Should I Tithe on the Overage of a Student Loan?

"I've gotten money from the school loan which more than paid my student tuition and books this semester. I have additional money from it and am curious if I am supposed to tithe off of this amount?"

I've gotten this question about 5 times. Tithing is always off of things that you have worked hard to secure. Crops in the field that were planted, earnings from wages, etc.

Tithes are different from Offerings, which could be given from a gift amount, grant etc.

But a student loan is neither! It is not YOUR money! This is money that, even though you may have some in your hand, is not yours. It is money you have to give back in full, and depending on how quickly, with a bunch of interest. The suggestion would be to bank that money and have it available for your first few payments...Even though the likelyhood is you'll use it for personal items, it is loan money.

When you buy a car and take out a loan, do you give to a charity any of that? What about when you borrow to purchase a house, a business etc....?

I would say the answer is 'No'. Remember what the scriptures say about giving it is always from what you have secured in your abilities and strength so that you don't think you secured it without the Lord...If someone is telling you that you should give, where are they coming from?

When you give here are a few attitude checks.

Deuteronomy 15:10
"You shall generously give to Him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because [Deut 14:29; Ps 41:1; Prov 22:9] for this thing theLORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all yourundertakings.


Matthew 6:2
"So when you give, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they [Matt 6:5, 16; 23:5]may be honored by men [Matt 6:5, 16; Luke 6:24] Truly I say to you,they have their reward in full.


Matthew 6:3
"But when you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,


2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one must give just as he has purposed in his heart, not [Deut 15:10;1 Chr 29:17; Rom 12:8; 2 Cor 8:12] grudgingly or under compulsion, for [Ex 25:2] God loves a cheerful giver.


Philemon 1:14
but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that yourgoodness would [2 Cor 9:7; 1 Pet 5:2] not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

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