vanstanzy:
Tithe itself is for God, like the clergy man said, God's in the poor. There, u have ur answer, give to the poor.

afam4eva:
I'm not even talking about whether a pastor is eating the tithe or not. What i'm asking is that, was it written explicitly that people must pay their tithes in a Church?

Tolaaaaannni: No it isn't wrong, Actually I will rather give my tithe to the poor than give it to a pastor that has more than enough.

2buff: I would prioritize giving to the poor over giving to a church.
Because if you read the bible yourself, besides what men say, the tithe is actually for the poor.

It takes understanding to do things properly.

Fhemmmy:

It is not for you to worry about how much the pastor has, it is for you to obey what the bible said, if you are follower, but if you not a follower of the word,then, it is all good . . . so you mean you wont mind to give your "tithe" to the "needy pastor" that does not have enuf?

Tolaaaaannni:

I wasn't finish with the post. Now go read the entire version.

Fhemmmy:

What you give to the church is not a tithe, was from you to the church, till you see you tithe as something you give to God, you cant understand, besides, tithe is not about money, there is more to tithing, that is another topic . .

2buff: '

My brother you lack serious understanding.
So from what you have said, you feel giving to the poor is not giving to God?

Fhemmmy:

What you give to your pastor can never be your tithe, cos it is not his money, if you give your tithe to the pastor with the kinda mind you have, it is a gift to the pastor and God is not obliged to bless it as a seed . . .

Tolaaaaannni:

First and foremost You are not the person to tell me what kind of mind I have ( This is part of the reason I am not a big fan of orthodox christians.) 2nd I don't give my pastor a "gift" I follow the God's principle of giving my 10% to the house of God, but my human instinct will kick in if i see someone STARVING AND OBVIOUSLY IN NEED, I would risk breaking the principle to help that person (You know what I don't even think its breaking the principle, because I have yet to see in the bible where it says I cannot give my tithe to the needy)

Fhemmmy:

I am not here to tell you what to do with your money and if it comes out that way, my sincere and heartfelt apologies, but then, since you have not seen in the bible where it says you cant give your "tithe" to the needy,show me in same bible where it says you can . . . [b]There is a principle laid down and it is either we blv and follow or we dont, no sitting on the fence when it comes to this one. . . [/b]

2 million: You shouldn't give your tithe to the poor, u should give it to a man of God. That's what the bible say. You give alms to the poor not tithe

Logicboy03: Jesus said give to the poor.


I agree.


Help the needy, tithe to those who need it if you can.

Tolaaaaannni:

And you know what, that is okay if you feel that way. But I am Human, I[b] won't sit down and watch someone in need
suffer while i hold on to my money and give it to the church that might not need it.[/b] All I know is that I will do
something that I feel in my heart and soul is right, rather than follow principles that I might sometimes not feel is
ethical. I don't mind breaking a few rules, if it is for the right cause.

Fhemmmy:

Thanks, but please read my post well . . There is a difference btw giving to the poor and your tithing to the storehouse . . just incase you could not read me well:
Tithing cant be given to the poor, cos that was not you were told to do with it, why not give your taxes to the poor, at least Nigeria is so rich already.
Gift: that is what you give to people, poor, rich - does not matter.
It is the classification that we talking about, not the moral behind it, hope you now understand me, the man that has lots of understand and able to know those that lacks it . . .

Ify Awazie: Ask urself, Is it wrong to give ur house rent to the poor? Tithe is for God not for the poor.

Ify Awazie: Ask urself, Is it wrong to give ur house rent to the poor? Tithe is for God not for the poor.

2buff:

Beautiful!

So if you meet a brother or sister in the Lord who is in severe need and starving, and you have just enough for either tithe or them, you would say "sorry, all I have is my tithe and I will go and put that in the church"?

Fhemmmy:

[b]How do we decide which and when a church needs money, a church supposed to reach out to many people and money is needed for all that . . and yes, i do understand that you are human, and so am i, but a principle is a principle and we dont have to like it, we just have to follow it once we blv that it is the right one, and if we dont blv it, we dont have to follow it at all . . .[/b]

Tolaaaaannni:

Oh trust me it isn't very difficult to decide which church needs the money, its very logical. Take for example a church with a pastor that is worth millions of dollars/naira who rides around in a private jet. Would you rather give that church your money because it is the "principle" or give it to someone starving almost to the brink of death. This is where ethics comes in.

Fhemmmy: Yes, it is wrong!