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Originally Posted by phareztamar
Wow Sean. Been reading some of your bizzare rants against tithing. You certainly don't lack passion for your position.
I've always given a tithe on my earnings. While it was an Old Testament principle that God invented, it seemed to be a good principle in the new also. Nobody ever forced, coerced, or threatened hell fire if I didn't offer tithes. It just seemed to me an excellent principle for financing the work of the ministry. I always felt honored to give my tithe, and gave it reverently, as unto the Lord. And I always trembled for the man of God, that he was now accountable for the use of those funds, in the work of the kingdom.
Besides the tithe, I have also had the privilage of giving to several building funds, Sunday Schools, and missions programs. None of them by force, but freely and most reverently. What a great God I serve...that he would allow me in some small way, to contribute to his mighty work.
To now learn that I'm gonna split hell wide open...and that eradicating such worship has become my Lord's top priority, is a little unsettling. Are you sure you didn't have a wrong number, when my Lord talked to you about this?
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I'm happy that you were never "forced" to give tithes or made to feel guilty about giving. I believe Sean's beef is how some preachers make it out to be a heaven or hell issue and are willing to pray a curse on their congregation.
I also appreciate you mentioning that the ministry is now accountable for what is given. Shame on churches who's budget doesn't include outreach, donating to local charities, foreign missions, helping the needy in the church (benevolence fund), etc. If a church is just getting by and 95% of what comes in is for operations and salary, then there is something wrong with our priorities.
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