Bible Question: should you tithe |
Bible Answer: Lillie, I believe you should tithe only to a church where you learning the true word of God. If you are not being fed to the point where it's not opening up your understanding to the true word, then God would not want you to support this church. For instance, it's my experience that where they don't teach chapter by chapter, verse by verse, then you are not getting the whole story of the book. Many times churches will give you a verse, and then give you a whole story on that verse by whoever is teaching at the time. Alot of times it's taken completely out of context. We need to start from the beginning of the chapter and read the whole thing in order to get the true meaning of that verse. I find using a Strong's Concordance is very helpful, because it translates back to the original Hebrew,Chaldee, and in the New testament, the Greek. The way it was originally written before translated into English. Tithing is good in order to support your church and to get blessed by the Father. I don't agree with ten percent of your gross though. I guess people teach this according to the book of Malachi. Which is in the Old testament, and alot of people will say that's the old covenant. Were in a new covenant now, but when it comes to tithing they have no problem going back to the Old. You can support your church and be blessed without the ten percent of your gross, and it's still faith. Your helping to continue to get the true word of God taught. Take Care, Serenetime |