If you have a father who you trust to protect you, bless you, provide for your every need and has many mansions paved with silver and gold – is it not ambiguous of him to ‘order’ you to give all your money to him as an act of faith to see if he would not provide for you in the future bearing in mind that you have to eat, clothe, shelter and fix weave?
Some (majority) of pastors search the bible, looking for quotes that can be used to make merchandise of men. The year is almost coming to an end and some overzealous churches have started giving envelopes to collect ‘first fruit’ in January. First fruits I got to know is the salary/wages of the first month of a new year. So, after paying tithe every month/week, sowing seeds for any and everything I want God to do for me – then in January, after counting down the days to payday as some people do after squandering all their money to celebrate Christmas, they should give the money to the pastor as first fruits – this is daylight thievery now.