Tithing…Is it a command?

[SwordmanJr]

Originally Posted by HaShaliach

....If anyone is convicted in their heart that tithing is a personal requirement upon you – even established and settled by the Spirit of God, then by all means continue to tithe! Do not allow anyone to persuade you differently!

Each person must still ask himself: Is what I feel about this truly from the Lord, or is it a result of the mental programming I've sat under for so many years, being told that I MUST tithe, and that not doing so is robbing God?

Another question that must be asked is: Does the Lord TRULY go around motivating people to do that which is diabolically opposed to His written word by instructing them to hand over the lion's share of their giving over to something that, in most cases, consumes the majority of it for its own uses?

Is it an exercise in honesty to lavish one's own giving upon himself and his fellow, institutional members, and still call that "giving to God"?

Do token outreaches by institutions justify our handing over to them the primary portion of our giving?

These are some serious considerations that must be taken into account when asking one's self as to whether they are hearing from God, or their own ego and feelings.

If the Bible isn't a legitimate acid test for any and all inclinations one receives from who they think is the Lord, then you may as well throw it away, because such people have become just as worldly and materialistic as any relativistic, humanistic, secularist, unbeliever. They too rely strictly upon how they feel about things, which is relativism at its peak.