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 | Author : Aray |
| | Tithing | Hello All!!! A friend of mine is not convinced of the purpose of tithing 10% of gorss income & feels more comfortable giving that money to a friend in need or a charity or even spending it on himself rather than giving to church. We've read Mal 3:10 & referenced the first instance of tithing in the old testament, as well as sharing some of my own personal experiences w/ tithing. How do I convince this friend of the necessity of tithing when other non believer's are in less debt & prospering more than some christians? I am even considering the point of it as my debt grows and savings dwindle.
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 | | Posted By | Lyei | Date/Time | 2008-02-28 18:28:55 | | | You are not convinced yourself. We don't give to God so we can be rich. We give to God because God has given to us first and continue to give to us. You give to the work of God because you love him and you love His Work. Through out the bible you will see the principles of giving and tithing every where.
And in the New Testament you have a pattern of that in 1 Tim.5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. What did the bible tells you. Those who do the work in the ministry have a right to it. 1 Cor.9 Paul says as lot of things here in verse 4 onwards. Do we have no right to eat and drink? Do we no right to take along a believing wife as do also the other apostles. In verse 7 Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit. Verse 9, For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. In verse 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?
In verse 13-14 Do you know not that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? In verse 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. Living from the gospel includes receiving tithes and the offering of the people.
This is from Pastor Peter Tan
Then we come to this conclusion that in the New Testament you cannot strictly divide in a general sense between a ministry that is for example remaining stationary in a town or a traveling ministry. You cannot divide that way. So we conclude here that you pay your tithes and you give your offering to the measure that you have been given the Word of God. Those who live by the gospel must live by the gospel. It applies to both the minister and the ministry. For example if I expect God to supply my needs, I must make sure I am giving forth the Word and the gospel. I must not just be looking out for the tithes. If I teach people that the tithe just go to the five-fold or to the Levites, then you will have a group of ministers who are not concentrating on giving the Word. They are concentrating on getting the tithe. If you want the Lord to bless you, you will have to give out the Word more. Be faithful to the ministry God has called you. God will surely cause the ox to eat that which you tread. Here we are just carrying the Word and on the receiving end people must be faithful to bring their tithe and give their offering to wherever or whoever they are receiving ministry from.
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