Subject: does God intend for us to pay tithes |
Bible Note: Azure, Perhaps there is a bit of confusion, I was not using these scriptures to show tithing is a necessity. When I talk about seed-faith, I'm not specficially talking about tithing. I am simply talking about those things which are above and beyond my tithe. Let me put it this way, every increase that comes into my home, 10 percent I give to my local church, I believe thats the church God wants me involved in and so I believe thats where he wants me to put that 10 percent. Everything above and beyond the 10 percent, such as money God leads me to sow into other ministries, or outreaches such as work being done in the worn-torn area in Sudan, that is what I believe those scriptures, ( except the Malachi, cause it specificially says tithe ) is referrring to. For instance when Jesus said 'give and it shall be....' I am talking about all seed thats sown, again, I'm not trying to say those scriptures prove that we should tithe, they don't even prove we should give, they just tell us what happens when we do. Hope that cleared some of the confusion up. God Bless |