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Bible Question: Hi,

Blessed be our Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and Greeting to all saints.

My question is about tithes.I pay tithes on my income from work.

What I want to know is do i pay tithes on borrowed money as I will be borrowing/loan money from my bank. I believe I have to pay tithes of this even if im going to be paying it back with interest.

I have been battling with this and its left me confused and personally I believe you have to tithe of all profit or loan

regards,
gab

regards,
gab

Bible Answer: One of these days I hope to write a long article on the subject of Tithing. It will be full of scripture references and it will be hopefully convincing. The aim will be to encourage us to take hold of the freedom for which Christ has made us free and to shake off the present bondage that has been imposed on us.

It will say that Tithing is a relic of the Old Testament economy and is not for today.

It will say that the Christian should consider all that he has as belonging to the Lord, and not just one tenth of it. It will say that Christians should give to the church gladly and freely as the Lord prospers them, after taking care of their personal and family needs. It will try to differentiate between needs and wants. It will say that the church should use what is given to meet the needs of those who minister and those who who are not able to work to meet their own needs.

It will say that the church needs to reexamine its priorities and to spend the people's money the way the Lord intended. It might even say that there are too many church buildings and that those buildings are too large and too fancy. It might suggest that Christians return to a simpler form of life and spend less on fancy cars and clothes. It might suggest that our focus and our spending be more on spiritual things and less on material things.
But the basic point will be that tithing should be eliminated from our vocabulary. It will suggest that the directions for our giving be taken from New testament passages such as Matthew 6:19; Luke 12:15; Acts 4:32; 1 Corinthians 9;2 Corinthians 9; Colossians 3:2; 1Timothy 6:10; James 2:8; etc.

My article will suggest that Malachi 3:8 be replaced with Romans 12:1 in our thinking. Or perhaps I should say that each of these passages should be looked at again, and in their proper context.

We realize that something is wrong when we are being asked to give and we find it hard, when we have needs, spiritual and material, and they are not being met.

It will become clear that the governmental system of taxing those who have to meet the needs of those who serve and those who have not is working better than our own system of requiring tithing and seeing old ladies go hungry. Then we may realize that the tithe was the tax in Old Testament economy, when the civil government was a theocracy.

But that article will have to wait for a while. I am not sure the church is ready for it. Besides, I have no desire to be controversial.