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Subject: do u tithe on unemployment checks |
Bible Note: Hello Wordoer, Thanks for your response. Here's some additional perspective that may help: I noted the references to "tithe" and "tithes" in NT. Tithe is only used in Mt. 23:23 and Lk. 11:42. Tithing is used in Lk. 18:12 and Heb. 7:8-9. In regard to Hebrews, yes there are multiples of references to and quotes from the OT. The summary of it can be said to show the superiority of Christ over the OT system! None of the NT references -within context- are teaching the continuation of the OT tithe. You state, "...the basis on which the Law is set that obedience to it will bring blessings, and disobedience would bring a curse." Remember, we're not under law, but under grace (Rom. 6:14). Your statement takes us back to Deut. 28 and would specifically refer to Isreal- not the Church! Isreal was told that their obedience would bring about God's blessing, and their consequent disobedience would bring about His curse- which are listed in 28:16ff. If we as believers are under a performance standard, then we're not under grace (Rom.11:6). I would also submit, that if we're facing "curses" from God for our disobedience, then Christ's sacrifice was not wholly sufficient to atone for our sin (Heb. 10:18). The tithe was established to support the priest and Levites. See Duet. 26:12-16- "When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied." Note also who it was directed to: Num. 18:21-26 "To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting." The NT believer is under the principle of "free will" giving as taught by paul in 2 Cor. 8:10- 9:15. I would offer that 10 percent is a good starting place, but not a hard-and-fast rule! Speasking the Truth in Love, BradK |