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James as well.

James 2
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?

As Americans we (even if we are poor) are among those who have "the world's goods". Even at our poverty level most people in the third world nations could live like nobility.

While my youngest daughter was in high school she went on a mission trip to visit and help our missionaries in Mexico. When she came back she was depressed and I even found her with tears a time or two.

When I asked what was it that was upsetting her so. She said - Dad, I didn't realize how much we have, those people down there are so poor, I couldn't believe how poor they are and where and how they have to live and the clothes they wear. It was awful.

Most of the other kids who went had the same story.

It's one thing to see it on photos and slides, it's different in person.

She never again complained about her food, clothing, etc.

Give. It is its own reward.

HankD

 

I tithe for my church as it says so in the Bible. As we are suppose to do. As God wants us to do that.

 

If it's a question of "waiting," then just don't bother to earn it. That's the way of least waiting.

No. You said since 'we' follow the Ten Commandments, why don't we follow other Old Testament principles such as tithing? I asked why we don't stone people for breaking the sabbath, as it's another OT principle, and you only answered 'we' don't-- which does not answer why. So, let's have it... can 'we' just choose which OT tenets we like and live by them?

 

Didn't read the whole thread. No legal tithe. The Lord loves a cheerful giver. He who gives a paltry 10% out of constraint is not giving according to love, and love is the only true giving.

He who loves little will give little. He who loves much will give much.

 

Just read on the internet of a man who put an envelope with 18 cents into the offering plate of a North Carolina Church with this note... Please don't be mad, I don't have much, I'm homeless. God Bless!

Seems to me this child of God gave ALL his living!... Brother Glen

 

actually any passage saying we can give freely, what we decide to give, etc negates the OT tithe which was not optional.

 

I respectfully disagree. True giving begins with anything over 10%.

 

That's just a form of legalism. We're no longer required by the Law to give a certain percentage. Instead, we should give as we are able and as we are led of God. To require anything else is to try to enforce OT regulations. We are no longer under the old Law. As Hebrews says, the priesthood has been changed. Once the priesthood changed, there was of necessity a change of the law.

 

Not before sounding his trumpet.

The widow didn't leave a note with her two mites.

 

It's impossible to tithe anyway if one is going to follow the law.

First, you must give 1/10 of the increase of agricultural products of the land.
Second if you are a wage earner you need not tithe even under the law.
Third Even if you did tithe of your agricultural products increase you have no place to bring it and no one to give it to, the church is not the "store house" but the Body of Christ and your pastor and/or the deacons are not levitical priests (unless their last name is Cohen or Levine).

But if it suits you to give 10% of your income go right ahead because you are not under the above laws (and can't be anyhow even if you wanted to be because biblical Judaism ended in AD70).

HankD

 

So does circumcision, so does the Sabbath, so does animal sacrifice, etc...

HankD

 

Oops, my bad. I erroneously thought you were saying we should tithe because tithing pre-dates the law therefore it must be done post-dating the law which is claimed by some. I am sorry.

My point therefore according to that criteria was one of an inconsistency of that thinking in that there are several things which we don't do that also pre-date the law (which places limitations of amount and source of income to be "tithed").

We agree then tithing is a free-will option and actually there are no limits (big or little) as to the percentage of income and no restriction as to the kind of income as to the source of giving.

The scope of NT giving is much wider than "tithing" and includes more than just our money.

HankD