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Subject: Is it a must to tithe |
Bible Note: Hi...yes and no, but you would need to 'define' the term 'tithing' for me to answer. If, for example, the term means 10 percent 'gross or net' required as part of religious obligation and that this verse assumes this, then I would disagree. If, on the other hand, you were using a 'very' broad stroke, the idea that giving consumes the requirement of tithing into something greater, unbounded by law or requirement, then maybe. The real problem is that the term has almost unavoidable implications and baggage. We are either under the law or we are not, whether you call it a responsibility, an obligation or a principle. |