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Subject: do u tithe on unemployment checks |
Bible Note: Dear Val, I would deem that tithing, per se, is mostly related to the civil aspect of the Law. There are numerous places where we are instructed to provide for the expenses of the church, its ministers, the furtherance of the gospel, and the poor. We could speak of tithing as a principle that correlates to such an activity. Of course, Christians understand that all that we have belongs to God. We do not own a percentage while God owns another percentage. There would be something fundamentally amiss in a Christian who failed to give to the church out of the increase that God has provided. Legalism is not about percentages. Legalism is the view that we can increase or decrease our acceptance by God through what we do, say, feel, or think. The error on the other extreme is the belief that what we do, say, feel, or think makes no difference. The Bible believing Christian understands propitiation as being the crucial element rather than expiation. Therefore, our giving arises out of our great love for the Lord (Luke 7:47b); it is an observable attribute of the regenerate. In Him, Doc |