Your tithes were already paid.

[good samaritan]

Originally Posted by Russ Kelly

Yes, there are very decent tithe-teachers out there and, yes, we do not need to resort to name-calling. My problem is that they refuse to enter these dialogs and use God's Word to support post-Calvary tithing. Where is their HOLY boldness? If you cannot support, stop teaching it.

Shock, Jesus, Peter and Paul never tithed! Why not? HOLY tithes were always only food from inside God's HOLY land which God miraculously increased/ Now take that fact and provide texts to disprove it. Otherwise stop teaching tithing.

If this is the same Bro. Kelly who has many you tube videos on tithing, I commend your studies and I also agree. I enjoy dialogue on the biblical accuracy of things, but the problem with many of these threads is they become mean, demeaning and sarcastic (biblical accuracy becomes a weapon).

I don't believe in mandatory tithing. I think that tithing is a good system adapted from the Old Testament. The church has grown and is more orthodox than the early church was in Jerusalem. People are responsible to the work of God in giving financial support. That is definite.

We are to be Spirit led givers. Did Jesus not command us to go beyond the laws commands? (see Mathew 5) The Spirit doesn't drive us to live minimally, but abundantly. A person should commit financially to God and tithing is a good way to do it. It should not be a legalism under the law, but a commitment to furthering the kingdom of God. The amount is not the issue it is the heart.