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NASB | Malachi 3:8 ¶ "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Malachi 3:8 ¶ "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings [you have withheld]. |
Subject: Do we tithe on our net or gross? |
Bible Note: I dont think so. Jesus did not mentioned that he required everyone to give 10 percent, but the purposes of the heart. The verse that you quoted is really strict to the scribes because we know that time they very strick on the tihting and leave other most important teaching of God which included in the two great commandments. To give some example: Mt 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Jesus Christ mentioned that "He come not to destroy the law but to fulfil it" If for Jesus Christ really fulfilling the law is Just simply observing thithes and sabath and other things the included in the law of Moses why He not submit himself of doing it. He never pay tithe to anyone nor He reuired His desciples to give tithe to Him. He is God He got all the reason to collect the tithe right? The reasons of the Pastors today of collecting tithes because it is for God. My question is why Jesus Christ didntdo it. Baptism is a important things, would you agree? Jesus Christ would like us to emphasise how important it is. What did He do He required himself to be baptize to set an example to us, He asked John to baptized Him, He made Himself an example. My question to you now is if tithe really important guidelines or whatsoever, why Jesus Christ not required Himself to do what He like to do of His people. Tithe is included in the Law of Moses or even before the law given to Moses. Ac 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Please show me that tithe is not included in the law of moses and I would agree. It mentioned there in that passages that, Law of Moses "cannot Justified us" Why keep doing the things that cannot Justified us? If we are really want to observe one of the laws, why only the tithes we must observe all part of the law so we are consistent. Let me use your quoted verses for me: Lu 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. If you read it carefully we have to be consistent of doing every part of the law, and not to leave other undone. If you just observe the tithe and not other laws it is the same that you leave other undone. Why we keep observing the tithe if we cannot observe laws like circumscision, killing animals for our sin, observing sabbath carefully stoned people to death if they do anything in sabbath, why we are not consistent? We have a new guideline of giving, and there is no required amount, but what is purposes of the heart. Just answers all my questions, and I would agree. God bless, Johnny |