To tithe or not to tithe?

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Originally Posted by DaveC519

Hello AreYouReady,

I'm not UPCI, either, but I am Apostolic.

In 1Cor 9:14, the root Greek word translated as "ordained" in the KJV is diatasso. This verb appears sixteen times in the NT, and is variously rendered in the KJV as “command”, “appoint”, “ordain”, “set in order”, or “give order”. Other translations: “directed” (NASU, CJB, YLT), “ordered” (NLT), “commanded” (ESV, NIV, NCV, RSV), or “given orders” (TLB). It is used to convey a directive or commandment.

The bottom line is that what Paul is conveying in vs. 14 he's conveying as a command. While it is true Paul did not in this passage associate a curse with disobedience, it is a general biblical principle that every commandment from God contains both a blessing and a cursing.

Gal 3
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit[e] through faith.

Also, if my Pastor does not want to receive financial support from the church, who do I "pay my tithe" to? to avoid being cursed??