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Originally Posted by good samaritan
I don't say that people commit treason for believing diferent views than me. Tithing shouldn't be stopped, but it shouldn't be taught as a NT commandment and pastors shouldn't use fear tactics like the curse in Malachi that I agree most preachers use out of context. To teach weekly giving as God prospers to the assembly you are a part of is what the NT commands and that is a command. Tithing is just a good application of that. It is a choice and it has worked well for the local church. I am sorry for the many times people who have been driven from the church because of the wrong way it has been taught. The wheat and the tares still will come up together.
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Respectfully I don't see a weekly giving command. Paul told them to lay something aside weekly so that when he came they would have something substantial to give for a need and not have to take up a collection when he came. This collection was for the saints in Jerusalem. Paul already came and took the
gift. No need to keep laying something aside for the saints in Jerusalem. Paul came and took it.
The Collection for the Saints
16 Now concerning[
a] the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3 And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.