1. Tithing is not a New Testament doctrine or command. Christians are not instructed to tithe anything to anyone.
2. All commands for tithing were a matter of the law of Moses (Jesus made that very clear - Matt. 23:23), no Christian is bound by the law of Moses.
3. No church or other organization has a right to ask for or receive tithes. In fact, they have no right to expect any donations at all; people can support a ministry if they want to, but no Christian is biblically obligated to do so. The vast majority of giving in the early church went to the needy and the poor, not churches.
4. Tithing places Christians into spiritual and financial bondage and deceptive slavery to whom they tithe to.
5. Tithing transfers money into the hands of people and organizations who have no right to have it. In many cases, it has made thieves rich by deception.
6. Tithing was never money, there is no such thing biblically as monetary tithing.
7. Christians are instructed to be free will givers, not tithers, giving as they are led by their heart to cheerfully do so.
8. Tithing is not seen in the Bible as a "Genesis to Revelation" ongoing continuing principle to be followed today by all people. God's command to tithe was limited to the Nation of Israel while they were under the law of Moses. There is no 10% universal standard of giving anywhere in God's Word a Christian must follow.
9. Tithing, the teaching thereof, turns churches into oppressive organizations that place people under constant financial pressure to hand over 10% of their income "or face curses and loss of blessings;" a damnable thing to tell a Christian!
10. The teaching of tithing turns "ministers" into wolves in sheep's clothing stealing from God's people.
11. God has never given the biblical tithe to anyone under the New Testament; not to any apostle, pastor, teacher, evangelist, prophet, etc., to no one.
12. Teaching tithing to New Testament Believers is in fact the preaching of another gospel not found in the Bible.
13. Tithing turns a Christian into a fear motivated legalist who is afraid of the wrath and curse of God, and loss of blessings, if he or she does not "pay their tithe" which is deceptively claimed to be 10% of a person's income.
14. And last but not least; modern day tithing is nothing but a ugly deceptive scam, and those that teach it will be facing God's judgment for what they are doing.
>> There are many other reasons to oppose modern day tithing, I could list a lot more, but you have some of the reasons I oppose the teaching and practice of tithing.
Tithers...financial slaves and victims to whom they tithe to. Yet there is hope...
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
>> Facts That Question and Expose the Myths...
1. Tithing has nothing to do with personal income or money, there is no Biblical tithing instructed on money or income. There is no connection made between the two, tithing and income, in scripture.
2. The tithe came from the miraculous increase in agricultural products (fruits, vegetables and clean animals) that God gave to the Nation of Israel, that increase alone was the substance of the tithe.
3. God has never instructed any individual to tithe; the tithe requirement was on a nation, the Nation of Israel, not any particular person, neither Jew or Gentile. God did not instruct persons to tithe, God instructed a Nation to tithe.
4. The tithe surrendered by the tither was restricted to fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land. In scripture, money (income) was never tithed on, and there was, and remains, no requirement to do so.
>> If you believe points 1 through 4 are incorrect, please provide scripture contradicting them;
1. Where does scripture record God referring to the tithe as money to be paid, or connecting a tithe requirement to money?
2. Where does scripture record God describing the tithe (what the tithe was to be) as anything other than fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land?
3. Where does scripture record God instructing tithing to all individual persons on earth, Jew or Gentiles, under the Old Testament or New Testament?
4. Where does scripture record God instructing monetary tithing, that is to say tithing on money or income?
>> Concept; "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
Tithers...financial slaves and victims to whom they tithe to. Yet there is hope...
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
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So...Jesus said "tithing is something we ought to do". Let's see if He did...WITH SCRIPTURE.
>>> Jesus' Words in Mathew 23:23
If Jesus instructed the New Testament Church to tithe based on Mathew 23:23, 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
And...
>>> Misuse of Matthew 23:23 by Deceptive Tithing Teachers
Tithing teachers often refer to Matthew 23:23 claiming that Jesus instructed tithing for New Testament Believes in this verse of scripture. This claim is utterly false and a clear misuse of the scripture.
>>> The passage of scripture;
"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
>>> The false claims;
1. Jesus was instructing New Testament Christians to tithe.
2. Jesus said that tithing is something you (Christians) "ought to do."
3. Jesus validated tithing for Christians in Matthew 23:23.
4. Jesus spoke Matthew 23:23 in the New Testament gospel of Matthew therefore tithing is a New Testament principle and instructions for Christians to tithe.
>>> The facts;
1. "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees" ...Jesus was talking directly to Scribes and Pharisees, Jews who were at that time under and subject to the Law of Moses. Jesus did not make His statements under the New Testament / New Covenant era which instructs NO ONE to tithe.
Much of what was written and recorded in the four Gospels takes place in the Old Testament period. The New Testament era did not begin until the death and resurrection of Jesus. Some scholars believe that the New Testament / New Covenant era did not officially begin until the day of Pentecost. Either way, when Jesus was addressing the Scribes and Pharisees in Mathew 23:23 it was a time when they were under the Law of Moses, not the New Testament.
To whom Jesus was addressing and under what circumstances He was doing so is vitally important in properly establishing the facts and avoiding the conclusion of false and misleading claims.
2. "hypocrites!" ...Jesus was addressing the hypocrisy of their actions of paying tithes, which was not an act of hypocrisy in itself, but in the case of the Scribes and Pharisees Jesus was talking to, the manner and motivation in which they were paying tithe was in question by Jesus who called out their hypocrisy.
The primary point of Matthew 23:23 is not to command tithing, but rather to expose the error of keeping the letter of the law and at the same time failing in the spirit of the law, which is in the end the real point of the law.
> This same principle is seen here in Jesus' statement...
"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Matthew 5:27-28
3. "for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, "...The scribes and Pharisees were in fact paying tithes (this will become important later).
4. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law" ...Jesus included tithing as a matter of the law, but went on to state that tithing was not as important a matter of the law as was other more important (weightier) matters of the law such as judgment, mercy, and faith.
It is clear that He did so, included tithing as a matter of the law, by stating immediately after speaking of tithing Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law." That is to say...
a. Tithing was a matter of the law, codified in the law, regulated in the law and was a part of the law.
b. Tithing was not the most important part of the law, leading to...
c. There are more important matters of the law which the Scribes and Pharisees failed to obey. The point being was that the Scribes and Pharisees were keeping to the letter of the law by tithing, but entirely missing the deeper meaning of the law, that is to say proper judgment, mercy, and faith, that they should have understood and acted on. Because of not doing so, their tithing was hypocrisy. The word "hypocrite" means "actor," as in they were outwardly acting out the law, but inwardly rejecting the more important subjects of the law.
d. In short; you Scribes and Pharisees tithed based on the law, but fail at the more important matters of the law.
5. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done," ...After stating that they fell short of the more important issues of the law, again; judgment, mercy, and faith, Jesus stated that "these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
6. "and not to leave the other undone." ...Continuing from point 3 above; Jesus was NOT instructing the Scribes and Pharisees to do something, that is to say "not to leave it undone," that they were ALREADY DOING; namely tithing. They were already tithing, there was NO NEED to tell therm to tithe by saying "THESE THINGS you ought to have done."
> Note: "THESE THINGS" (plural), not "THIS THING" (singular)...
"THESE THINGS" "judgment, mercy, and faith," ...three items, three subjects.
Not "THIS THING" as in a single subject of tithing, as it would be stated if Jesus was referring to a single subject such as tithing.
Jesus did not waste His time instructing someone to do something He knew they were already doing, but He did call out and expose the fact that their reason and motivation was wrong and hypocritical in what they were doing.
The phrase "these ought ye to have done," is clearly referring to "judgment, mercy, and faith," not tithing BECAUSE they were already tithing. No one tells someone to do something they are already doing unless they do so in ignorance. Jesus was not speaking in ignorance. It is NOT, as many tithing teachers claim, referring to tithing as something we "ought to have done."
Also, notice the PAST TENSE of the phrase "these ought ye to have done," NOT "these things you must continue to do as New Testament Believers." Jesus was clearly referring to something they, the Scribes and Pharisees, had not done in the past, something He was commanding that they should do.
7. The "tithing principle;" as some tithing teachers are now claiming; Jesus spoke of NO "tithing principle" or "universal tithing principle" in Matthew 23:23. There is no "tithing principle" apart from actual instructions for tithing found in the law or scriptures referring to the Law of Moses. We are not under Law of Moses. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
>>> Closing Comment...
"Text taken out of context is a pretext to deceptive text."
Three words for proper scriptural interpretation...
Context, context, context.
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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.
If Jesus instructed the New Testament Church to tithe based on Mathew 23:23, 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
And...
>>> Misuse of Matthew 23:23 by Deceptive Tithing Teachers
Tithing teachers often refer to Matthew 23:23 claiming that Jesus instructed tithing for New Testament Believes in this verse of scripture. This claim is utterly false and a clear misuse of the scripture.
>>> The passage of scripture;
"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
>>> The false claims;
1. Jesus was instructing New Testament Christians to tithe.
2. Jesus said that tithing is something you (Christians) "ought to do."
3. Jesus validated tithing for Christians in Matthew 23:23.
4. Jesus spoke Matthew 23:23 in the New Testament gospel of Matthew therefore tithing is a New Testament principle and instructions for Christians to tithe.
>>> The facts;
1. "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees" ...Jesus was talking directly to Scribes and Pharisees, Jews who were at that time under and subject to the Law of Moses. Jesus did not make His statements under the New Testament / New Covenant era which instructs NO ONE to tithe.
Much of what was written and recorded in the four Gospels takes place in the Old Testament period. The New Testament era did not begin until the death and resurrection of Jesus. Some scholars believe that the New Testament / New Covenant era did not officially begin until the day of Pentecost. Either way, when Jesus was addressing the Scribes and Pharisees in Mathew 23:23 it was a time when they were under the Law of Moses, not the New Testament.
To whom Jesus was addressing and under what circumstances He was doing so is vitally important in properly establishing the facts and avoiding the conclusion of false and misleading claims.
2. "hypocrites!" ...Jesus was addressing the hypocrisy of their actions of paying tithes, which was not an act of hypocrisy in itself, but in the case of the Scribes and Pharisees Jesus was talking to, the manner and motivation in which they were paying tithe was in question by Jesus who called out their hypocrisy.
The primary point of Matthew 23:23 is not to command tithing, but rather to expose the error of keeping the letter of the law and at the same time failing in the spirit of the law, which is in the end the real point of the law.
> This same principle is seen here in Jesus' statement...
"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Matthew 5:27-28
3. "for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, "...The scribes and Pharisees were in fact paying tithes (this will become important later).
4. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law" ...Jesus included tithing as a matter of the law, but went on to state that tithing was not as important a matter of the law as was other more important (weightier) matters of the law such as judgment, mercy, and faith.
It is clear that He did so, included tithing as a matter of the law, by stating immediately after speaking of tithing Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law." That is to say...
a. Tithing was a matter of the law, codified in the law, regulated in the law and was a part of the law.
b. Tithing was not the most important part of the law, leading to...
c. There are more important matters of the law which the Scribes and Pharisees failed to obey. The point being was that the Scribes and Pharisees were keeping to the letter of the law by tithing, but entirely missing the deeper meaning of the law, that is to say proper judgment, mercy, and faith, that they should have understood and acted on. Because of not doing so, their tithing was hypocrisy. The word "hypocrite" means "actor," as in they were outwardly acting out the law, but inwardly rejecting the more important subjects of the law.
d. In short; you Scribes and Pharisees tithed based on the law, but fail at the more important matters of the law.
5. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done," ...After stating that they fell short of the more important issues of the law, again; judgment, mercy, and faith, Jesus stated that "these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
6. "and not to leave the other undone." ...Continuing from point 3 above; Jesus was NOT instructing the Scribes and Pharisees to do something, that is to say "not to leave it undone," that they were ALREADY DOING; namely tithing. They were already tithing, there was NO NEED to tell therm to tithe by saying "THESE THINGS you ought to have done."
> Note: "THESE THINGS" (plural), not "THIS THING" (singular)...
"THESE THINGS" "judgment, mercy, and faith," ...three items, three subjects.
Not "THIS THING" as in a single subject of tithing, as it would be stated if Jesus was referring to a single subject such as tithing.
Jesus did not waste His time instructing someone to do something He knew they were already doing, but He did call out and expose the fact that their reason and motivation was wrong and hypocritical in what they were doing.
The phrase "these ought ye to have done," is clearly referring to "judgment, mercy, and faith," not tithing BECAUSE they were already tithing. No one tells someone to do something they are already doing unless they do so in ignorance. Jesus was not speaking in ignorance. It is NOT, as many tithing teachers claim, referring to tithing as something we "ought to have done."
Also, notice the PAST TENSE of the phrase "these ought ye to have done," NOT "these things you must continue to do as New Testament Believers." Jesus was clearly referring to something they, the Scribes and Pharisees, had not done in the past, something He was commanding that they should do.
7. The "tithing principle;" as some tithing teachers are now claiming; Jesus spoke of NO "tithing principle" or "universal tithing principle" in Matthew 23:23. There is no "tithing principle" apart from actual instructions for tithing found in the law or scriptures referring to the Law of Moses. We are not under Law of Moses. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
>>> Closing Comment...
"Text taken out of context is a pretext to deceptive text."
Three words for proper scriptural interpretation...
Context, context, context.
______________________________
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.
What tithing WAS NOT intended for...
1. Big giant expensive church buildings.
2. Hugh salaries for pastors.
3. Multi million dollar private jets for TV evangelists.
4. Multi million dollar mansions for prosperity gospel con artists.
5. $48,500 vacations to Tahiti.
6. Tax evasion using 501(c)(3) IRS rules inapropriately.
7. Million dollar trust funds for the pastor's kids.
8. Face lift for the pastor's wife.
10. Private yachts in Cancun for heads of a "ministry."
11. Supporting church programs.
>> What tithing WAS intended for...
1. To support the Levites, singers and porters for the work they did in the Temple -
"And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation." Numbers 18:21, (and Nehemiah Chapter 13)
2. To support the poor and the needy in Israel, The Promise Land -
"And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest." - Deuteronomy 14:29
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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.
Who was Malachi talking to?
>>> Who was Malachi talking to? Who was Malachi condemning for stealing the tithes and being a "God robber?" What is the proper context of the Book of Malachi?
Let's let Malachi tell us himself, which he does very clearly...
>> Chapter One;
> Malachi 1:1 - "The burden of the word of the Lord TO ISRAEL by Malachi."
> Malachi 1:6b - "saith the Lord of hosts unto YOU, O PRIESTS, that despise my name."
> Malachi 1:10b - "I have no pleasure IN YOU, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at YOUR HAND."
> Malachi - 1:11-12 - "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. But YE (YOU) have profaned it, in that YE (YOU) say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible."
>> Chapter Two;
> Malachi 2:1 - "And now, O YE PRIESTS, this commandment IS FOR YOU."
> Malachi 2:2-4 - "If YE (YOU) will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse UPON YOU, and I will curse YOUR blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because YE (YOU) do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will corrupt YOUR seed, and spread dung upon YOUR faces, even the dung of YOUR SOLEMN FEASTS; and one shall take YOU away with it. And YE (YOU) shall know that I have sent this commandment UNTO YOU, that my covenant might be WITH LEVI, saith the Lord of hosts."
> Malachi 2:7-9 - "For the PRIEST'S lips should keep knowledge, and THEY should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But YE (YOU) are departed out of the way; YE (YOU) have caused many to stumble at the law; YE (YOU) have corrupted the covenant of LEVI, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made YOU contemptible and base before all the people, according as YE (YOU) have not kept my ways, but have been partial in THE LAW."
> Malachi 2:11-12 - "JUDAH hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in ISRAEL and in JERUSALEM; for JUDAH hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of JACOB, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts."
> Malachi 2;16-17 - "For the Lord, the GOD OF ISRAEL, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet YE (YOU) say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?"
>> Chapter Three;
> Malachi 3:3-4 - "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the SONS OF LEVI, and purge THEM as gold and silver, that THEY may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of JUDAH and JERUSALEM be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years."
> Malachi 3:8-9 - "Will a man rob God? Yet YE (YOU) have robbed me. But YE (YOU) say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. YE (YOU) are *cursed with a curse: for YE (YOU) have robbed me, even THIS whole nation."
(*Note: where in the New Testament is it stated that God will for any reason curse His own children? No where.)
> Malachi 3:10-11 - "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. And I will rebuke the devourer for YOUR SAKES, and he shall not destroy the fruits of *YOUR GROUND; neither shall YOUR vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts."
(*Note: "YOUR GROUND" ...in proper context; The Promise Land; not New Zealand or Mexico, or a New Testament church building, etc.)
> Malachi 3:12 - "And all nations shall call YOU blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome *LAND, saith the Lord of hosts."
(*Note: LAND; The Promise Land; Israel, not Japan or Korea, etc.)
>> Who was Malachi talking to? CLEARLY the people and Nation of Israel; NOT New Testament Christians in regards to tithing. It is also important to note that Malachi's command to tithe, and rebuke for not doing so, is not quoted in the New Testament, never used by any Apostle to instruct tithing for Christians, and not followed by the early church (i.e., the Book of Acts).
Malachi, over and over again, makes it VERY clear as to who he is directly addressing.
Does this mean that we shouldn't read the Book of Malachi because it is not directly talking to us as New Testament Believers instructing us to tithe? No, it doesn't; but we must be careful to understand what scripture is talking directly to us, and what scripture is talking indirectly to us. Unless, of course, you have read the story of Noah building an Ark and have decided to build one yourself?
>> Remember; text taken out of context is a pretext to deceptive text. Let the Bible interpret the Bible.
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Let's let Malachi tell us himself, which he does very clearly...
>> Chapter One;
> Malachi 1:1 - "The burden of the word of the Lord TO ISRAEL by Malachi."
> Malachi 1:6b - "saith the Lord of hosts unto YOU, O PRIESTS, that despise my name."
> Malachi 1:10b - "I have no pleasure IN YOU, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at YOUR HAND."
> Malachi - 1:11-12 - "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. But YE (YOU) have profaned it, in that YE (YOU) say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible."
>> Chapter Two;
> Malachi 2:1 - "And now, O YE PRIESTS, this commandment IS FOR YOU."
> Malachi 2:2-4 - "If YE (YOU) will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse UPON YOU, and I will curse YOUR blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because YE (YOU) do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will corrupt YOUR seed, and spread dung upon YOUR faces, even the dung of YOUR SOLEMN FEASTS; and one shall take YOU away with it. And YE (YOU) shall know that I have sent this commandment UNTO YOU, that my covenant might be WITH LEVI, saith the Lord of hosts."
> Malachi 2:7-9 - "For the PRIEST'S lips should keep knowledge, and THEY should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But YE (YOU) are departed out of the way; YE (YOU) have caused many to stumble at the law; YE (YOU) have corrupted the covenant of LEVI, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made YOU contemptible and base before all the people, according as YE (YOU) have not kept my ways, but have been partial in THE LAW."
> Malachi 2:11-12 - "JUDAH hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in ISRAEL and in JERUSALEM; for JUDAH hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of JACOB, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts."
> Malachi 2;16-17 - "For the Lord, the GOD OF ISRAEL, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet YE (YOU) say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?"
>> Chapter Three;
> Malachi 3:3-4 - "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the SONS OF LEVI, and purge THEM as gold and silver, that THEY may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of JUDAH and JERUSALEM be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years."
> Malachi 3:8-9 - "Will a man rob God? Yet YE (YOU) have robbed me. But YE (YOU) say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. YE (YOU) are *cursed with a curse: for YE (YOU) have robbed me, even THIS whole nation."
(*Note: where in the New Testament is it stated that God will for any reason curse His own children? No where.)
> Malachi 3:10-11 - "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. And I will rebuke the devourer for YOUR SAKES, and he shall not destroy the fruits of *YOUR GROUND; neither shall YOUR vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts."
(*Note: "YOUR GROUND" ...in proper context; The Promise Land; not New Zealand or Mexico, or a New Testament church building, etc.)
> Malachi 3:12 - "And all nations shall call YOU blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome *LAND, saith the Lord of hosts."
(*Note: LAND; The Promise Land; Israel, not Japan or Korea, etc.)
>> Who was Malachi talking to? CLEARLY the people and Nation of Israel; NOT New Testament Christians in regards to tithing. It is also important to note that Malachi's command to tithe, and rebuke for not doing so, is not quoted in the New Testament, never used by any Apostle to instruct tithing for Christians, and not followed by the early church (i.e., the Book of Acts).
Malachi, over and over again, makes it VERY clear as to who he is directly addressing.
Does this mean that we shouldn't read the Book of Malachi because it is not directly talking to us as New Testament Believers instructing us to tithe? No, it doesn't; but we must be careful to understand what scripture is talking directly to us, and what scripture is talking indirectly to us. Unless, of course, you have read the story of Noah building an Ark and have decided to build one yourself?
>> Remember; text taken out of context is a pretext to deceptive text. Let the Bible interpret the Bible.
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Scripture, NOT Commentary!
An answer to Loreen...
>> Tithing IS in fact limited to those things, Loreen. Tithing was, of course, more complicated than what I addressed, there was more to tithing (I could have posted a lot more points), yes, but was still limited to those Israelis living under the Law. And keeping with the purpose of my OP; if tithing is not limited to Israelis living under the Law, and is a New testament practice, as requested in my OP...
>> If you think any of the above points are wrong, please provide CLEAR SCRIPTURE to disprove any point you want.
>> Also; calling clear scriptural information and solid scriptural principles "those kinds of technicalities" is extremely dangerous. By "technicalities" it is obvious that you mean "minor points that don't really need to be followed." On that subject, God's Word says...
2 Timothy 3:16-17
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
NOTE; ALL SCRIPTURE...ALL OF IT.
>> And...
"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."
NOTE: "do according to ALL that is written in it." ALL.
>> Again... I'm looking for scripture, not commentary; let's let the scriptures be our commentary and our guiding principles. Show me scripture to disprove what I posted in my OP if you can.
>>> When studying God's Word, two important rules...
>> RULE ONE; Get God's definition of anything, something different or less than God's definition of anything are the traditions of men making void the word of God. We define Jesus, faith, love, sin, salvation, etc., by God's Word, nothing else.
>> RULE TWO; God says what he means, and he means what he says. Yes, God uses types and shadows, parables, allegory, etc.; but whatever God is communicating, He means it.
The result of rules one and two; we walk in the light of God's word...
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." - Psalm 119:105
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>> Tithing IS in fact limited to those things, Loreen. Tithing was, of course, more complicated than what I addressed, there was more to tithing (I could have posted a lot more points), yes, but was still limited to those Israelis living under the Law. And keeping with the purpose of my OP; if tithing is not limited to Israelis living under the Law, and is a New testament practice, as requested in my OP...
>> If you think any of the above points are wrong, please provide CLEAR SCRIPTURE to disprove any point you want.
>> Also; calling clear scriptural information and solid scriptural principles "those kinds of technicalities" is extremely dangerous. By "technicalities" it is obvious that you mean "minor points that don't really need to be followed." On that subject, God's Word says...
2 Timothy 3:16-17
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
NOTE; ALL SCRIPTURE...ALL OF IT.
>> And...
"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."
NOTE: "do according to ALL that is written in it." ALL.
>> Again... I'm looking for scripture, not commentary; let's let the scriptures be our commentary and our guiding principles. Show me scripture to disprove what I posted in my OP if you can.
>>> When studying God's Word, two important rules...
>> RULE ONE; Get God's definition of anything, something different or less than God's definition of anything are the traditions of men making void the word of God. We define Jesus, faith, love, sin, salvation, etc., by God's Word, nothing else.
>> RULE TWO; God says what he means, and he means what he says. Yes, God uses types and shadows, parables, allegory, etc.; but whatever God is communicating, He means it.
The result of rules one and two; we walk in the light of God's word...
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." - Psalm 119:105
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Legalism...
When you tell someone that God's commanded tithing is of the Law of Moses, "the law," many will inevitably say something like "that's legalism, we don't tithe legalistically, we volunteer to do so." They may also add "we tithe under grace."
The word of God makes it clear that God's commanded tithe was in fact of the law, a matter of the law, not a matter of grace, NOT A MATTER OF VOLUNTEERING," and is indeed therefore legalism...
> 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."
>> A question you can ask your tithing friend is this...
Can you show me any scripture...EVEN ONE...outside of the law (the Law of Moses), or scripture referring to the law, instructing a Christian to tithe?
Where is tithing instructed or commanded non-legalistically OUTSIDE of the law? Please provide chapter and verse clearly, and in proper context, stating that God has done so.
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The word of God makes it clear that God's commanded tithe was in fact of the law, a matter of the law, not a matter of grace, NOT A MATTER OF VOLUNTEERING," and is indeed therefore legalism...
> 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."
>> A question you can ask your tithing friend is this...
Can you show me any scripture...EVEN ONE...outside of the law (the Law of Moses), or scripture referring to the law, instructing a Christian to tithe?
Where is tithing instructed or commanded non-legalistically OUTSIDE of the law? Please provide chapter and verse clearly, and in proper context, stating that God has done so.
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Ownership given by God...
If some of you have noticed, tithing teachers, in an attempt to "slot" tithing into the New Testament (actually trying to fit a square peg into a round hole), take many of the clear rules and principles of tithing and simply ignore them, or more like toss them into the trash trying to create some kind of "New Testament tithing."
One such rule or principle that is conveniently ignored is the doctrine of ownership. The tithe(s) were the property of the Levite, they owned the tithe. It wasn't given to them as charity, or a free will offering, it was a situation of 100% God given ownership, it was their inheritance, it was the Levite's property...
"And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of meeting." - Numbers 18:21
Note; when you inherit something, you OWN it.
>>> Taking, not asking for...
If you will notice; when God instructs the Levite concerning the tithe(s), the scripture refers to them as "TAKING the tithe," never asking for it, never being given the tithe as a form of charity or even a free will offering to the Levite. The Levite was instructed to TAKE the tithe; why?...because it was nothing less than their personal property.
If you were a farmer and you had grown 100 rows of corn, the Levite had the God given right of ownership to come on to your farm and TAKE his property, that is to say TAKE 10 rows of corn, and you, as a farmer, hence a tither, had NOTHING to say about it. The Levite was protected by God's Law. Refusing to surrender the Levite's property, the tithe of your corn (in this example), was illegal and a violation of God's Law.
>> Note: TAKE the tithe is commanded, not begging for it, not given as a "free will offering"...
"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 to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house." - Nehemiah 10:38
"Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye TAKE of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe." - Numbers 18:26
>>> Now the point...
If a tithing teacher were to follow this clear Biblical principle of TAKING the tithe, he or she would have, IF they had inherited the tithe, the right to TAKE it at will. They would have that right without asking you, as an example, and go into your bank account at anytime and TAKE what is "their property."
The point being is that the tithing teacher either owns (inherited) the tithe, OR they have no right to it at all. There is NOTHING in between, absolutely nothing. They either own it, or have NO right to it. They either have the right to TAKE it, or they have NO right to it at all.
The fact is, no New Testament Apostle, Pastor, Evangelist, Teacher, Prophet, or anyone else, has inherited the tithe other than the Levite, and therefore have NO RIGHT to any form of a tithe.
God gave the tithe(s) to the Levite, and God has NEVER taken it back, or given it to anyone else in any form what so ever. If your Pastor, or anyone, is demanding or receiving a tithe from you, they are a thief. My advise; refuse to pay anything to the thief.
As posted before...
>>> Since when has this changed; what scripture changes it?
> Leviticus 27:30-34
"A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it. Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord. No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.
34 These are the COMMANDS the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites."
>> Note: These are the COMMANDS (not suggestions) from ALMIGHTY GOD (do you think He was kidding or really didn't mean it?) on tithes, and these COMMANDS are for THE NATION OF ISRAEL (read verse 34, last verse), not for Gentiles or the New Testament Church. And, these COMMANDS have not changed, or been alternated to include your local church.
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One such rule or principle that is conveniently ignored is the doctrine of ownership. The tithe(s) were the property of the Levite, they owned the tithe. It wasn't given to them as charity, or a free will offering, it was a situation of 100% God given ownership, it was their inheritance, it was the Levite's property...
"And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of meeting." - Numbers 18:21
Note; when you inherit something, you OWN it.
>>> Taking, not asking for...
If you will notice; when God instructs the Levite concerning the tithe(s), the scripture refers to them as "TAKING the tithe," never asking for it, never being given the tithe as a form of charity or even a free will offering to the Levite. The Levite was instructed to TAKE the tithe; why?...because it was nothing less than their personal property.
If you were a farmer and you had grown 100 rows of corn, the Levite had the God given right of ownership to come on to your farm and TAKE his property, that is to say TAKE 10 rows of corn, and you, as a farmer, hence a tither, had NOTHING to say about it. The Levite was protected by God's Law. Refusing to surrender the Levite's property, the tithe of your corn (in this example), was illegal and a violation of God's Law.
>> Note: TAKE the tithe is commanded, not begging for it, not given as a "free will offering"...
"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 to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house." - Nehemiah 10:38
"Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye TAKE of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe." - Numbers 18:26
>>> Now the point...
If a tithing teacher were to follow this clear Biblical principle of TAKING the tithe, he or she would have, IF they had inherited the tithe, the right to TAKE it at will. They would have that right without asking you, as an example, and go into your bank account at anytime and TAKE what is "their property."
The point being is that the tithing teacher either owns (inherited) the tithe, OR they have no right to it at all. There is NOTHING in between, absolutely nothing. They either own it, or have NO right to it. They either have the right to TAKE it, or they have NO right to it at all.
The fact is, no New Testament Apostle, Pastor, Evangelist, Teacher, Prophet, or anyone else, has inherited the tithe other than the Levite, and therefore have NO RIGHT to any form of a tithe.
God gave the tithe(s) to the Levite, and God has NEVER taken it back, or given it to anyone else in any form what so ever. If your Pastor, or anyone, is demanding or receiving a tithe from you, they are a thief. My advise; refuse to pay anything to the thief.
As posted before...
>>> Since when has this changed; what scripture changes it?
> Leviticus 27:30-34
"A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it. Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord. No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.
34 These are the COMMANDS the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites."
>> Note: These are the COMMANDS (not suggestions) from ALMIGHTY GOD (do you think He was kidding or really didn't mean it?) on tithes, and these COMMANDS are for THE NATION OF ISRAEL (read verse 34, last verse), not for Gentiles or the New Testament Church. And, these COMMANDS have not changed, or been alternated to include your local church.
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