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Originally Posted by 1ofthechosen
I pay tithes Because I give them unto the Lord . . .
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Thanks for saying this. Everyone wants to give “as unto the Lord”.
How many times have you heard this phrase when tithes and offerings are collected? “Give as unto the Lord and He will bless you.”
But how did our Lord say that we could give as unto Him?
He gave pretty specific instructions on how to do that (or not). In Matthew chapter 25 . . .
[31] When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
[32] And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
[33] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
[34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
[35] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
[36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
[37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
[38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
[39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
[40] 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.
[41] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
[42] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
[43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
[44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
[45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
[46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
How much simpler can you get? Is there any way for it to be more straightforward? When you give like this, it is like you gave it to me (Jesus), on the other hand when you didn’t you gave not unto me. How can you mess this one up?
If you will take the time to read the list, there are a couple of items that didn’t make the list that you may find surprising.
1. The church
2. The pastor
3. Giving tithes
Okay three. I gave you a bonus. But for some reason I am bitter for pointing this out? What’s up with that?
I don’t wanna be a goat! I wanna be a sheep! The goats aren’t going anywhere nice. Ahhh but the sheep!!!! I wanna be found with them!