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pstbolanta: I was invited by a friend to his church last sunday,when the pastor started to preach,he kept on hammering on TITHING,that anyone that does not pay hios tithe will go to heaven and your tithe should not be you basic pay but total gross pay,you need to see the way he was stretching on it assive his life depended on it,i began to start feeling quilty of not paying instatntly,but i know i have some very reliable friends on nairaland to sample their opinion on this TITHING WAHALA,ARE WE BIND TO PAY TITHE

The New Testament Believer is not bound to pay tithes of money. God gives no instructions in His Word for the New Testament believer to tithe money.

I do believe that God's Holy tithe is still in effect today. I say this because of Numbers 18:23-24. There we read that the tithe was given to the Levite because he had no inheritance in the land of Israel. We also learn that they would have no inheritance "for ever, throughout your generations."

There are still Levites on the Earth today, so because they have no inheritance in Israel "throughout your generations," I believe they should still be supported by a tithe so as to sustain them. But that tithe is not money, it is "the seed of the land, the fruit of the tree, and every tenth animal that passeth under the rod" as recorded in Leviticus 27:30-34.

mollie12: Guy, either you don't have a firm command of English language or you have resorted to malicious twisting of scripture to serve your end. If its the latter, I strongly advise you to repent of your ways.

In Luke 18:12 it was a PHARISEE and not Jesus speaking! And no, the second verse was not a teaching on tithing but a rebuke to the pharisees.

My advice to you and joe4christ is to get off the blackcurrant ribena you are being fed by your pastor or church and go and get the real truth by reading the bible for yourselves. Else you'll be the ones condemned for heresy.

Tithing is NOT mandated under the new covenant that was established by Jesus Christ. All that was required as far as financial givings by early Christians was a weekly collection according to how God had prospered them (1 corinthians 16:2) for their fellow brethren and support for their ministers (2 corinthians 9). If you want to dedicate one percent, ten percent or even fifty percent of your income to the church do so of your own freewill, but don't start cooking up scare tactics to coerce others into doing so. God is more concerned about the dedication of our hearts rather than our pockets towards Him. And its a big, bold lie that evangelism efforts are held back when we don't pay tithes - that is unscriptural. Evangelism efforts are hampered when WE hold back ourselves ("The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few".)

Luke 18:12 clearly reveals that Jesus said the Pharisee said he tithed of all he possessed.

But did the Pharisee say this? According to verse 9, the account of the Pharisee and the Publican was a parable. A parable is a fictitious narrative conveying a Spiritual Truth. The fact is, when Jesus said, "The Pharisee prayed thus within himself. Lord, I thank Thee that I am not as other men. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all I possess...", he was telling a fictitious story to get the hearer to realize the Biblical truth that 'pride goeth before a fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.' Jesus was illustrating to the hearer that God accepts the humble and rejects the proud.

Did the Pharisee really tithe all he possessed as he claimed? A careful study of the Word of God should give you the answer as being 'No, he did not tithe all he possessed.' Pharisees claimed to do things that they did not do in order to look exalted. Notice:

Matthew 23:3 (KJV) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

The Pharisees say they do things, but in reality they do not do them. So, no, they do not 'give tithes of all they possess.'

Leviticus 27 tells us what God's Holy tithe consists of. 'the seed of the land, the fruit of the tree, and every tenth animal that passes under the rod.' The Pharisee could not tithe all that he possessed."