stagger:


Why don't you provide your take on the topic instead of quoting me? Wetin make you dey quote me? You are the one living in a fool's paradise for quoting me.

nnamdiokere45:
i hope say u go reach heaven?

NewNigeriaMind:



You are already blessed my brother. Ask God and you shall receive.

You don’t need a priest for God’s Blessing.

When you live the testament of Christ Jesus you shall realize all your needs have been provided for and it carries more weight when you ask directly from God than from a priest.

CecyAdrian:


You are a bigger FOOL

KAYCEEJUNIOR:
Seat for one corner jor, he paid his tithe accordingly and perfectly, the spirit lead him to do that for the less privileged not for luxury cars pastors. I prefer to help a soul for a tithe...humanity is what the world really needs now

Omoluabi16:
You are very wrong bro. read Malachi 3:10 and notice the keywords STOREHOUSE, MINE HOUSE. You do not love the poor more than God. Simple obedience is better than works. Saul lost his heritage because of Simple obedience.

lightinchrist4:
Very wrong, your tithe is to God.. Alms is to the poor. Maybe you using the word tithe makes ne qualify it as wrong. Its not bad to give 10% of your income to the poor its still alms BUT your TITHE 10% of your income to God is sure.
As for those looking at you wrongly thats their business, when giving alms to the poor be it millions of naira its all for your benefit cause youre doing it in the sight of God not man.

Originalsly:
All these pastors calling for tithes. ....people should start fetching to church 10% of their harvests..... yams, cassava, catfish, chickens, snails, goats, etc...take them in to the church.... after all....isn't that what the Bible say?

bedspread:
THEY PAID THEIR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

victorazyvictor:


what is food?

erico2k2:

Malachi 3:10New International Version (NIV)

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

As you can see, no church was mentioned and we cant add to the words of the bible!

Seamareggae:

So him giving it to a beggar... Means he didn't give it to God... Right?

Until he gives it to a pastor... They it becomes title right... .

God help us...

mdokaba1:




Exactly the scriptures that sprung on my mind when I gave her.

And it gave me inner peace and I felt proud to have lent to the Lord.

bedspread:
A COMMAND HAS BEING ISSUED TO GO INTO THE WORLD, and Preach The Hospel to Every Creature Mark 16:15...

The funds are used for such purposes...

Pesuzok:


No, you tell me, I just read that deut, now and it stated what the food meant

victorazyvictor:


You kept quoting verses you never understand

Chommieblaq:

Not just for the priest
Deut 14:28-29
"28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,m 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotmentn or inheritanceo of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands."
Mind you the priest then, have no other source of income or inheritance, they dedicate their live for the sole purpose of serving God and people.

illitrate:
Wrong.

It is written clearly, Bring your tithe into my store house, so that it may be food in my house. No begger is Gods storehouse.
Obey instruction if you want to pay your tithe.

Giving is good but a paracetamol cannot do the work of an aspirin. You will get the reward for giving and not tithing.

Give, and it will give given unto you. That will be your reward
And will cast out the devourer and the canker-worm will not eat your crops, You missed that bro.

You will probably be given for giving but the canker-worms will eat it.

survtony:


Giving to a beggar is giving to God. Matt 25:36-40, Jesus told the rich man to sell all he has and give to the POOR not to church. He always emphasise on giving to the poor no to church. Let's try to understand the bible not understanding a certain part of it

Pesuzok:


Did the bible said the tithes should be used for that. Please show me the verse. JW are also spreading the word of God

bedspread:
I BELIEVE JESUS DIED FOR ME
I BELIEVE HE RESURRECTED
I BELIEVE HE IS COMING TO RAPTURE ME TO HEAVEN...
I BELIEVE THAT ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN
the people u called do not.... they spread false gospel.... they can't be my standard

Reference:


Yes you are wrong. The scriptures explicitly says that you should bring your tithes, "into God's storehouse so that there may be food there". In the old testament (pre-church era) Abraham offered a tithe to ''God's messenger...God's servant".

So one of few things: Tithes are given to specific people for specific reasons. That is why they have a value attached to them and are mandatory. God uses it for 'food in his house'.... to keep His house running.

Thus I cannot see how giving it to a beggar does that except you are specifically instructed by the Spirit of God and is most unlikely because the Spirit and the Word are one.

mdokaba1:
It was a very stressful week for me as it involved lots of travels and all. So its a Saturday and I was paid for a project I did for the month past.

Going by my tired nature, I knew deep down me that there was no way I could have made it to church the next day and I was hell bent on paying my tithe because of the inherent blessings therein and the last thing on my mind would be to give it to my nebor to pay it for me. (The guy broke and besides I didn't want him to start calculating my take-home (Na sharp man). And I knew deep down that if I keep the money till the next time I would be in church, I was sure I would spend it. (God have mercy on me sha)

So I decided even before getting home to package my tithe and while in the market on a shopping spree I package my tithe and dropped it in the plate of an old beggar. (A mulsim beggar precisely)

Instantly, I saw 50 shades of shocks on her face as she looked at me for a few seconds and I could read her facials more like "For this Buharia?" Lols. And before I disappeared into the crowd, I could see/read her lips mutter prayers pointing towards me. And deep down, I felt blessed and fulfilled.

But was I wrong to have given my 10percent to a beggar instead of to the alter?

Opinions please.............................. My brother, you may have done what appears right before men, but scriptur ally wrong.... God speaking in the Book of malachi 3vs ten, chapter three specifically said this "

[10] Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it........ God also speaking in the Book of samuel stated emphatically stated that obedience is better than sacrifice..... While you might have sacrificed your money to the begger, it can only serve as alms giving, but your tithe belongs to the Church......... Gods way is different from mans ways....... God bless you

stagger:


- He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord... Proverbs 19 verse 17
- In so far as you have done this to one of my brethren, you have done it unto Me...Matthew 25 verse 40-45
- He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse. Prov 28 verse 27

I can quote several scriptures for you here which mandates us to give to the poor. Go and read my original post on page 2 and stop quoting me half-baked. I am fully in support of giving to the poor and I give to the poor very very liberally. I won't blow my trumpet here.

But I do not take the portion which belongs to God (my 10%) to give to the poor. The poor have their portion in my earnings but not from the 10% that belongs to God (tithe).

bigsam76:



And why would the same God that blessed me for giving still allow the cankerworms to devour such blessings? Are His blessings not supposed to be permanent. Why give me with the right hand and take back with the left? Thought that's supposed to be one of the antics of the devil

victorazyvictor:


Your just reading it now and u thinks ur edible to ague with me.

I asked you a question, plz answer me, don't reply me with question.

Darvel:


how many u Don preach..

dey believe Jesus resurrected

dey believe Jesus is coming

dey believe in heaven to

dey also believe dere is sin...

but which one u Don preach.. even ur entire church... rather always quoting malachi.. pay this pay that... Shuuu... don't judge any congregation...

u are not even dere standard.. coz when it comes to d gospel.. dem go beat u hands down