ogajim:

Anytime the word "tithe" is mentioned, I am sure it kicks off another program in tonye-tithe's head, haba! Dudes been out what how long and tithe brought him from his Greek expedition.

OP: This tithe issue is a beaten path on NL, if you're sincere and not one of those "outreach ministries" on NL, you would have known the majority opinion on this subject. HELP YOUR FRIEND AND FORGET THAT FAKE PASTOR!

Tonye-t:

Are majority always right on an issue.?

John 14:15(NIV) - "If you love me, you will obey what I command [color=#000099]

Tonye-t:

Are majority always right on an issue.?

John 14:15(NIV) - "If you love me, you will obey what I command - - - regardless of what the "majority" thinks about the issue. Period! [/color]

KunleOshob:

@Tonye
No mater how much you try to mis-represent scriptures tithing is not a christian doctrine and it was never taught to christians. Christ never even commanded it [size=14pt]he only endorsed it for the pharisees and the people of the jewish faith [/size] as oppose to christians who are under a totally different and better covenant. That apart  biblical tithing was strictly tithes of the produce of the land and note tithes of "increase" as some criminals try to potray even in the bible passage that uses the word increase it was refering to the increase the fields produce each year which is still agricultural produce and not other income as charlatans who are bent on twisting the word of God are trying to potray.

Deuteronomy 14:22:

   22Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

ogajim:

Tonye-tithe:


Dude! Unless Jesus Christ is not your High Priest and you as a believer is not in the Royal Priesthood, you can continue this delusion. My debt has been paid on the Cross ( He bore our burdens gladly).

All the old testament "offices" have been abolished; the unpaid ushers, deacons, etc could be your "Levites" today if you ask me, does your tithe go to them?

Revelation 1:6 (King James Version)

6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:9-10 (King James Version)

9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Hebrews 8:10-11 (King James Version)

10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

You want me to go on?

Shalom bro.

Tonye-t:

^^^ Kunle stop dilly-dallying here you never want to hear the word "tithe" yet you dont have any genuine reason why the act of tithing should be stopped, since you're the CHIEF-CRUSADER OF ANTI-TITHING then you should at least have scriptural backups to buttress your fight, brace up and answer a simple question like a christian. [size=15pt]PROVE IT![/size] SHOW ME A PASSAGE THAT SAYS TITHING HAS BEEN ABOLISHED or AT LEAST A PASSAGE THAT SAYS TITHING IS A LAW. period!

eghosaobas:

@Tonye, i can see u are totaly confused, tithing has been brushed severaly on this forum and we have been made to see reason why we should not tithe because its wrong to collect tithe. Can u show me anyother chapter in d bible that encourages tithing apart from malachi 3:8? If u read the whole malachi 3,you will understand that collection of tithing is illegal. So wake up and dont let any of those jobless pastors to feed fat on you.

ogajim:

Not if he is one of those pastors, his buddy Joagbaje is on vacation (it seems) so tonye-tithe is pulling a double shift here

KunleOshob:

On the contrary why don't you show me a single scripture which suggests christians should pay tithes of their income in the bible monetary or otherwise, that apart you know as well as i do that the questions you are asking me are diversionary and it has been thrashed out several times on this forum. AS FAR AS TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS CONCERNED, TITHING IS NOT REQUIRED and those who preach it are either ignorant or fraudulent.

ogajim:

Not if he is one of those pastors, his buddy Joagbaje is on vacation (it seems) so tonye-tithe is pulling a double shift here

Ogajim, you really should be holding syringes and needles when doctors perform surgeries. An advice!

eghosaobas:

@Tonye, i can see u are totaly confused, tithing has been brushed severaly on this forum and we have been made to see reason why we should not tithe because its wrong to collect tithe. Can u show me anyother chapter in d bible that encourages tithing apart from malachi 3:8? If u read the whole malachi 3,you will understand that collection of tithing is illegal. So wake up and dont let any of those jobless pastors to feed fat on you.

Ok mr.Unconfused, lets say i am totally confused,now please COME AND UNCONFUSE MY CONFUSION or forever remain silent. ^{I didnt say so the Jury did}.

alicianna:

Wow! What are we turning into When did we stop listening to our hearts? I cant believe that this would be an issue.

Fhemmmy:

What has listening to one's heart got to do with paying tithe?

2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:

Jas 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Jas 2:14-23 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe--and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"--and he was called a friend of God.

Mat 25:34-40 Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

Paying his tithe might bring favor to him and his friend at the hospital.
Paying his tithe might even give the friend, the healing that is needed . . . .we seems to under-estimate the power of tithing.

Mark 7:6-13  And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)--then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. [size=14pt]And many such things you do."[/size]

Luk 16:14  The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

2Ti 3:1-4  But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Traugott:

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After all, even when you give the pastor your tithe, he was meant to use it to touch lives? 

Tithe and Offering
Regular payment of tithe and offering is obligatory because it is God's command. It is God's way of providing for the Ministers in the Church. The ministers and other church employees are paid their food, allowance through tithe. The offering is used to cater for the needy in the Church. Tithe and Offering must be paid on every income e.g. salary, profit from business transaction, gifts, etc. Mal. 3:8-12; Gen. 14:19-20; Num. 18:20-21; Deut. 26:12-13; Lev. 27:30; Heb. 7:2-5; I Cor. 16:2; Matt. 23:23. Tithe is exclusively for the minister's welfare.

Enigma:

Because listening to one's heart means a Christian will know God's law in his own heart ---- which is to give the money to the friend. That is what Jesus taught! On top of it there is NO obligation, requirement or necessity for a Christian to "tithe".