hardasan:
I'm not a pastor. Even if I am, it's not me that will receive the tithe of anyone reading this. I felt a burden to write and I am grateful I did. Apart from the bliss from the knowledge that I have impacted in not one, not 2, not even 10 lives, I feel like an apostle already
If you have followed up to this point, the summary is : tithing is biblical and it doesn't have to be money.

MrPristine:
Yes tithing is biblical but it's not applicable to Christians.
That said the type of tithing preached and practiced today (monetary tithe from income) is certainly not biblical but derived from twisting scriptures.

The type of tithing preached and practiced today is not the Abraham type of tithing,
is not the Levitical/Mosaic Law of tithing, and certainly isnt the secular type of tithing
but is ecclesiastical tithe,

Ecclesiastical tithe, is where the church taxes members tenth, 1/10, 10% and possibly 0.1 too of their financial income

¹Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
²On the first day of every week,
each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up,
so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
³Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
- 1 Corinthians 16:1-3

Ecclesiastical tithe is an aberration of the principle of church support, recommended and laid down in, at least 1 Corinthians 16:1-3 above

Oyedipo and adeboye don send her to come beg us

hardasan:



22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Furthermore, verse 23 talks about the tithe of farm produce and livestock. What happens to others ?
Verse 28-29 says after 3yrs you should bring your all your tithe to be eaten. How possible is that ? So if u earn 1m every yr, after the 3rd yr, you'll cough up roughly your 4months salary that year (300,000ngn) to buy beer and corn? Can you and your pastor finish the tithe ? Or do you pay tithe in December once in 3yrs ?
I Want you to respond.

you cannot convince a man from what he already believes... God speed sis. The LORD is your strength

hardasan:
I just refuse to keep quiet while Christians are brainwashed by anybody.

I want to quote Malachi Ch 3 v 7 - 12 while highlighting verse 10

Malachi 3:7-12King James Version (KJV)

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Here the bible plainly said in verse 8: " Yet ye have robbed me, But ye say where in. Have we robbed thee? "
The bible answered : "In tithes and offerings"

Verse 9 says: Ye are cursed for ye have robbed me. It didn't say ye are cursed for not eating your tithe or ye are cursed for paying to a pastor and not into heaven's bank account directly from the earth.

Verse 10 gives a direct instruction: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. It didn't say eat ye all the tithes in front of the storehouse or give ye all the tithes to the poor and widows.
In the biblical days, payments could be by precious stones or commodities. That's why trade by barter markets existed in the days of my grandparents before currencies became the order of the day. Now, 99.9% of people earn currencies not livestock or commodities, so it's normal that we pay tithe in cash.

Verse 11 is a promise by God to bless anyone who obeys this instruction of tithing

John ch 12 talks about Jesus being anointed for his burial with a very expensive ointment, Judas asked why the costly ointment wasn't sold and given to the poor instead of " wasting it"
Jesus said in verse 8: For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always

Matthew ch 10 vs 40 - 41, Jesus promised to. Reward those who are kind or who gives as little as a cup of cold water to his servants

Ever wondered why Jesus picked out the widow in Mark ch 12 vs 42 for giving her all since he doesn't care about our offering ?

Or why the Holy Ghost killed Ananias and Sapphira for keeping part of the money gotten from the sales of their own land in Acts ch 5 vs 1 - 11 if God doesn't care about our tithes and offerings.

Take heed that no wolf in sheep's clothing deceives you. God commanded tithing and offerings. If you want to pay yours when you get to heaven, that's your business, but don't go about stumbling people Christ died for cus it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for you.

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Please try to read through the thread, a lot of questions have been answered which are not mentioned in this initial post.
God bless the contributors and the sincere readers

Nwanne, Ananias and his wife was not killed because of tithe na.

Why must we quote lies just to buttress what is wrong.

And some sheeple will believe this lie

NwaAmaikpe:



Sorry to differ with you.
But the giving of monetary offerings to the church as tithe is wrong, it is unbiblical and purely exploitative.

The Bible is perspicuous about tithing.
Deuteronomy 14 : 22-27
Explains the process of tithing which our devilish pastor never tell us

Kindly study it and be blessed.

You are wrong. Money is a relatively new means of exchange. In the old times it was cash crops. ....

the tithe Jesus spoke about in Matt 23:23 covered everything when he told them leaders of the church that they pay tithe of everything even to the most ridiculous items like anise but have neglected the more important matters of justice which they ought also have done while not neglecting the tithe.

Tithes is meant for Israelis not Nigerians

Unna don carry this topic come back again...

Tithe as in paying it monthly ...that one tenth of your salary or earning is very very unbiblical.


All the bible passages quoted were picked in isolation.Read the chapter in full anddigest the whole story there.

hardasan:
I just refuse to keep quiet while Christians are brainwashed by anybody.

I want to quote Malachi Ch 3 v 7 - 12 while highlighting verse 10

Malachi 3:7-12King James Version (KJV)

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Here the bible plainly said in verse 8: " Yet ye have robbed me, But ye say where in. Have we robbed thee? "
The bible answered : "In tithes and offerings"

Verse 9 says: Ye are cursed for ye have robbed me. It didn't say ye are cursed for not eating your tithe or ye are cursed for paying to a pastor and not into heaven's bank account directly from the earth.

Verse 10 gives a direct instruction: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. It didn't say eat ye all the tithes in front of the storehouse or give ye all the tithes to the poor and widows.
In the biblical days, payments could be by precious stones or commodities. That's why trade by barter markets existed in the days of my grandparents before currencies became the order of the day. Now, 99.9% of people earn currencies not livestock or commodities, so it's normal that we pay tithe in cash.

Verse 11 is a promise by God to bless anyone who obeys this instruction of tithing

John ch 12 talks about Jesus being anointed for his burial with a very expensive ointment, Judas asked why the costly ointment wasn't sold and given to the poor instead of " wasting it"
Jesus said in verse 8: For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always

Matthew ch 10 vs 40 - 41, Jesus promised to. Reward those who are kind or who gives as little as a cup of cold water to his servants

Ever wondered why Jesus picked out the widow in Mark ch 12 vs 42 for giving her all since he doesn't care about our offering ?

Or why the Holy Ghost killed Ananias and Sapphira for keeping part of the money gotten from the sales of their own land in Acts ch 5 vs 1 - 11 if God doesn't care about our tithes and offerings.

Take heed that no wolf in sheep's clothing deceives you. God commanded tithing and offerings. If you want to pay yours when you get to heaven, that's your business, but don't go about stumbling people Christ died for cus it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for you.

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Please try to read through the thread, a lot of questions have been answered which are not mentioned in this initial post.
God bless the contributors and the sincere readers

Your quote in Matthew and Mark didn't refer to tithe. They refer to giving, and you can give anything to anybody. Not tithe or to a pastor.

Stop covering up. The New Testament doesn't support tithing. Jesus didn't preach it and didn't collect it.

NwaAmaikpe:



Sorry to differ with you.
But the giving of monetary offerings to the church as tithe is wrong, it is unbiblical and purely exploitative.

The Bible is perspicuous about tithing.
Deuteronomy 14 : 22-27
Explains the process of tithing which our devilish pastor never tell us

Kindly study it and be blessed.

the question is when last do u farm cn ur farm produce buy church needs ponder on it

Even govt mak u pay tax
Pay ur tithes

hardasan:


Acts 2:44-47King James Version (KJV)

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Dear sir, Ananias cannot chop other people's money and bring only part of his own. So, it was compulsory that he brought all. That's why he lied.

Ananias committed two offenses :
Acts ch 5 vs 3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

The holy spirit killed Ananias for stealing part of his contributions to the church.

Lol. You use the word of God to confuse yourself. Ananias was NOT to pay a tithe of the money from the sales of his land, believers were selling their property and bringing the money to the feet of the apostles of their own volition. Check in acts chapter 4 the questions that Peter asked ananias before he died. Ananias died because he lied to God and you people that are desperately trying to follow the law of moses will face the same fate the day you default. As for me, I live by grace and I am not compelled to pay any tithe.

Themandator:




You are wrong. Money is a relatively new means of exchange. In the old times it was cash crops. ....

the tithe Jesus spoke about in Matt 23:23 covered everything when he told them leaders of the church that they pay tithe of everything even to the most ridiculous items like anise but have neglected the more important matters of justice which they ought also have done while not neglecting the tithe.

You're wrong, Jesus was sold for silver coins, go and read your bible again.

Pls all of u quoting Malachi 3:10 should go n read Hebrews 7:5-18 den u will see why Christians are not suppose to pay tithes anymore. U will be made to understand that the law on tithe was set aside because it became weak n ineffective. So verse 19 explained further cos that law made nothin perfect but the introduction of a better hope (thru Jesus ransom) did, through which we are drawing close to God.

But as Christians we are commanded in Corinthians to give freely not under compulsion n not grudgingly for God Loves a cheerful giver.

No

hardasan:


The bible asked us to bring of our increase,
It could be livestock and foodstuffs or money.
You are free to give whichever applies to you. Or even use ur tithe to buy commodities to give to the church just as u can sell ur commodity and give money. None is set in stone.

Oga, you are not dealing with fools here. Your title says giving tithe to pastor is biblical, but you are now trying to change it to something else. Why wasting your time supporting ungodly teaching?

Tithe doesn't belong to pastor. Deuteronomy says you and your family should eat your tithe.

nairanaira12:


Your quote in Matthew and Mark didn't refer to tithe. They refer to giving, and you can give anything to anybody. Not tithe or to a pastor.

Stop covering up. The New Testament doesn't support tithing. Jesus didn't preach it and didn't collect it.

Matt 23:23

Bible say on passover, kill and animal and rub the blood on your door, if you want to follow rule of tithe, why not also follow rule if rubbing blood in your door on passover. Must you always choose the money part and follow?
Useless stupid directionless Christians

Aunty op did Jesus pay tithe and to whom??

I dnt even kn wat to beleive anymore,confused..som things in d bible are so.....imagine where d bible says do not commit adultery,for i say unto u,a man who marries a divorced woman has committed adultery,dat divorce is a sin,does it mean a divorced woman should b single for life?..so many things are nt cleared to me weneva i open my bible to read bt anyways God will see us through,jst do good,dats d key..pay tithe if u like,di not force people to pay or not pay,jst do wat u beleive and stop listening to others...God is good

hardasan:
I just refuse to keep quiet while Christians are brainwashed by anybody.

You are actually the brainwashed one. What exactly will happen if I don't pay my tithe? I won't prosper or I won't make heaven? I need you to give me direct answers and not start a sentimental writeup.

Because presently I don't tithe and I'm more prosperous than 90% of tithers. You need to leave the blackmail of your pastor behind and start using the brain God has given you. People like you are making the crucifixion seem like a wasted effort.

God is love and your prosperity is not tied to tithing neither your candidacy for heaven.

Look at the 100 most prosperous people on earth and mention one tither amongst them. God has given freely to all without condition. Even to unbelievers He has given freely. #freethesheeple.

nairanaira12:
No

Oga, you are not dealing with fools here. Your title says giving tithe to pastor is biblical, but you are now trying to change it to something else. Why wasting your time supporting ungodly teaching?

Tithe doesn't belong to pastor. Deuteronomy says you and your family should eat your tithe.

What chapter and verse in deut says so?

hardasan:
I just refuse to keep quiet while Christians are brainwashed by anybody.

I want to quote Malachi Ch 3 v 7 - 12 while highlighting verse 10

Malachi 3:7-12King James Version (KJV)

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Here the bible plainly said in verse 8: " Yet ye have robbed me, But ye say where in. Have we robbed thee? "
The bible answered : "In tithes and offerings"

Verse 9 says: Ye are cursed for ye have robbed me. It didn't say ye are cursed for not eating your tithe or ye are cursed for paying to a pastor and not into heaven's bank account directly from the earth.

Verse 10 gives a direct instruction: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse. It didn't say eat ye all the tithes in front of the storehouse or give ye all the tithes to the poor and widows.
In the biblical days, payments could be by precious stones or commodities. That's why trade by barter markets existed in the days of my grandparents before currencies became the order of the day. Now, 99.9% of people earn currencies not livestock or commodities, so it's normal that we pay tithe in cash.

Verse 11 is a promise by God to bless anyone who obeys this instruction of tithing

John ch 12 talks about Jesus being anointed for his burial with a very expensive ointment, Judas asked why the costly ointment wasn't sold and given to the poor instead of " wasting it"
Jesus said in verse 8: For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always

Matthew ch 10 vs 40 - 41, Jesus promised to. Reward those who are kind or who gives as little as a cup of cold water to his servants

Ever wondered why Jesus picked out the widow in Mark ch 12 vs 42 for giving her all since he doesn't care about our offering ?

Or why the Holy Ghost killed Ananias and Sapphira for keeping part of the money gotten from the sales of their own land in Acts ch 5 vs 1 - 11 if God doesn't care about our tithes and offerings.

Take heed that no wolf in sheep's clothing deceives you. God commanded tithing and offerings. If you want to pay yours when you get to heaven, that's your business, but don't go about stumbling people Christ died for cus it will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for you.

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Please try to read through the thread, a lot of questions have been answered which are not mentioned in this initial post.
God bless the contributors and the sincere readers

Paying of tithe is biblical.

Question 1: Who should pay tithe? Israelites.
Question 2: Who are the beneficiaries of tithe? Members and Levites.
Question 3: Who were excluded from tithes? Gentiles (of which Adeboyes, Oyakhilomes, Okoties of this world belong to)

If you read the Bible well, you will notice that most of the communications and orders from God were meant for the Israelites. God led them to war and conquered their enemies. Those ones slaughtered, were they not children of God (assuming the God of Israel is the creator of all mankind).

The fact is that Nigerians are following the God of Israelites as taught in the Bible. But we decided to be more Israelis than the Israelites. There was Baal, Budha, etc and we believe as Christians that the God of Israelites is the most powerful just as others believe in their own. The Bible is the christians' version of telling people how awesome their God is. Of course, the muslims, Buddhists, etc have their own books that showcase the awesomeness of their faith.
The fact is no one knows for sure what is what. Everyone is claiming supremacy which is normal to humans just as different races are at war about supremacy. Currently the Caucasians are leading in that pack. It is absurd listening to someone indoctrinated into a certain religion claiming to know it all.
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Masturbation is good...
Biblical quote ..
We can't depend on a 2000 year old civilisation man ...
Use you sense ..
Countries are talking about landing on the sun ..
You are talking about an anonymous written book of 2000 years

NwaAmaikpe:



Sorry to differ with you.
But the giving of monetary offerings to the church as tithe is wrong, it is unbiblical and purely exploitative.

The Bible is perspicuous about tithing.
Deuteronomy 14 : 22-27
Explains the process of tithing which our devilish pastor never tell us

Kindly study it and be blessed.

Can you swear that you can bring Agricultural products to your Church as tithe? Are you sure? Could you do it? You people just hate Pastors etc. Do you farm? Are we in the agrarian age? We judge ourselves out of ignorance and allow people who have issues with men of God to infect us with their viruses. Just continue fooling around. Jesus did not ask the widow that gave her might to go get a sheep instead but complemented her.

the truth should be told please. routine tithe is not necessary, giving to God is compulsory but the Bible says God loves a cheerful giver.
What's the point if you give grudgingly. The formal way of paying 10% was done for some reasons.

hardasan:


The bible asked us to bring of our increase,
It could be livestock and foodstuffs or money.
You are free to give whichever applies to you. Or even use ur tithe to buy commodities to give to the church just as u can sell ur commodity and give money. None is set in stone.

Never money. Even your malachi listed herbs and mints and not money. From 24 to 26 of Deuteronomy 14, the bible stated that you should only convert the goods to money if the road be too long to where you want to pay your tithe, and that when you get to that place, you use the money to buy whatsoever your soul lusteth after! Never add to the bible what is not explicitly stated. Besides, Malachi 3 was adressing the levitical priest! We are not descendants of the Levite trive so noone has right to recieve tithes! Jesus gave only two commandments love the Lord thy God with aall your heart and Love your neighbor as yourself. And he further affirmed that whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me. He never said if you pay tithe, you are doing it unto him. If you cherry pick the laws in the OT bible for moneytary gains, then those verses where the bible instructs that people be stoned to death for small sins like in Deuteronomy 17 3 to 5 should be followed too. None of the 12 apostles ever made mention of tithes! 1 thessolonian 2 9, 2 corinthians 11:9 shows that the apostle worked aside their call to ministy. The guideline of giving to God is contained in 2 cortinthians 9:7 and charity is a form of giving to God, tithe isnt a form of giving to God. You cant fool noone here. Go back to your pay master and tell him/her kolerwerk!

TEYA:

You're wrong, Jesus was sold for silver coins, go and read your bible again.

Yes he was sold for silver coins but that wasn't a common means of exchange but store of value in place of the more common perishable means of exchange like farm produce


It would have being foolish for Judas to ask for the common means of exchange of equal value .... the Pharisee Jesus addressed in Matt 23:23 paid tithes on every increase that came their way not just crop and Jesus referred to that practiced when he spoke to them


There was no single means of exchange then

lovetruth:

the question is when last do u farm cn ur farm produce buy church needs ponder on it

The problem is you don't really read your Bible.

Even the place he quoted, your mind is so blinded by pastor-sentiments while reading it that you failed to grasp all the essential points. If you had read it well, you wouldn't ask this question. It was fully answered in that place.

Why do you pastor slaves choose to worship your pastors more than God? You are even ready to reject /manipulate /misinterpret any part of the Bible that goes against your pastor. Is that the kind of Christianity Jesus and the apostles laid down for you to follow?


Are you guys real Christians or bunch of self-seeking hypocrites?

hardasan:



22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Furthermore, verse 23 talks about the tithe of farm produce and livestock. What happens to others ?
Verse 28-29 says after 3yrs you should bring your all your tithe to be eaten. How possible is that ? So if u earn 1m every yr, after the 3rd yr, you'll cough up roughly your 4months salary that year (300,000ngn) to buy beer and corn? Can you and your pastor finish the tithe ? Or do you pay tithe in December once in 3yrs ?
I Want you to respond.

Though am nt a xtian, but i do not think collecting or receiving the tithe that is the problem. The main issue is who should benefit from tithe? As mentioned in verse 29 you qouted, are these set of people that benefits from tithes today? How should tithe be paid, yearly or monthly ?

goldedprince:

What chapter and verse in deut says so?

Deuteronomy 14 : 22-27.

hardasan:



22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Furthermore, verse 23 talks about the tithe of farm produce and livestock. What happens to others ?
Verse 28-29 says after 3yrs you should bring your all your tithe to be eaten. How possible is that ? So if u earn 1m every yr, after the 3rd yr, you'll cough up roughly your 4months salary that year (300,000ngn) to buy beer and corn? Can you and your pastor finish the tithe ? Or do you pay tithe in December once in 3yrs ?
I Want you to respond.

OP let me ask u, since you started paying ur so called tithe, has ur room filled up with money, foodstuffs, clothes that u can't even accommodate? Or hav ur bank officer called u n tell u to Com and transfer out some of ur money out from ur bank to another bank cos is filled up Am waiting for ur reply, in respect to ur quotes in malachi, were u said God will bless so much dt u can't accommodate d blessings

uyplus:


Never money. Even your malachi listed herbs and mints and not money. From 24 to 26 of Deuteronomy 14, the bible stated that you should only convert the goods to money if the road be too long to where you want to pay your tithe, and that when you get to that place, you use the money to buy whatsoever your soul lusteth after! Never add to the bible what is not explicitly stated. Besides, Malachi 3 was adressing the levitical priest! We are not descendants of the Levite trive so noone has right to recieve tithes! Jesus gave only two commandments love the Lord thy God with aall your heart and Love your neighbor as yourself. And he further affirmed that whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me. He never said if you pay tithe, you are doing it unto him. If you cherry pick the laws in the OT bible for moneytary gains, then those verses where the bible instructs that people be stoned to death for small sins like in Deuteronomy 17 3 to 5 should be followed too. None of the 12 apostles ever made mention of tithes! 1 thessolonian 2 9, 2 corinthians 11:9 shows that the apostle worked aside their call to ministy. The guideline of giving to God is contained in 2 cortinthians 9:7 and charity is a form of giving to God, tithe isnt a form of giving to God. You cant fool noone here. Go back to your pay master and tell him/her kolerwerk!

Go and read that Malachi again... bring he all the tithe that there might be MEAT .... can you convert yam to meat..... Matt 10:10 Jesus told his disciples not to take coat, scrip, shoe nor staves for every Workman is worthy of his MEAT.... HOW does shoe, cost etc becomes MEAT?

Themandator:



Matt 23:23

Still, that place didn't support giving tithe to your pastor.

Stop going round in a circle. Giving pastor your tithe is not biblical.