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Cont... they were to contribute "according to what a person has," giving "as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver." Read 2Co 8:12; 9:7) They were encourage to follow the principle: "Let the Older men who preside in a fine way be reckoned worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching. For the Scriptures says: 'You must not muzzel a bull when it treshes out the grain'; also: "The workman is worthy of his wages.'" |
...but Christians from and after 33 C.E(the year our Lord Jesus Christ died), became part of a new Spiritual Priestwood that was not surpported by tithes. Read Romans 6:14; Heb 7:12; 1Pe 2:9. As Christians, they were encourage to give supports to the Christian ministry both by their own ministerial activity and material contributions. Instead of giving fixed, specified amounts to defray congregational expeses, they were to contrubute " according to what a person have" giving "as he has resolved in his heart |
No Tithing For CHRISTIANS. At no time were first Century Christians commanded to Pay tithes. The Primary Purpose of the Tithing arrangement was TO SURPPOT ISRAEL'S TEMPLE AND PRIESTHOOD; Consequently the obligation to Pay Tithes would sieze when that Mosauc Law Convenant came to an end as fufilled, thru Christ Death on the Torture Stake.(Eph 2:15; Col 2:13, 14) It is true that Levitical Priests continued serving at temple in Jerusalem until it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E, but Christians from and |
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