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1 | Releases from tithing 10 per cent? | 2 Cor 9:7 | Darktanianxx | 22069 | ||
In the book of Acts 4:32, "The believers were of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was [exclusively] his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all". Vrs 34; "Nor was there a destitute or needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses [above what they needed to survive themselves], proceeded to sell them, and one by one they brought the [full] amount recieved from the sales and laid it at the feet of the Apostles". The believers gave the money out of the goodness of thier hearts.They were under no command to do so. The levites in the old covenant were not given an inheritance of land or houses, but were to be priests that served God in the temple continually. Because they had no way to support themselves, God commanded that the 11 other tribes give ten percent of thier income to support the priests.When Jesus was raised from the dead, the veil of the temple was torn in two, and the temple was later destroyed. Signifying that the old covenant with it's rules and regulations are obsolete because a greater covenant was given thru the life, death and resurrection of the Son of God. Now we are the temple of God and His spitit lives or dwells in each of us who are born again. The story that Jesus himself told about the good samaritan was an example of how we should be toward each other.When you give to help your fellow man you are in essence tithing.We should all learn to be perfect as our heavenly father is perfect, for He causes it to rain on not only the righteous man's crop, but also on the crops of the unrighteous. We should not only give to help those that are in the church, but also your neighbor who is not! The pastor and elders in the church are given the responsability to distribute your gifts as the people in your church have need. And yes, God does love a cheerful giver! | ||||||
2 | Where is the line? | 2 Cor 9:7 | prayon | 22093 | ||
Greetings, I agree with part of what you are saying but how do you know that we were released from the 10 percent? We were not released from all of the rules and regulation of the OT. For example the 10 commandments. Those were rules of the OT and we have definetly not been released from them. Where do you draw the line? prayon | ||||||
3 | Where is the line? | 2 Cor 9:7 | There | 22097 | ||
Hi Prayon, Actually, since the ceremonial/Levitical priesthood has been done away with by Jesus Christ, we no longer are under the laws that apply to ceremonial acts or the Levitical priesthood. In the NT there are examples of showing our love to others through "giving" though... Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. (Matt.25:34-40), Feed and give drink to your enemy (Rom.12:20), Collections for other less fortunate brethren (1Cor.16:1), To share in all good things with him who teaches (Gal.6:6), To aid our leaders to meet their necessities (Phil.4:10-20; 1Peter5:1-4), A worker is worthy of their wages [not necessarily money - see references] (1Tim.5:17-18; Matt.10:9-10; Luke 10:7; 1Cor.9:14), To meet urgent needs (Titus3:14), For the brethren and for strangers (3John5-6). All of those things are not to be done by our pastor or church board either. We're told to do them ourselves. If we look in the Books of the law, what we find though is that the Israelites were to give 10 percent of their increase (tithe of the land; tithe of the herd; tithe of thy corn; tithe of the increase of thy seed; tithe of thy wine and oil, firstlings of your flocks; tithe of the oxen and sheep; etc.) to the priests to provide for their support and to provide for the needy. It wasn't to support the Temple. And it wasn't for the Levite's needs alone. |
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