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Please i recently made a vow to God to take my tithe to 15% once i'm confirmed and get a pay raise in my place of work.
I have been giving my tithe for the past 7 months to this Pastor who is like my personal pastor but doesn't have a church yet,
i intend keep giving him the 10% of the new salary while the remaining 5% will go to the church where i worship every Sunday.
I hope i am making the right decision?

ayomilore:
Please i recently made a vow to God to take my tithe to 15% once i'm confirmed and get a pay raise in my place of work.
I have been giving my tithe for the past 7 months to this Pastor who is like my personal pastor but doesn't have a church yet,
i intend keep giving him the 10% of the new salary while the remaining 5% will go to the church where i worship every Sunday.
I hope i am making the right decision?

Tithe is meant for the house of God and not for a Pastor .

Tithe, offering, first-fruit, donation and whatever percentage you choose to give and whosoever you choose to give it should be done within the leading of the Holy Spirit thus "[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]." (2 Corinthian 9:6-8 amp)
Great Grace Brethren!!!

ochibuogwu5:
Tithe, offering, first-fruit, donation and whatever percentage you choose to give and whosoever you choose to give it should be done within the leading of the Holy Spirit thus "[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]." (2 Corinthian 9:6-8 amp)
Great Grace Brethren!!!

Thanks for your contribution sir.

I would advice you give the scripture stipulated tithe of 10% to church and 5% (or what you settle for) to pastor as pastor seed as the scripture admonished us to communicate all good things to our teachers.

CodeTemplar:
I would advice you give the scripture stipulated tithe of 10% to church and 5% (or what you settle for) to pastor as pastor seed as the scripture admonished us to communicate all good things to our teachers.

Noted sir.

ayomilore:
Please i recently made a vow to God to take my tithe to 15% once i'm confirmed and get a pay raise in my place of work.
I have been giving my tithe for the past 7 months to this Pastor who is like my personal pastor but doesn't have a church yet,
i intend keep giving him the 10% of the new salary while the remaining 5% will go to the church where i worship every Sunday.
I hope i am making the right decision?

MuttleyLaff:
You are not to pay tithe at all for the following 10 reasons
1.) You are not a Jew or an Israelite, who was commanded by God to pay tithe from cultivating crops or breeding and raising livestock (e.g. cows and/or lambs) in the Promised Land
2.) The tithe commanded by God was meant to be given ONLY in Israel, meant to be paid ONLY in Israel and meant to be received ONLY in Israel
3.) The methodolody used for paying or selecting the tithe, was to hand-pick for tithe, the tenth livestock (e.g. cows, lambs) that passes under the rod
4.) The implication of #3 above, is that if you started with 1 livestock (e.g. 1 cow or 1 lamb) and at the end of year, bred and raised 9 cows or 9 lambs, then you dont pay tithe for that year
5.) Tithe were received in Jerusalem and for convenience stored up in a number of Levitical cities scattered all over Israel
6.) Where an Israelite is supposed to pay tithe on sales, is when ONLY buying back the tithe, (i.e. buying back the tenth cow, lamb or cultivated crops)
-there however, is a warning that the Israelite pays the going rate or value of the bought back the tenth cow, lamb or cultivated crops tithe, plus 20 percent.
7.) The bible is a book of divisions, where some parts, like tithe part, was meant for and talking exclusively to the Israelites and no else
8.) The common denominator in all biblical tithe giving (e.g. Abraham's tithe and the Israelites tithings) is a high priest or Levite physically receiving the tithe
9.) The implication of #8 above, is that a pastor is neither a high priest or Levite, hence has no business receiving tithe nor have any jurisdiction over tithe.
10.) Tithe was an obligatory and mandatory giving command made to the Israelite
Contributions which are voluntary and optional is the sort of giving expected from a believer(s)
It is what a believer decides in the heart and is comfortable with to give that God expects
Also believers shouldn't be sorry that they have given or feel forced in response to pressure to give

There is nothing like taking tithe beyond 10%. If no one will tell you the truth I will

If at all you want to do the tithe game, then tithe, is ten percent, period. Nothing more than 10%. Nothing less than 10%

enilove:
Tithe is meant for the house of God and not for a Pastor

What and where specifically is the house of God please?