Show Me the Money

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Could you show us in scripture who God has chosen to receive tithes and what God instructed them to do with that tithe?

I have posted scripture in different places in this thread and the other thread on tithing. I don't have time to do that today.

There isn't a new testatment command for the church to tithe, but some Christiansfollow the old testament practice of Abraham, Jacob, and the nation of Israel. Abraham gave the tithe to the priest, Jacob gave the tithe to God, Israel gave a tithe to the Levites. As far a I know, there was no instruction given by Moses to the priest or Levite regarding what to do with the tithe other than as a compensation or income to spend according to their needs and desires.

Is there any other portion of Christianity and stewardship that we leave totally without any accountability & oversight?

We are ALL accountable to God and Paul went the extra mile to show himself approved unto men as well. So if ministers follow Paul's example as he followed Christ....I still think there would be saints who would begrudge the material things God has given them in support of the gospel.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

As far a I know, there was no instruction given by Moses to the priest or Levite regarding what to do with the tithe other than as a compensation or income to spend according to their needs and desires.

Num 18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.
Num 18:27 And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
Num 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Num 18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Num 18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Num 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.