For those who
do teach the principle of tithing...
Are there any needy classes (widows, orphans, poor, fellow ministers) that are exempt from tithing within your congregation?
And, in what manner do the tithes collected into the "storehouse" go to aid needy classes?
I ask these questions because the Law as it pertained to the tithe was never a burden upon those needy classes in Israel. In fact, a portion of the tithes collected were to relieve the distress of the most needy among them (widows, orphans, etc.). Therefore, to Israel the tithe was a blessing to the people, namely the poor. The way so many preach tithing today... tithing under the New Covenant can be oppressive to the very classes the Law sought to protect and relieve. As a result, New Testament tithing becomes far more harsh and burdensome than the tithe could have ever been... even under the Law of Moses.
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