Tithe,

[Liz4JC]

Well since we are no longer under the tithe law your good to go!

Would you explain please what you mean?

The tithe law is for the Jews. They are required to give 10% of their income.

Christians give what they can to their churchs. They are not bound by the tithe law.

I know this can turn into a debate, but I am just explaining the question.

Liz

[sierra21]

Well since we are no longer under the tithe law your good to go!

Would you explain please what you mean?

The tithe law is for the Jews. They are required to give 10% of their income.

Christians give what they can to their churchs. They are not bound by the tithe law.

I know this can turn into a debate, but I am just explaining the question.

Liz

Okay so God's word up until the New Testament means nothing to you??

[Vickilynn]

Okay so God's word up until the New Testament means nothing to you??

Shalom Sierra,

[jbbaab44]

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?

No, it doesn't. This is a simple yes, or no, question: If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

[Vickilynn]

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?

No, it doesn't. This is a simple yes, or no, question: If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

Shalom,

I've answered it repeatedly and completely. If you don't wish to accept my answer, that's your choice, but the answer is there.

Perhaps you should ask someone else since I've done all I can to answer you, but you don't appear to like what I'm replying. It is the simple truth based on the Word of G-d so I'm not going to change it no matter how many times you ask.

[sierra21]

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?

No, it doesn't. This is a simple yes, or no, question: If the Holy Spirit tells you what to give should you obey it?

I don't understand why you can't seem to get Vickilynns explanation but I will attempt to clarify.

If you honestly believe that it is the holy spirit telling you to do something, then yes, you should do it.

But be sure that it is in fact the holy spirit telling you this, not your own worldly desires, or even worse, the desires of satan.

[Vickilynn]

I don't understand why you can't seem to get Vickilynns explanation but I will attempt to clarify.

If you honestly believe that it is the holy spirit telling you to do something, then yes, you should do it.

But be sure that it is in fact the holy spirit telling you this, not your own worldly desires, or even worse, the desires of satan.

Shalom Sierra,

Thank you!

[Floatingaxe]

The Holy Spirit does tell us to give, and sometimes He tells us to give specifically to something and He specifies an amount. Good! but that giving is not in lieu of tithing--that is above the tithe. So, if the Holy Spirit is telling you to give, then obey, but obey the tithe first.

[Vickilynn]

The Holy Spirit does tell us to give, and sometimes He tells us to give specifically to something and He specifies an amount. Good! but that giving is not in lieu of tithing--that is above the tithe. So, if the Holy Spirit is telling you to give, then obey, but obey the tithe first.

Shalom Floatingaxe,

Amen! EXACTLY!!

[Guest shiloh357]

If a Pastor would preach Christ and him crucified without all the burdens being placed on the backs of God's people, they would give over their tithe.............ya see.......if we say we owe God 10 % we are ripping him off........we owe him everything we are.......we have been Bought by the Blood of Jesus............now under the new we present ourselves a living sacrifice!!

I have to agree here. I will also add this. The tithe is never commanded to the New Testament Church. The reason is that when most of the New Testament was written, the Temple was still standing. The tithe 100% of the time in Scripture was to go to the Temple. The Temple is the "storehouse" mentioned in Malachai. The tithe was for national Israel, not for the New Testament Church.

To be sure, the tithe never applied to Gentiles and this would have applied to the Gentiles believers as well. In fact, it would have been looked at in a very peculiar way for a person to "tithe" to the church. Given that the only place tithe was commanded to go was the Temple, it would have been expected that the Jewish believers in that day would have, as citizens of the nation of Israel would have still tithed according the commandment of God.

Now, if a person chooses to give 10% of their finances, that is fine. 10% is a good benchmark for giving. This, however, is not the biblical tithe. The biblical tithe comes to about 23%. The New Testament standard for giving is to give cheerfully from the heart whatever as the Lord leads or as finances allow.