think of anything better than the counsel I had received from my father: ‘Even if you don’t have anything to eat, always pay your tithing.’” (Jorge Luis del Castillo, “Lessons from the Old Testament: My Father’s Last Words,” Ensign, Dec 2006, 52–53) “[I]f a destitute family is faced with the decision of paying their tithing or eating, they should pay their tithing.” (Elder Lynn G. Robbins, "Tithing—a Commandment Even for the Destitute," April General Conference, 2005)
Essential for purchasing salvation:
“Failure to pay tithing by those who know the principle can lead to heartache in this life and perhaps sorrow in the next.” (Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts,” Ensign, May 2004, 40) “Without tithing there is no exaltation…Tithing, then, is one of the bedrock foundation principles of exaltation.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)
Preserves family relationships:
“I learned in serving almost twenty years as bishop and stake president that an excellent insurance against divorce is the payment of tithing.” (James E. Faust, “The Enriching of Marriage,” Ensign, Nov 1977, 9) “Then those who walk in holiness before the Lord, which includes the payment of tithing, will have an eternal family at the last day. And those who do not pay tithing will have none.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)
Buys answers to prayers:
“Would any of us intentionally reject an outpouring of blessings from the Lord? Sadly, this is what we do when we fail to pay our tithing. We say no to the very blessings we are seeking and praying to receive.” (Robert D. Hales, “Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings,” Ensign, Nov 2002, 26)
Keeps a person from being burned alive:
“The payment of tithing is also worthwhile as fire insurance.” (Marion G. Romney, “Concerning Tithing,” Ensign, Jun 1980, 2) “A further reward for paying tithing is a guarantee against being consumed in the burning which is to accompany the second coming of the Savior.” (Marion G. Romney, “Trust in the Lord,” Ensign, May 1979, 40)
Makes you more attractive:
“It is a fact that we even look better when we pay tithing. There is a happiness that comes into the heart of the tithe payer that even reflects in his countenance.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)
“The covenant of tithing weans the faithful from the love of money and its attendant trappings.” (Keith B. McMullin, “An Invitation with Promise,” Ensign, May 2001, 61) “But without a testimony of tithing, [children] are vulnerable. In their teenage years, they become attracted to clothes, entertainment, and expensive possessions and risk losing the special protection that tithing provides.” (Robert D. Hales, “Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings,” Ensign, Nov 2002, 26)
Protects a person from being a thief:
“What is so important about tithing? If you don’t pay tithing, you are stealing from the Lord (see Mal. 3:8), and that’s contrary to the eighth commandment, and no one has ever prospered doing that.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “The Resurrection,” Ensign, Nov 1990, 76)
It’s a debt:
“Tithing is not a free-will offering; it is a debt...” (Marion G. Romney, “Concerning Tithing,” Ensign, Jun 1980, 2) “The most important step toward achieving financial well-being is to pay tithing first—no excuses and no exceptions.” (Lane V. Erickson, “Five Steps to Financial Well-Being,” Ensign, Mar 2004, 66–71)
More important than eating:
“As I pondered the significance of life and death, I thought, ‘What last words of counsel would I leave my children if I knew the time had come to leave this world?’ I could not think of anything better than the counsel I had received from my father: ‘Even if you don’t have anything to eat, always pay your tithing.’” (Jorge Luis del Castillo, “Lessons from the Old Testament: My Father’s Last Words,” Ensign, Dec 2006, 52–53) “[I]f a destitute family is faced with the decision of paying their tithing or eating, they should pay their tithing.” (Elder Lynn G. Robbins, "Tithing—a Commandment Even for the Destitute," April General Conference, 2005)
Essential for purchasing salvation:
“Failure to pay tithing by those who know the principle can lead to heartache in this life and perhaps sorrow in the next.” (Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts,” Ensign, May 2004, 40) “Without tithing there is no exaltation…Tithing, then, is one of the bedrock foundation principles of exaltation.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)
Preserves family relationships:
“I learned in serving almost twenty years as bishop and stake president that an excellent insurance against divorce is the payment of tithing.” (James E. Faust, “The Enriching of Marriage,” Ensign, Nov 1977, 9) “Then those who walk in holiness before the Lord, which includes the payment of tithing, will have an eternal family at the last day. And those who do not pay tithing will have none.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)
Buys answers to prayers:
“Would any of us intentionally reject an outpouring of blessings from the Lord? Sadly, this is what we do when we fail to pay our tithing. We say no to the very blessings we are seeking and praying to receive.” (Robert D. Hales, “Tithing: A Test of Faith with Eternal Blessings,” Ensign, Nov 2002, 26)
Keeps a person from being burned alive:
“The payment of tithing is also worthwhile as fire insurance.” (Marion G. Romney, “Concerning Tithing,” Ensign, Jun 1980, 2) “A further reward for paying tithing is a guarantee against being consumed in the burning which is to accompany the second coming of the Savior.” (Marion G. Romney, “Trust in the Lord,” Ensign, May 1979, 40)
Makes you more attractive:
“It is a fact that we even look better when we pay tithing. There is a happiness that comes into the heart of the tithe payer that even reflects in his countenance.” (Hartman Rector Jr., “That Ye May Have Roots and Branches,” Ensign, May 1983, 25)