….telling someone that they have a booger on their face. It is uncomfortable, and slightly weird, but who in their right mind doesn’t want to be told the truth?
I mean, who wants to walk around with a friend hanging out?
No one. You would rather know the truth. Then, you can respond appropriately.
Concerning the tithe, it’s no different. Sure, the tithe is an old testament principle, but does that mean we should throw it away? I don’t think so. Should we throw away the creation story, the fall of man, David’s sin with Bathsheba, the wisdom of Proverbs? No, then why should we throw out the TITHE as a starting point to our giving?
We shouldn’t.
Afterall, the NT calls us to a greater standard of giving than the tithe, but for people who are learning to trust God with their finances, the tithe is a great place to start.
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Tithing was not a principle, it was a command.
NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE pays the Biblical tithe today.
Leviticus 27:30-33, Numbers 18: The First Tithe – a tenth of crops and animals and commanded to take the tithe to the Levites.
Deuteronomy 14:22-27: The Second Tithe aka The Festival Tithe – a tenth of crops, plus add to that the firstborn animals, and take for the yearly feast.
Deuteronomy 14:28-29: The Third Tithe aka The Three-Year Tithe aka The Poor Tithe – a tenth of crops, kept at home, and invite the Levites, widows, orphans, stranger to eat.
Now, tell me. Which of the above three tithes commanded by God do you follow?
The ONLY people in the Old Testament that were commanded to tithe were those who INHERITED THE PROMISED LAND WITH EVERYTHING ON IT. They got the land, house, animals, crops, etc. ALL FREE AND CLEAR. No mortgage payment or rent to pay. And THEY were commanded to tithe on the crops and animals and take it to the Levites who INHERITED the tithe INSTEAD OF the promised land with everything on it. No one else tithed. Wage earners did not tithe. Jesus didn’t tithe. Paul didn’t tithe. Peter didn’t tithe.
HOW CAN YOU COMPARE THAT WITH CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT OR RENT, INCOME TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, ETC?
There is no way to justify making some “principle” out of the Biblical facts and then apply it to Christians today. It is just flat out wrong and makes no sense at all.