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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Omaefe(m): 10:30am On Feb 25
Tithing and giving are two separate words that cannot be used interchangeably, yu can be a giver and not a tither and vice versa.
the idea of it must be giving to yur pastor drives me crazy i refuse to accept that and will never do. i pay my tithe mostly to people in dire need and asked them to pray for me.
Imagine giving yur tithe to an old woman in dire need in the night who does not have a slight idea of what the next day meal will be like, omo the prayer no be here then compare it to when yu give one fat stingy pot bellied man in the name of pastor. taaa m she
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Urgent1Million: 10:32am On Feb 25
WINDSOW:
The instruction is bring your tithes into the storehouse that there might be meat in my house. Malachi 3:10.

I advise you use the remaining for charity or probably from your savings. Mind you, whatever usage the Church uses the tithes for is btw him n God.
You obviously don't even understand the bolded that you wrote.
How many of the pastors colleting tithes have stores rooms in the house of God.
Food in God's storehouse is meant for those who have no means of eking a living ie those who work in the house of God and in the house of God alone.
Talking about whatever use the church put tithes to being between them and God, that exactly what they use to manipulate you.
Most of them are very versed in theology (that's a story for another day).
The closest thing to the real intention of the use of tithes was found in the Catholic Church setting. But the Catholic Church of these days has even deviated woefully from that path as priests now do businesses, build houses and train their relatives even in foreign universities with exorbitant fees.
How can a priest who took a vow of perpetual poverty have enough money to build a mansion?

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Matrix137(m): 10:34am On Feb 25
OP just one question?

Those pastors receiving tithe in today's churches most especially in Nigeria.

Are they Levites?

Yes or no answer pls

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Olamlag(m): 10:34am On Feb 25
interesting discussion going on here, question here, did jesus pay tithe? because we know according to the bible he paid tax, 2. now that we are sons of God according to the new testament are we still liable to pay tithe to our father? 4. i still pay tithe but at some point i used part of my tithe to buy some food stuff for my wives mom anonymously, and she did not know its me, and she is also a prophet am i wrong?
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Ekugbeh(m): 10:38am On Feb 25
Your tithe is not for charity. Stop being religious with everything.
Your tithes is of the Lord
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Coolgent(m): 10:40am On Feb 25
Keep on enriching the so called men of God while your family and friends are living in abject poverty.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by DeOTR: 10:45am On Feb 25
MaxInDHouse:


We are talking about the tithe here there's a difference between deciding to pay individuals or bringing it to the church.
That's what i'm saying.
Jesus only talked about helping your poor and needy neighbors, but never mentioned tithing not even once.
What do you think of Matthew 25:36-46.
It's OK to give to your Pastors to advance the ministry of God, but if you're doing so, ignoring the people who might need it more or the less privileged whose life depends on it, you no doubt belong to the group on the left side.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by DeOTR: 10:46am On Feb 25
Dtruthspeaker:


You are the one who is wrong.

Christ Said "give to ceaser what belomgs to ceaset;to God, what belongs to God; to your parents what belongs to your parents."
So Pastors are now Caesars? Well done.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Holaomoakin(m): 10:47am On Feb 25
Nigerian leaders have taken everything from its citizens, what they are left with is mere RELIGION/CHARITY!
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by CondemnBattery(f): 10:48am On Feb 25
Can you back this up with scriptures?
Thank you
Righthussle:
No, you must give it to your pastor.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by SeriouslySense(m): 10:50am On Feb 25
Don't let anyone deceive, give as you want to give, its not compulsory. When giving do so with Joy, and freely

Business men in Nigeria, usually love to twist bible to convince us to pay tithe.

Love your neigbhour and this is good tithe smiley, love God also

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by MaxInDHouse(m): 10:55am On Feb 25
DeOTR:

Jesus only talked about helping your poor and needy neighbors, but never mentioned tithing not even once.
What do you think of Matthew 25:36-46.
It's OK to give to your Pastors to advance the ministry of God, but if you're doing so, ignoring the people who might need it more or the less privileged whose life depends on it, you no doubt belong to the group on the left side.

Exactly so don't call it TITHE because tithes has nothing to do with Christianity! smiley
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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by LEGALSER: 11:04am On Feb 25
Corrections:
In Christianity, the importance of tithing can not be ignored. God instructed Christians to bring 10th of their total income to his storehouse or temple.

However, in today's modern world, people no longer give animals or material things as Tithe (not that it is forbidden) but instead all have been monetized.

One may wonder and ask the following questions:

* Why do Christians have to bring their TITHES to God's storehouse or temple?

* What is God's understanding of a store house or temple?

* Can one give his/her TITHE to parents or people if they are in need?

WHY DO CHRISTIANS HAVE to bring their TITHE to God's storehouse/ temple?

Malachi 3:10

New Living Translation
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test.

Just as it is written in the scripture, we give TITHE so that there will be enough in the temple or store house of God.

WHAT IS GOD'S UNDERSTANDING OF STOREHOUSE/ TEMPLE?

The scripture gives us a clear idea of God's understanding on what a storehouse/ temple is. In the scripture we can classify God's understanding of a storehouse/ temple as the following:

* Store house/ temple view by God as a Physical man made structures.

* Store house/ temple view by God as a human body (that is spirit with a soul)

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A "PHYSICAL MAN MADE STRUCTURE"

Here God views a temple or storehouse as a structure built by man. It is always physical in nature.

Ezra 1: 3

New International Version
Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.

1Chronicles 28:3
New International Version
But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Here we can clearly see that God is referring a house/temple as a man made structure.

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A HUMAN BODY (THAT IS SPIRIT WITH A SOUL)

Here, God does not view a storehouse or temple as a physical man made structure but rather he views it as a human body that has a soul and a spirit.


1Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

John 4: 21-23

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit (the spirit is inside the body) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

Here Jesus was trying to tell us that our body will be the temple where God will be worshipped which confirms that God also sees our body as a storehouse/ temple.

Matthew 12:43-45

43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says[b], ‘I will return to the house I left[/b].’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there (because they see it just as God sees it as a house too) And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

Here, Jesus is referring to human's body (that has a spirit and a soul) to be a house where demons could dwell or live. It opens our eye to the fact that God who is a spirit also sees our human physical body as a temple/house.

CAN ONE GIVE HIS/ HER TITHE TO PARENTS OR PEOPLE IF THEY ARE IN NEED?

Now, that we understand how God sees or defines a " storehouse or temple", we can now proceed to answering the question. The following are the 3 reasons why you can give your TITHE to your parents or people if they are in need.

* Jesus says in mark7:11-12

Mark7:11-12
New international Version
11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

Here, Jesus was telling the people how wrong they were when they refused to help their parents with things (including tithe) they had dedicated to give God when they were seriously in need. If your parents are in serious need of money and you could help them with your tithe (because that is what is left to help) but told them "you rather give the money to God as tithe than them", Jesus says you are wrong.

* Your parents/ people are temple or storehouse (spirits that live in body with soul) of God by scriptures.

Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!

This article is written to let us see from scriptures (bible) view that while it good to take our tithe to physical house of God we should not also condem the fact that humans body is also seen by God as a temple or storehouse in which we can invest our tithe in if they are in need of it after we have given every other things.


Meanwhile,, Jesus is waiting for you because jesus is the messiah the world is waiting so connect with him today! !!!


HOW TO CONNECT WITH JESUS

Your body is the house of God is it clean or dirty? You can make it clean by connecting to Jesus today.

John14:6
Jesus told him ' I am the way-
Yes, and the truth and the life. No one can GET to the father (GOD) except by means of me (JESUS ).


Say lord Jesus am sorry for the sins have committed and today I accept you as the son of God and as my lord and personal savior. Help me to follow you now and for ever more. Amen!!!

Yes
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Angelfrost(m): 11:04am On Feb 25
Omaefe:
Tithing and giving are two separate words that cannot be used interchangeably, yu can be a giver and not a tither and vice versa.
the idea of it must be giving to yur pastor drives me crazy i refuse to accept that and will never do. i pay my tithe mostly to people in dire need and asked them to pray for me.
Imagine giving yur tithe to an old woman in dire need in the night who does not have a slight idea of what the next day meal will be like, omo the prayer no be here then compare it to when yu give one fat stingy pot bellied man in the name of pastor. taaa m she

Sigh.... Just say you give generously.

Tithing is not binding to New Testament Christians, as we no longer have Levites ordained by God never to own lands or businesses.

Anyone still aggressively pushing the Tithe agenda is either ignorant of the word of God, or simply a crook.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Bimpe29: 11:08am On Feb 25
In fact, one's parents are expected to be on first line of the beneficiaries if they're in need as well as others in need. Charity truly begins at home.

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by alobright17(m): 11:08am On Feb 25
Dtruthspeaker:


You are the one who is wrong.

Christ Said "give to ceaser what belomgs to ceaset;to God, what belongs to God; to your parents what belongs to your parents."
Why did you removed where he he said shame on to you for giving tithe without doing the more important thing which is giving?

Why did he considered giving as more important thing?

That's a question you never asked yourself don't lie .

Besides all Na Lamba . Tithe or not you'll be buying fuel same price as everyone else .

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Dtruthspeaker: 11:09am On Feb 25
DeOTR:

So Pastors are now Caesars? Well done.

Do you not have sense to know what belongs to pastor from.your Ceaser?
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Eleohjo: 11:12am On Feb 25
This kind of conversation is going on because our religious leaders will never preach on everything the Bible says about tithing except Malachi. If they preach on everything about tithing as the Bible says the tithes that comes to them will reduce.


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:
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.

Deuteronomy - Chapter 14:28,29

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Dtruthspeaker: 11:13am On Feb 25
alobright17:
Why did you removed where he he said shame on to you for giving tithe without doing the more important thing which is giving?

Why did he considered giving as more important thing?

That's a question you never asked yourself don't lie .

Besides all Na Lamba . Tithe or not you'll be buying fuel same price as everyone else .

The topic is tithe and not what is greater than tithe.

Even if fuel be N1000/L, Life go still dey sweet for me.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Dtruthspeaker: 11:15am On Feb 25
Lomprico2:

God does not need nor want your fuckiing money

True, but i want and need to obey Him, so not your problem.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by alobright17(m): 11:18am On Feb 25
Dtruthspeaker:


The topic is tithe and not what is greater than tithe.

Even if fuel be N1000/L, Life go still dey sweet for me.
the topic is paying tithe and giving which did Christ called the most important?

The place you quoted has it . He even added shame which is woe unto thee .

Imagine .
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Iamzik: 11:20am On Feb 25
WINDSOW:
The instruction is bring your tithes into the storehouse that there might be meat in my house. Malachi 3:10.

I advise you use the remaining for charity or probably from your savings. Mind you, whatever usage the Church uses the tithes for is btw him n God.

Where did you get this between him and God doctrine? This is the wrong mentality why we refuse to hold out religious leaders and politicians accountable.

For your information Malachi 3 was written to the priests and not the people. Read it from the beginning and find out who God was addressing. God placed the priests under a curse because they refused to use the tithes for what it is meant for
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by pansophist(m): 11:20am On Feb 25
I've paid more tithes than lots of tithes payers, and it's because I give and help those in need a lot. My tithes will never go to any pastor. Many of them are thieves.

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Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by femi4: 11:21am On Feb 25
Corrections:
In Christianity, the importance of tithing can not be ignored. God instructed Christians to bring 10th of their total income to his storehouse or temple.

However, in today's modern world, people no longer give animals or material things as Tithe (not that it is forbidden) but instead all have been monetized.

One may wonder and ask the following questions:

* Why do Christians have to bring their TITHES to God's storehouse or temple?

* What is God's understanding of a store house or temple?

* Can one give his/her TITHE to parents or people if they are in need?

WHY DO CHRISTIANS HAVE to bring their TITHE to God's storehouse/ temple?

Malachi 3:10

New Living Translation
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test.

Just as it is written in the scripture, we give TITHE so that there will be enough in the temple or store house of God.

WHAT IS GOD'S UNDERSTANDING OF STOREHOUSE/ TEMPLE?

The scripture gives us a clear idea of God's understanding on what a storehouse/ temple is. In the scripture we can classify God's understanding of a storehouse/ temple as the following:

* Store house/ temple view by God as a Physical man made structures.

* Store house/ temple view by God as a human body (that is spirit with a soul)

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A "PHYSICAL MAN MADE STRUCTURE"

Here God views a temple or storehouse as a structure built by man. It is always physical in nature.

Ezra 1: 3

New International Version
Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.

1Chronicles 28:3
New International Version
But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Here we can clearly see that God is referring a house/temple as a man made structure.

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A HUMAN BODY (THAT IS SPIRIT WITH A SOUL)

Here, God does not view a storehouse or temple as a physical man made structure but rather he views it as a human body that has a soul and a spirit.


1Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

John 4: 21-23

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit (the spirit is inside the body) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

Here Jesus was trying to tell us that our body will be the temple where God will be worshipped which confirms that God also sees our body as a storehouse/ temple.

Matthew 12:43-45

43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says[b], ‘I will return to the house I left[/b].’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there (because they see it just as God sees it as a house too) And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

Here, Jesus is referring to human's body (that has a spirit and a soul) to be a house where demons could dwell or live. It opens our eye to the fact that God who is a spirit also sees our human physical body as a temple/house.

CAN ONE GIVE HIS/ HER TITHE TO PARENTS OR PEOPLE IF THEY ARE IN NEED?

Now, that we understand how God sees or defines a " storehouse or temple", we can now proceed to answering the question. The following are the 3 reasons why you can give your TITHE to your parents or people if they are in need.

* Jesus says in mark7:11-12

Mark7:11-12
New international Version
11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

Here, Jesus was telling the people how wrong they were when they refused to help their parents with things (including tithe) they had dedicated to give God when they were seriously in need. If your parents are in serious need of money and you could help them with your tithe (because that is what is left to help) but told them "you rather give the money to God as tithe than them", Jesus says you are wrong.

* Your parents/ people are temple or storehouse (spirits that live in body with soul) of God by scriptures.

Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!

This article is written to let us see from scriptures (bible) view that while it good to take our tithe to physical house of God we should not also condem the fact that humans body is also seen by God as a temple or storehouse in which we can invest our tithe in if they are in need of it after we have given every other things.


Meanwhile,, Jesus is waiting for you because jesus is the messiah the world is waiting so connect with him today! !!!


HOW TO CONNECT WITH JESUS

Your body is the house of God is it clean or dirty? You can make it clean by connecting to Jesus today.

John14:6
Jesus told him ' I am the way-
Yes, and the truth and the life. No one can GET to the father (GOD) except by means of me (JESUS ).


Say lord Jesus am sorry for the sins have committed and today I accept you as the son of God and as my lord and personal savior. Help me to follow you now and for ever more. Amen!!!
There is not special about tithe, its just another way of providing for the needy especially within the Church

It's like a cooperative account where resources are put together by members to help the less privileged among them
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Omoejigbahe(m): 11:21am On Feb 25
Tithe is a modern day scam. Use your tithe to buy beer n drink, it's scriptural.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Dtruthspeaker: 11:22am On Feb 25
alobright17:
the topic is paying tithe and giving which did Christ called the most important?

The place you quoted has it . He even added shame which is woe unto thee .

Imagine .

There is no "which did Christ called the most important" in the topic.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by gentlegenius(m): 11:23am On Feb 25
Corrections:


Not all of them please!!! I believe majority of them are great givers that give to the poor.


If your pastor is a great giver, must he collect from you to give to the poor? Why can't he tell you to give your tithe directly to the poor as instructed by God in Deuteronomy 14: 28-29?
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by alobright17(m): 11:25am On Feb 25
Corrections:
In Christianity, the importance of tithing can not be ignored. God instructed Christians to bring 10th of their total income to his storehouse or temple.

However, in today's modern world, people no longer give animals or material things as Tithe (not that it is forbidden) but instead all have been monetized.

One may wonder and ask the following questions:

* Why do Christians have to bring their TITHES to God's storehouse or temple?

* What is God's understanding of a store house or temple?

* Can one give his/her TITHE to parents or people if they are in need?

WHY DO CHRISTIANS HAVE to bring their TITHE to God's storehouse/ temple?

Malachi 3:10

New Living Translation
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test.

Just as it is written in the scripture, we give TITHE so that there will be enough in the temple or store house of God.

WHAT IS GOD'S UNDERSTANDING OF STOREHOUSE/ TEMPLE?

The scripture gives us a clear idea of God's understanding on what a storehouse/ temple is. In the scripture we can classify God's understanding of a storehouse/ temple as the following:

* Store house/ temple view by God as a Physical man made structures.

* Store house/ temple view by God as a human body (that is spirit with a soul)

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A "PHYSICAL MAN MADE STRUCTURE"

Here God views a temple or storehouse as a structure built by man. It is always physical in nature.

Ezra 1: 3

New International Version
Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.

1Chronicles 28:3
New International Version
But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

Here we can clearly see that God is referring a house/temple as a man made structure.

STOREHOUSE/TEMPLE VIEW BY GOD AS A HUMAN BODY (THAT IS SPIRIT WITH A SOUL)

Here, God does not view a storehouse or temple as a physical man made structure but rather he views it as a human body that has a soul and a spirit.


1Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

John 4: 21-23

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit (the spirit is inside the body) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

Here Jesus was trying to tell us that our body will be the temple where God will be worshipped which confirms that God also sees our body as a storehouse/ temple.

Matthew 12:43-45

43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says[b], ‘I will return to the house I left[/b].’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there (because they see it just as God sees it as a house too) And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

Here, Jesus is referring to human's body (that has a spirit and a soul) to be a house where demons could dwell or live. It opens our eye to the fact that God who is a spirit also sees our human physical body as a temple/house.

CAN ONE GIVE HIS/ HER TITHE TO PARENTS OR PEOPLE IF THEY ARE IN NEED?

Now, that we understand how God sees or defines a " storehouse or temple", we can now proceed to answering the question. The following are the 3 reasons why you can give your TITHE to your parents or people if they are in need.

* Jesus says in mark7:11-12

Mark7:11-12
New international Version
11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

Here, Jesus was telling the people how wrong they were when they refused to help their parents with things (including tithe) they had dedicated to give God when they were seriously in need. If your parents are in serious need of money and you could help them with your tithe (because that is what is left to help) but told them "you rather give the money to God as tithe than them", Jesus says you are wrong.

* Your parents/ people are temple or storehouse (spirits that live in body with soul) of God by scriptures.

Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV),

He asks, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!

This article is written to let us see from scriptures (bible) view that while it good to take our tithe to physical house of God we should not also condem the fact that humans body is also seen by God as a temple or storehouse in which we can invest our tithe in if they are in need of it after we have given every other things.


Meanwhile,, Jesus is waiting for you because jesus is the messiah the world is waiting so connect with him today! !!!


HOW TO CONNECT WITH JESUS

Your body is the house of God is it clean or dirty? You can make it clean by connecting to Jesus today.

John14:6
Jesus told him ' I am the way-
Yes, and the truth and the life. No one can GET to the father (GOD) except by means of me (JESUS ).


Say lord Jesus am sorry for the sins have committed and today I accept you as the son of God and as my lord and personal savior. Help me to follow you now and for ever more. Amen!!!



Where your Jesus said shame unto you for paying tithe without doing the more important thing is actually the answer to your question.


You don't believe in your Jesus that's why you're still asking a question he answered already. Giving means giving he sees it as the more important than tithe .


Or you never asked yourself why did he called giving more important than tithe and even added shame on to you for paying tithe without doing the giving first , or do you also need holy spirit to understand this one too ?
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by Deogratiasfx: 11:25am On Feb 25
'Bring all the tithes into my store house' don't go and do they way u feel or reason. Follow the bible.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by alobright17(m): 11:30am On Feb 25
Dtruthspeaker:


There is no "which did Christ called the most important" in the topic.
you're trying to argue with your Jesus that said shame on to you for paying tithe without giving .

His statement simply means there's only for example 500 naira you then go and pay tithe with it whereas there's someone in need of the money but you rather shamelessly went and pay tithe with it .

That's the op question if one can gift tithe money to someone else in need .Jesus don already answered op question. And the answer is shame on to you that is responding to me for paying tithe without giving.
Re: Can You Give Your Tithe To Your Parents Or Christians In Need sometimes? by GenFunction: 11:31am On Feb 25
Urgent1Million:

No one is saying a pastor should not be successful. If he's successful before becoming a pastor, great. It means he has a source of income and an inheritance.
Even if tithing is a requirement in Christianity, which is not, anyone who has a source of income has no business collecting tithes. I'm not going to include any bible reference because everyone already knows that tithes were instituted to be collected by the Levites who had no inheritance so they can take care of their needs.
So why would a pastor gather people, collect their money, establish schools and hospitals that those members cannot even afford, and keep on collecting their money with threats of robbing God blah blah blah!!
Isn't that daylight robbery?
No its not.Govt own schls nd hospitals pple cnt afford...Nw the pastor must be succesful first,jus too many conditions.Like i said am nt here to advertise any pastor.

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