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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman
Okay, here is yet another tithing thread. Why do you tithe? Is it because you do so out of fear of going to a place of outer darkness forever? What is your motive for giving a tithe?
This is not meant for a debate, rather, I want to know why each of you tithe. The reason I ask, is because I've seen a good argument from those who do not tithe, as well as from those that believe it is a New Testament doctrine.
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Easten's Bible Dictionary
Tithes
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The first Mosaic law on this subject is recorded in
Lev_27:30-32. Subsequent legislation regulated the destination of the tithes (
Num_18:21-24,
Num_18:26-28;
Deu_12:5,
Deu_12:6,
Deu_12:11,
Deu_12:17;
Deu_14:22,
Deu_14:23).
The paying of the tithes was an important part of the Jewish religious worship. In the days of Hezekiah one of the first results of the reformation of religion was the eagerness with which the people brought in their tithes (2Ch_31:5, 2Ch_31:6). The neglect of this duty was sternly rebuked by the prophets (
Amo_4:4;
Mal_3:8-10).
It cannot be affirmed that the Old Testament law of tithes is binding on the Christian Church, nevertheless the principle of this law remains, and is incorporated in the gospel (1Co_9:13, 1Co_9:14); and if, as is the case, the motive that ought to prompt to liberality in the cause of religion and of the service of God be greater now than in Old Testament times, then Christians ought to go beyond the ancient Hebrew in consecrating both themselves and their substance to God.
Every Jew was required by the Levitical law to pay three tithes of his property
(1.) one tithe for the Levites;
(2.) one for the use of the temple and the great feasts; and
(3.) one for the poor of the land.
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ESV 1Co 9:13 Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
ESV 1Co 9:14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
I do it because those that live off the gospel have needs just as everyone else and I would rather have a pastor that does not have to be working a job that keeps him busy doing something else for 40 hours a week. But I think we as a church probably don't give enough for the above three to be done
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