Tithing
| In Leviticus we see the information from God to Israel concerning tithing. So many people get upset at God's plan concerning tithing. God desires His children to give to His work. In the Old Testament, we have the Israelites giving to the Levites for the work of God. The firstfruits and tithes were given by God's people. In the New Testament we see that Jesus said in Matt. 23:23 "These ought ye to have done." This He spoke concerning tithing. I thank God that I was taught to tithe when a young boy and God has blessed me as a results of that. I know there are others who are blind to this truth and others in the Scriptures, but I just feel sorry for them. So many blessing are ours to enjoy IF we chose to do things God's way. Hope you tithe to your local church. God's work needs your sacrificial gifts to reach a lost world with the Gospel. Have a blessed day! Pastor Mike Mutchler |
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Leviticus 27:30 tells us that the tithe is the Lord's. In the New Testament the principle of tithing is continued in I Corinthians 16:2 "Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath propspered him, that there be no gatherings when I come." This shows proportionate giving which in view of Biblical precedents throughout Scriptures to mean the tithe.
The premise of the New Covenant's "freedom" from paying your tithes is wrongly founded. there are numerous reflecions of Old Testament Law in effect throughout the New Testament. How does one deal with Exodus 20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me?" Is that, too, done away with?
The decision concerning whether or not to tithe is one of a decision of obedience to God's Word or disobedience. "If you love me you will keep my commandments." The tithe as kept as a means of obedience is also a token of our love for the Savior. A decision to be disobedient is to place material wealth above God. And anything placed higher than God is an idol or false god. That goes back to the Law as stated previously "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Rather than worship mammon and corruptible things of the world that will fall by the wayside, I choose to follow the admonition in Matthew 6:33 to "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness."
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