Is It Easier to Get Healed If I’m a Tither?
Yes, but probably not for the reason you’d think at first.
If you’re thinking that your tithe earns you Brownie Points in heaven so that God would be more likely to heal you, you have strayed into Galatian-style works thinking. Healing is based on 100% grace + 0% merit.
Any time that you start thinking that you deserve healing more because you’ve done more good works, you’ve strayed from “grace” thinking to “Law” thinking.
Under the Old Covenant, you were “cursed with a curse” if you didn’t tithe because tithing was a legal requirement under the Law of Moses. The New Testament never teaches a curse for not tithing. However, the blessing for it has never been revoked. I’ve tithed for decades and I would never even consider stopping. I’ve “proved God” in this area.
But won’t God “rebuke the devourer” for your sake if you tithe (Malachi 3:10-11)? Yes, He still will, because you’re not redeemed from the blessings of the Old Covenant. – you’re only redeemed from the curses! The blessings in Malachi were obviously financial in nature, but you could make a case that if a sickness would cost you a bundle of money, that would be a financial curse, so tithing will help keep you well. If you are already sick, getting healed would be one way to stop Satan from munching your money so that you wouldn’t have the financial drain that the woman with the issue of blood had.
However, we never see Jesus make an issue out of tithing or not tithing when He ministered to the sick. Neither he nor the apostles said anything about tithing when they healed the sick. So we would have to conclude that healing is equally available to tithers and non-tithers alike.
So this may sound like the real answer should be “No, tithers are not more likely to be healed than anyone else.” But I think that the actual answer is “Yes.”
If you’re a tither, you’ve learned to do one of the hardest things for people to do – trust God in the area of money! It shows that you have learned to trust God’s Word above what you see or feel. It means that you have learned to keep your flesh under when it comes to money. Your flesh can scream, “Hoard! Keep all you can just in case something happens – don’t give to your church! What if you lose your job? What if you have unexpected bills? Better play it safe.” The fact that you tithe shows that you have experience keeping your flesh under and trusting God’s Word more than you trust sense knowledge. That is a valuable trait when it comes to healing, too. So overall, as a tither, you’re in a better position to trust God with another area of your life, such as healing.
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