NO WHERE in the Bible does God cite Jacob or Abraham as a reason to tithe, or an example of tithing we should follow.
Tithing teachers often try to convince their followers that they are to tithe citing the tithing mentioned by Jacob (a promise he made to God of which we have no evidence that he kept), and the one time tithe Abraham gave to Melchizedek consisting of the spoils of war he made no claim of ownership of.
The fallacy of these two examples, Jacob and Abraham, is that God neither used Jacob's promise to tithe, nor Abraham's tithe, to establish and require anyone else to tithe, neither by commandment or by example.
Nowhere does the Bible command anyone to tithe because of Abraham or Jacob. The Bible simply makes NO direct reference to either stating that ANYONE should tithe because of them.
I have often asked tithing supporters this question when they claim that Abraham tithed before the Law; "How does Abraham's tithing before the Law IN FACT prove that we should be tithing after the Law?" I am yet to get an answer based on scripture. Actually, I am yet to get any answer at all except "I don't know." They are correct; they don't know, but that is what they were taught, that "we should tithe because Abraham did."
It is interesting to observe that if God, as an example, had established tithing with Abraham, and expected others to begin tithing based on Abraham's example...
1. We have no record of Abraham tithing after his ONE TIME tithe to Melchizedek. He did not tithe before or after tithing to Melchizedek, there is no record of any such tithing done by Abraham. And, it is a safe assumption that if Abraham did tithe before or after tithing to Melchizedek, given how important to Christians tithing teachers claim that Abraham's tithing was, the Word of God would have made at least some mention of "Abraham's faithful tithing." Not to mention, some record of God instructing Abraham to teach his children to tithe. There is simply NO record of any such activity by Abraham.
2. We have no record of Abraham teaching either Issac, or for that matter, Ishmeal to tithe.
3. We have no record of Issac teaching his sons, Esau and Jacob, to tithe.
4. We have no record of Ishmeal teaching his children, Nebaioth, Basemath, Hadad, Adbeel, Jetur, Dumah, Tema, Kedar, Naphish, Mishma, Massa, Mibsam, Kedemah (Genesis 25, and is later repeated in I Chronicles 1:29-33.), to tithe.
5. We have no record of Esau teaching his children, Eliphaz, Jeush, Jaalam, Korah, Reuel (Genesis 36:4–5), to tithe.
6. We have no record of Jacob teaching his children, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, to tithe.
After the Children of Israel were freed from bondage in Egypt, God began the task of establishing a nation, The Nation of Israel, thus fulfilling His promise to Abraham; "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:" And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. - Genesis 12:2
In the process of establishing The Nation of Israel, God handed down through Moses, the Laws that would govern the new nation. In those Laws, 613 of them, God established a system of tithing; three tithes, paid by farmers and herdsmen, consisting of agricultural items of fruits, vegetables and clean animals grown on the Promise Land, paid to the Tribe of the Levites, and in the case of the third tithe, used to help the needy, the poor and strangers in The Land...
1. The Levitical, or sacred tithe (Num. 18: 21, 24). Paid all year, every year.
2. The tithe of the feasts (Deut. 14:22-27). Paid all year, every year.
3. The tithe for the poor (Deut. 14:28, 29). Paid every third year.
>>> The point is simple; God's system and requirements for tithing are found in the Law, and any requirement for anyone to tithe would be in reference to the Law. A reference to tithing, based on the Law, can also be found in scriptures such as Malachi 3:6-11 or Nehamiah 10:38. Both of those passages of scriptures refer to the Law in regards to tithing, NOT to Jacob or Abraham. Jesus affirmed that God's system of tithing was of the Law when talking to the Pharisees, NOT a matter of Jacob or Abraham...
"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." - Matthew 23:23;
"and not to leave the other undone" is a clear reference to the rest of the Law, including "judgment, mercy, and faith..." It amazes me that tithing teachers will insist, many using scriptures out of the Law, that Christians must tithe, but NEVER insist that all MATTERS OF THE LAW must be obeyed. James had something to say about that...
James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all."
Jesus did not cite Jacob or Abraham in his comments on tithing to the Pharisees as an issue of tithing, or a reason to tithe. Neither did any of the Apostles. No Apostle ever taught tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so. And, God NEVER authorized a monetary tithe (tithing money).
God's system of tithing is found in The Law (it is NOT found in Jacob or Abraham), and we are not under The Law...
Act 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:"
Galatians 2:16 - "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Romans 6:14 "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are NOT under the law, but under grace."
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 5:18 "and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are NOT under law."
2 Corinthians 3:6 - "Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
THIS is the Law we are now under...
Galatians 6:2 - "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
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Saturday, June 8, 2019
"The Tithe existed before the law of Moses."
The claim; "The Tithe existed before the law of Moses."
>>> Tithing did, yes, pagan tithing (i.e, not tithing as established by God), worship existed before the law, but not all worship was established by God. We have NO proof that God established the tithing Abraham was involved in, and we have NO proof that God instructed Abraham to tithe. Abraham's tithe was used by God later in Hebrews chapter 7, but scripture records NO command from God to Abraham to tithe.
God's Definition of Tithing (the ONLY one that counts)...
When discussing tithing with many people, one of the problems I often run into is the problem of the defining of tithing anyway someone decides to. As an example; many Christians will call giving a regular offering at church of 10% of their paycheck "tithing," or sometimes any amount is called "tithing." I have found it helpful to insist that if a discussion of tithing is to take place, that a Biblically sound definition of tithing be adhered to.
You often here in churches someone call for the "tithes and offerings" as if they are the same thing more or less, and that tithing is a given for New Testament Christians to pay. This also confuses people into thinking that their church is collecting a "Biblical tithe."
Often, someone will refer to Abram's tithing as an example of "Biblical tithing," when there is nothing in the Bible to substantiate any claim that Abram's tithing was some type of "standard" God has established for us today as Christians to follow.
As a side note (and as mentioned before); I find it interesting, perhaps even suspicious, that tithing teachers claim that we should tithe BECAUSE Abraham tithed, BUT NOT AS Abraham tithed.
In His word, God makes it very clear as to what He calls TITHING. In any debate with a tithing teacher or tither, I now insist that God's definition, solidly based on Scripture, be the basis for the definition that will be used. Otherwise, discussions and debates about tithing are chaotic and usually unfruitful, not to mention, frustrating.
Without a clear biblical definition of tithing, the tithing teacher can and will often seek to define tithing in a manner that suits their argument for tithing. Their definitions are rarely, if ever, Biblical, and much of what God declares the tithe will be is all but ignored or twisted. Often the tithing teacher will claim that "your definition of tithing is legalistic" in an attempt to argue for some kind of "free will tithing;" the answer to that claim is YES, it is legalistic, because God's system of tithing was established, codified and defined IN THE LAW. being established in the Law by definition, makes it "legalistic."
Other writers of the Old and New Testament mentioned tithing (such as Nehemiah 10:37-38 and the Book of Malachi), but all of them refer in some manner to the Law as the standard of what tithing is and how tithing was to be administered.
Here is a Biblical definition of tithing based on clear scriptural reference...
1. The tithes were to be paid in the form of fruits, vegetables and clean live stock...
Lev. 27:30, 32 "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.… And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD."
Deut. 14:22 "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year."
2. Tithes were paid to Levites, the poor, widows, the needy and the stranger in the land. Deuteronomy 14:28-29.
3. The tithes must come from (grown/raised) the Promise land, no where else.
Lev. 27:30, 32 "And all the tithe of the *land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.… And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD."
*Note; the land being referred to was the Promise Land, not Brazil, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Egypt, North or South America, etc.
4. There is no Biblical basis for monetary tithing; if the tithe had to be, for purposes of transportation, temporarily converted to currency, it was to be converted back to fruits, vegetables and clean live stock, along with wine, strong drink, etc. before given to a Levite. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.
5. Total tithing was 23 1/3% (Two tithes paid yearly, one paid every third year), not 10%...
Deut. 26:12 "When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase [produce: RSV] the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled."
6. The tither had to be a physical descendant of Jacob (not necessarily a descendant of Abraham such as Ishmael). Leviticus 27:34, Psalms 147:19-20, Malachi 1:1.
7. The tither had to have been given a portion of the Promise Land by God in order to tithe. Genesis 28:13-15.
8. The tither had to move into and be living on the Promise Land. Deuteronomy 6:1-3, 12:1 and 10-11.
9. The tither had to be a farmer raising crops or a rancher/herdsman raising clean livestock which comprised the Biblical tithe. No one else, not raising crops or livestock, had to tithe. Leviticus 27:30-33.
10. Part of the tithe was to be consumed by the tither...
"And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first offspring of your herds and of your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always." - Deuteronomy 14:23
11. A tenth part of the crops grown or every tenth animal of the herd to pass under the rod is paid to a physical descendant of Levi. Numbers 18:24-26, Nehemiah 10:3-38
>> There are, of course many other scriptures that define tithing as God defines it. The ones listed above should set the record straight as to what tithing actually was and remains. Adhering to God's definition is the only way to stop the confusion as to what tithing is.
One last point; for some reason when you post information such as the above, tithers and tithing teachers will often make comments such as "well, I know that is in the bible, but we don't worry about all that, that was Old Testament, we just tithe 10% as part of our giving," or something like "yes, the bible says that, but we are in the New Testament, so we don't follow any of that."
My answer to such claims are this; when and where has any of that changed, and do you think God was kidding around when He established tithing? God wasn't kidding and he meant, and still means, what He says. Nothing in the New Testament has changed even ONE THING that God established concerning tithing.
Hope that helps!
PS, now; tell me how God's description of tithing fits into The New Testament and Christianity?
And, if I am cursed for not tithing (as many tithing teachers claim), why does the New Testament tell me...
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:" - Ephesians 1:3
And...
"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" - Romans 8:32
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>>> Tithing did, yes, pagan tithing (i.e, not tithing as established by God), worship existed before the law, but not all worship was established by God. We have NO proof that God established the tithing Abraham was involved in, and we have NO proof that God instructed Abraham to tithe. Abraham's tithe was used by God later in Hebrews chapter 7, but scripture records NO command from God to Abraham to tithe.
God's Definition of Tithing (the ONLY one that counts)...
When discussing tithing with many people, one of the problems I often run into is the problem of the defining of tithing anyway someone decides to. As an example; many Christians will call giving a regular offering at church of 10% of their paycheck "tithing," or sometimes any amount is called "tithing." I have found it helpful to insist that if a discussion of tithing is to take place, that a Biblically sound definition of tithing be adhered to.
You often here in churches someone call for the "tithes and offerings" as if they are the same thing more or less, and that tithing is a given for New Testament Christians to pay. This also confuses people into thinking that their church is collecting a "Biblical tithe."
Often, someone will refer to Abram's tithing as an example of "Biblical tithing," when there is nothing in the Bible to substantiate any claim that Abram's tithing was some type of "standard" God has established for us today as Christians to follow.
As a side note (and as mentioned before); I find it interesting, perhaps even suspicious, that tithing teachers claim that we should tithe BECAUSE Abraham tithed, BUT NOT AS Abraham tithed.
In His word, God makes it very clear as to what He calls TITHING. In any debate with a tithing teacher or tither, I now insist that God's definition, solidly based on Scripture, be the basis for the definition that will be used. Otherwise, discussions and debates about tithing are chaotic and usually unfruitful, not to mention, frustrating.
Without a clear biblical definition of tithing, the tithing teacher can and will often seek to define tithing in a manner that suits their argument for tithing. Their definitions are rarely, if ever, Biblical, and much of what God declares the tithe will be is all but ignored or twisted. Often the tithing teacher will claim that "your definition of tithing is legalistic" in an attempt to argue for some kind of "free will tithing;" the answer to that claim is YES, it is legalistic, because God's system of tithing was established, codified and defined IN THE LAW. being established in the Law by definition, makes it "legalistic."
Other writers of the Old and New Testament mentioned tithing (such as Nehemiah 10:37-38 and the Book of Malachi), but all of them refer in some manner to the Law as the standard of what tithing is and how tithing was to be administered.
Here is a Biblical definition of tithing based on clear scriptural reference...
1. The tithes were to be paid in the form of fruits, vegetables and clean live stock...
Lev. 27:30, 32 "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.… And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD."
Deut. 14:22 "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year."
2. Tithes were paid to Levites, the poor, widows, the needy and the stranger in the land. Deuteronomy 14:28-29.
3. The tithes must come from (grown/raised) the Promise land, no where else.
Lev. 27:30, 32 "And all the tithe of the *land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.… And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD."
*Note; the land being referred to was the Promise Land, not Brazil, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Egypt, North or South America, etc.
4. There is no Biblical basis for monetary tithing; if the tithe had to be, for purposes of transportation, temporarily converted to currency, it was to be converted back to fruits, vegetables and clean live stock, along with wine, strong drink, etc. before given to a Levite. Deuteronomy 14:22-27.
5. Total tithing was 23 1/3% (Two tithes paid yearly, one paid every third year), not 10%...
Deut. 26:12 "When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase [produce: RSV] the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled."
6. The tither had to be a physical descendant of Jacob (not necessarily a descendant of Abraham such as Ishmael). Leviticus 27:34, Psalms 147:19-20, Malachi 1:1.
7. The tither had to have been given a portion of the Promise Land by God in order to tithe. Genesis 28:13-15.
8. The tither had to move into and be living on the Promise Land. Deuteronomy 6:1-3, 12:1 and 10-11.
9. The tither had to be a farmer raising crops or a rancher/herdsman raising clean livestock which comprised the Biblical tithe. No one else, not raising crops or livestock, had to tithe. Leviticus 27:30-33.
10. Part of the tithe was to be consumed by the tither...
"And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first offspring of your herds and of your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always." - Deuteronomy 14:23
11. A tenth part of the crops grown or every tenth animal of the herd to pass under the rod is paid to a physical descendant of Levi. Numbers 18:24-26, Nehemiah 10:3-38
>> There are, of course many other scriptures that define tithing as God defines it. The ones listed above should set the record straight as to what tithing actually was and remains. Adhering to God's definition is the only way to stop the confusion as to what tithing is.
One last point; for some reason when you post information such as the above, tithers and tithing teachers will often make comments such as "well, I know that is in the bible, but we don't worry about all that, that was Old Testament, we just tithe 10% as part of our giving," or something like "yes, the bible says that, but we are in the New Testament, so we don't follow any of that."
My answer to such claims are this; when and where has any of that changed, and do you think God was kidding around when He established tithing? God wasn't kidding and he meant, and still means, what He says. Nothing in the New Testament has changed even ONE THING that God established concerning tithing.
Hope that helps!
PS, now; tell me how God's description of tithing fits into The New Testament and Christianity?
And, if I am cursed for not tithing (as many tithing teachers claim), why does the New Testament tell me...
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:" - Ephesians 1:3
And...
"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" - Romans 8:32
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Permission can be requested at: tithingstudyonline@gmail.com. Upon permission to do so, it is granted under the strict condition that no content of any article be removed or altered, and that all articles are to remain intact as is when used. You must include a notation that any article distributed originated from Tithing Study Online, and include our blog URL as: https://ExaminingTithingDeceptions.blogspot.com.
Malachi, especially Malachi 3:8-10, are instructions for Christians to tithe?
Malachi 3:8-10...
"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
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."
This claim seems to be, more or less, the flagship scripture verse of false tithing teachers, it is used, taken completely out of context, to pressure Christians into tithing by calling them "God robbers" if they are not titling. In reality, Malachi was addressing the Nation of Israel and the corrupt priesthood that had taken control of the temple at that time and were stealing and misusing the temple tithes. How do we know that Malachi was addressing the nation of Israel and not Christians today; because Malachi stated clearly that he was...
Addressing Israel...
"The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi." - Malachi 1:1
Addressing the corrupt priesthood...
"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?" - Malachi 1:6
Addressing the corrupt priesthood...
"And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." - Malachi 2:1
Additionally; the Book of Malachi cannot be properly understood without placing it in the proper context of Nehemiah chapter 13; Nehemiah records the history of what was happening in the temple of his time, who was robbing God, and what he, Nehemiah, did about it to correct the unGodly situation. Malachi writes the indictment against those God robbing priests who Nehemiah disposed of and then cleaned out the temple.
Malachi is not instructing New Testament Christians to engage in some kind of "Christian tithing." To claim so is utter foolishness using scripture taken out of historic and textual context. The God robbers were the priests, not the common people, who were NEVER commanded to bring any tithe into the temple / storehouse.
Being in the Order of Melchizedek does not mean that Christ requires tithes of us.
The commandment given to the Nation of Israel to tithe was not a requirement for other nations, hence the reason Malachi makes it VERY clear that he is addressing the nation of Israel...
"The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi." - Malachi 1:1
And...
"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." - Psalm 147:19-20
Gentile Christians were never instructed to tithe or authorized to tithe by God. Tithing is not one of instructions they received from the Apostles, if tithing was important and to continue for New Testament Christians, they would have been instructed to do so; they were not...where do you see a commandment to tithe?...
"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 [i.e., tithe: Jesus said tithing was a matter of the law - Matt. 23:23]: to whom we gave no such commandment:" - Acts 15:24
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." - Acts 15:28-29
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Permission can be requested at: tithingstudyonline@gmail.com. Upon permission to do so, it is granted under the strict condition that no content of any article be removed or altered, and that all articles are to remain intact as is when used. You must include a notation that any article distributed originated from Tithing Study Online, and include our blog URL as: https://ExaminingTithingDeceptions.blogspot.com.
"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
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."
This claim seems to be, more or less, the flagship scripture verse of false tithing teachers, it is used, taken completely out of context, to pressure Christians into tithing by calling them "God robbers" if they are not titling. In reality, Malachi was addressing the Nation of Israel and the corrupt priesthood that had taken control of the temple at that time and were stealing and misusing the temple tithes. How do we know that Malachi was addressing the nation of Israel and not Christians today; because Malachi stated clearly that he was...
Addressing Israel...
"The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi." - Malachi 1:1
Addressing the corrupt priesthood...
"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?" - Malachi 1:6
Addressing the corrupt priesthood...
"And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." - Malachi 2:1
Additionally; the Book of Malachi cannot be properly understood without placing it in the proper context of Nehemiah chapter 13; Nehemiah records the history of what was happening in the temple of his time, who was robbing God, and what he, Nehemiah, did about it to correct the unGodly situation. Malachi writes the indictment against those God robbing priests who Nehemiah disposed of and then cleaned out the temple.
Malachi is not instructing New Testament Christians to engage in some kind of "Christian tithing." To claim so is utter foolishness using scripture taken out of historic and textual context. The God robbers were the priests, not the common people, who were NEVER commanded to bring any tithe into the temple / storehouse.
Being in the Order of Melchizedek does not mean that Christ requires tithes of us.
The commandment given to the Nation of Israel to tithe was not a requirement for other nations, hence the reason Malachi makes it VERY clear that he is addressing the nation of Israel...
"The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi." - Malachi 1:1
And...
"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." - Psalm 147:19-20
Gentile Christians were never instructed to tithe or authorized to tithe by God. Tithing is not one of instructions they received from the Apostles, if tithing was important and to continue for New Testament Christians, they would have been instructed to do so; they were not...where do you see a commandment to tithe?...
"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 [i.e., tithe: Jesus said tithing was a matter of the law - Matt. 23:23]: to whom we gave no such commandment:" - Acts 15:24
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." - Acts 15:28-29
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Copyright 2019, Anthony Todd, All rights reserved. Permission to copy and distribute this article must be obtained in writing from Tithing Study Online.
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Tithe Because Abraham Did?
When all else fails and tithing teachers can't provide any scripture to prove that a Christian is instructed by God to tithe, they will often (almost always) relay on the claim that "we should follow the example of Abraham and his tithe to Melchizedek and tithe also." That is to say "Abraham tithed, we should too."
There is no reason to go into details at this point as to why "tithing because Abraham tithed" is nonsense, that has been covered many times here in the past (I'll post why if anyone requests it).
I did, however, want to bring up one point concerning Abraham and tithing, and that point is this; why should we as Christians tithe because Abraham tithed when NO Israeli did so?
There is NO mention in the Law that any Israeli was to follow the example of tithing based on Abraham. Abraham was the Father of their nation and held in very high esteem by the Children of Israel, but we find NO record or command of any Israeli tithing based on, or because of, Abraham. Israel's tithing was based on The Law of Moses, the Torah, not Abraham.
If the Children of Israel, the Children of Abraham, did not tithe based on Abraham doing so; tell me why we should? Such a claim is pure nonsense.
Tithing teachers will also claim "tithing was around before the law, and therefore it is to remain a practice after the law."
Often, tithing teachers will ask "where has the Bible told us to stop tithing? To answer that we simply reply; where did God told us to begin tithing in the first place, and who is "us?" Usually they will answer with Malachi 3:6-10 taking those verses completely out of any reasonable context and accurate historic purpose, or they will refer to Matt. 23:23 claiming that "Jesus validated tithing in that verse" completely ignoring the fact that Jesus firmly placed tithing as a "matter of the law," and we as Christians are NOT under the Law or it's instructions to tithe.
The results of the first church counsel did not include instructions to tithe because Abraham did; why didn't the Apostle Peter (James speaking for Peter), after the first Church counsel, include in his instructions to the Gentile Believers to "make sure you tithe as Abraham did?...
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." - Acts 15:28-29
Not one word from the Apostle Peter to tithe as Abraham did. If tithing was so important, and was to be based on "Abrahamic tithing," why did the Apostle Peter leave it out of his instructions?
Also, Abrahamic tithing left out of this verse...
"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
If we are supposed to be tithing as Abraham did; why are we not to be circumcising because Abraham did? Why just tithing?
God provided Abraham the covenant confirmed with circumcision, NOT TITHING; to tithing teachers, tithing, not ordained by God, is to be the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham, which to them is held in higher priority than a God ordained covenant; the covenant with Abraham was confirmed with circumcision, not tithing.
God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his servants as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be "cut off" from their people...
Genesis 17:10-14
"This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant."
We are called by God to be free will cheerful givers, NOT tithers in any form. There is no such Biblical doctrine of "tithing because Abraham did."
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There is no reason to go into details at this point as to why "tithing because Abraham tithed" is nonsense, that has been covered many times here in the past (I'll post why if anyone requests it).
I did, however, want to bring up one point concerning Abraham and tithing, and that point is this; why should we as Christians tithe because Abraham tithed when NO Israeli did so?
There is NO mention in the Law that any Israeli was to follow the example of tithing based on Abraham. Abraham was the Father of their nation and held in very high esteem by the Children of Israel, but we find NO record or command of any Israeli tithing based on, or because of, Abraham. Israel's tithing was based on The Law of Moses, the Torah, not Abraham.
If the Children of Israel, the Children of Abraham, did not tithe based on Abraham doing so; tell me why we should? Such a claim is pure nonsense.
Tithing teachers will also claim "tithing was around before the law, and therefore it is to remain a practice after the law."
Often, tithing teachers will ask "where has the Bible told us to stop tithing? To answer that we simply reply; where did God told us to begin tithing in the first place, and who is "us?" Usually they will answer with Malachi 3:6-10 taking those verses completely out of any reasonable context and accurate historic purpose, or they will refer to Matt. 23:23 claiming that "Jesus validated tithing in that verse" completely ignoring the fact that Jesus firmly placed tithing as a "matter of the law," and we as Christians are NOT under the Law or it's instructions to tithe.
The results of the first church counsel did not include instructions to tithe because Abraham did; why didn't the Apostle Peter (James speaking for Peter), after the first Church counsel, include in his instructions to the Gentile Believers to "make sure you tithe as Abraham did?...
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." - Acts 15:28-29
Not one word from the Apostle Peter to tithe as Abraham did. If tithing was so important, and was to be based on "Abrahamic tithing," why did the Apostle Peter leave it out of his instructions?
Also, Abrahamic tithing left out of this verse...
"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
If we are supposed to be tithing as Abraham did; why are we not to be circumcising because Abraham did? Why just tithing?
God provided Abraham the covenant confirmed with circumcision, NOT TITHING; to tithing teachers, tithing, not ordained by God, is to be the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham, which to them is held in higher priority than a God ordained covenant; the covenant with Abraham was confirmed with circumcision, not tithing.
God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his servants as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be "cut off" from their people...
Genesis 17:10-14
"This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant."
We are called by God to be free will cheerful givers, NOT tithers in any form. There is no such Biblical doctrine of "tithing because Abraham did."
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Jesus' Words in Mathew 23:23
If Jesus instructed the New Testament Church to tithe based on Mathew 23:23 then the Church has a big problem, and here is why...
"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." - Mathew 23:23
1. To men with a lot of personal wealth, a lot of money, the Pharisees, Jesus confirmed that tithes were to be surrender as fruits, vegetables...(and in the case of herdsmen, clean livestock); "ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin..." Jesus did NOT instruct them to stop paying tithes from "mint and anise and cummin" and begin paying tithes in monetary form (money).
Those Pharisees could have easily paid tithes in the form of money, but they and Jesus knew that tithes were ordered by the Law to be paid in fruits, vegetables, etc., NEVER money.
2. Jesus clearly defined ALL TITHING that God had established as a "matter of the Law;" that is to say; God's one and only tithing system was commanded, established, organized, defined and regulated IN THE LAW, and in NO WHERE ELSE except for scripture referring to the Law... Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law," tithing was described firmly by Jesus as "matters of the Law." ...NOT a matter of Abraham tithing, or even Jacob promising to tithe, which Jacob never did, Jacob never tithed.
Tithing being a matter of the law (The Law of Moses) is also confirmed in 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:"
NOTE: "according to the law,"
3. According to Jesus in Mathew 23:23, not only were those He was talking to required to tithe as the Law commands, the "weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith" were to be obeyed also. That is to say the person tithing under the Law (God's ONLY system of tithing) was required to do ALL that the Law commanded them... " these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." That "OTHER" is the whole Law.
As James wrote in Scripture...
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all." - James 2:10
> Also, Deuteronomy tells us...
"Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen." - Deuteronomy 27:26
> And, Paul wrote in scripture...
"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." - Galatians 3:10
The conclusion is obvious; if you tithe GOD'S WAY, you must do so based on the Law, God has called no one to tithe because either Abraham or Jacob did, therefore you, by tithing under the Law, are cursed.
Fortunately, we are NOT under the Law, and we are NOT instructed by God to tithe...
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." - Romans 10:4
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
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."
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." - Galatians 3:24-25
Jesus was talking to Jews, Pharisees, who were at that time, under the Law (there was NO New Testament at that time, Jesus had not gone to the Cross yet), and He was calling out their hypocritical tithing practices, Jesus was NOT instructing Christian to tithe. To conclude that He was is taking scripture out of context and is blatant foolishness.
The bottom line is this; under the New Testament we are to be free will givers giving from what God has freely given us, and as GOD directs us to give...
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." - Luke 6:38
Further comments...
In Matt. 23:23 (also Luke 11:42-49)...
A. Jesus was talking to Jews who were still under the Law at that time (Jesus had NOT gone to the cross, there was NO New Testament, the Law was still enforce), we are not under the Law.
B. The tithe they paid were in spices (fruits and vegetables; i.e., mint and dill and cummin), not money.
C. The tithing Jesus referred to was "matters of the Law;" i.e., tithing was based on the Law, we are not under the Law where God's system of tithing is established. "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law." - Galatians 5:18
D. Jesus was not teaching Christians to tithe; he was addressing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees in that they paid tithes but neglected the more important points of the Law such as faith, mercy, good judgement and Luke adds love. Jesus told them that "these things they ought to have done, and not neglect the other also."
E. The "other" was the rest of the Law, which they were neglecting. So if we are to tithe because Jesus referred to tithing in Matt. 23:23, we would have to obey ALL of the Law.
F. There is no indication in Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49) that Jesus was calling for the future Church, Christians, to tithe.
G. If we are to tithe based on Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49), we would also be obligated to obey all of the Law (James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on ONE POINT, he is guilty of all.").
If tithing was required and taught in the New Testament for Christians, it would have to be clearly detailed and outlined in the terms and conditions of the New Testament like all promises and commands of the New Testament are.
Tithing instructions would be clearly included in the New Testament. No such terms, conditions or details are outlined anywhere in the New Testament. Tithing was never, is not now, and will never be part of the New Testament.
No Apostle ever taught tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so.
And, God NEVER authorized a monetary tithe (the tithing of money).
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Permission can be requested at: tithingstudyonline@gmail.com. Upon permission to do so, it is granted under the strict condition that no content of any article be removed or altered, and that all articles are to remain intact as is when used. You must include a notation that any article distributed originated from Tithing Study Online, and include our blog URL as: https://ExaminingTithingDeceptions.blogspot.com.
"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." - Mathew 23:23
1. To men with a lot of personal wealth, a lot of money, the Pharisees, Jesus confirmed that tithes were to be surrender as fruits, vegetables...(and in the case of herdsmen, clean livestock); "ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin..." Jesus did NOT instruct them to stop paying tithes from "mint and anise and cummin" and begin paying tithes in monetary form (money).
Those Pharisees could have easily paid tithes in the form of money, but they and Jesus knew that tithes were ordered by the Law to be paid in fruits, vegetables, etc., NEVER money.
2. Jesus clearly defined ALL TITHING that God had established as a "matter of the Law;" that is to say; God's one and only tithing system was commanded, established, organized, defined and regulated IN THE LAW, and in NO WHERE ELSE except for scripture referring to the Law... Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law," tithing was described firmly by Jesus as "matters of the Law." ...NOT a matter of Abraham tithing, or even Jacob promising to tithe, which Jacob never did, Jacob never tithed.
Tithing being a matter of the law (The Law of Moses) is also confirmed in 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:"
NOTE: "according to the law,"
3. According to Jesus in Mathew 23:23, not only were those He was talking to required to tithe as the Law commands, the "weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith" were to be obeyed also. That is to say the person tithing under the Law (God's ONLY system of tithing) was required to do ALL that the Law commanded them... " these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." That "OTHER" is the whole Law.
As James wrote in Scripture...
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all." - James 2:10
> Also, Deuteronomy tells us...
"Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen." - Deuteronomy 27:26
> And, Paul wrote in scripture...
"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." - Galatians 3:10
The conclusion is obvious; if you tithe GOD'S WAY, you must do so based on the Law, God has called no one to tithe because either Abraham or Jacob did, therefore you, by tithing under the Law, are cursed.
Fortunately, we are NOT under the Law, and we are NOT instructed by God to tithe...
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." - Romans 10:4
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
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."
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." - Galatians 3:24-25
Jesus was talking to Jews, Pharisees, who were at that time, under the Law (there was NO New Testament at that time, Jesus had not gone to the Cross yet), and He was calling out their hypocritical tithing practices, Jesus was NOT instructing Christian to tithe. To conclude that He was is taking scripture out of context and is blatant foolishness.
The bottom line is this; under the New Testament we are to be free will givers giving from what God has freely given us, and as GOD directs us to give...
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." - Luke 6:38
Further comments...
In Matt. 23:23 (also Luke 11:42-49)...
A. Jesus was talking to Jews who were still under the Law at that time (Jesus had NOT gone to the cross, there was NO New Testament, the Law was still enforce), we are not under the Law.
B. The tithe they paid were in spices (fruits and vegetables; i.e., mint and dill and cummin), not money.
C. The tithing Jesus referred to was "matters of the Law;" i.e., tithing was based on the Law, we are not under the Law where God's system of tithing is established. "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law." - Galatians 5:18
D. Jesus was not teaching Christians to tithe; he was addressing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees in that they paid tithes but neglected the more important points of the Law such as faith, mercy, good judgement and Luke adds love. Jesus told them that "these things they ought to have done, and not neglect the other also."
E. The "other" was the rest of the Law, which they were neglecting. So if we are to tithe because Jesus referred to tithing in Matt. 23:23, we would have to obey ALL of the Law.
F. There is no indication in Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49) that Jesus was calling for the future Church, Christians, to tithe.
G. If we are to tithe based on Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49), we would also be obligated to obey all of the Law (James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on ONE POINT, he is guilty of all.").
If tithing was required and taught in the New Testament for Christians, it would have to be clearly detailed and outlined in the terms and conditions of the New Testament like all promises and commands of the New Testament are.
Tithing instructions would be clearly included in the New Testament. No such terms, conditions or details are outlined anywhere in the New Testament. Tithing was never, is not now, and will never be part of the New Testament.
No Apostle ever taught tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so.
And, God NEVER authorized a monetary tithe (the tithing of money).
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Some Brief and Recent History of Tithing and Tithing Teachers
More or less the tithing deception has evolved like this in the modern tithing heresy...
FIRST, for approximately forty years, from about 1970 (made popular by the word faith prosperity gospel and others), tithing teachers referred to scriptures in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Malachi in order to convince people to tithe to them.
During that period of time many resources such as books, tapes, CDs, personal and ministry websites, blogs, podcasts, Youtube, Facebook, live sermons and more were utilized to scripturally prove tithing teachers absolutely wrong, mainly by pointing out that we are not under the law, the fact that Malachi is not instructing Christians to tithe, and that Jesus clearly called tithing "a matter of the Law" (Matt. 23:23), etc.
Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings, and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
SECOND, they turned to the "tithe because Abraham did" foolish deception (I began hearing that around 2002). That one was quickly proven to be a lie and also more false doctrine with no scriptural support at all. God never instructed anyone to tithe because of, or as Abraham did. Abraham is never cited in God's word as a reason or example to tithe. We are to follow the example of the faith Abraham exhibited at times (though many times Abraham failed in his faith making numerous mistakes), but there is nothing in God's word stating that Abraham tithed in faith or in obedience to God.
God never told the nation Abraham was the Father of, the Nation of Israel, to tithe because Abraham did; why then would God do so to the church? And, if God did; where is the Chapter and Verse recording such a command? Where are we told in scripture to "tithe as Abraham did?"...nowhere to be found is the answer.
> And again; Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
THIRD, tithing teachers began using nebulous descriptions of tithing that sound like they can come from and fit nicely into the New Testament, therefore applicable to Christians with deceptive titles such as...
"Grace Tithing," "Tithing Under Grace." "Love Tithing," "New Covenant Tithing," "Christian Tithing," "New Testament Tithing," "Tithing as a way of Life," "The Tithe Challenge," and my favorite filthy demonic lie; "Voluntary Tithing" that you can choose to do, that you don't have to do, but if you don't, God will curse you and your family, withhold blessings, and see to your punishment and destruction." All of which are found nowhere in God's Word for Christians, and in particular, nowhere in the New Testament for a Christian.
False teacher and "word faith" heretic, Jerry Savelle, might have possibly coined the best lie of all with his "Non Performance Tithing;" tithing he claims comes from Genesis 8:22 (more on that below), and is a kind of tithing that one does not based on "good performance" of the Law of Moses, so Savelle claims, you just do your best and God smiles on your noble efforts to tithe faithfully to your favorite tithing teacher.
A very causal disarming smooth approach to tithing I must say, and deceptive as a snake. Nice one, Jerry, well done indeed; or should I say; nice one, satan? You get my point, I'm sure.
Cleflo Dollar, a man who has stated publicly that he wants to kill all non tithers who attempt to enter his church by shooting them down with military assault weapons, refers to his so called tithe as "Your Covenant Connector to God;" that is to say, if you don't tithe you have no covenant with God and therefore are not saved.
Dollar has also stated many times in public that "tithing saves a person from hell" and "it is impossible for tithers to end up in hell." Furthermore, Dollar claims that God does not heal non tithers, and that no promise of God is available to you without tithing. Clearly this deceptive man is of his father, the devil. No true Christian minister of God would ever make such sickening and violent claims. Dollar is a dangerous menace to the Christian community, as are many of his comrades in tithing.
Some tithing teachers in the third wave of tithing deception still attempt to utilize the curses in Malachi chapter two to further threaten Christians who don't tithe with horrible curses and loss of blessings completely ignoring Malachi 4:4 which states that who Malachi was talking to, and instructing tithing to, were a nation under the Law of Moses; The Nation of Israel, not the New Testament Church...
"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments." - Malachi 4:4
And, ignoring Malachi 1:6 and Malachi 2:1 where Malachi makes it crystal clear that he is addressing the corrupt Priests of his day, not New Testament Christians (unless of course you believe that you are in fact a Priest of the Tribe or Levi?)...
"And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." - Malachi 2:1
One minster I listened to told his starry eyed gullible congregation; "It's your choice people, tithe or die cursed and broke!"
And again; Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
FOURTH, "The Tithing Principle;" this is one of the best lies so far, and is similar to number three just above because the tithing teacher can cite his "Tithing Principle" and describe tithing anyway he or she wants to.
In this deception, scripture such as Genesis 8:22 which says "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" which has NOTHING to do with instructing a Christian to tithe, can and is used by tithing teachers when they deceive people into handing over 10% of their paychecks. The tithe is often called your "faith seed" and tithers are instructed by tithing teachers to "plant your seed to avoid being cursed."
The obvious problem with this latest deception is that if there was a scripture wide "Tithing Principle" it would logically have to be based on God's instructions and commands concerning tithing (I think you would agree that such logic is valid). This logical concept of expecting that the "Tithing Principle" should be based on scripture presents a major problem to the tithing teacher who maintains that tithing is what he or she says it is.
Facts such as the tithe was given to the Tribe of Levi and God has never taken it back or transferred it to anyone else, the tithe being limited to agricultural items only (fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the promise land, a fact stated by God 16 times in the Bible and ignored), the requirement of three tithes, the tither having to be an Israeli living on the Promise Land, the second tithe to be consumed by the tither himself buying what he wants to buy with it if converted to money by selling his tithe, only the tithe of the tithe (i.e., the temple tithe; one percent of the whole) was to be brought to the storehouse at the National Temple, the poor not required to tithe anything, the third tithe to be given directly to the poor, the needy and the stranger in the land, the tithe never being money or on income of any kind, are all conveniently ignored and kept from the student of the tithing teacher teaching his deceptive "Tithing Principle," and the students are, of course, told that "your tithe money must be brought from your paycheck and all other income to me or my organization."
CONCLUSION;
So, what new lie and deception will the tithing teacher come up with? I'm not sure, but whatever it is, I can almost assure you that after their "Tithing Principle" doctrine of devils has been played out and brought in as much money as possible, satan will supply them with yet another bondage producing filthy lie.
Perhaps they will begin telling the people they lie to "Jesus appeared to me and told me to tell you that you must tithe!" That would not surprise me at all.
In the meantime...
Tithers...financial slaves and victims of whom they tithe to.
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FIRST, for approximately forty years, from about 1970 (made popular by the word faith prosperity gospel and others), tithing teachers referred to scriptures in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Malachi in order to convince people to tithe to them.
During that period of time many resources such as books, tapes, CDs, personal and ministry websites, blogs, podcasts, Youtube, Facebook, live sermons and more were utilized to scripturally prove tithing teachers absolutely wrong, mainly by pointing out that we are not under the law, the fact that Malachi is not instructing Christians to tithe, and that Jesus clearly called tithing "a matter of the Law" (Matt. 23:23), etc.
Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings, and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
SECOND, they turned to the "tithe because Abraham did" foolish deception (I began hearing that around 2002). That one was quickly proven to be a lie and also more false doctrine with no scriptural support at all. God never instructed anyone to tithe because of, or as Abraham did. Abraham is never cited in God's word as a reason or example to tithe. We are to follow the example of the faith Abraham exhibited at times (though many times Abraham failed in his faith making numerous mistakes), but there is nothing in God's word stating that Abraham tithed in faith or in obedience to God.
God never told the nation Abraham was the Father of, the Nation of Israel, to tithe because Abraham did; why then would God do so to the church? And, if God did; where is the Chapter and Verse recording such a command? Where are we told in scripture to "tithe as Abraham did?"...nowhere to be found is the answer.
> And again; Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
THIRD, tithing teachers began using nebulous descriptions of tithing that sound like they can come from and fit nicely into the New Testament, therefore applicable to Christians with deceptive titles such as...
"Grace Tithing," "Tithing Under Grace." "Love Tithing," "New Covenant Tithing," "Christian Tithing," "New Testament Tithing," "Tithing as a way of Life," "The Tithe Challenge," and my favorite filthy demonic lie; "Voluntary Tithing" that you can choose to do, that you don't have to do, but if you don't, God will curse you and your family, withhold blessings, and see to your punishment and destruction." All of which are found nowhere in God's Word for Christians, and in particular, nowhere in the New Testament for a Christian.
False teacher and "word faith" heretic, Jerry Savelle, might have possibly coined the best lie of all with his "Non Performance Tithing;" tithing he claims comes from Genesis 8:22 (more on that below), and is a kind of tithing that one does not based on "good performance" of the Law of Moses, so Savelle claims, you just do your best and God smiles on your noble efforts to tithe faithfully to your favorite tithing teacher.
A very causal disarming smooth approach to tithing I must say, and deceptive as a snake. Nice one, Jerry, well done indeed; or should I say; nice one, satan? You get my point, I'm sure.
Cleflo Dollar, a man who has stated publicly that he wants to kill all non tithers who attempt to enter his church by shooting them down with military assault weapons, refers to his so called tithe as "Your Covenant Connector to God;" that is to say, if you don't tithe you have no covenant with God and therefore are not saved.
Dollar has also stated many times in public that "tithing saves a person from hell" and "it is impossible for tithers to end up in hell." Furthermore, Dollar claims that God does not heal non tithers, and that no promise of God is available to you without tithing. Clearly this deceptive man is of his father, the devil. No true Christian minister of God would ever make such sickening and violent claims. Dollar is a dangerous menace to the Christian community, as are many of his comrades in tithing.
Some tithing teachers in the third wave of tithing deception still attempt to utilize the curses in Malachi chapter two to further threaten Christians who don't tithe with horrible curses and loss of blessings completely ignoring Malachi 4:4 which states that who Malachi was talking to, and instructing tithing to, were a nation under the Law of Moses; The Nation of Israel, not the New Testament Church...
"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments." - Malachi 4:4
And, ignoring Malachi 1:6 and Malachi 2:1 where Malachi makes it crystal clear that he is addressing the corrupt Priests of his day, not New Testament Christians (unless of course you believe that you are in fact a Priest of the Tribe or Levi?)...
"And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you." - Malachi 2:1
One minster I listened to told his starry eyed gullible congregation; "It's your choice people, tithe or die cursed and broke!"
And again; Many tithing teachers looked for and found another set of false teachings and another strategy to keep the "tithe money coming in"...
FOURTH, "The Tithing Principle;" this is one of the best lies so far, and is similar to number three just above because the tithing teacher can cite his "Tithing Principle" and describe tithing anyway he or she wants to.
In this deception, scripture such as Genesis 8:22 which says "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" which has NOTHING to do with instructing a Christian to tithe, can and is used by tithing teachers when they deceive people into handing over 10% of their paychecks. The tithe is often called your "faith seed" and tithers are instructed by tithing teachers to "plant your seed to avoid being cursed."
The obvious problem with this latest deception is that if there was a scripture wide "Tithing Principle" it would logically have to be based on God's instructions and commands concerning tithing (I think you would agree that such logic is valid). This logical concept of expecting that the "Tithing Principle" should be based on scripture presents a major problem to the tithing teacher who maintains that tithing is what he or she says it is.
Facts such as the tithe was given to the Tribe of Levi and God has never taken it back or transferred it to anyone else, the tithe being limited to agricultural items only (fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the promise land, a fact stated by God 16 times in the Bible and ignored), the requirement of three tithes, the tither having to be an Israeli living on the Promise Land, the second tithe to be consumed by the tither himself buying what he wants to buy with it if converted to money by selling his tithe, only the tithe of the tithe (i.e., the temple tithe; one percent of the whole) was to be brought to the storehouse at the National Temple, the poor not required to tithe anything, the third tithe to be given directly to the poor, the needy and the stranger in the land, the tithe never being money or on income of any kind, are all conveniently ignored and kept from the student of the tithing teacher teaching his deceptive "Tithing Principle," and the students are, of course, told that "your tithe money must be brought from your paycheck and all other income to me or my organization."
CONCLUSION;
So, what new lie and deception will the tithing teacher come up with? I'm not sure, but whatever it is, I can almost assure you that after their "Tithing Principle" doctrine of devils has been played out and brought in as much money as possible, satan will supply them with yet another bondage producing filthy lie.
Perhaps they will begin telling the people they lie to "Jesus appeared to me and told me to tell you that you must tithe!" That would not surprise me at all.
In the meantime...
Tithers...financial slaves and victims of whom they tithe to.
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The Serious Criminal Level of Tithing Teachers
When a man stands up in his pulpit and states that he doesn't want anyone entering the church he is a pastor of unless they pay him 10% of their income, and if they try to enter, calls publicly for them to be mowed down with Uzi machine guns as they try to enter, this man has crossed the line into serious criminal activity, and must be stopped and face criminal charges.
This is NOT free speech protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it is inciting to commit murder.
My guess is that you will find this very disturbing, but disturbing as it might be, these teachings have become wide spread and the norm in many churches over the past few years. In one case, a "pastor" of a very large "word-faith" church actually, from the pulpit, calls for the execution and murder of "non-tithers."
Even though there is not one verse of scripture, not one shred of Biblical evidence to support these ridiculous statements, these are the deceptive and horrible teachings of Creflo Dollar.
And I quote, the demonic insanity of Cleflo Dollar (see video below)...
"non tithers, line them up in the front, pass out Uzi (machine guns), at the count of three Jesus', shoot them all dead, take them out the side door, have a big hole (mass grave) and bury them, and then go ahead and have church, if we were not under the blood of Jesus I would certainly try it, folks this is a serious thing."
"If you take time to tithe correctly, it's impossible to go to hell."
"Tithing will keep you in heaven, it will keep you in the presence of God."
"We know that the tithe is the agreement, we know the tithe, according to this we're believing right now, the tithe is the covenant."
"I'm telling you that your tithe is your covenant connector."
"I'm telling you that ALL the promises that God ever gave you, you cannot get them without being connected to them with the tithe."
"I'm telling you that the only way you gonna get hooked up to healing is through the tithe."
"I'm telling you that the only way you gonna get hooked up to prosperity, deliverance, or ANY promise in the word of God, is through the tithe."
The word of God tells us...
2 Corinthians 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God.
I John 4:1 - "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the spirit of God"
"That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;" - Ephesians 4:14
1 Timothy 4:1 - "Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of demons; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron..."
2 Timothy 4:3 - "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."
According to Creflo Dollar; pay him tithes or die by execution...
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Copyright 2019, Anthony Todd, All rights reserved. Permission to copy and distribute this article must be obtained in writing from Tithing Study Online.
Permission can be requested at: tithingstudyonline@gmail.com. Upon permission to do so, it is granted under the strict condition that no content of any article be removed or altered, and that all articles are to remain intact as is when used. You must include a notation that any article distributed originated from Tithing Study Online, and include our blog URL as: https://ExaminingTithingDeceptions.blogspot.com.
This is NOT free speech protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it is inciting to commit murder.
My guess is that you will find this very disturbing, but disturbing as it might be, these teachings have become wide spread and the norm in many churches over the past few years. In one case, a "pastor" of a very large "word-faith" church actually, from the pulpit, calls for the execution and murder of "non-tithers."
Even though there is not one verse of scripture, not one shred of Biblical evidence to support these ridiculous statements, these are the deceptive and horrible teachings of Creflo Dollar.
And I quote, the demonic insanity of Cleflo Dollar (see video below)...
"non tithers, line them up in the front, pass out Uzi (machine guns), at the count of three Jesus', shoot them all dead, take them out the side door, have a big hole (mass grave) and bury them, and then go ahead and have church, if we were not under the blood of Jesus I would certainly try it, folks this is a serious thing."
"If you take time to tithe correctly, it's impossible to go to hell."
"Tithing will keep you in heaven, it will keep you in the presence of God."
"We know that the tithe is the agreement, we know the tithe, according to this we're believing right now, the tithe is the covenant."
"I'm telling you that your tithe is your covenant connector."
"I'm telling you that ALL the promises that God ever gave you, you cannot get them without being connected to them with the tithe."
"I'm telling you that the only way you gonna get hooked up to healing is through the tithe."
"I'm telling you that the only way you gonna get hooked up to prosperity, deliverance, or ANY promise in the word of God, is through the tithe."
The word of God tells us...
2 Corinthians 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God.
I John 4:1 - "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the spirit of God"
"That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;" - Ephesians 4:14
1 Timothy 4:1 - "Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of demons; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron..."
2 Timothy 4:3 - "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."
According to Creflo Dollar; pay him tithes or die by execution...
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Copyright 2019, Anthony Todd, All rights reserved. Permission to copy and distribute this article must be obtained in writing from Tithing Study Online.
Permission can be requested at: tithingstudyonline@gmail.com. Upon permission to do so, it is granted under the strict condition that no content of any article be removed or altered, and that all articles are to remain intact as is when used. You must include a notation that any article distributed originated from Tithing Study Online, and include our blog URL as: https://ExaminingTithingDeceptions.blogspot.com.
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