Tithing, Mandate for the New Testament Church?

[Jacob's Ladder]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Tithing was established long before the Mosaic law.....

Heb 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Heb 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Heb 7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Animal sacrifice also predates the Mosaic law. Shall we continue sacrificing animals too?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Jacob's Ladder

Animal sacrifice also predates the Mosaic law. Shall we continue sacrificing animals too?

Nope. The perfect lamb has been sacrificed by the perfect high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

Prayer predates the Mosaic law but that doesn't mean prayer to God should cease. Hearing from God predates the Mosaic law but that doesn't mean hearing from God should cease. Submitting oneself to God predates the Mosaic law but that doesn't mean submitting oneself to God should cease. Obeying God predates the Mosaic law but that doesn't mean that obedience to God should cease.

Paying tithes is worship, as seen with the example of Abraham and Melchizedek, and shouldn't cease simply because an epoch is past.

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by Jacob's Ladder

Animal sacrifice also predates the Mosaic law. Shall we continue sacrificing animals too?

You forgot also the right on a man to marry multiple women... which technically is still ok biblically.

[Trouvere]

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

You forgot also the right on a man to marry multiple women... which technically is still ok biblically.

not if he is a Bishop or a deacon
(1Tim 3:2 [KJV])
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

(1Tim 3:12 [KJV])
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by Trouvere

not if he is a Bishop or a deacon
(1Tim 3:2 [KJV])
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

(1Tim 3:12 [KJV])
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

True

Technically its why men can remarry in the Lord and women can't (that outta pour some gas on this thread )