Did You Know?

Did you know that if your tithe is in the form of money (gold, silver, shekels, mites, coins, dollars, etc.), you are NOT permitted to give it to anyone?

Did you know; if you are a "tither," you are commanded by God (no, it's not a suggestion, it's a direct commandment from God) to spend your tithe money on yourself; spend it on anything you want, spend it on anything you desire...did you know that?
You didn't know that?

What?!...you mean your pastor or favorite Bible teacher hasn't told you that? Well, well; I wonder why he hasn't done so? Perhaps he is making up his own "tithing rules;" you know, the traditions of men that MAKE VOID the Word of God. Maybe he knows a lot less about tithing than you thought he knew. Or, perhaps he simply couldn't care less as to what God's Word ACTUALLY SAYS, and is after as much money as he can get out of you as possible, even if he has to lie to you, or withhold Biblical facts from you, hoping you NEVER find out for yourself.

So, is this true? Are tithers really told NOT pay tithes to anyone as money? Let's take a look at GOD'S WORD concerning the tithe and see if it is true. God's Word says this very clearly concerning the tithe...

"Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:" - Deuteronomy 14:25

Note: "bind up the money in thine hand" ...that is to say, GIVE IT TO NO ONE. Or, it is NOT to leave your hand, leave your possession, until you do with the money as God says to do with it; NOT what your pastor or favorite Bible teacher says to do with the money.

KEEPING IT ALL IN PROPER CONTEXT

Under what conditions did God instruct "Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand"?

The condition was this; God's commended tithe was limited to ONLY fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land, NEVER MONEY. NO SCRIPTURE exists where God's word describes the tithe to be paid to anyone as money, all tithes were to be fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land, FROM NOWHERE ELSE, IN NO OTHER FORM...

Lev. 27:30, 32, Num. 18:27, Num. 18:28, Deut 12:17, Deut. 14:22, Deut. 14:23, Deut. 24:21, Deut. 26:12, 2 Chron. 31:5, 2 Chron. 31:6, Neh. 10:37, Neh. 13:5, Mal. 3:10-11, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42...

...but if a tither could not easily transport their tithe to the location where God has placed His name (i.e., the place of the feast), the tither could convert it (usually by selling his tithe) to money. If it was converted to money, that is to say was now in the form of money, the tither was NOT permitted to "pay his tithe" in the form of money to anyone. The tithe, now as money, was to be spent on the tither himself to purchase anything he wanted to purchase with the money.

In other words, UNDER GOD'S SYSTEM OF TITHING (the only one we care about, the only one that counts, the only one that is true), NO ONE was permitted to pay anyone a tithe in the form of money.

THE FACTS FROM GOD'S WORD

If we are supposed to be tithing money, or at all for that matter, as tithing teachers claim; why are we not supposed to be doing what God says with the tithe money? Like this...

1. Do not pay the tithe in the form of money. Keep the money in your hand (bind it to your hand) until you...
2. Buy wine with it.
3. Buy strong drink (harder liqueur) with it.
4. Buy livestock and other food.
5. Buy whatever you desire, whatever you lust after.
6. Only convert your tithe money back to fruits, vegetables and clean live stock, (by buying these items), etc., at the location you will share it with your family; if it's too far to transport it in the form God says it is to be in; fruits, vegetables, clean animals from the Promise Land.
7. Learn to fear and respect the Lord by doing one through six above.

>> Why don't tithing teachers tell their faithful tithers this?...

ref. Deuteronomy 14:22-27...

v22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
v23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
v24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:
v25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:
v26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

WHAT IF THE TITHE WAS NOT IN THE FORM OF MONEY?

God's Word has the answer to that question; the tither consumed the tithe himself with his family...

ref. Deuteronomy 14:22-23...

v22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
v23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

What does God say was to be done with the tithe? Again...

"And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God" ... "the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks," etc.

CONCLUSION

If your pastor, or any other teacher, is telling you to tithe to them, or tithe to anyone with money, they're teaching a blatant false doctrine and are deceiving people. God's Word says what it means, and it means what it says. DON'T CHANGE IT TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO SAY...

"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." - Deuteronomy 4:2

"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." - Deuteronomy 12:32

"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." - Isaiah 40:8

As for your tithing teachers; perhaps they should read this...

"Perverse disputings (or claims) of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself." -1 Timothy 6:5

Note: "supposing that gain is godliness" ...making money off people who are paying them "tithes" (and other scams) ...from such withdraw thyself...stay away from them.

So...if your "tithe" is in the form of money, do what God's Word says to do; SPEND IT ON YOURSELF.

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