[good samaritan]

Still trying to make tithing a suggested "principle" I see....hmmm.

Not a principle just and example

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.

You don't care about these scriptures in your bible?

Have you thought of what the "temple" of God is today?

It is the Church. the body of Christ not made with man's hands.

Have you thought of who the "priests" of God are today?

Every born again believer is a royal priesthood.

We really should tithe to OURSELVES, and take care of our "priestly" families if we are to tithe at all.

The levitical priesthood (church) even paid tithes to the high priest(Jesus).

Numbers 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Now I ask you. Who is our high priest?

When I tithe or freewill give I am giving it to Jesus.

Mt 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

This passage has nothing to do with tithing only to do with giving. Our church proceeds go to feed bus kids in our city. Our Church proceeds has purchased people clothing. We do hospital and nursing home visits. we have done jail ministry in the local co. jail. We have also put homeless families up in a hotel.

The tithes our assembly receives has went and continues to go to things like what Jesus commands. What is the problem with people tithing. I didn't say it is salvational only that it has biblical origins. All I basically said is that tithing is a Biblically based good place to start and I even verified it is not heaven or hell. If your main problem is that you think that pastors shouldn't receive compensation for the work they do it sounds like you have other issues. I am telling you that I don't agree with mandatory enforced tithing, but you are condemning the teaching of tithes even as an example of giving even if it isn't presented in an obligatory fashion and is left up to the giver to decide.