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1 | gross or net | 2 Cor 9:7 | hunger and thirst | 191583 | ||
should we tithe from our gross or net income | ||||||
2 | gross or net | 2 Cor 9:7 | srbaegon | 191584 | ||
Hello hunger..., This has been asked before, and the answer is the same--Christians are not require to tithe. Instead Paul teaches that we give as the Lord prospers us (2 Cor 9:6-15). Steve |
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3 | 2 cor 9:7 | 2 Cor 9:7 | hunt8873 | 191868 | ||
I'm confused because I am taught to tithe. I can't recall the exact scripture but it's about the barns being full and rebuking the devourer, there is also the scripture about robbing God with the tithe. These are the scriptures that are used before we do tithes and offering. So are these scriptures not relevant? Please help me to understand. | ||||||
4 | 2 cor 9:7 | 2 Cor 9:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 191878 | ||
Dear hunt8873, Matthew Henry wrote regarding 2 Corinthians 9:7: “Due deliberation, as to this matter of our own circumstances, and those of the persons we are about to relieve, will be very helpful to direct us how liberal we should be in our contributions for charitable uses.” – Matthew Henry If your heart is not in it, and the giving is anything less than cheerful and voluntary, I would suppose that it would offend God. Pertaining to the verses you asked about, I think you may be referring to Malachi. Malachi 3:8-12: 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. Staying with Mr. Henry, he writes: “It is fit that we should venture first, for his reward is with him, but his work is before him; we must first do the work which is our part, and then try him and trust him for the reward. Elijah put the widow of Zarephath into this method when he said (1Ki_17:13), “Make me a little cake first, and then prove me whether there shall not be enough afterwards for thee and thy son.” That which discourages people from the expenses of charity is the weakness of their faith concerning the gains and advantages of charity; they cannot think that they shall get by it. But it is a reasonable demand that God here makes: “Prove me now; is any thing to be got by charity? Come and see;” Nothing venture, nothing win. Trust upon honour, “And you shall find,” [1.] “That, whereas the heavens have been shut up, and there has been no rain, now God will open to you the windows of heaven, for in his hand the key of the clouds is, and you shall have seasonable rain.” – Matthew Henry It was the law that required the tithes and offerings for numerous implied and suggested reasons and this was not being upheld for very numerous and presumptuous reasons. John Calvin said” "liberality is estimated by God, not so much from the sum, as from the disposition." What you give should be from your heart, and be willing to do so and gladly. There is no law requiring it. What God has given you, Himself, in His Son and His Spirit, should have you wanting to eagerly and cheerfully give. So do so as you can. I heard it said that the benefits of giving actually outweigh the sacrifice of giving. But I think you can add to that, only if the giving is from the heart and not out of compulsion. Stand in His Grace, WOS |
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