holda:

Tithing is a commandment 4rm d God not an order. Pay it in faith and have Open Heaven.

And what about not paying it in faith, should the person expect CLOSED HEAVEN?

All of you are bunch of jokers

Fuc.k tithes and fuc.k the pastors that embezzle and enforce it!

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@kunleOshob

o my gawd,are you in trouble

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Evidence my foot.False teaching is no evidence.the word of God is.Matthew23:23  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Those are the Words of God.That settles it for me

van der jo:

@kunle and co.,
I was not thought by a pastor on the need to pay tithe,why have you not criticize other things that pastors do,like offerings and condemn them,why do you chose tithe?the bible cannot lie,it is God himself speaking,he said the words i speak,they are life and they are spirit,paraphrase,it will not fail to do what i sent it to do,so if it says pay your tithe and receive open heavens so it is and other promises he made?i think that is only where God asked us to put him to test,in the issue of tithe,he said you asked in what way have you rob God,and the answer was in tithes and offerings and for you to come out here to say what God said is a lie,is undermining God but you claim to uphold truth.
If you do not want to pay your tithe then shut your mouth and go into your room and stop deceiving people to follow your foot steps,moreover i haven't seen any pastor coercing his followers to pay tithe and may i remind you,you are not paying tithe to pastors but to God.

If I understand your opinion correctly, the 'open heaven' of Malachi 3 does not apply only to faithful tithers nor does the 'devourer' apply only to non-faithful tithers.  We get rewarded for hard work, faithfulness and diligence and God in his mercies and sovereign will blesses us accordinly; am I correct?

even the verse you quoted here goes further to prove mordern day tithing is wrong, the pharisees were said to have tithed mint, anise and cumin all agricultural products and not shekels or silver that was in use at that time. And need i remind you tithers in the bible consumed out of their tithes with their families in the presence of God (deut14:26) they did not just hand it over to their priest. A word is enough for the wise. I leave you with this warnings from the scriptures about clever lies that false teachers would come up with to get your money.\

2 Peter 2:1-3:
The Danger of False Teachers
1 But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. 3 In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

Matthew 15:8-9:

8 ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 Their worship is a farce,
for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.


A word is enough for the wise

SirJohn:

for example, Chris Oyakhilome speaking on firstfruits and tithe tells his followers that "the firstfruit belongs to God, so if you dont give it to him, He'll come and get it anyway" He went further to tell them that "Israel is Gods firstborn, when the Pharaoh would not let the Gods firstborn go, God went for his(pharaohs) firstborn so if you dont give your firstfruit, God will go for it"

Tell me if this kind of statement will not plant guilt in the heart of his followers if they disobey.

On tithing, this is what Chris says: "your tithe is your security", little wonder why some people would rather give the tithe than follow Gods word. I dare say that false hope is the major drive behind most tithers.

omobaba101:

1. It was never said that tithing is going to be the qualification for salvation, so if you choose not to tithe, those that choose to tithe should be respected for their decision.

omobaba101:

2. You will need to explain what Matthew23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. means or maybe you move that verse to the O.T portion of your own copy of the Bible

omobaba101:

3. Tithe is not the only thing that guarantees blessing or financial abundance, so it is possible for someone to be financially rich without giving tithe.

omobaba101:

4. You need not use a non-Christian like Dangote to teach a lesson about the Bible, just like the American constitution is not bidding on a Nigerian residing in Nigeria - does that make enough sense to you?

omobaba101:

5. For the distribution that was done in the church in the days of the Apostles, you also need to learn from the Bible that the people in the church brought the things for distribution and not the Apostles. So if there would be distribution in the church, it must be brought by the members of the church and not the pastors to supply it.