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Originally Posted by Aquila
You KNOW what I mean. Why hide behind skewed logic? When you're nuclear family is needing to rely on food banks and utilities are at risk from being shut off... one has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
Your first obligation is to your home. They are the believers immediately under your care.
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Originally Posted by good samaritan
I know people who tithe with conviction who I have seen about to loose their home. I wouldn't dare try to convince them tithing is unscriptural when God may be working out something with their faith. I didn't convince them to start tithing and I am not going to try to convince them to stop. I will try to be there to help them were I can and look forward to hear their testimony when all is finished.
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Aquila's post is the answer to this snipped post from good samaritan. I fear too many have been taught to tithe for the wrong reasons and it is engraved in them. If they're tithing to get out of a financial mess, they're setting themselves up for failure. I say this because they're now relying on what their doing, the works of the law, to try to gain favor from the Lord. Hear me out, they can still pay their bills and give sacrificially (maybe less than 10%) while denying themselves of some of the common luxuries IE cell phone, cable tv, dry cleaning, dining out, whatever. However, if they give their tithes first and don't have money for their bills, they're bringing reproach upon themselves in the eyes of the lender. Yes to giving cheerfully, yes to giving sacrificially, but we are to take care of our families. If you default on a loan, you are a covenant breaker and have not lived up to the promise you made to pay that bill.