On a recent episode of his “Foundation of Freedom” series, David Barton explained to Glenn Beck how, if Christians tithe properly, they will find themselves being rewarded by God with cars that don’t break down as often and clothing that will last longer before wearing out.

“Everybody is supposed to pay their 10 percent to God,” Barton stated. “And we don’t pay that because God needs it, Deuteronomy says you’re to pay the tithe, you do that to learn to be Me first. God says the reason you pay the tithe is so that you learn to put Me at the top of what you do.”

“I love the example with Cain and Abel,” he continued, “he said that Abel brought the first fruits of the flocks and God was pleased with that. It said that Cain, in the course of time, brought the crops to God and God wasn’t pleased with what Cain did. So when you do it first thing off of the top, God can really bless that. And I’ve seen that. We both tithe, we know the benefits of that, suddenly your cars go 200,000 miles rather than 80,000 miles, your clothes don’t wear out as fast. It’s what the Bible says, [the Israelites] went for 40 years and their sandals never wore out.”