Tithe-vs-Paying Your Bills

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

*sigh*

No... I don't believe that.



Yes... My pastor is not Jesus and Jesus was not alluding to future pastors when he made this statement.



What if I decide he isn't a good pastor. LOL... Don't bother commenting on that one... I was just joking.

Why is it between Him & God? Why isn't it as important to keep the rest of the spirit of the law... isn't the division and distribution of the tithe as much (or more) in keeping with the spirit of the law as the actual collection thereof? Why is this not an important issue?



Yes it was... because there was no more use of the tithe. It was free will offerings that did everything.

When did it say there was no more use of the tithe? Sure we don't read about it until Hebrews 7. Does that mean it ended? When did it start back up? Why is God still blessing the 10%? There are a lot of questions we just don't have answers for. We do know the strife in the new Testament was over circumcision, not tithing and eating of foods. We also know that the early church still attended feasts and Peter was rebuked for it.

To be honest I haven't studied recently on how the tithe was distributed in the Old Testament. I've always understood that it was for the Levites, of course you may be more well versed on it that I am. However I do believe its important to not muzzle the ox as Paul said and of course that could be done with freewill offerings but some freewill offerings got people in trouble in the New Testament (Ananias and Sapphira) because they committed to more than they wanted to give.


Why is it between God and the pastor? To whom much is given, much is required. The pastor has to look out for your souls. He will be answering for a whole lot more than you and I as he has to give an account. That would include how he used our money.

Your pastor is supposed to flow under the annointing of the royal priesthood and the order of Melchisedek as he serves the people as serving Jesus. There many times the pastor is the voice of the Lord for the flock, just like Paul and Peter was.