According to the scriptures, money is
not acceptable as tithe; it has to be
food-crops or livestock.
As far as many pastors are concerned,
the most important scripture of all is
not to be found in the word of Jesus.
Neither is it even in the New
Testament. That scripture says: “‘Bring
all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be food in my house, and
try me now in this,’ says the LORD of
hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the
windows of heaven and pour out for
you such blessing that there will not be
room enough to receive it.’” (Malachi
3:10).
This scripture is drummed repeatedly
into Christians on Sundays. However,
the only time Jesus mentioned tithing in
scripture, he pointed out that it was not
a weighty matter of the law. (Matthew
23:23). Hebrews says people only
receive tithes “according to the
law.” (Hebrews 7:5). It then insists
tithing (and everything else under the
law) has been annulled: “The former
regulation is set aside because it was
weak and useless.” (Hebrews 7:18-19).
Nevertheless, mercenary pastors
continue to insist on the payment of
tithes.
Latter-day Pharisees
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for keeping
part instead of the whole law. (Matthew
23:23). That is what tithe-collecting
pastors do today. If we insist our
congregants must pay tithes, we must
also insist that they keep the rest of
the law. James says: “Whoever shall
keep the whole law, and yet stumble in
one point, he is guilty of all.” (James
2:10). Therefore, if we insist on
tithing, we should also refrain from
eating pork. We should stone
adulterers, execute homosexuals, kill
Sabbath violators and restore blood-
sacrifices.
Tithe-collecting pastors counter this by
maintaining the payment of tithes pre-
dated the law. Here Abraham is cited
as the cardinal example of someone
who paid tithes before the promulgation
of the Law of Moses, as did Jacob, his
grandson. However, such arguments
are disingenuous.
Before the law, tithing was at best an
example but not a commandment.
Moreover, pastors fail to mention that
Abraham only tithed once in his
lifetime. When he did, he did not even
tithe his own money: he tithed the
spoils of war. He gave ten percent of
the plunder he took when he rescued
Lot to Melchisedec, king of Salem. But
then he did not even keep the rest but
returned it (all ninety percent) to the
king of Sodom.
For his part, Jacob also tithed only
once. He did this in a “let’s make a
deal” arrangement he offered to God:
“Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will
be with me, and keep me in this way
that I am going, and give me bread to
eat and clothing to put on, so that I
come back to my father’s house in
peace, then the LORD shall be my
God. And this stone which I have set as
a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all
that you give me I will surely give a
tenth to you.’” (Genesis 28:20-22). This
kind of deal about accepting God only
under certain self-serving conditions
should certainly not be a term of
reference for any serious believer.
Lies upon lies
The first lie pastors tell Christians is
what some have referred to as “the
eleventh commandment:” “Thou shalt
pay thy tithes to thy local church.” But
the bible says no such thing. The
storehouse of Malachi was not a
church. It was a place where food was
kept.
Pastors hide from church-members the
fact that money was not acceptable as
tithe. The tithe was a tenth of the
seed and fruit of the land and of the
animals which ate of the land. (Leviticus
27:30-32). That is why God says: “Bring
all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be FOOD in my
house.” (Malachi 3:10). He does not
say “that there may be MONEY in my
house.” The food was used to feed the
Levites, the poor, widows, orphans and
strangers.
Pastors also conveniently fail to teach
the biblical tithe. The principles of
tithing were not laid down by Malachi.
They were laid down by Moses. The
study of Moses’ guidelines quickly
reveals that the biblical tithe has no
application whatsoever to Christians and
is mischievously violated by tithe-
collecting pastors today.
According to the Law of Moses, the
tithe was divided into three allocations.
The first year, it was given to the
Levite. The second year, it was given to
widows, orphans and the poor. The
third year, it was eaten in the company
of the faithful before the Lord as
thanksgiving for his faithfulness.
(Deuteronomy 14:22-28). In the
seventh year, there was no planting and
no reaping and therefore no tithing.
So the next time your pastor asks you
to pay tithe, ask him about the seventh-
year reprieve. Also ask him if you can
give your tithe to the orphanage, or
bring it as food items to be eaten in
church. Believe me; he will not agree
with you because it is your money he is
after.
Inapplicability of tithes
Tithing was only applicable to Jews and
to the land of Israel. When large
populations of Jews lived in Babylon,
Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Syria, these
lands became tithe-able lands.
However, tithes were not acceptable
from strictly Gentile lands. So you
need to ask your pastor how come he is
collecting tithes in Nigeria.
Servants or slaves who worked on the
land did not tithe because the land did
not belong to them. Since only
agricultural and animal resources were
included, a fisherman gave no tithe of
his fisheries. Neither did a miner or a
carpenter pay tithes, nor anyone from
the various professional occupations. So
if you are not a farmer or a keeper of
livestock, tell your 419 pastor tithing is
biblically inapplicable to you.
Moreover, the only people authorised
to receive tithes were the Levites.
(Hebrews 7:5). So if your Pastor is a
“tithe-collector,” ask him if he happens
to be a Jew. Remind him that, even
though a Jew, Jesus could not receive
the tithe because he was not from the
tribe of Levi but from that of Judah.
The trick, of course, is for pastors today
to claim we are “Levites.” If your
pastor is one such dissembler, ask him
if he lives as a Levite. Remind him that
Levites had no land and did not have
private property. Ask him also how he
knows he is from the tribe of Levi,
which happens to be one of the lost
tribes of Israel. Point out to him that
even Jewish rabbis don’t claim to be
Levites today because all Jewish
genealogical records were lost with the
destruction of the Temple in AD 70,
ensuring that it is no longer possible to
ascertain the true identity of Levites.
Therefore, if Jews no longer tithe
because the Levites are a lost tribe,
how can Christian pastors collect tithes
when we are not even Jewish, how
much more Levites? If Jewish rabbis,
whose terms of reference remain the
Old Testament no longer collect tithes,
then pastors who insist Christians are
under a New Testament have no
business doing so.
The conclusion then is inescapable.
Every pastor who collects tithes is
nothing but “a thief and a
robber.” (John 10:1).

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