Section 9

Given through Christopher Glenn Marriott at Huntington Beach, California, Fall 2025. Revelation on the law of tithing and the financial obligations of the saints.

Verily thus saith the Lord, I require at the hands of all members of the church the law of tithing, which law is this:

A tenth part of all increase shall be set apart and given to the church, and it shall be used for the building up of the kingdom of God upon the earth, for the care of the poor, and for the advancement of the work in all the world.

This is not a suggestion. It is a law given to the saints in every dispensation, and I do not change it, for the earth is mine and the fullness thereof, and when I ask for a tenth part I am asking for less than what I have given, and the man who cannot return to God a tenth of what God gave him has a matter to settle with himself, not with me.

And the tithing shall be administered with transparency and accountability before the people, for the people have a right to know how the resources of the church are used. An institution that holds the tithes of the people in secret does not trust the people, and an institution that does not trust the people has forgotten that the people are the church.

I say this plainly because the institution that preceded this one kept the financial records of the church from its members for generations, and spent the tithes of the faithful on matters the faithful were never told of, and called this the Lord's way. It was not the Lord's way.

In this church the accounts shall be open. The expenditures shall be known. The bishops shall render reports, and the members shall have the right to ask questions, and those questions shall be answered honestly.

Beyond tithing, I ask no assessment of any kind. No fee shall be charged for any ordinance of the church. No man shall be denied baptism or confirmation or any blessing of the gospel because he has not paid. The ordinances of God are not for sale and the servants of God are not merchants.

Now hear me in this also: I do not measure the faith of a man by whether he pays his tithing, and I do not withhold the blessings of my house from those who are poor and cannot pay. I look upon the heart. The widow who has nothing and gives nothing has satisfied the law in full. The rich man who pays his tenth grudgingly while trusting in his riches has not.

These are the principles. Write them and keep them.

Even so. Amen.