alBHAGDADI:


The passage you read is not the ultimate rule for tithing. The first time tithe was mentioned was in....

Genesis 14:18-20 King James Version (KJV)
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

As seen above, Abraham gave the tithe to the Priest of God. That's the foundation of tithing and it involved giving to the priest fo God.

Now, Deuteronomy 14 doesn't say you should go eat the tithe in God's house. It only says you should feast there which is from what the temple prepares from the collective tithes. Or can you eat a full cow in one sitting?

You even mentioned strong drink. Are you also to drink the gallon of oil mentioned in the same verse? Check my profile for a sermon on alcohol.

Amanda4life:




It is do e month because if you leave it till one year you may spend them and at the end of the day give less tithe which may result to curse

alBHAGDADI:

There is a movement today which believes the tithe which they are to pay to God should be given to the widows, fatherless, orphans or the needy in general. This movement wants to give the tithe to the needy directly from their pocket without giving it to the Church. They even have a Bible passage to back it up. Let's examine it.

Deuteronomy 14:22-29 (KJV)
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

As seen above, nowhere in the passage are people ordered to give the tithe directly to the needy. God only says the needy should not be forsaken. How does one forsake the needy in this case? You forsake the needy when you fail to tithe, not when you don't give it to them directly.

The tithe is used for different purposes in the house of God. A portion caters for the priests, a portion sees to the care of the house of God, another portion caters for the needy etc. All of these are supervised by God's priest. So when you tithe, the needy comes to the house of God and they are cared for from it.

The reason why the above passage says the tithe has to be taken to the place where God puts his name, i.e the House of God, is because it is from there the distribution to the purposes it serves is done.

Now, there are two kinds of people in the movement that want to give their tithe directly to the needy by themselves. It sound a like a great idea to give to the needy. But they are both wrong. One class is sincere but sincerely wrong, while the other is just being a thief.

An example of such movement is seen in the gospel passages talking about the woman with an alabaster of expensive ointment who poured it on Jesus to show appreciation for what he did for her.

When the disciples saw what she did, they felt awkward about it. They wondered why the expensive ointment wasn't sold and the money given to the poor. They were since but sincerely wrong.

Matthew 26:8-11 (KJV)
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Now, what about the class that is wrong and also being a thief about it? That class has people with the mindset of Judas Iscariot. See what he said below and how the Bible described him and those who reason alike.

John 12:4-6 (KJV)
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.


Let me tell you something about many of those who love to say their tithe ought to be given to the poor directly by themselves without taking it to the Church. They are thieves. How do I know this? Just read on.

The Bible clearly states that the tithe belongs to God and he even said it has to be brought into his house as seen below.

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.

Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,

Now, these people who go give it directly to the poor are simply robbing God. They are not to decide how God should spend what belongs to him. They are to pay it to the church and allow God and his priest decide how to spend it. But no, they think it is right the tithe is given to the poor and needy themselves.

Ask them what they did with their own 90 percent. They spent it all on themselves without caring for the poor out of it. But it is God's own money they now want to give to the poor. That's robbery. They are Judas Iscariot, because if they truly cared for the poor, they would have something from their own 90 percent to give to the poor and allow God enjoy his own 10 percent. They are like Judas who had the money bag but never gave to the poor from it but is eyeing the expensive oil spent on Jesus who is God.

Mathew 26:10-11
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The moment you decide to neglect the word of God by giving the tithe to the needy yourself, you will get consumed by pride. There's this feeling you will get when you give it to the needy yourself. You will feel fulfilled, however, that's you feeling puffed up and consumed by pride because you did the desire of your heart, not what God ordered.

Guess what? You have taken God's glory because the people you gave it to will praise you and henceforth hold you in high-esteem. All of these belongs to God, but you have cornered it to yourself.

You used God's money to buy those things for yourself - that's another offence. You also prevent the needy from going to God's house to seek help where they will be exposed to his word. Now, it's your own house they will go to.

Guess what will happen to God's house? It will become empty because there will be no priest nor workers to run it because they are not getting paid and can't feed. They will go look for job elsewhere. The Church will become empty because the needy won't be there to fill it up and there won't be a priest to minister to them. Such a church will die. That is what Satan wants. He wants the church to be starved of funds so it will die and souls will continue to go to hell. You have foolishly aided the devil's dream because you chose to follow your heart and emotions instead of the word of God. Your way seemed right to you over the word of God.

What you have to do is pay the tithe to the house of God and never worry how it's spent. It's not your money, so why bother yourself about it? Also, make sure it is God's house you are paying the money to, not some crooked man running a business center and claiming it is a church. Pay the money into the bank God uses and it will get to him, not in the bank he doesn't use.

Next time, follow what the Bible says, not your heart which is prone to emotions. The thought of our hearts sometimes seems right but are wrong. Many of the tithe we pay are not always used to maintain the church. They are sent to jungles where missionary men are facing dangers to spread the gospel. Don't hinder God's work by disobeying his word and following your heart.

Thank you.

Alashoalash10:
I pray our churches will be like this, but in den of robbers the so called priests eats the money alone

xpool:

[b]Your con and deception is offensive!
Nowhere in the Bible was man directed to pay tithe to the Church or synagogue. Bible said in a place God named.

Bible said you can merry with your family and the needy with your tithe and not the 90%.
Issue of tithe was only necessary for the Levite's, because they were fulltime temple priests and had no inheritance. The only ones close to that are only catholic Priests because they have no inheritance.

God never emphasized that tithe should be given to him, God said tithe should be brought to a place he named. The only places God named for tithe were the Levite's, House of God, The Needy, Your Family, and not the Synagogue or Church.
Levite's serve in the temple of Alter not synagogue and tithings was for the temple Alter not Churches. Levites are not conventional and evangelical priests, they are not pastors, evangelists, prophets, fathers, priests general overseers etc.

Tithe was never about money. Bible said crops and herds; agricultural harvests. The only time money was mentioned in tithing was when the tithe was too bulky and distant location, and Bible said convert to money and with it make marry with your family and needy .

Tithe is not money.

Christ said man was not made for the law, but the law for man.

Tithing seem obsolete, I am surprised that Nigerian Churches always preach tithing every week more than salvation.

God does not eat anything including tithe. Stop deceiving people.
Greedy people, buying helicopters and jets, building schools for only the bourgeoisie.
It was only once that Jesus Christ used horse, He did not even use Chariot

Greedy thieves![/b]

Lokostic77:
my question is very simple and straightforward,,Did Jesus or any of his deciples pay tithe in the Bible?just point out to where the tithe was paid because I knew where Jesus paid tax but not tithe so plz show me the verse,as a Christian Jesus and his deciples is our examples of what we must do.plz I need answer to this question and back it with scripture then i will be satisfy don't ignore this question o,if you ignore it means you're hypocrite and you're benefiting from stealing people money in the name of tithe,God bless you

1Sharon:
A God that created heaven and earth and EVERYTHING doesn't need paper money to function.

A God that requires payment to protect you shows he's not almighty and al powerful.

Stop being scammed by pastorpreneurs.

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts. Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Only those in agriculture business were to tithe and tithe was meant to be paid in crops and animals and not in cash. The only condition tithe was to be paid in cash was when it was impossible to take the crops to the temple. Stop lying.

Again, no prophet doubled as a priest in the Bible. No matter how powerful a prophet is , he is not entitled to collect tithe except he is from the tribe of Levi and no record of a prophet from the tribe of Levi. So, it is wrong to double as a prophet and a priest.

Also, it is a taboo for a priest to possess land and all thier children are to be dedicated to the alter services without doing any other jobs. But today , Bishop children are medical Drs , multi bullion business men and women etc.

In the Bible, priesthood was hereditary and not declarative as it is being today. I can declare myself a prophet today and double as a priest collecting tithe from gullible Nigerians .

In the Hebrews 7, it was said that the priesthood has been changed. The priesthood which relied on the blood of animals for atonement of sins was not perfect, hence it abolition. Now that the priesthood has been changed , is it not also necessary for there to be a change of law ? In those days , the priests were the intercessors , so they were not allowed to do any other job other than staying in the synagogue to pray and offer sacrifices for themselves and on behalf of the people. But now, we have a more powerful intercessor in Jesus who offered himself once and for all. There is no need for the Levites anymore hence payment of tithe becomes a sin as it amounts to rejecting the sacrifice which Christ made with his death. Don't be fooled.


Mind you, the Lord Jesus never collected tithe , he never preached it and the desciples he sent out never collected a dime from anybody as tithe and they also never preached it. Even if tithing was compulsory in the old testament, are we practicing Judaism or Christianity? Since the founding fathers of Christianity never collected tithe , it becomes a misnomer for the modern days and self acclaimed pastors to collect tithe from their customers. .
Payment of tithe to another person other than a Levite is a sin and the person not a Levite but collecting tithe is a sinner. That is the reason nobody pays or collect tithe in Isreal today. Tithe must be paid in the temple ( central Temple), and only Levites who do no other job other than staying in the temple to offer sacrifices are to collect it. Since no such people exists in Isreal, nobody collects tithes , even the Rabis, are forbidden to collect tithe since they are not priests offering sacrifices . That u are a teacher of the word of God doesn't give you the power of a priest. A priest is from a given tribe . So, Ravi, pastors , prophet, Bishops Pope etc are not permitted to collect tithe.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts. Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts. Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

alBHAGDADI:

There is a movement today which believes the tithe which they are to pay to God should be given to the widows, fatherless, orphans or the needy in general. This movement wants to give the tithe to the needy directly from their pocket without giving it to the Church. They even have a Bible passage to back it up. Let's examine it.


Thank you.

HerCuteness:

Don’t choose instead , choose both. Because unlike a charity, you’ll never find a more important mission (see #1) than the mission of the Church (See Acts 2). Social justice and sponsoring kids is vitally important, but if the Church was really doing its job, those charities would be overwhelmed with support and eventually not need to exist.

shadeyinka:

What/Where is the House of God?

Tithe couldn't be "paid" anywhere else (not in any synagogue) but in the Temple of God or if a special revelation as per where the Lord has placed His name for such.

The Temple of God isn't made with bricks

1Cor 6:19:
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,"

Let me tell you the Truth:
You want to give God your Tithe and Offerings check this out

Mat 25:35-40:
"For I was hungry , and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger , and you took Me in; 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 shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed [You]? Or thirsty, and gave [You] drink? When did we see You a stranger, and took [You] in? Or naked, and clothed [You]? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You? And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done [it] to Me."

There was a special reason why this scripture happened.
Mat 27:51:
"And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom . And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared,"

shadeyinka:

What/Where is the House of God?

Tithe couldn't be "paid" anywhere else (not in any synagogue) but in the Temple of God or if a special revelation as per where the Lord has placed His name for such.

The Temple of God isn't made with bricks

1Cor 6:19:
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,"

Let me tell you the Truth:
You want to give God your Tithe and Offerings check this out

Mat 25:35-40:
"For I was hungry , and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger , and you took Me in; 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 shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed [You]? Or thirsty, and gave [You] drink? When did we see You a stranger, and took [You] in? Or naked, and clothed [You]? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You? And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did [it] to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done [it] to Me."

There was a special reason why this scripture happened.
Mat 27:51:
"And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom . And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared,"

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts. Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

alBHAGDADI:

There is a movement today which believes the tithe which they are to pay to God should be given to the widows, fatherless, orphans or the needy in general. This movement wants to give the tithe to the needy directly from their pocket without giving it to the Church. They even have a Bible passage to back it up. Let's examine it.

Deuteronomy 14:22-29 (KJV)
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

As seen above, nowhere in the passage are people ordered to give the tithe directly to the needy. God only says the needy should not be forsaken. How does one forsake the needy in this case? You forsake the needy when you fail to tithe, not when you don't give it to them directly.

The tithe is used for different purposes in the house of God. A portion caters for the priests, a portion sees to the care of the house of God, another portion caters for the needy etc. All of these are supervised by God's priest. So when you tithe, the needy comes to the house of God and they are cared for from it.

The reason why the above passage says the tithe has to be taken to the place where God puts his name, i.e the House of God, is because it is from there the distribution to the purposes it serves is done.

Now, there are two kinds of people in the movement that want to give their tithe directly to the needy by themselves. It sound a like a great idea to give to the needy. But they are both wrong. One class is sincere but sincerely wrong, while the other is just being a thief.

An example of such movement is seen in the gospel passages talking about the woman with an alabaster of expensive ointment who poured it on Jesus to show appreciation for what he did for her.

When the disciples saw what she did, they felt awkward about it. They wondered why the expensive ointment wasn't sold and the money given to the poor. They were since but sincerely wrong.

Matthew 26:8-11 (KJV)
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Now, what about the class that is wrong and also being a thief about it? That class has people with the mindset of Judas Iscariot. See what he said below and how the Bible described him and those who reason alike.

John 12:4-6 (KJV)
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.


Let me tell you something about many of those who love to say their tithe ought to be given to the poor directly by themselves without taking it to the Church. They are thieves. How do I know this? Just read on.

The Bible clearly states that the tithe belongs to God and he even said it has to be brought into his house as seen below.

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.

Malachi 3:10 (KJV)
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,

Now, these people who go give it directly to the poor are simply robbing God. They are not to decide how God should spend what belongs to him. They are to pay it to the church and allow God and his priest decide how to spend it. But no, they think it is right the tithe is given to the poor and needy themselves.

Ask them what they did with their own 90 percent. They spent it all on themselves without caring for the poor out of it. But it is God's own money they now want to give to the poor. That's robbery. They are Judas Iscariot, because if they truly cared for the poor, they would have something from their own 90 percent to give to the poor and allow God enjoy his own 10 percent. They are like Judas who had the money bag but never gave to the poor from it but is eyeing the expensive oil spent on Jesus who is God.

Mathew 26:10-11
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

The moment you decide to neglect the word of God by giving the tithe to the needy yourself, you will get consumed by pride. There's this feeling you will get when you give it to the needy yourself. You will feel fulfilled, however, that's you feeling puffed up and consumed by pride because you did the desire of your heart, not what God ordered.

Guess what? You have taken God's glory because the people you gave it to will praise you and henceforth hold you in high-esteem. All of these belongs to God, but you have cornered it to yourself.

You used God's money to buy those things for yourself - that's another offence. You also prevent the needy from going to God's house to seek help where they will be exposed to his word. Now, it's your own house they will go to.

Guess what will happen to God's house? It will become empty because there will be no priest nor workers to run it because they are not getting paid and can't feed. They will go look for job elsewhere. The Church will become empty because the needy won't be there to fill it up and there won't be a priest to minister to them. Such a church will die. That is what Satan wants. He wants the church to be starved of funds so it will die and souls will continue to go to hell. You have foolishly aided the devil's dream because you chose to follow your heart and emotions instead of the word of God. Your way seemed right to you over the word of God.

What you have to do is pay the tithe to the house of God and never worry how it's spent. It's not your money, so why bother yourself about it? Also, make sure it is God's house you are paying the money to, not some crooked man running a business center and claiming it is a church. Pay the money into the bank God uses and it will get to him, not in the bank he doesn't use.

Next time, follow what the Bible says, not your heart which is prone to emotions. The thought of our hearts sometimes seems right but are wrong. Many of the tithe we pay are not always used to maintain the church. They are sent to jungles where missionary men are facing dangers to spread the gospel. Don't hinder God's work by disobeying his word and following your heart.

Thank you.

alBHAGDADI:



You forsake the needy when you fail to tithe, not when you don't give it to them directly.

The tithe is used for different purposes in the house of God.

A portion caters for the priests,

a portion sees to the care of the house of God,

another portion caters for the needy etc.

All of these are supervised by God's priest.

So when you tithe, the needy comes to the house of God and they are cared for

bskyb:


This is very refreshing to read. It's well written and your points are well harnessed.
It's really nice to see a submission of this quality on Nairaland. Kudos to you and please, keep it up

seguno2:


If the church is not doing anything for charities, what should a believer do, in such a situation

seunmsg:


Show us where Paul, Peter or any of the apostles paid tithe or even preached about it.

seunmsg:


Stop lying. Abraham didn’t pay a tithe of all he got. He paid a tenth of his war loots and not of his personal belongings. It was also a one off tithe as he never paid again from his personal belongings.

sshyne:

It clearly shows how you have being deceived. Why not read from Matthew 23:1. Don't just cherry pick. The Pharisees were the law keepers and the covenant with God through Jesus Christ hasn't being established. Just show me a place where Christians paid tithe in the Bible. I'm just tired of having this same conversation with you. Your motive is just too put your sheeples in check so you can milk then dry. Just know you are under a curse if you rely on the law to be made right with God, I didn't say it Paul did.

Galatians 3:9-14
9So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.

10But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”d 11So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”e 12This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”f

13But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”g 14Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promisedh Holy Spirit through fa

dazzlingd:


And in all he paid according to the story, money was not involved.... Stop scamming people

Alashoalash10:
I pray our churches will be like this, but in den of robbers the so called priests eats the money alone

Ornament2003:


That's a gullible approach.

That's what's killing the Church.

It's like a pastor sleeping with church members, and instead of rebuking him, you're saying leave him for God to judge. That's a lazy thought.

Why laying more emphasis on tithe payment; and look the other way when it comes to accountability!

Then leave non-tithe payers to God. And stop disturbing people about the arguments on tithe.

alBHAGDADI:


Mugu, what were the things included in the ALL he paid? You can't mention them, yet you have the boldness to exclude money from the ALL.

Your mumu never do.

alBHAGDADI:


Agricultural produce are known to be harvested yearly in most cases, that's why tithing was done yearly. Today, people earn monthly, that's why they pay it monthly. You can chose to accumulate all the monthly tithe and pay it at the end of the year. What matters is you paying what belongs to God. But by the end of the year, the amount may appear too big to want to let go. So, it's advisable it is paid monthly when it appears small.

Yes, you are to feast and dine, but the passage never said you should feast on the exact tithe you brought. The feasting is what the temple prepared for everyone to eat. The bulls, sheep, corn, wheat etc are prepared and eaten by everyone after some have been stored and some sacrificed to God through burnt offering. Imagine you pay a tithe of a cow and bags of corn, can you feast on the whole of it in one sitting? [b]The priest only takes a portion out of the many cows paid as tithe, slaughters it and everyone feasts.[b
/b] Same happens when your church holds yearly or quarterly feasts.

BluntBoy:


Do you know that the tithing law was tied to the Promised Land which is why tithes were purely land-based, and money wasn't even encouraged. If you had to redeem your tithes with money, there was a slight burden.

Why didn't carpenters, fishermen, and others pay tithes?

Was there no money in those days, even in the days of Jesus Christ? And yet Jesus Christ hinted tithes to be land-based agricultural products.

There were a lot of fishermen in those days, and yet nowhere was it mentioned that Jesus Christ (a carpenter) or his disciples (fishermen, tax collector, zealot and others) paid tithes.