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Originally Posted by good samaritan
I have been thinking about Abraham giving tithes to Melchisedek. Many here argue that it is not a good example of tithing because he only done it once, it was from spoils of war and not his personal possessions.
1) it became his the moment he defeated the enemy and he tithed as an expression of gratefulness for God giving him the victory (God prospered him)
2)Abraham tithed spoils of war and not food because he tithed from relationship and not the law of Moses.
3)The bible only explicitly says that Abraham tithed once, but that doesn't mean he didn't tithe regular. Abraham was a shepherd and the flock would have been his increase. Many times scripture mentions Abraham sacrificing and even Isaac was familiar with the process when he was going up Mt. Moriah to be sacrificed. Jacob bargained with God to tithe if God would provide for him. It could be thought that he picked this up from his family through direct teaching or family practices.
I am not saying that tithing is a mandated heaven/hell issue for NT church, but wish we all professing Christians where as God fearing, God believing, and God giving as Abraham. The church is supposed to be the grafted in children of Abraham. That is the children of faith. Faith compels us to go much further than the law ever could.
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Still trying to make tithing a suggested "principle" I see....hmmm.
Again, that is how it all started in the first place. Who cares whether Abraham gave to the pagan "property tax" of tithing. Who cares if this tax was ingrained in the head of Jacob to the point of making a "bargain" with God.(though he had no place to give the 10th, so he just used it for personal stuff). Who cares if the tithe concept was adopted into the Law of Moses as a fundraiser to keep the temple worship sustained financially.
Have you thought of what the "temple" of God is today?
Have you thought of who the "priests" of God are today?
We really should tithe to OURSELVES, and take care of our "priestly" families if we are to tithe at all.