LEGALAide:

Bia.
What is wrong with you?
Was Jesus in that passage not rebuking them for not paying mind to important things, important things not being tithing?
That passage is in no way endorsing tithing!
Please I'm tired of this nonsense.

fairheven:


"and do not leave the other things undone"

Please explain

LEGALAide:

Bia.
What is wrong with you?
Was Jesus in that passage not rebuking them for not paying mind to important things, important things not being tithing?
That passage is in no way endorsing tithing!
Please I'm tired of this nonsense.

Dee235:


Come on brother you wrote a lovely article. We are just trying to help you put the verses you missed out. And you should not shy away from an article you originated. Stay true to it.

And it is never weakness to admit when you are wrong.

LEGALAide:
May God bless all of us as we read and meditate on this piece.
REMEMBER: GO TO CHURCH!
Read also my previous article:
"Alcohol, Good Or Evil: What The Bible Teaches" @
https://www.nairaland.com/2705132/alcohol-good-evil-what-bible.
Odirachukwu Stanley Emejulu, Esq.

Chukazu:


and did he ask them to pay tithe or not?

ChoCandyDiamond:

you are shooting yourself on the foot because Jesus was accusing them of paying tithe as religious obligation while neglecting the needy and the poor which is the weightier matter of the law which he summaries as judgement,mercy and faith, by this statement paying of tithe is not important

ddippset:
Odear, O dear, O dear! You are really really upset! If you couldn't see the humour in my comment then iam afraid your judgement stinks! And someone around you should tell you that you nag.

Durinsday:


See Emphasis #1: Jesus was addressing the pharisees, not Christians! Pharisees were under the law of moses.

LEGALAide:

Chai!
HE DID NOT!
ABEG SHOW ME WHERE JESUS SAID SO IN THAT PASSAGE?

Durinsday:


See Emphasis #1: Jesus was addressing the pharisees, not Christians! Pharisees were under the law of moses.

fof1:


PLS BE CIRCUMSPECT WITH UR TREATISE.U NEED A BETTER BALANCE OF THOUGHT. TITHE.TITHING,GIVING, GENEROUSITY;ETC IS THE DEMAND OF GOD TO SHOW UNRESERVED LOVE FOR HIM AND HIS WORK IN THE KINGDOM.CHRISTIAN TITHING AND OR GIVING IS COMMANDED, INSTRUCTED, ADVICED.ETC TO BE OBEYED BY ALL TRUE BELIEVERS/FAITHFULS. NO NEED TO DEBATE THE SUBJECT OF LOVE AND CHARITY .TITHING IS CLEARLY COMMANDED AND SHOULD BE OBEYED BUT NOT OUT OF GREED AND COVETOUSNESS BUT OF NEED IN THE HOUSE HOLD OF GOD.SO STOP THIS UR EPISTLE TO CONFUSE THE GULLIBLE .EVERY ONE SHOULD GIVE,PAY,LEND TO GOD AD HIS ABLE.GOD LOVES CHEERFUL GIVERS,PERIOD.AND IT CONES WITH ITS OWN ABUNDANT BLESSINGS... IN CASH AND IN KIND.

Dee235:



This is living bible translation.

"SORROW AWAITS YOU PHARISEES! FOR YOU ARE CAREFUL TO TITHE EVEN THE TINIEST INCOME FROM YOUR HERB GARDEN, BUT YOU IGNORE JUSTICE AND THE LOVE OF GOD." [B]YOU SHOULD TITHE[/b]", YES!BUT DO NOT NEGLECT THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS" luke 11 :42, Matthew23:23.

Despite the emphasis was on mercy...the other undone was referring to Tithe.

Dee235:



Sir, beg to disagree. He did in that passage. Matt 23:23. He said they should not neglect the tithe, but they should put mercy and truth first.

LEGALAide:

brother I didn't want to respond but I understand I have the obligation to clear your head of spiritual webs.
If you read my post properly, you would have discovered that I never said tithing is a sin.
What my post only revealed is the greed of 21st century pastors you use the pulpit to teach that if you do not pay your tithe you're Hell bound.
From the Bible, paying of tithe only has a reward not a punishment for not paying.
Now that same reward one can also acquire from giving to the poor.
The central theme of Tithing is giving back to God.
You give back to God when you tithe.
You give back to God when you give alms.
That is what people do not understand.
And that is why I created this thread.
I do give alms.
And God has been blessing me abundantly.
If you doubt whether I do give alms, don't be ashamed to send across your account number!

1stCitizen:


I now see what your problem is.....you are on a mission to lead others astray going by the turn around you are now making after all the poisonous comments you have passing which are diametrically opposed to what you wrote above.

Your type cannot give alms to the poor without questioning what they will do with the money and that is what is called sowing on infertile ground. Those that give alms do not boast about it.

Dee235:



Sir, beg to disagree. He did in that passage. Matt 23:23. He said they should not neglect the tithe, but they should put mercy and truth first.

Chukzyfcb:

Since you have refused to put your brain to work, lemme spoon feed you the details in that comment. Bill gates has grown over the years not because of tithe as you'v alledgedly said but because he is applying the right priciples of growth. I'd like to have you know that even if Bill gates tithed 90%, if his approach towards the growth of microsoft, if his handling was wayward. His company wouldn't grow! In otherwords, Bill gates growth has nothing to do with TITHE! GROWTH IN ITSELF ISN'T A MIRACLE

Dee235:
Despite the so many scripture verses from the writer he forgot this verse about what Jesus said about Tithe.

Mat 23:23 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.

Emphasis on: and not to leave the other undone.

LEGALAide:

THANK YOU.
LOLZ, I GUARANTEE YOU DIDN'T READ THROUGH THE ARTICLE.
YOU JUST JUMPED IN AND THOUGHT ABOUT COMMENTING, AND STARTED COMMENTING ANYWAY!
PERHAPS YOU JUDGED THAT I MUST BE SAYING SOMETHING CONTRARY TO YOUR BELIEF!
I WON'T "REPLY" YOU UNTIL YOU READ THE POST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I REALLY SAID.
UNTIL THEN, REMAIN BLESSED!

LEGALAide:

THANK YOU.
LOLZ, I GUARANTEE YOU DIDN'T READ THROUGH THE ARTICLE.
YOU JUST JUMPED IN AND THOUGHT ABOUT COMMENTING, AND STARTED COMMENTING ANYWAY!
PERHAPS YOU JUDGED THAT I MUST BE SAYING SOMETHING CONTRARY TO YOUR BELIEF!
I WON'T "REPLY" YOU UNTIL YOU READ THE POST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I REALLY SAID.
UNTIL THEN, REMAIN BLESSED!

LEGALAide:

THANK YOU.
LOLZ, I GUARANTEE YOU DIDN'T READ THROUGH THE ARTICLE.
YOU JUST JUMPED IN AND THOUGHT ABOUT COMMENTING, AND STARTED COMMENTING ANYWAY!
PERHAPS YOU JUDGED THAT I MUST BE SAYING SOMETHING CONTRARY TO YOUR BELIEF!
I WON'T "REPLY" YOU UNTIL YOU READ THE POST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I REALLY SAID.
UNTIL THEN, REMAIN BLESSED!

LEGALAide:

THANK YOU.
LOLZ, I GUARANTEE YOU DIDN'T READ THROUGH THE ARTICLE.
YOU JUST JUMPED IN AND THOUGHT ABOUT COMMENTING, AND STARTED COMMENTING ANYWAY!
PERHAPS YOU JUDGED THAT I MUST BE SAYING SOMETHING CONTRARY TO YOUR BELIEF!
I WON'T "REPLY" YOU UNTIL YOU READ THE POST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I REALLY SAID.
UNTIL THEN, REMAIN BLESSED!

fof1:

OUR POVERTY OR LACK DOES NOT EXONERATE ANY FROM GIVING OR TITHING.

fof1:


@LEGALAID OR OSE ESQ. PLS I TRULLY AND FULLY READ UR POST COMPLETELY B4 MY EAELIER RESPONCE.UR LENTHGTY POST WAS FULLY CONSUMED.ALWAYS GIVE A BALANCE OF THOUGHT IN ANY BIBLICAL PRESENTATION. U CAN NOT BE ABSOLUTE OR AN AUTHORITY FOR REFERENCE,PLS I FULLY FOLLOWED THRO UR THOUGHT LINE BEFORE MY RESPONCE.OUR POVERTY OR LACK DOES NOT EXONERATE ANY FROM GIVING OR TITHING.GOD SEES OUR INTENT IN ALL THINGS WE DO. STUDY IN-DEPT CHRIST TEACHINGS AND U WILL SEE GRAND BALANCE.HE DIDNT ABHOR TITHING NOR DID HE DISCARD IT.REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN GOD IS KEY STEP, JUSTICE AND TRUTH IS EMPHASIS,PURITY OF HEART INVOLVES OBEDIENCE. THESE ARE NOT ARGUMENTS OR SCHOLARLY EXERCISE BUT TO BRING ABOUT A BALANCE IF THOT.THANK U.

LEGALAide:

those that give alms don't boast about it neither should those that tithe.
Also show me from my post where I contradicted myself.
By the way you haven't sent your account number!
I'm serious.
Though it gats be Access bank.
Would love to use mobile banking app.

1stCitizen:


.........your mates paying tithes are running foreign accounts with hefty balances...you are there in Nigeria shinning your crooked dentition over obsolete Nigerian mobile banking and Access bank with a 2 figure balance.

How can you be blessed with the evil you are sowing? Charge and bail Lawyer

1stCitizen:


.........your mates paying tithes are running foreign accounts with hefty balances...you are there in Nigeria shinning your crooked dentition over obsolete Nigerian mobile banking and Access bank with a 2 figure balance.

How can you be blessed with the evil you are sowing? Charge and bail Lawyer

jarkata:
givers never lack

funshow247:
Anyway! Op it's not too much to give back to God at least 10% of your income as an appreciation. I also once thought about it and i practiced both paying and not paying. With my experience, I can categorically tell you that paying tithe pays alot.
Why not faithfully give it a try and compare yourself. Theories ain't just enough in kingdom things. God bless you.