Tithe is 10 percent of your money cleverly put into an envelope and sealed

ilugunboy:



I will answer your questions one after the other:

1. Sure I will still pay!!

2.I never tell you the amount is exactly the same. Guy get a grip of you comprehension.

3. Irrelevant question in my opinion.

4. You are having issues with comprehension.

5. Nope

6. Nope.

Pally, all you questions seems meaningless to me. No abuse intended though.

Please keep the abuses away, if I want abuse I will go to the Politics and tribalism threads.

Thank you and God Bless.

omar22:

Can someone show me TITHE from any part of the NEW TESTAMENT

There have been numerous reports of 'personal attacks' by members other than Joe Agbaje.

Sorry it has to be locked. I think Joe Agbaje has been scrutinized enough to allow individuals make their own personal judgments as to whether he is a crook or not.

The Indian Guru's Cat

The Origin
When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied during evening worship.

Unknown purpose begets an abuse
After the guru died the cat continued to be tied during evening worship. And when the cat died, another cat was brought to the ashram so that it could be duly tied during evening worship.

Corruption of purpose swallows up the purpose
Centuries later[b] learned treatises were written by the guru's disciples on the religious and liturgical significance of tying up a cat while worship is performed[/b].

olowolekan:

Where does it say 10% of your money?
Omar, read these please
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Genesis 14:19-21 (in Context) Genesis 14 (Whole Chapter)
Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee
Leviticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Leviticus 27:29-31 (in Context) Leviticus 27 (Whole Chapter)
Leviticus 27:31
also Mat 23:23

So where does any of that say 10% of your money?

Traugott:

I once saw this story on the internet, please read it open-mindedly. The words in blue are my own annotation.

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How many of us really know the reasons for tithing? Or we are stone-facedly following the practice like the successive tying of the ashram cat? Why is it not found in the New Testament if it is so important? Are we slaves to God, or sons in his kingdom? Who are we meant to give our tithe to, then?

God is more interested in your heart that gives, and not in any percentage. e.g. the widow's tiny mite was far greater than any billions dropped by a business mogul. THAT is God's heart, and that's how things work spiritually.

Deu 26:12  Every third year, the year of the tithe, give a tenth of your produce to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow so that they may eat their fill in your cities.

If tithing must indeed be done compulsorily, then this aspect always misses people's ears. The foreigner with no inheritance / the stranded one / the one who cannot afford to go to school, the orphan / widowed / from a broken home who has nothing to call their own, the Levite who also has no inheritance and has nothing to call their own IS the one that you pay this particular tenth to. But, no, people will lay up their 10% and bandy it to to the church, passing over half-dead and hungry neighbours, leaving the good Samaritan to attend to those ones.

There are people dying in Jos, Nigeria; and in Haiti. People have been rendered homeless and hungry. Send them help, let God use you! THAT is how to give to God!!

Tithe Origins: Please take note of all the emphasized words
Deu 14:22  Make an offering of ten percent, a tithe, of all the produce which grows in your fields year after year.
Deu 14:23  Bring this into the Presence of GOD, your God, at the place he designates for worship and there eat the tithe from your grain, wine, and oil and the firstborn from your herds and flocks. In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before GOD, your God, as long as you live.
Deu 14:24  But[b] if the place GOD, your God, designates for worship is too far away and you can't carry your tithe that far[/b], [size=13pt]GOD, your God, will still bless you[/size]:
Deu 14:25  exchange your tithe for money and take the money to the place GOD, your God, has chosen to be worshiped.
Deu 14:26  Use the money to buy anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, or beer--anything that looks good to you. You and your family can then feast in the Presence of GOD, your God, and have a good time.
Deu 14:27  [size=13pt]Meanwhile[/size], don't forget to take good care of the Levites who live in your towns; they won't get any property or inheritance of their own as you will.

The last words in green is where tithes apply to the pastor, but people have overshadowed this to cover ALL the aspects of tithing, which was a Jewish RITUAL custom! Many people are doing what they have NO understanding of, and they do it out of fear.

I am not against sending a prophet's offering to your church / pastor, or to give bountifully and reap bountifully, but there is no compulsory tithing in the New Testament.

I have searched throughout the Bible and I cant find where Christians are asked to tithe, eat the tithe (or even give it to the church, like they do today) and all that. Whoever can show this to me from the Scriptures will educate my long-lasting ignorance.

The word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Amen and amen.

mild one:

Give to Caesar what is Caesar,and to God what is God's!

Enigma:

There is no tithing requirement; the best they will come up with is Matthew 23:23 or Hebrews 7 (neither of which they understand and neither of which says a Christian should tithe; in fact, Hebrews 7 makes clear that "tithing" is abolished).

ezan:

Paying your rent vs giving your money to a crook? Hmmm. I feel really sorry for you religious folks.

Enigma:

There is no tithing requirement; the best they will come up with is Matthew 23:23 or Hebrews 7  (neither of which they understand and neither of which says a Christian should tithe; in fact, Hebrews 7 makes clear that "tithing" is abolished).
. . . . A Christian has NO obligation to "tithe".

akinalabi:

Pay your tithe and give the rest to your church as offering. . .

Then sleep under the bridge and wait for a bigger miracle.

Nonsense!

Enigma:

Repeated for emphasis:

Enigma:

There is no tithing requirement; the best they will come up with is Matthew 23:23 or Hebrews 7  (neither of which they understand and neither of which says a Christian should tithe; in fact, Hebrews 7 makes clear that "tithing" is abolished).

. . . .

A Christian has NO obligation to "tithe".

Enigma:

Repeated for emphasis: