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 Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:57 am
The Bible has examples of "tithing" in both the Old and the New Testaments. "What place if any does tithing have in our churches and lives today"?
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:20 am
I think tithing is important because with out means our Churches can not out reach to the community and do Godly works in faith such as feeding the poor and clothing those in need. I do not prescribe to the health wealth and prosperity ideal that if I tithe 10% I will be blessed with abundance. I tithe at least 10% to show my faithfulness but gladly give more when I can. I do not expect to be blessed for a sacred 10%. I choose to follow the 10% at least because it allows myself discipline to set aside an amount for God. There is nothing wrong with tithing, the intent is what is often wrong. We should give to ministry and charity alike with the intent to do the good works of the Lord, not because we hope or expect blessing for doing what is right in the first place.
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 1:10 pm
I think that tithing is just as important now as it used to be. Well, not in the days when churches pushed manditory thithing on. I don't htink that's something that should happen nowadays. But our tithes are an offering to God. Really, he gives it to us. And also, we shouldn't be so worried to hold onto our money that we let it be that last thing that holds us to this earth. We are called to give our all to God, and he also tells us that he will provide all that we need. Because he's really the one who knows what we need.
Matthew 6: 31-32: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek smile for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 1:20 pm
I got bored once and did a little math -- just as a way of entertaining my mind for a few seconds -- and realized that if we tithed our time the way we should our money, we'd be spending at least 2 hours 24 minutes of each day in prayer and/or Bible study.
I admit, I don't tithe.. I give, but it's nowhere near ten percent. Yeah, I know, mea culpa. I wish I did, and I make no excuses for why I don't ... explaining why would be too embarassin'. Can I opt for the prayer-tithe and keep the cash? No? sad
But ... I'll share this little story from a book I read a while back: God's Smuggler, by Brother Andrew. Andrew's in a missionary school, and part of the curriculum is having to do a tour with three of his classmates. Each is given one pound (this is in England, back in the 50s) to cover their expenses ... and when they get back to their school, they have to repay the pound! Everything they manage to do is done solely by God providing it.
But they manage ... they manage. At one point, one of Andrew's teammates accidentally sets them up to be hosts for a British tea for this group ... with no tea, and no cake. And though none of them mentioned needing anything, people throughout the group volunteered and brought everything that could be needed ... except the cake. The cake arrived at the last second, in a "care package" sent by one of Andrew's neighbors.
God looks out for His own.
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 1:36 pm
I think that while we are no longer required to tithe 10% under the law, we are under a better Covenant now, and should be WILLING to tithe even more than the 10%. And as Bait said that tithe should include everything including our time...(how long we spend in prayer, Bible study, mowing the lawn or washing the windows at the church, and ministry for instance)
And then there are alms on top of that...money we should be WILLING to give to the poor, the homeless, missions, and any other cause God leads us to give to.
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