One of the most consistent falsehoods in churches today is that you are obligated to "pay tithes." There are no such instructions anywhere in God's Word. The purpose of this Blog is to examine false doctrines in today's teachings on tithing. Anyone claiming that a Christian must tithe is teaching a falsehood. "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." - Acts 17:11
Friday, September 13, 2024
HAS YOUR PASTOR, FAVORITE MINISTER OR TITHING TEACHER TOLD YOU THIS?
Thursday, September 12, 2024
NO SCRIPTURE IS OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, INCLUDING MALACHI 3:10
NO SCRIPTURE IS OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, INCLUDING MALACHI 3:10
CONCERNING MALACHI 3:10; the Bible clearly states how to obey what it says.
The deception; Malachi 3:10 is routinely taken out of context of the following scriptures by deceptive tithing teachers attempting to promote an unbiblical false tithing system.
THESE ARE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO FULFILL MALACHI 3:10 PROPERLY BASED ON GOD'S WORD;
>> Malachi 3:7 - Requires that Malachi 3:10 to be obeyed and acted on per the Law of Moses; aka; "mine ordinances."
>> Nehemiah 10:38 - Requires that only one tenth of the tithe be brought to the Temple storehouse referred to in Malachi 3:10.
>> Nehemiah 10:38, Numbers 18:20-24 - Requires that only Levites are permitted to bring the tithe of the tithe to the storehouse. Additionally; they must be under the direct supervision of a Priest directly descended from Aaron when taking the tithe of the tithe and when bringing the tithe of the tithe to the storehouse.
>> Nehemiah 10:37 - Requires that the remaining ninety percent of the tithe be brought to the Levite cities.
>> The following scriptures require that the tithe of the tithe brought to the storehouse, and the tithes that are brought to the Levite cities must be limited to agricultural items only; fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the land of Israel; 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, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42.
>> Malachi 2:1 - Is a command directed to the Levite Priests concerning Malachi 3:10. Malachi 3:10 is to Levite priests under the Law of Moses, not to New Testament Christians.
>> Malachi 1:1 - Tells us that Malachi was written to the Nation of Israel under the law of Moses; the Church is not the Nation of Israel and is not under the Law of Moses.
>> Malachi 4:4 - Clearly states that who Malachi 3:10 is talking to is under the Law of Moses. Christians are not under the Law of Moses; Romans 6:14 ...and have no command to tithe anything to anyone.
>> Deuteronomy 12:10-11 - Directs that there is to be no tithing other than on the Land of Israel; Malachi 3:10 is only a command valid on the Promise Land.
CONCLUSION;
Malachi 3:10 does not command that ten percent of a Christian's income be brought to any New Testament church, other ministry or minister.
Malachi 3:10 is NOT a "stand alone scripture," it must be interpreted by other scripture, it must be acted upon pursuant to the whole counsel of God, or as the Bible tells us...
2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
MINE ORDINANCES
MINE ORDINANCES
According to Malachi 3:7 the only way you can properly biblically obey and accomplish Malachi 3:10 is by God's tithe ordinances, which are God's laws, the Law of Moses. Malachi 3:7 says this...
"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?"
In Malachi 3:7 the people ask; "Wherein shall we return?" In other words they're asking; "How do we obey God's word?" God's answer is this, with two questions and two declarations...
Malachi 3:8 - "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."
>> God asked; "Will a man rob God? God's answer and declaration was; "Yet ye have robbed me."
>> The people asked; "Wherein have we robbed thee?" God's answer and declaration was; "In tithes and offerings."
You CANNOT obey Malachi 3:10 outside of the law of Moses. The point of Malachi 3:7 is that the command to tithe in Malachi 3:10 must be obeyed in accordance with God's tithe ordinances. To tithe in any other manner not pursuant to God's tithe ordnances is sin as the Apostle John states...
1 John 3:4 - "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."
Again; To tithe NOT in obedience to God's tithe ordinances is sin. In other words to properly tithe per Malachi 3:7 and Malachi 3:10 places you under the Law of Moses, which is why Malachi 4:4 also says this...
"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments."
Whomever Malachi is addressing, they are under the Law of Moses.
Concerning the Law of Moses, the Bible tells us this...
Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
By tithing based on Malachi 3:10 a Christian brings a curse on themselves clearly explained in Galatians 3:10.
The Bible also tells us this...
James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." What is James telling us? James tells us that we must obey ALL of God's tithe ordinances or BE GUILTY OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE WHOLE LAW.
Sadly, modern day tithing teachers are teaching a false tithing system not in accordance with God's tithe ordinances clearly stated in scripture.
THE TITHE ORDINANCES
What are God's tithe ordinances? Some of which are these...
Concerning your tithe;
1. Comes from the Promise Land. Lev. 27:30, 32, Neh. 10:37.
2. Is fruits, vegetables and clean livestock. 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, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42.
3. Is handed over to a Levite. Numbers 18:21-24.
4. Is three tithes totaling about 23 1/3%. Tithe one; Leviticus 27:30-33, Tithe two; Deuteronomy 14:22-27, Tithe three; Deuteronomy 14:28-29.
5. You live on the Promise Land while you pay the tithe. Deuteronomy 12:10.
6. You are not a Gentile. Leviticus 27:30-34; Psalms 147:19-20
7. You are a physical descendant of Abraham and Sarah, and of Isaac, Jacob/Israel living under the law of Moses. Psalms 147:19-20.
8. If temporarily converted to money, is not paid in the form of money, and you buy what you want to buy with the money. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.
9. The money is converted to wine, strong drink, food, and what ever you desire to buy with the money that you share with a Levite and his family at the feast where God has placed His name on the Promise Land. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.
10. Your pastor can prove he is authorized to receive a tithe, and that he personally owns the tithe, and that it is his inheritance, and it has been taken from the Levites and given to him. Numbers 18:21-24.
11. You tithe because you are living under the Law of Moses, and not the New Testament. Numbers 18:21, Acts 15:24, Malachi 3:7 and Malachi 4:4.
12. Your pastor is claiming you must pay tithes because Abraham did, Jacob said he would, or your pastor said so, when God has NOT said so. Ezekiel 22:28, Lamentations 3:37.
13. You do not take your tithes to anywhere. Nehemiah 10:38, Numbers 18:21-23.
...THOSE ARE GOD'S TITHE ORDINANCES. Disobey them and you are in sin and in violation of Malachi 3:7, Malachi 3:10 and Malachi 4:4,not to mention you are in violation of points 1 through 13.
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GOD HAS NEVER INSTRUCTED A CHRISTIAN TO STOP TITHING
This is why the Bible does NOT instruct a Christian to STOP;
1. New Testament Believers have never received a command to tithe to begin with; therefore there is no need to instruct a New Testament Believer to stop tithing, to stop doing something they were never instructed to do.
2. No New Testament church, minister or ministry has any authority to demand or receive a tithe of any kind. No such authority exists in God's word.
3. The original Apostles were used by God to reveal and explain the promises, principles and commands of the New Testament to the Church, which contains no instructions for a Believer to tithe anything to anyone. No Apostle instructed tithing, no Apostle received a tithe or rebuked anyone or any church body for not tithing. There are no principles or tithing guidelines for tithing included in the New Testament for a Believer to follow.
4. The only group of people who had a command to tithe were the Nation of Israel living on the Promise Land (see Deuteronomy 12:10-11), who are the blood descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom God within the New Testament revealed to them that tithing was canceled being weak and of no profit; Hebrews 7:18. Additionally; neither Abraham or Jacob received any command to tithe; there exists no record of either of them being instructed to tithe. In Jacob's case, tithing was Jacob's idea, not God's. When Jacob made his promise to tithe God did not acknowledge it. Even if God had acknowledge it, there exists no instructions in the New Testament to "tithe because Jacob promises to do so."
5. Tithing was a matter of the Law of Moses; Matthew 23:23, Hebrews 7:5, Numbers 18:20-24. New Testament Believers are not under or bound by the Law of Moses. Though the Law of Moses has not yet passed away; Matthew 5:18; the New Testament saved Believer is not under the Law of Moses; "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14, see also Galatians 2:21.
6. No New Testament Believer has a command to "tithe as Abraham did," no such instruction exists in the Old or New Testament. Even the Children of Israel had no instructions to tithe as or because Abraham did; neither does the New Testament church have any such instruction.
7. Doing something God has canceled is foolishness; Lamentations 3:37 - "Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?" Doing something God has never instructed you to do is equally foolish; Proverbs 30:6 "Do not add to His Words, lest He reprove you and you be found a liar."
8. Who is the "us" who is to continue tithing, to whom God "never told 'us' to stop tithing?" What "us" are you referring to? If the "us" you are referring to is a New Testament Believer, "US" has NO command to tithe. See again points 1 through 7 above.
CONCLUSION;
God has NOT instructed a Christian to stop tithing because God has never issued a command to a New Testament Christian to begin tithing. Your argument of "we tithe because God has never told us to stop tithing" is foolishness and wholly without merit. Why would God tell Christians to "stop tithing" when a New Testament Christian has no instructions to begin tithing?
According to Galatians 2:21, if you are tithing based on any Old Testament commandment such as Malachi 3:10, then for you Christ died in vain;
"I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." - Galatians 2:21, and you are bound to do the whole Law of Moses or be cursed; Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
Many "tithers" and tithe teachers attempt to use the foolish argument of "where did God tell us to stop tithing," such a question is based on deception and ignorance. The Bible warns us...
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto MYTHS." - 2 Timothy 4:3
Why hasn't God told us to stop tithing? ...because God has never instructed us to begin tithing!
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Friday, August 30, 2024
I AM NOT... THEREFORE I DON'T!
I AM NOT...
1. NOT A blood descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
2. NOT Living on the Promise Land of Israel.
3. NOT Under the Law of Moses.
4. NOT A Farmer or a Rancher.
5. NOT Commanded to tithe because Abraham tithed, who tithed to Melchisedec, not to a New Testament church or minister.
6. NOT Under any command to tithe from either the Old Testament or New Testament.
7. NOT Instructed to give under compulsion, or bound by any 10 percent requirement.
...therefore I DO NOT tithe, neither am I deceived or bound by deceptive tithing teachers;
Psalm 119:105 - "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
John 8:32 - "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
> References (points 1 through 7);
1 - Hebrews 7:5 - "And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:" Psalms 147:19-20 - "He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD."
2 - Deuteronomy 12:9-11 - "For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:" Nehemiah 10:38 - "And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house."
3 - Hebrews 7:18 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof." "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14 "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:" - Acts 15:24, Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
4 - 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, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42.
5 - Hebrews 7:2 - "To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;"
6 - Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
7 - 2 Corinthians 9:7 - "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
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Monday, August 5, 2024
STOP TITHING; IT'S CANCELED AND NO LONGER A VALID COMMAND FOR ANYONE
STOP TITHING; IT'S CANCELED AND NO LONGER A VALID COMMAND FOR ANYONE
If you understand the flow of God's word, the path of redemption in God's word, the flow from Old to New Testament you will understand how this; Malachi 3:10 flows to this; Hebrews 7:18 which ends tithing because of this;
Hebrews 9:15-17 - "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth."
>> THEREFORE...
Hebrews 7:18-19 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."
>> WHICH ENDS THIS...
Malachi 3:9-10 - "Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
>> AS STATED HERE...
Romans 6:14 - "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
Romans 7:6 - "But now we are DELIVERED FROM THE LAW, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
Galatians 5:3 - "For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law."
Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all."
Galatians 5:2-3 - "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law."
>> YOU SAY "TITHING WAS NOT FROM THE LAW;" YOU ARE WRONG...
> Jesus explained it...
> ref. Matthew 23:23 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
> Hebrews confirmed it...
> ref. Hebrews 7:5 "And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:"
> Malachi instructed it...
> ref. Malachi 4:4 - "Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments." Malachi 3:7 - "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?"
> Levicus established it (the tithe is introduced as Law)...
> ref. Levicus 27:30–34 "Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”> THE CLAIM; "Tithing was practiced before the law."
> THE CLAIM; "Tithing was practiced before the law."
> THE TRUTH; whether or not tithing was practiced before the law, after the law it still remains CANCELED, DISANNULLED, ENDED. Additionally; NOWHERE does the Bible, the Word of God instruct anyone to tithe because Jacob said he would tithe, or because Abraham tithed; such a command DOES NOT exist in God's Word.
No more tithing after Hebrews 7:18; Tithing is void, canceled, finished, weak, unprofitable, ended, disannulled, not required.
>> STOP LIVING IN BONDAGE TO TITHING; there is no such thing as "New Testament tithing," "grace tithing," "love tithing," "voluntary tithing" or any tithing under the New Testament; TITHING IS FOREVER ENDED.
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Monday, July 29, 2024
IMPORTANT REASONS WHY EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD TITHE (DON'T BE FOOLED, READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE)
41. If you don't tithe you're robbing God.
A REQUIREMENT TO TITHE?
A REQUIREMENT TO TITHE... 1. Does not continue into the New Testament. 2. Is not recorded as being practiced in the New Testament. 3. Is not...
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FACT... The Law of Moses is still valid and in affect today. Christians are not under the Law of Moses, ("For sin shall not have domini...
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There is no such thing as "volunteer tithing," tithing for people God had commanded to tithe was a MATTER OF THE LAW," the ...