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Originally Posted by pastorrick1959
GLAD YALL DONT COME TO MY CHURCH LOL.
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Really? You would rather us not come to your church if we don't pay a tithe? You'd rather we go to hell?
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Originally Posted by pastorrick1959
sure gonna be hard to ever have a church with no support aint it?
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Nobody said anything about not supporting a church. We are simply talking about whether the tithe is a command upon the NT saint. People can still give outside of a commandment. As a matter of fact... giving out of ones heart and not out of necessity or command sounds might NT to me.
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Originally Posted by pastorrick1959
it is scriptural to pay tithes
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Oh... well. I had no idea you would be presenting so much hard evidence... i digress. LOL
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Originally Posted by pastorrick1959
and it works very well for me . at one point in my life i didnt pay 10%my thinking was the disciples paid as they were blessed so when i made good i pd good and when i didnt do well being self employed , i gave little to nothing ..things went horibly wrong in about a month,in every aspect of my life .. i said heck i gonna pay 10% and se what happens in 2 weeks everything i mean everything turned around and i had one of the best paying weeks i ever had in my life ,just unlucky i dont think so //. blessed or cursed ,, 10% works i am living proof.
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Anyone it works well for should walk in that. That is what we are saying. We aren't saying don't give. We aren't saying don't give a tenth. We are saying... if you teach that the tithe is a command upon the NT saint you are doing so outside the edict of the word of God. You are riding on old worn out twistings of scripture that don't stand up to muster.
It shows a lack of study... a lack of desire to know anything beyond what you've been told... a lack of faith in God and His people to give outside of a command.
I gave a tithe on a car that I had been given once. I had to borrow the money to give it... but the pastor said I needed to so I did.
I lost my job and entered into financial ruin that took nearly a decade to recover from. So... since things going well for you is proof that the tithe works... I guess I am proof it doesn't work. Or... stuff is just stuff... ya think?