Tithing or giving

Two questions . . .

Didn't Abraham give tithe to Melchizedek the priest? That would be before the law, wouldn't it?


I've always thought of the storehouse referred to in Malachi as the church you're a member of. So giving ones whole tithe to the church is 'storehouse tithing'?

 

1. He did this once, off the spoils of war, and there is no biblical record of him ever doing it again.

2. In Malachi , the priests received the tithe and put it in the temple storehouse. This tithe consisted of food (not money) so that the priests, levites, and poor could be taken care of. The people were holding back and not bringing all the tithe in. i.e., they were keeping it for themselves.

Nowhere in the NT are we (the Church) told to tithe. We certainly are told to give cheerfully and willingly, but we are not commanded to give any set percentage. If we give generously in this way, we will reap generously - but not necessarily financially - in return.

 

The tithe was always food, but if you redeemed it (for $) you had to add a fifth...

Don't forget, according to Duet 14, you are commanded to eat your own tithe, for 3 years, at a designated location. If you redeem the tithe (because you cannot carry it to the designated location) you can spend the money on anything you want!!!!

 

I have to agree. For instance, I have several lines of work and one of the major ones is to fix electronic equipment or set up sound systems.

I spend every service at church running the sound boards and setting everything up for the sound and solos (practice), etc.

As far as this is concerned, I consider this time is being given to the church since otherwise I would be charging them for it.

 

I give what God has pressed upon my heart to give. The Lord would rather you be a joyful give than a resentful tither.