I Just Gave My Tithe To A Beggar. Was I Wrong?

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 girl broke and besides I didn't want her to start calculating my take-home (Na sharp lady). 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?

You can help a beggar but give your tithes to the church because there are people and also things God want to use them for that is why he referred you to the church.

I see no point giving to an already established pastor all in the name of giving
out tithes when there are millions of persons who need that very "tithe" to
survive. Come to think of it, would you rather (all in the name of trying to
justify malachi 3;10) give your tithe to a pastor who seldomly need your tithe
than giving it to a poor person in need? My friends, I don't say paying your
tithes in churches/alters ain't good but for the sake of humanity, giving your
tithes to a beggar too isn't all wrong.

Like WTF

this post is on front page and it is someone's account. You just copied it verbatim.

https://www.nairaland.com/4102946/just-gave-tithe-begger-wrong

juniorboy:
I see no point giving to an already established pastor all in the name of giving
out tithes when there are millions of persons who need that very "tithe" to
survive. Come to think of it, would you rather (all in the name of trying to
justify malachi 3;10) give your tithe to a pastor who seldomly need your tithe
than giving it to a poor person in need? My friends, I don't say paying your
tithes in churches/alters ain't good but for the sake of humanity, giving your
tithes to a beggar too isn't all wrong.

my brother you haven't gave your tithe, you just gave alm to a begger. Be wise and read your Bible well

when I was hungry ,you fed me ....but Lord I didn't see you....As long as you do it to your fellow beings, you do it onto me.

You don't give your tithe to beggars

If you give it to a beggar, its no more tithe, its alms

Its like saying, you threw the basketball into the soccer goal post, that's not where it belongs.

May God heal you and bring you to the knowledge of the truth

juniorboy:
I see no point giving to an already established pastor all in the name of giving
out tithes when there are millions of persons who need that very "tithe" to
survive. Come to think of it, would you rather (all in the name of trying to
justify malachi 3;10) give your tithe to a pastor who seldomly need your tithe
than giving it to a poor person in need? My friends, I don't say paying your
tithes in churches/alters ain't good but for the sake of humanity, giving your
tithes to a beggar too isn't all wrong.

Have you ever heard of missions and the unseen effects it makes money spent into ministry work seems.

missions gulps a majority of fundings that comes to a ministry

Pheals:


I Just Gave My Tithe To A Beggar. Was I Wrong?

Sure you’re wrong. You give your tithe in your local assembly. What you give to the poor is called alms . You can’t use one giving to replace another . Just as you cannot give to God what you ought to give to your parents . Jesus Eben rebuked that

Mark 7:11 (NLT)
11 But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’

You see there are different kinds of givings . You have done well by doing giving of alms What you should do is to go and give your tithe in your local church if you still can

Nope...
And the universe is going to reward you for what you've done...
Don't look at the money you gave as your tithe tho... Otherwise you'll be cancelling the good deed you've done cos you didn't give it cos you really wanted to...

chudi1:
You can help a beggar but give your tithes to the church because there are people and also things God want to use them for that is why he referred you to the church.

says who?

COMMON SENSE MYSTERIES

1- When you go to church today and feel the AC blowing through your wig into your skull, know that you are eating out of your tithe.…

2- when the bass guitarists, the keyboardist and other guys on the drums are delivering some good music during praise and you’re dancing everywhere and removing your coat, uncle, auntie, they pay those guys working for God, know that you are eating out of your tithe.

3- Most Sundays you don’t go to church because you depend on nepa to iron your clothes, it is the same thing in the house of God, we don’t depend on NEPA to power the church, we pay for fuel and diesel, so when you go to church today and enjoy uninterrupted worship, know that you are eating out of your tithe.…

4- If you go to church to charge your phones and you grudge about tithe, well, your case is different & serious . …

5- When we invite Pst Nathaniel Bassey to lead you in worship to our God, it is not his trumpet he will eat when he goes back home after ushering the Holy Ghost into your life with his ministration, it is not halleluyah challenge his landlord will eat, we give them minister’s gifts to support the work God is also doing through them, it is the meat that you have stored in God’s house that we use to feed them.

6-So when Travis Greene comes from the UK to raise the roof in praise and worship, dance very well because it is your tithe. "

7- Who deserves to live in lekki? The pastor that feeds you daily with God’s word or Timaya that adds nothing to your Christian faith? Who deserves to drive the best cars?

8- Your pastor glorifying God or Iyanya winding waist with Unclad women glorifying mammon? One witch somewhere will just be vexing for nothing that we are giving to advance the kingdom,

9- you grudge when asked to donate to a church project, you grudge when asked to pay tithe, you think it’s your squeezed 50naira that makes you comfortable in worship at church?

10- Witches campaigning for people not to pay tithe to God when they cheerfully pay Millions for a table for 5 at AY shows.

11- Witches!!!”
"The right perception to tithing"
(Please pause and read this)
I have tried so hard to avoid this tithing or no tithing debate, but It will be so ungrateful of me to keep quiet and watch some folk misunderstand a principle that gives me great peace.

12- I'm not going to quote a single scripture to defend this, if the Bible is too deep for us to understand, then maybe it is time we try common sense.

13- We don't tithe because we want to receive from God, we don't tithe to buy God's blessings, it is not a give and take something, it is not a trade by batter principle.

14- God's blessings and favours comes upon us in a million amazing ways without giving a penny, most times the blessings we hardly take notice, He just loves us, unconditionally, whether we are giving to Him or not.

15-He gave us Jesus without our consent, He sent His son at a time when we least deserved it, that's how much He has been giving to us without asking anything back in return.

16- I don't care about being under law, under grace or under mercy, I just love the Lord with all my heart, and with all that is within me.

17- I give back a tenth of all that He gives to me not in an attempt to provoke Him to do more, but to maintain my local assembly

18- I tithe to ensure that there is meat in His house. I understand that it is His duty to maintain the spiritual needs of His house, but since He has given me the capacity to contribute to the physical and material needs of His house, I WILL.

19- It will be an insult to go to church one day and learn that pastor couldn't come because he went to work so he can pay his children's school fees.

20- I tithe to make sure that my pastor's sermons are not influenced by hunger and lack.
It gives me great joy to know that my tithe contributes to the salaries of the staff working night and day in God's house.

21- I tithe to ensure that God's properties are protected while I sleep very well in my house. I don't want to come back next service day to learn that thieves have stolen the church microphones and generator because we cannot hire security guards to keep watch.

22- If driving a good car helps my pastor spread the gospel across many towns and cities, I will tithe for him to buy a private jet so that he can fly everywhere and spread the gospel faster.

23- I tithe to maintain His house.
I tithe to finance the gospel.
I refuse to allow the under law and under grace debate make God look complicated to me.

24- The Levite priests did not have electricity problem in their time, bad roads and traffic was not a problem to spreading the gospel, yet God's people were still giving to maintain God's house.

25- It's still the same today, different scenarios.
If living in Lekki will make my pastor beat traffic and come early for service I will tithe for him to buy a house there. If living in banana island will make him accessible to God's people I will tithe to make it happen.

26- I tithe so that the generator will never lack diesel. I tithe because it will be uncomfortable for me to worship God in the hot heat with someone who has body odour, I tithe for God's house to have a good AC.

27- I tithe to enjoy the same quality of music people enjoy in the clubs and bars. I tithe for the church to have a good sound system. I tithe for the church to afford professional instrumentalists and sound engineers to make my worship experience more exciting.

28- I tithe for the church to continue giving bobo and popcorn to our kids in the children's church.
If my tithe is helping the outreach department take care of the poor and needy I will keep tithing.

29- If my tithe contributes to the logistics that will fly Bishop TD Jakes down here to give me a different dimension of the Word, I will keep tithing.

30- If my tithe makes the gospel concerts and word conferences FREE, I will keep tithing.
I tithe not as a batter to receive, it is not a means of exchange, how much can i really pay? I tithe to keep His house running so that I can always run there to refill and recharge.

32- So whether it is old testament, new testament or future testament, it is our duty to maintain our local assembly, and this is why I tithe cheerfully.

33- The best news is that you cannot take care of God's house and live in lack. It all comes back to us in different ways, pressed down, shaken together, and rolling over.

It's just common sense guys, just common sense!

chudi1:
You can help a beggar but give your tithes to the church because there are people and also things God want to use them for that is why he referred you to the church.

Hey Shaarap! Go and find out what that means, "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me."

chudi1:
You can help a beggar but give your tithes to the church because there are people and also things God want to use them for that is why he referred you to the church.

Hey Shaarap! Go and find out what that means, "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me."

chudi1:
You can help a beggar but give your tithes to the church because there are people and also things God want to use them for that is why he referred you to the church.

Hey Shaarap! Go and find out what that means, "whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me."

iamleumas:

COMMON SENSE MYSTERIES

1- When you go to church today and feel the AC blowing through your wig into your skull, know that you are eating out of your tithe.…

2- when the bass guitarists, the keyboardist and other guys on the drums are delivering some good music during praise and you’re dancing everywhere and removing your coat, uncle, auntie, they pay those guys working for God, know that you are eating out of your tithe.

3- Most Sundays you don’t go to church because you depend on nepa to iron your clothes, it is the same thing in the house of God, we don’t depend on NEPA to power the church, we pay for fuel and diesel, so when you go to church today and enjoy uninterrupted worship, know that you are eating out of your tithe.…

4- If you go to church to charge your phones and you grudge about tithe, well, your case is different & serious . …

5- When we invite Pst Nathaniel Bassey to lead you in worship to our God, it is not his trumpet he will eat when he goes back home after ushering the Holy Ghost into your life with his ministration, it is not halleluyah challenge his landlord will eat, we give them minister’s gifts to support the work God is also doing through them, it is the meat that you have stored in God’s house that we use to feed them.

6-So when Travis Greene comes from the UK to raise the roof in praise and worship, dance very well because it is your tithe. "

7- Who deserves to live in lekki? The pastor that feeds you daily with God’s word or Timaya that adds nothing to your Christian faith? Who deserves to drive the best cars?

8- Your pastor glorifying God or Iyanya winding waist with Unclad women glorifying mammon? One witch somewhere will just be vexing for nothing that we are giving to advance the kingdom,

9- you grudge when asked to donate to a church project, you grudge when asked to pay tithe, you think it’s your squeezed 50naira that makes you comfortable in worship at church?

10- Witches campaigning for people not to pay tithe to God when they cheerfully pay Millions for a table for 5 at AY shows.

11- Witches!!!”
"The right perception to tithing"
(Please pause and read this)
I have tried so hard to avoid this tithing or no tithing debate, but It will be so ungrateful of me to keep quiet and watch some folk misunderstand a principle that gives me great peace.

12- I'm not going to quote a single scripture to defend this, if the Bible is too deep for us to understand, then maybe it is time we try common sense.

13- We don't tithe because we want to receive from God, we don't tithe to buy God's blessings, it is not a give and take something, it is not a trade by batter principle.

14- God's blessings and favours comes upon us in a million amazing ways without giving a penny, most times the blessings we hardly take notice, He just loves us, unconditionally, whether we are giving to Him or not.

15-He gave us Jesus without our consent, He sent His son at a time when we least deserved it, that's how much He has been giving to us without asking anything back in return.

16- I don't care about being under law, under grace or under mercy, I just love the Lord with all my heart, and with all that is within me.

17- I give back a tenth of all that He gives to me not in an attempt to provoke Him to do more, but to maintain my local assembly

18- I tithe to ensure that there is meat in His house. I understand that it is His duty to maintain the spiritual needs of His house, but since He has given me the capacity to contribute to the physical and material needs of His house, I WILL.

19- It will be an insult to go to church one day and learn that pastor couldn't come because he went to work so he can pay his children's school fees.

20- I tithe to make sure that my pastor's sermons are not influenced by hunger and lack.
It gives me great joy to know that my tithe contributes to the salaries of the staff working night and day in God's house.

21- I tithe to ensure that God's properties are protected while I sleep very well in my house. I don't want to come back next service day to learn that thieves have stolen the church microphones and generator because we cannot hire security guards to keep watch.

22- If driving a good car helps my pastor spread the gospel across many towns and cities, I will tithe for him to buy a private jet so that he can fly everywhere and spread the gospel faster.

23- I tithe to maintain His house.
I tithe to finance the gospel.
I refuse to allow the under law and under grace debate make God look complicated to me.

24- The Levite priests did not have electricity problem in their time, bad roads and traffic was not a problem to spreading the gospel, yet God's people were still giving to maintain God's house.

25- It's still the same today, different scenarios.
If living in Lekki will make my pastor beat traffic and come early for service I will tithe for him to buy a house there. If living in banana island will make him accessible to God's people I will tithe to make it happen.

26- I tithe so that the generator will never lack diesel. I tithe because it will be uncomfortable for me to worship God in the hot heat with someone who has body odour, I tithe for God's house to have a good AC.

27- I tithe to enjoy the same quality of music people enjoy in the clubs and bars. I tithe for the church to have a good sound system. I tithe for the church to afford professional instrumentalists and sound engineers to make my worship experience more exciting.

28- I tithe for the church to continue giving bobo and popcorn to our kids in the children's church.
If my tithe is helping the outreach department take care of the poor and needy I will keep tithing.

29- If my tithe contributes to the logistics that will fly Bishop TD Jakes down here to give me a different dimension of the Word, I will keep tithing.

30- If my tithe makes the gospel concerts and word conferences FREE, I will keep tithing.
I tithe not as a batter to receive, it is not a means of exchange, how much can i really pay? I tithe to keep His house running so that I can always run there to refill and recharge.

32- So whether it is old testament, new testament or future testament, it is our duty to maintain our local assembly, and this is why I tithe cheerfully.

33- The best news is that you cannot take care of God's house and live in lack. It all comes back to us in different ways, pressed down, shaken together, and rolling over.

It's just common sense guys, just common sense!

God bless you bro ....