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*It is important to recognize that this passage about tithing was not originally written for the Christian church/body of Christ and should be understood in its original context as explained below* 👇

The NATION OF ISRAEL was given a covenant by God, and through the prophet Moses, they received the law, which included 613 commandments, one of which was Tithing. These commandments were designed to govern the covenant between God and the Israelites. If the Israelites were able to keep the entire law, God promised to bless them (as described in Deuteronomy 28:1-14). Conversely, if they failed to keep the law, God warned that they would be cursed (as outlined in Deuteronomy 28:15-68).

As part of the law, God instructed the Israelites to give a tithe of their agricultural produce (exclusively livestock and grain) to the Levites. The Levites were the physical descendants of Levi, who had no inheritance in the land of Israel.

The primary objective of tithing was twofold :

Firstly, it was intended to provide sustenance for the Levites who were responsible for the work in the temple and had no inheritance in the land of Israel as stipulated by the law (Numbers 18:21-32).

Secondly, the tithes were also meant to be a source of nourishment for the poor (Deuteronomy 14:27-29), which was collected every three years (NOT MONTHLY).

Additionally, these tithes were also used to provide food for the festivals that God had appointed for the Israelites (Deuteronomy 14:24-26).

Throughout the history of Israel, the practice of tithing was regularly observed until a point when the people stopped bringing their tithes to the temple, which was a breach of the covenant they had made with God, which promised blessings if they obeyed it, and curses if they failed to do so (Deuteronomy 28:1-68). It was during this period that God sent the prophet Malachi with a message, which is recorded in the well-known & LOVED, chapter 3 of the Book of Malachi.

The prophecy in Malachi was given exclusively to Israel and was connected to the law of the covenant that God had given to them only. This law was not given to any other nations (Romans 2:14) nor was the covenant made with the Gentiles (Romans 9:4). Therefore, these modern-day preachers have no basis for opening the book of Malachi and teaching about tithing as something that should be practiced today.

The body of Christ was never under the old covenant, and in fact, when the old covenant was established, the church was not yet in existence.Even the Israelites to whom the law and the covenant were given were freed from the law at the cross, and they are no longer required to observe it since it was fulfilled by Christ (Romans 10:4, Galatians 3:24).

Today's preachers who attempt to place the church under the law are disregarding the fact that the law was fulfilled by Jesus Christ. In Philippians 3:1-21, Paul warned against ministers in the church who teach the law and described them as "d0g$" and as men "whose God is their belly."

It is often disheartening to see preachers misusing Malachi chapter 3 to coerce people into tithing. They use fear as a tool, threatening congregants with divine curses and promising blessings if they comply. This approach raises important theological questions about the nature of God and His relationship with humanity.

Are we to believe that the God of the universe, who loves us beyond measure, would require our compliance to a set of legalistic monetary obligations in order to bless us? Does He need our tithes to accomplish His divine purposes on earth? Are we truly able to avoid divine punishment by our own works, as if our feeble attempts could ever satisfy the holy and righteous God?

It is important to remember that we are living in the new dispensation of grace, a time in which God has made a way for us to be reconciled to Him through faith in His son, Jesus Christ. Our blessings are not dependent on our performance or our tithes, but rather on the abundant grace and mercy that God has bestowed upon us through the cross. May we never forget that it is by His love, and not our works, that we are saved and sustained.

I implore you, my fellow believers, to be vigilant and take notice of those who promote divisive teachings and create stumbling blocks contrary to the sound doctrine that was preached by Christ. Refrain from associating with such WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, for they are not serving our Lord Jesus Christ but rather their own earthly desires and their god of mammon and through their eloquent language and persuasive speech, they deceive the naive and vulnerable.

God doesn’t Need Your Tithe / Money To Bless You 🙏

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Road2Success:
Hello nairalanders,

Please I will want you all to read this. though I am not a good writer. I rented an apartment somewhere on the Lagos island. We are just 4 in the compound. When I parked into my apartment my wife came with a pregnancy but we lost the baby when she gave birth to the boy. The following year she got pregnant again, The baby also died the day she gave birth. I am not a religious person but my wife is closer to God. She has been telling me about this compound but I just don't have any reason to think or suspect anything.

Lemme tell you in my compound if one of us is working the others will lose there job. I have no reason to be suspecting anything untill I heard that one of the tenants is owning our landlord 2 years rent and our landlord didn't raise voice. In this Lagos that I know landlord don't joke with house rent. Our landlord don't bother us for rent. Sometimes I will be the one sending the house rent to him without him even asking.

I also heard that was the same thing that happened to previous occupants. They lived there without paying for many years and the landlord didnt disturb them.

I won't say our live is better in this house. We are just struggling to survive. Currently I am the only one working while others don't have a job. I am beginning to doubt if our landlord is truly a generous man as we do called him, since he don't bother us for rent.

My wife have lost two pregnancy in this house. I have been jobless many times in this house. I honestly need people opinion on this matter.

Is this house diabolic or the landlord is just a generous man

Moderators please help me move this to front page

As you do not have 4 eyes to know if the landlord is diabolic or not, did he chain you in the compound too. Can't you relocate to look for your destiny?

HenryWilliams:
Your statement is self explanatory.
They hired you based on your qualification as Diploma..
HND would probably have put u in GL8.
Best thing is to accept the appointment, get confirmation after two years and then write for advancement..
Better still further your education past HND and get advanced to higher GL.
Or reject the offer and seek employment elsewhere

This advice is wrong, an HND holder accepting to be a junior staff in a federal government office is wrong. A guy who accepted such job in my office waited for 10 years before he could be converted to senior staff level 8

CHANNELStv2020:
Bro please ur whatsapp number i will like to reach u

You can contact me on arhodoro@gmail.com

Bradford111:
Hello everyone it's been 3 months since I had sex with a random girl and having been having boils coming up only my dick every time.

Taken a lot of drugs and even rubbed tubes like funbact act A and some other antibacterial the boils would go but when I stop using the antibacterial cream they will resurface.

Please I need advice on how to go about this am suffering and so uncomfortable right now.

What you are suffering from is herpes simplex, it is a viral infection.
GO and find a way to take the Covid-19 vacine it will clear it. But it will only finally clear it if you take the 2 jabs.

Before you go for the vacine make sure you take ciproxin and acyclovir to clear the symptoms first. Don't take the vacine when the symptom have not gone down

I know that Buhari will not obey this law

POS in my area charges 120% to collect old naira notes

Buhari who has stated not on one occasion that age limited his performance in office also knows that Tinubu will not be able to perform because of his age

They will start displaying their bad characters that they have been hiding

If NATO is sure of what they are saying let them put boots on the ground and done away with this war as soon as possible. The world cannot afford another Hitler.

Before we will take Buhari seriously he should apologize to GEJ for the things he Buhari did during GEJ government and what he said against him during his campaign

lazynairalander1:
Last week I had an interview for a data analyst teaching job, after series of interview process which includes.
Analyzing data with Excel and BI
Extracting and cleaning data with Python &SQL
Modeling, analyzing and visualization with R.
Though my Python prowess wasn't that good but I was told that what they needed is a data analyst who can handle R very well and I really impressed in that aspect.

I showed my data analysis projects on the above software excluding Python. Then we went to oral interview which led to the salary part. I was asked to name my price.
I told them to give me a breakdown on how many days I will be coming to work because I learnt it will be part time teaching job, the interviewer agreed to mail me my schedule.

I was hoping it will be weekend (like Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday) only for me to realized it will be Mon-Thur (that's not part time, I told the manager or so).
The worst part is that they are willing to pay me 10k/week for the job and I will be paid each week I come to work which means it's only the weeks the students avail themselves that I will teach and be paid.

Those tech pay such ridiculous amount or am just unlucky?
What am I expected to do with 10k weekly?
Transport?
Data?
Food?
Electricity?
What exactly?

I was furious though and I am still furious.

I'm an ICT personnel, that salary they mentioned is an insult on your person.

Apart from the few NNPC filling stations which sell at #179 and doesn't have fuel most times, the others are selling at #320 and #350 with serious queue in all of them

Receiving double

timibare:
Oh God of Elijah, hear my voice!! I must visit this place in Jesus name!

When a Nigerian don't want to stress himself to get what he want he will put the name of Jesus in it and begin to expect miracle to get the things for him. And in most cases they don't even get what they wish for because they end up not putting the effort needed to achieve what they want.

BadRadio:
Honestly... This thing happened to me... I had sex with this girl and since then, I haven't had one night of good sound sleep... I have had series of multiple Nightmares in one Night.

Ómo... no be small thing...

I used to have one girlfriend in those days, anytime she sleep with me lion must fight me in the dream, and the next day my face and my body will be filled with scars. She slept with me for more than 5 times and in those times I had scars that immediately you see my face you will know that I fought with a lion.

This look like scabies.

You did not add Delta state. Atiku will lose in that state. Lets wait and see

WriterNig:
🇷🇺 Russia is the all consuming 🔥 fire and the U.S knows it. Only 1 Satan-II Nuke 💣 can turn the whole of Texas to radioactive dust and ash. They have dozens of them.

The only country in the world that can fire missiles near U.S & NATO war planes. They did it last year while ✈ flying near Alaska.

They fear no one.

Continue dreaming. When it will happen it will do you like film. You are underating America.
They will do you the more you look the less you see, and the more you listen the less you will understand

Allow him to go to prison if not he will not learn from his mistakes

Lagos that was Nigeria capital was a slum. Please, look for another lie

FuckTheMod:
Make una no dey fool unasef...
If na iPhone with latest software updates or some Samsung, you can be lucky but redmi Xiaomi, SOPE OTILO...

Some people would say the Nigerian police have the technology but it's a lie.

The only people that can find your phone through sim card or IMEI are the network providers.
This service is not generally available to ordinary people due to security reasons, except if one gets a permit from the police. (The DSS issues permits like this, but they will hardly give it to you...). The Nigerian police usually exploit this option for themselves. When you report your stolen phone to them, THEY BILL YOU, and consult your network providers directly to find the phone through sim card or IMEI (GPS IS USUALLY USELESS BECAUSE THE THIEVES WOULD HAVE TURNED IT OFF IMMEDIATELY OR EVEN TURN OFF THE PHONE).

THE NIGERIAN POLICE DOESN'T HAVE ANY INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK ANY PHONE, DEM USUALLY JUST DEY USE UNA CHOP MONEY.

The saddest part of this scam by Nigerian police is that, even after you pay, most times they won't even make any effort to finding the phone. They'll just start lying and posting you until you get tired and give up.

I'm an ICT graduate. If you register your with Gmail and you can remember the password I can tell you the position of your phone anytime and any day. If your Sim card has been removed I can also tell you the location the Sim was removed

See them

Croaker fish. It doesn't have sweet taste

handsomeyitayo:
Please what could someone call this? I didn't have razor blade close to me, neither sharp objects..and I slept on 3 seater lounge ..but I woke up now seeing this on my skin... please anyone experience this ...

It is either you scratch yourself when sleeping or the strong part of your sponge scrape you when bathing. But I hope you did not have a sleep over with a spiritual lady?

Have you seen

You are a liar, this is not creek of Yenagoa, this is a ceremonial ground inside Yenagoa close to silverbird. The place is built facing a river.

Anyone OBJ support usually win the presidential election, he has already thrown his weight behind Peter Obi, the rest can go and fail

They are useful to the politicians during election. After election the politicians will allow them to disturb innocent people to make money for themselves

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