Do we have to pay tithes?

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by 1ofthechosen

1 Chronicles 16:22 and you are the one twisting the Malachi scripture talking about the context comes from 2:1. It switches after 3:5 when God says "saith the Lord of hosts. (6) for I am the Lord I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."


Nope. People were paying tithes. Nobody was robbing God except the priests. That's just a fact.

Even my Bible says the next verse is the beginning of a new idea there is a context mark on verse 7. At that point it turned, He was talking to all and everyone in Israel.

And why did Abraham give Tithe to Melchizedek?

It was a custom to pay tribute to local kings on war booty. God NEVER commanded Abraham to do it. There is nothing in that example that can be used as a command for the New Testament church thousands of years into the future.


That was before the law?

Same as above, God did not command or institute it before the Law.


God calls the it His holy tithe!


And it is referring to the tithe that certain people of Israel were required to pay. THAT tithe was indeed holy. But we are not Israel. We are under a different covenant. The covenant that necessitated this tithe tax and the priesthood it supported are gone. If you insist this still applies, then you are bound to do it EXACTLY as Moses commanded and not with currency. This would include no land or home ownership for pastors, the church members consuming their tithe on certain occasions, the tithe being given to widows on certain occasions, and by the way, it has to be food or animals from the Holy Land. If you are not doing what I write above, you are not "tithing". I don't care what preacher said what. He might be a great guy. But on this point, he is in error.

What is holy to God that ceases to be holy? If you can answer that, then you are calling God a liar in what He says in Malachi 3:6. "For I am the Lord, I change not." Are you saying He changes?

HE does not change, but HE abolished one covenant and priesthood and set up another.

Deal with it, bub.