Tithe,

[jbbaab44]

Question for anyone:

Do you believe its wrong for me to give what the Holy Spirit is telling me?

It depends, the Holy Ghost will never tell you to do something against the teachings of Scripture.

Scripture doesn't say anything about giving God less than 100%, so is it wrong for me to give what the Holy Spirit is telling me?

Where does it say that? Our attitude should be that we would give everything. Our attitude should be that G-d owns all we have and He allows us to keep so much of it. But if you are walking in Him, and being obedient, I highly doubt G-d would tell you to give your mortgage payment to the church or make your kids go hungry because you gave away your last 20 bucks.

Okay i agree, so is it wrong for me to give what the Holy Spirit is telling me?

[Vickilynn]

Okay i agree, so is it wrong for me to give what the Holy Spirit is telling me?

Shalom,

It depends on IF the Holy Spirit is telling you, or you are telling you.

You must go by the Word of G-d if you think the Holy Spirit is telling what you give. The Holy Spirit will never go against the Word.

[sierra21]

The Holy Spirit will never go against the Word.

Precisely.

[jbbaab44]

It depends on IF the Holy Spirit is telling you, or you are telling you.

You must go by the Word of G-d if you think the Holy Spirit is telling what you give. The Holy Spirit will never go against the Word.

Obviously if the Holy Spirit tells you something to give it must be viable with scripture. This is not a hypothetical question or a hard one. If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

[Vickilynn]

It depends on IF the Holy Spirit is telling you, or you are telling you.

You must go by the Word of G-d if you think the Holy Spirit is telling what you give. The Holy Spirit will never go against the Word.

Obviously if the Holy Spirit tells you something to give it must be viable with scripture. This is not a hypothetical question or a hard one. If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

Shalom,

If I THINK the Holy Spirit is telling me anything, I:

Check it with the Word to see if it lines up with Scripture.

See if the Holy Spirit has told my husband the same thing and we are of one mind.

If not, it's not the Holy Spirit.

[Marnie]

It depends on IF the Holy Spirit is telling you, or you are telling you.

You must go by the Word of G-d if you think the Holy Spirit is telling what you give. The Holy Spirit will never go against the Word.

Obviously if the Holy Spirit tells you something to give it must be viable with scripture. This is not a hypothetical question or a hard one. If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

If you feel the Holy Ghost compelling you to give, I say pray one more time about it, check with your spouse, make sure it isn't contrary to Scripture, and just do it. If you don't you'll regret it forever. Take it from one who learned the hard way.

[gypc]

I don't believe tithing is done away with........but I do believe the curse from not tithing is gone and I believe the burden of tithe is gone. If a person wants to tithe by faith, being led by the Spirit, I think that is an awesome thing in the sight of the Lord.........but this thread was started by a sister who was confused about her giving and didn't want to get in trouble with God. IMO she should just be led by the Spirit.

Believe me, the part about the curse is still true today! I have lived it, and so do many still, who refuse to tithe. The curse has many faces...all found in debt and trouble.

Gal 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

If you want to believe you can be under a curse as a Blood bought christian...........you can.........as sad as that is.......but I'm a new creature in Christ and I'm not under a curse because I have been bought with the Blood of Jesus!!

As a Spirit-filled Christian, I didn't want to believe I could be experiencing any curse of God, but with our finances in such poor shape, for so many years, someone asked us one day, "Doesn't your financial pain and lack feel like a curse?" WOW! My eyes were opened to the fact that we definitely were living under a curse caused by fleshly thinking!

We started tithing and now everything has turned around! No more lack, and what a blessing to be able to bless others now.

So you based your opinion on an experience instead of the Word of God.

Rev2:8"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9I know your afflictions and your poverty

[Floatingaxe]

I don't believe tithing is done away with........but I do believe the curse from not tithing is gone and I believe the burden of tithe is gone. If a person wants to tithe by faith, being led by the Spirit, I think that is an awesome thing in the sight of the Lord.........but this thread was started by a sister who was confused about her giving and didn't want to get in trouble with God. IMO she should just be led by the Spirit.

Believe me, the part about the curse is still true today! I have lived it, and so do many still, who refuse to tithe. The curse has many faces...all found in debt and trouble.

Gal 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

If you want to believe you can be under a curse as a Blood bought christian...........you can.........as sad as that is.......but I'm a new creature in Christ and I'm not under a curse because I have been bought with the Blood of Jesus!!

As a Spirit-filled Christian, I didn't want to believe I could be experiencing any curse of God, but with our finances in such poor shape, for so many years, someone asked us one day, "Doesn't your financial pain and lack feel like a curse?" WOW! My eyes were opened to the fact that we definitely were living under a curse caused by fleshly thinking!

We started tithing and now everything has turned around! No more lack, and what a blessing to be able to bless others now.

So you based your opinion on an experience instead of the Word of God.

Rev2:8"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9I know your afflictions and your poverty

[jbbaab44]

If I THINK the Holy Spirit is telling me anything, I:

Check it with the Word to see if it lines up with Scripture.

See if the Holy Spirit has told my husband the same thing and we are of one mind.

If not, it's not the Holy Spirit.

This is not an answer to my question. I didn't ask how can you be sure the Holy Spirit is talking. So, i'll ask again:

If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

[Vickilynn]

If I THINK the Holy Spirit is telling me anything, I:

Check it with the Word to see if it lines up with Scripture.

See if the Holy Spirit has told my husband the same thing and we are of one mind.

If not, it's not the Holy Spirit.

This is not an answer to my question. I didn't ask how can you be sure the Holy Spirit is talking. So, i'll ask again:

If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

Shalom,

Perhaps this is more what you're looking for?

If I know for sure that G-d is leading me in ANY area, and what I believe I am hearing from G-d lines up with Scripture and my husband and I are in agreement that it is G-d..., we obey.

Adding this for clarity: In the case of tithing, the Holy Spirit will NEVER tell me not to tithe (as a starting place) because it is a Biblical responsibility to tithe. So, if I think G-d is telling me not to tithe, I believe that is not G-d.

Does that help?