Would you attend a church that did not require tithes? - Page 15

Rico · #**141** 08-12-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Principle can bbe subjective.

What principle is used in regards to on te seventh year the people were instructed to eat their tithes before the Lord? Hoe can we in princple follow that today?

You guys are missing the point. You are too wrapped up in what the tithe was used for. I don't care what the tithes were used for in the OT, because I already know tithes today aren't used for the same purposes as they were back then. You want to throw the whole practice into the trash can, and I am arguing in favor of how the practice can benefit us today. What is so subjective about reaping what you sow? What is so subjective about giving that it shall be given unto you? What is so subjective about honoring God with your substance? These are three biblical pricinples that undergird the practice of tithing and show how the practice is every bit as valid today as it was then.

COOPER · #**142** 08-12-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rico

You guys are missing the point. You are too wrapped up in what the tithe was used for. I don't care what the tithes were used for in the OT, because I already know tithes today aren't used for the same purposes as they were back then. You want to throw the whole practice into the trash can, and I am arguing in favor of how the practice can benefit us today. What is so subjective about reaping what you sow? What is so subjective about giving that it shall be given unto you? What is so subjective about honoring God with your substance? These are three biblical pricinples that undergird the practice of tithing and show how the practice is every bit as valid today as it was then.

Giving and Tithes are not the same.

Some give out of joy.

Many tithe out of fear.

BoredOutOfMyMind · #**143** 08-12-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by COOPER

Giving and Tithes are not the same.

Some give out of joy.

Many tithe out of fear.

In the NEW TESTAMENT book of Hebrews, Abraham both payed and gave Tithes.
I give Tithes joyfully.

MissBrattified · #**144** 08-12-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by COOPER

Giving and Tithes are not the same.

Some give out of joy.

Many tithe out of fear.

I enjoy giving AND I give because I believe it is obedience to God's Word. I know that's a difficult concept for some...joyful obedience.

Rico · #**145** 08-12-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I enjoy giving AND I give because I believe it is obedience to God's Word. I know that's a difficult concept for some...joyful obedience.

What are you saying, that you are happy to be in bondage?

Steve Epley · #**146** 08-12-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

The tithe was brought to the Levites (Not to the priests)
20% of the tithe was used to feed the Levites, priests, porters, musicians, Nethinims etc as payment for their service in the temple
The rest went to feed the poor, elderly, widows, orphans, strangers etc.

Those are the most basic principles of the receiving & distribution of the tithe.

It would seem, from scripture, that any amount consumed unto themselves above the 20% allotted to feed those who labored in the temple would have been counted to them as sin.

Incorrect. The first tithe was given to the levite you have the tithes confused.

Steve Epley · #**147** 08-12-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by COOPER

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Truth seeker I appreciate your post.

Again the wrong tithe. You guys have a READING and COMPHREHENSION problem.

MissBrattified · #**148** 08-12-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rico

What are you saying, that you are happy to be in bondage?

Exo 21:2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exo 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exo 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
Exo 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exo 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

Rico · #**149** 08-12-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Exo 21:2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exo 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exo 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
Exo 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exo 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

How dare you use OT scripture to back your NT life! Shame on you!!!

(This is fun!)

Digging4Truth · #**150** 08-12-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Incorrect. The first tithe was given to the levite you have the tithes confused.

What are you talking about that I was incorrect on?

ALL the tithe was given to the Levites...

Then 10% of that was to be counted as their own.
Another 10% was to be counted as the priests.

But... please provide scripture for what you are saying here and I will be glad to see what it is that I am missing.