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| Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 8:19pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Pastor Adeboye said in today's teaching . . . ."In the English Dictionary tithe is described as 10% of someone's income which is paid as tax to the government or religious organization. It is obvious that people see tithe a 10% of an income that must be paid to the church compulsorily while others sees from the opposite direction. Christians and some other religions has always brought different suggestion on what tithing is all about. Those who believes tithing is not compulsory normally stand against by lamenting on pastors who preach about tithing to paid compulsorily because they see it to be an Old Testament and a law which is not meant to be practiced. See Adeboye's Clarification On Tithe: During today's Sunday ministration, Pastor Enoch Adeboye stated that tithe payment is compulsory and went further to give bible passages that clearly back up his statement. Adeboye said most person has tagged tithe payment which was seen in the book of Malachi 3:8-11, as a law. He said there is no doubt about that, but he made Christian's understanding from the Bible book of Galatians 3:13-14 that we are the seeds of Abraham. According to him if tithe payment is a law in the book of Malachi chapter 3 from the children of Abraham we are also meant to understand from the book of Galatians 3:13-14 that Christian's are children of Abraham and therefore seeds from Abraham. Pastor Enoch Adeboye recalled how Jacob excelled greatly after he made promise to God on regular tithe payment in Genesis 28:10-22. He said Moses wasn't yet born when Jacob made a vow to pay his tithe. He further urged Christian's to pay tithe after he made it clear by telling a story about a man of God who revealed how successful he was after he decided to give 90% of his Tithe to God. Pastor Adeboye said the man has decided to do so because he sees God to be his senior partner in the business he runs. He said he wouldn't have love to say this to the outsiders but his children alone because many will not understand the message he is trying to pass. Watch the full sermon on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE8n2rAJA4M |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by OkCornel(m): 8:34pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
When pro-tithers are ready to show us where God specifically mentioned money as part of the items to be tithed, then they should know that monetary tithing is unscriptural. When God required money for the needs of the Temple, He specifically mentioned where all Israelite males should be levied a temple tax of half a shekel every year. That was an instance of God clearly asking for money. Refer to Exodus 30 v 13-16 for where God gave the instruction through Moses;BASED ON THE ABOVE, IT WAS CLEAR WHEN GOD ASKED FOR MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPLE... NOW LET US EXAMINE GOD'S REQUIREMENT FOR TITHES Refer to Deuteronomy 14 v 22-29;Based on the above verses, God clearly mentioned what is titheable, and money was not part of the items to be tithed. IN CONCLUSION: So any fraudster that comes with the excuse that money was not in use because the Israelites were predominantly farmers and cattle rearers...should read Exodus 30 v 13-16 and explain to us why God demanded money from these same Israelites...but specified crops and livestock as tithes in Deuteronomy 14 v 22-29; Also, I'll be waiting for scriptural references where God made tithing mandatory for gentiles as well. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 8:39pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
petra1:Did this man just attempt to get around God's own Tithing law by suggesting Paul, a man who only happened to be an apostle, changed God's law? ![]() The very Word of God OVERRULED by Paul, a mere mortal man? |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by OkCornel(m): 8:41pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
petra1:Wow! So Jacob promised God he’ll be paying tithe REGULARLY? Why all these lies nau haba?! |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by OkCornel(m): 8:46pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Please can someone provide us with evidences of non-Jewish believers that practiced tithing in the early church? Note: Tithe was never even money to start with! |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by TheFirstOne: 9:32pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
The Church like many of we trend watchers will like to describe it is the least prepared institution even in the event of a world running into crisis/endtime/rapture/endemic/pandemic/end of the world. From Iran, to Turkey to EU organisations are forming strategic alliance to remain solidified in their positions and advancing weapons to end this world, and rather than the church to have significant welfare systems, it's money and tithes their shouting about.. Ordinary pandemic they can't cater for the needs of their members..errible leaders leading defective institutions that places great emphasis on just collecting but Shields itself when asked to be accountable. Are organisations that can't cater for its members worthy of being called good organisations? Ordinary feeding members dring the pandemic is a tall order for many gluttons whose sole emphasis to keep collecting and keep people used as their slave subjects. When the responsibility for service cones,they shield themselves with crpyic sayings like I was speaking to my children Tithing is purposeless if it's objective is not achieved. The same Malachi that's quoted God said that there might be meat in His House which translates to abundance in an economic situation where resources are distributed to cater for needs not to build an economic tower of Babel of some miseducated entities who are solely desirous of building a godlike status for themselves The entire governmental order of the world is building advanced systems to destroy the world and it's sad that hardly can any of these churches feed it's member for just a month whereas the scripture says the tribulation will Last for three years and half. What am I saying in essence,if tithing will not translate to the distribution of resources in a social welfare system within God's House but to the construction of an economic tower of Babel,then it's purpose is defeated. Period Even if I have 20 Trillion I won't give a cent to any institution that doesn't have a robust and healthy social welfare system for its members. Never And yes. I'm Born again |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Askme2020(m): 10:20pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
TheFirstOne:You are blessed. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by jmoore(m): 10:26pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Tithe is for Judaism. Christians don't pay tithe. The only place you are likely to meet a levite is in Israel. No Nigerian pastor is a descendant of Levi. Malachi was actually talking to the priests not the congregation. God was telling the pastors, bishops that they themselves are robbing God. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 10:40pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
I knew the facts about tithing, and many other issues written in the bible, even while an atheist. I used to debate Christians on such issues as far back as 2003 on this. ![]() I may not have known it to be true but I was able to simply comprehend in English language what was written in the book. What I don't understand is how anyone who has the Spirit of God living inside of them, even for as long as these so-called MOGs claim to have been born again, does not know of the Truth of God written right there in that Bible for centuries. ![]() |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by jmoore(m): 11:30pm On Jul 19, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:Never knew you were an atheist. Something must be fundamentally wrong with most Bible schools. I wonder how their curriculum looks like. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by TheFirstOne: 12:04am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Askme2020:Amen |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by ibkonekt(m): 12:14am On Jul 20, 2020 |
these false prophets, pastors and false apostles have come again. we know their masters |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Nobody: 4:14am On Jul 20, 2020 |
They should just give us GOD'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT NUMBER and allow us do the rest. For This is the only option that will lay the matter to permanent rest. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 4:20am On Jul 20, 2020 |
jmoore:I used to be one, and I used to love debating Christian ideas with intelligent people who at least admitted they were not sure but were searching. jmoore:Bible Schools? I didn't have to attend Bible school yet I know now the difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, thanks to the Spirit of God, and I only found God in late 2017. Imagine then someone who claims to have found God and been born again 20 or more years telling people untruths that even an atheist would not have told. Come on!! These guys are not genuine at all! ![]() |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 4:28am On Jul 20, 2020 |
OkCornel:Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. I think he studied the Bible more than you. You should rather listen to truth |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 4:34am On Jul 20, 2020 |
OkCornel:Show us where the Bible says they should not |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 4:39am On Jul 20, 2020 |
TheFirstOne:You have a very valid point there! TheFirstOne:There is no question that God intended and designed His Tithing Scheme, the very same one referred to in the book of Malachi, for the feeding of His people. Deuteronomy 14 vs 22 -29 ERV |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Acehart: 4:39am On Jul 20, 2020*. Modified: 9:32pm On Jul 21, 2020 |
petra1:Years later, this altar designed and built by Jacob was destroyed and he ended up not paying the tithe. Many people consider the prayer Jacob offered at this altar as deceptive and manipulative towards God, hence the destruction of it. Eventually, Jacob didn’t give any tithe. The scriptures show that the God discourages vows (like Jacob did). As Jacob matured, he stopped making this kind of prayer-promises. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 4:44am On Jul 20, 2020 |
jmoore:We’re Abraham and Jacob In Judaism ? Christians don't pay tithe.We do . Did your Bible say otherwise ? The only place you are likely to meet a levite is in Israel. No Nigerian pastor is a descendant of Levi.did Abraham and Jacob pay to Levite ? Malachi was actually talking to the priests not the congregation. God was telling the pastors, bishops that they themselves are robbing God.Wrong . He was talking to a nation . Malachi 1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. . . . . He also rebuked the priests where necessary . |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 4:53am On Jul 20, 2020 |
jmoore:Compare the two scriptures beneath , that should give you your answer Numbers 18:21-25 21 And, behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they serve, the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting. 1 Corinthians 9:13-14 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. God didn’t start tithing with Levite’s . He has ministers in every generation who represents him. Tithing started with Abrahamic covenant it was on till the days of Jacob . It only stopped when they went to Egypt and became slaves there. It’s one of the reason God called them out of Egypt to worship him . And when they got out of Egypt God instituted tithes and offering as way of worship . And Levite’s were chosen . Now Christ is our high priest in the order of Melchizedek . |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 5:02am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Acehart:Wrong Many people consider the prayer Jacob offered at this altar as deceptive and manipulative towards GodYes Tithe eaters usually Don’t accept scriptures Eventually, Jacob didn’t give any tithe.[/quote]He did God was even the one who reminded Jacob about the tithe and Jacob built Another altar Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. Genesis 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Genesis 35:6-7 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. The scriptures shows that the God discourages vows (like Jacob did). As Jacob matured, he stopped making this kind of prayer-promises.Wrong! God actually loves vows. He wants us to vow and pay. What he frowns at is non compliance Psalms 76:11 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 5:25am On Jul 20, 2020*. Modified: 5:41am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1:However, the word Tithing, when used in the religious context, refers to the Tithing Laws that were defined as Part of the Old Covenant of God as defined in the Old testatment of the Bible. So, lets not now pretend we are not aware of this fact. petra1:What some other religions? This is about Tithing as far as Christianity is concerned. We are not consulting Islamics and Zoroastrians for an opinion where Tithing is concerned. petra1:Defined in the Old Covenant as a Covenant from a King(God) to His people(Israel). The Old Covenant was a sort of Constitution for the Nation of Israel... as God intended to be their King and they His People. But we know How the story went... petra1:Christian are not seeds of Abrahams. Paul never said that Gentiles are suddenly seeds of Abraham. That was never God's promise to the Nations and Paul certainly has no authority to force adoption of all gentiles on Abraham. Galatians 3 vs 12 14(ERV) petra1:First of all, Paul does not say in Galatians 3 vs 12-14 that Gentiles are made Abraham's seeds -- he does not say that at all. Paul says that because of Jesus Christ, Christians are not able to share in the same promise God made to Abraham...notice how this does not say that we, gentiles, are suddenly made children of Abraham? Second bullsheet! The Law was not given to Abraham but to descendants of Jacob. Abraham is not a descendant of Jacob i.e. Abraham was not a Jew. Another way to look at it is this, if the Law is to apply to all children of Abraham, then it ought also to apply then, even more directly to the Ishmaelites and we know that ain't even happening at all. petra1:Jacob's promise to give God 10% of what God gives him as an offering was fulfilled by Jacob so many years after God had blessed him. Genesis 28 vs 15- 22More than 10 years had passed since he made the promise, Jacob returns to the place where he had made the promise to God, and then made an offering in the place. No mention of him actually paying the 10%. Again, this should not be confused with the Tithing Law that God set up for the Descendants of Jacob, His people to carry out in obedience of His commandment. Genesis 35 vs 6 - 15We know that Abraham paid 10%, once, after he was greeted by the King of Salem, Melchizedek who blessed him with wine and bread on his way back from war. Then we know that Jacob promised God 10% of whatever it is that God blessed him with, and after many years, Jacob returned to build an altar to God, and was to pay 10% to God who had blessed him already with so much. Do we notice a theme here? The blessings don't come AFTER the payment of the 10% in each case, but BEFORE, meaning the Tithe isn't as important in both cases as these so-called MOGs like to tell their "children" petra1:Story story! |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 5:41am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:Christians are seed of Abraham In christ . Tithes and offerings are eternal principle . If you’re a seed of Abraham you should tithe Romans 4:11-12 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 5:42am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1:That is a lie! Not according to what is written in Galatians 3 vs 12 -20. ![]() Galatians 3 vs 12 14(ERV) |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 5:44am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:What does it say Look at 29. Christians are seed of Abraham Galatians 3:29 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 5:46am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1: Galatians 3 vs 12 14(ERV)Paul could never declare that Gentiles were now Jews or descendants of Abraham. No, he, Paul has no such authority to make such a declaration. If God Himself never said such would be the case, why would anyone believe that such a statement by a man would mean anything? It took God Himself coming down to install a new Covenant in place of the Old Covenant (Not that the old were done away with), so why would a man be given the authority to re-write the history of God's own people? Impossible! |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 5:48am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:So what’s your point here |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 5:51am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1:My point is no man has the power to make such a claim where God Himself never promised the gentiles a place among His Israel. My point is, If It does not come out of God's own mouth, it is not God's TRUTH. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by Kobojunkie: 5:54am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1:Paul has no such authority to declare such in the first place. Also the only eternal tithe was the one that God made a part of the Old Covenant. Since the Old Covenant was an everlasting Covenant with the people of Israel, that tithing is eternal. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 5:57am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:But I just showed you the scripture . So you’re sayings the epistles are not Gods word |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by petra1(op): 6:03am On Jul 20, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:Do you believe in Paul as an apostle Also the only eternal tithe was the one that God made a part of the Old Covenant. Since the Old Covenant was an everlasting Covenant with the people of Israel, that tithing is eternal.In christ all are one . God promise to Abraham was not to Isreal . The seed of Abraham is christ . God didn’t use the word SEEDS But seed . Talking about christ he is also the seed of the woman . Galatians 3:16 (NLT) 16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say “to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says “to his child”—and that, of course, means Christ. |
| Re: Pastor Adeboye Lays Tithe Argument To Rest by OkCornel(m): 7:56am On Jul 20, 2020 |
petra1:Lol, all this round about question merely shows you cannot point to one bible reference where tithing was practiced by the gentiles in the early church. Or where it was made mandatory for the gentiles to tithe as you tithevangelists fraudulently preach! And you’re also yet to show us how tithe (mandatory for the Jews, not gentiles) changed from crops and livestock to money! The gospel of mammon rides on...keep it up. |
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