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Originally posted by Soulman:
Posted by Bluefalcon: Are you saying proportionate giving was never for the church? If it was, what do you think a beginning proportion would have been?
I am not saying that at all. We should give as the Lord leads. If we really give according to His leading we will give sacrificially.
As far as what I think a beginning proportion should have been doesn't matter. It is all about giving from your heart and doing it with gladness and not of constraint. Giving proportionately is NOT tithing.
Many say 10% is a good starting point. That may be so for many but it isn't a mandate in the N.T.
I beleive in giving as much as the next person. But tithing as practised in most churches today is unbiblical and is used as a strong arm technique. Let us give as God prospers us and leave it at that!
And the passage in Mark demonstrates just the opposite you would have it demonstrate: God doesn't have one's heart until he has one storing up his treasures in heaven and not on earth. In the passage in Mark, what the lady gave was in direct proportion to the level of esteem bestowed upon her from the Son of God himself. It all has to do with percentages, not with amounts of money. And why God made a tenth off the top so important and holy throughout most of biblical history should give us pause to wonder why he chose that number.Originally posted by Soulman:
I agree bruren777. It's not our money God is after. It is our hearts.
Where does it say that?Originally posted by Gregory Perry Sr.:
Lev 27:28 . . .Lev 27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
notice it says the last tenth not the first.
Very nice except the temple wasn't even around for another few hundred years.Originally posted by Gregory Perry Sr.:
Deu 12:18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
this passage is plainly referring to the temple. therefore we can only give the tithes to the temple
Yeah, and when a child curses his parents we should take him out and stone him to death, right? No! Because we're teaching principles, not laws, from the O.T. The principle of giving to God the "firstfruits" is as old as humanity itself (cf. Gen. 4, etc.). And the principle is fleshed out throughout the rest of the Bible. Paul demonstrates the principle without using the word "tithe" by saying everyone should give in proportion to what he has every Sunday (cf. 1 Cor. 16:2). Jesus himself is also on record as a proponent of tithing (cf. Lk 11:42).Originally posted by Gregory Perry Sr.:
Somehow it seems that everytime a discussion on tithing comes up and somebody ACTUALLY quotes what the OLD TESTAMENT actually says about what tithing ACTUALLY IS and HOW IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE...all the tithing PROPONENTS seem to sidestep the issue....
And to this of course I say, Amen!Originally posted by Gregory Perry Sr.:
By the way...GIVE LIBERALLY...God owns it all and we should be good STEWARDS of what He provides us...besides...it'll do your heart GOOD!![]()