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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Why does there have to be a tithing system? Why can there not just be a giving system? A system of giving from ones heart as one feels compelled out of their own spirit and by God's Spirit to meet the need that is at hand.
The law is always weak because of us. When we have law we reason away our responsibility.
The elderly widow who is struggling to make ends meet should receive from the church body to help her.
But another brother may give 10% when, due to his abundance, it is nothing compared to the sacrifice others make to give half that percentage. So one is able happily give an amount that is no sacrifice or struggle at all while another, who should be helped by the church, feels compelled to give their expendable income and more.
Law is weak... because of us.
Obedience to the spirit and nature of our God is strong and never fails.
As I tell my kids often... rules are for the unruly. When we exhibit the nature of our God there is no more need for rules because His law is written in our hearts and we follow after His will because it is our desire.
A law will never duplicate the beauty of being led by God on a personal level.
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I realy like that especialy what is underlined. Too many times we think that the ministry is the all and all of understanding scripture and if we disagree with what they teach we are in rebelion and on our way to hell. But the promise was to all that when the spirit of truth comes it will teach us all those things we as a child of God needs to understand his word.
Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord:
for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
This is fulfilled in our day we just have not realized it yet because of the tradition passed down from RC, they say only the priesthood can understand the scripture and are infalable and we must accept what they teach.
Tell me this is not the underlining spirit of protestant churches that teach "obey those that have the rule over you" or your in rebelion.
As for tithing, what ever way you finacialy support the work of God, he will bless you. And support we must. Thankfuly God looks at the heart of the giver and not the reciever. He holds the reciever accountable to how and what he uses said finaces for. Makes you wonder why many churches don't grow when the ministry takes all the tithe for himself and lets the church struggle with just the offerings to pay bills and expenses.
Seems to me churches that have thier pastor on a salary with a good board to oversee the finances of the church grow in spirit and numbers.
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