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Bible Talk => General => Topic started by: Hal on May 16, 2013, 04:54:42 pm
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SOME SHOCKING TRUTHS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN TITHING DOCTRINE
1. Abraham never tithed on his own personal property or livestock.
2. Jacob wouldn’t tithe until God blessed him first.
3. Only Levite priests could collect tithes, and there are no Levite priests today.
4. Only food products from the land were tithable.
5. Money was never a tithable commodity.
6. Christian converts were never asked to tithe anything to the Church.
7. Tithing in the Church first appears centuries after completion of the Bible.
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Your argument starts out faulty in the first, statement because Abraham never had any money.
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It is true there's no command the new testament to tithe 10%, but we are commanded to give freely and we are told we will be blessed for doing so. So the question is do you love your neighbor or do you love your money?
Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure -pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
Matt. 10:8 "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Matt. 5:42 "Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
Rom. 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.
II Cor. 9:6 Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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Christ is the priest of the highest order.
Christ is the new temple rebuilt in three days.
The body of Christ is the Church.
We should tithe to Christ, as we can afford to do.
When I was hungry you feed Me
What you do for the least of them you do for Me.
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Matthew 22:21 NAS
They said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's ; and to God the things that are God's."
And what belongs to God?
Ephesians 3:9 NAS
and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things ;
Revelation 4:11 NAS
"Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power ; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."
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Christ is the priest of the highest order.
Christ is the new temple rebuilt in three days.
The body of Christ is the Church.
We should tithe to Christ, as we can afford to do.
When I was hungry you feed Me
What you do for the least of them you do for Me.
Matthew 28:19 NAS
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
It takes organization and money to do this.
1-peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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Abraham tithied to Melkezedeh
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Abraham tithied to Melkezedeh
But not from his own property, only with property taken as plunder in war.