Oh yes, another example of someone getting out of debt by tithing. Read the story here “CBN.com“. I have to be careful here, because i do believe God honors faith, as well as sacrificial giving, which means that i believe giving 10% isn’t the only way to receive blessing. According to the story, apparently, a couple has paid of $125,000 worth of debt since they started tithing. I do not doubt that God’s blessing is upon them, i just wish people do not think that tithing is the magical bullet for their lives.
For every tithing success story, you could probably find an equal story where an individual is tithing and getting in even more debt then before. In my tithing testimony you will read that my own family suffered the consequences of debt, and legalistic tithing. People don’t understand that God blesses the sacrifice not the animal. So it isn’t because this couple reached the 10% benchmark, that God decided to finally bless them. It’s the sacrifice that they made that God blessed.
I’m not preaching another form of the health/wealth gospel here. God’s word says he blesses faith. I couldn’t tell you the form that your blessing will come in, or even if it is now or in eternity, but God does reward faith, not that personal gain is why you should give.
Many more have gotten out of debt, through practical stewardship principles rather than waiting for the windows of heaven to open up. Typically, money doesn’t fall from the sky. Usually, financial planning is the key to financial success. There are no tricks to being wealthy, or even financially stable. There is only planning, and implementing.
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It is how the Old Testament transfers to the New. The land of promise and its tithe transfers as Jesus, our ‘land of promise’ to those who accept Him. The tithe money transfers as the thirty pieces of silver that Christ was exchanged for. The Old in Deut 14:25 says that the tithe can be exchanged for money.
Another way of looking at it is that since God says the tithe can be exchanged for money, then the tithe cannot be money.
We began tithing awhile back and actually had this very discussion.
Around, the same time our pastor preached on Acts 5:1-10 and boy was that enlightening. It’s a good read when deciding how to be a good steward of the money that God’s entrusted us with.
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Are you tithing because you are expecting something in return? Or are you tithing because thats what the Word of God says?
God is not a liar , as men are sometimes , what He said that He will do , He will do , if He says that He will pour you out a blessing for tithing , then He will …end of story .
Ok John, let’s take your statement to it’s logical conclusion. So let’s . . .
- forbid illegitimate children into the House of God(Deuteronomy 23:2)
- not only own slaves as property but beat them as long as they don’t die. (Exodus 21:20,21)
- not wear clothes with different kinds of material (Leviticus 19:19)
- not allow ministers to shave any part of their head. (Leviticus 21:5)
- not allow anyone who has any kind of physical defect to give offerings. (Leviticus 21:16-23)
- not allow ministers in the House of God to serve more than 25 years. Ages 25-50. (Numbers 8:24)
John, didn’t you know Jesus came to fulfill these laws and not abolish them? Don’t forget that all scripture is profitable. Oh yeah, don’t forget about his blessings on your life for obeying these commands also.(Deuteronomy 11:27).
John, i hope you put God’s promise of his blessing in Deuteronomy 11:27 to the test as well.
- Jared
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I think that you mean Deuteronomy XXV111 don’t you , that is where the Lord promises the blessings of obedience , the law has not changed at all , the only difference now is that we have a Lamb who has been sacrificed on the cross , the lamb of God , the Son of God …..so we do not sacrifice a lamb for our sins ,however there is a lot more to it than that , for example , tattooing our bodies is not pleasing to the Lord , we are to eat only certain meats , we are to keep just weights and measures , to care for widows , and not molest the stranger in the land , and not to harvest the corners of the field, but to leave it for the gleaners , it is all in the bible , the word of the Lord , it is not hidden, and the promise , ” the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth” .. its not my words , thats the Lord speaking here .
John,
i don’t know which criteria you have used to pick and choose which laws are relevant and which ones are not?
That was just an example of a few of the laws , ALL the LAWS are to followed ,I’am sure that if you read the bible , you are familar with the laws? We are to love the Lord with all our heart mind soul and strenght, and it follows that if we love the LORD we will find out what He requires of us as His people, and the breaking of those laws is SIN , in other words we have missed the mark and have broken HIS law, which is why we have a savoir, a way out … you know the rest .
If people only knew how much the Lord loved them , then I’am sure that they would keep those laws to the LETTER, God told his people to be very carefull not to do as those nations did that He had just kicked out of the land , why, because God is Holy, and He wants a Holy people , why , so He can bless and prosper them , let me ask you a question, who would you love most, a son who loved and obeyed you , or a son who hated you and was disobedient? now the son who loved you could do some very bad things indeed, but you knew that he would come and ask your forgiveness , because he loved you ,would you forgive him? where there is much love ,there is also much forgiveness.
Now , God is not stupid , don’t you think He knows who loves Him?
I once had a kitty cat , this cat did some very bad things , which kitty did I love the most? the cat who loved me the most , which also happened to be the bad kitty , how could I not love the kitty who loved me ? well, God is the same way,that is why there is forgiveness for us , If we turn to Him.
John,
I’m not confused about the depth of God’s love. I’m confused about how we can justify mandating a 10% standard with giving as part of the spirit of the law, and disassociate tithing with the letter of the law.
His people perish from lack of knowledge indeed….. well, here we have God basically saying ” bring 10%of your increase in to where I will tell you for my purposes… what God is saying is , that 10% of the increase is mine , it is my TAX , it is not yours as you would choose for your purpose, it is MINE. Now since it is the LORDS , if we use what is the Lords for our own use , it is termed sacrilege , and that is a serious offence, why , because it is the Lords , so basically we are useing what is the Lords for our own use , it is like taking what is holy , and throwing it to the dogs , that is why Jesus got so mad at the money changers in the temple , using what is HIS FOR OTHER USES , SECULAR USES.
I’am almost sure that if it wasn’t for those very few who did obey Him , the nation would indeed be in very bad shape .
There is no way out of Gods tax . 10% of the increase !!!!
go tell the people .
John,
Thanks for your response, but i wasn’t looking for information about what God had commanded at one point. I’m well aware of what he said. What concerns me is that the criteria to include tithing is the same criteria that the other laws attain as well, except that they are excluded.
For example, God said in Exodus 13:1-
“Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”
Your criteria that you’ve used to support tithing does not cover the command to consecrate the firstborn to God.
Also, if the tithe is God’s tax, then how would you interpret Matthew 17:25,26-
“What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.”
” a ransom for the soul” this tax was not collected by the romans , but by the temple , also called ” An atonement for the soul” since Christ was a child of the Kingdom, He was not obliged to pay it , it would have been like one hand taxing the other , only strangers paid it , those with sin , it is a principle ,but He paid it anyway in order not to give offence, he denied his secular interest , in order not to give offence , he did not deny it for duty sake.
As for the first born , that is the same principle as the tithe , the tithe is 10%, but it is also the firstfruits of the increase , the first part , and also the best part , God wants not only 10% , but he wants the FIRST part , I assume , that this is , that the Lord wants us to be ever mindfull of Him first and foremost , my question is … who excluded these laws ? I haven’t read anywhere that God changed the consecration of the first born … now , to consecrate means to dedicate , to set apart , the first born were dedicated to the Lord , they were Holy to the Lord , they were the Lords .
I hope that that answers your questions Jared, I find that today people want to do their own thing , so they search the good book in order to justify their actions , well , God will not have any of it , His word is very plain speaking , you can’t get it any plainer , if it is not of faith , then it is sin , but in our modern society , we do not understand , nor many of us wish to , for it would expose us , and so we do not get His blessing , and we also miss His fellowship, and believe me , He is with those who love and obey Him.