TITHE AS JACOB?
You tithe as Jacob did? Are you sure? Consider...
>> 1. There is no record of Jacob tithing anything to anyone, not one verse in the entire Bible records a tithe from Jacob. So, therefore, it's pretty foolish to claim you "tithe because Jacob did" with no proof that he ever tithed.
Deuteronomy 4:2 - "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."
Proverbs 30:5-6 - "Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar."
>> 2. Jacob's vow to tithe did not come from God, it came from Jacob. God did not respond to Jacob, in fact, God did not even acknowledge his offer to tithe.
Notice God's promise to Jacob did not contain instructions to tithe... "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." - Genesis 28:12-15
>> 3. Jacob added to God's word; Notice Jacob adding tithing to God's promise, adding tithing to God's word THAT GOD DID NOT REQUIRE...
"And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." - Genesis 28:19-22
>> 4. Notice Jacob adding tithing to God's promise, adding tithing to God's word THAT GOD DID NOT REQUIRE...
"And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." - Genesis 28:19-22
CONCLUSION
If you truly "tithe as Jacob did" you wouldn't be tithing at all. Jacob is not an example of tithing, or any reason to tithe.
The word of God NEVER references Jacob as a reason to tithe, or an example to follow as a tithe payer.
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