Thanks so much for this teaching. I needed to hear this. God bless🙏🏾
@jslithers
5 ай бұрын
What an Amazing teaching. Sad I missed it in person. 👊🙏
@TidyTribe5280
6 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@jonny4036
6 ай бұрын
Churches teach tithing out of fear. Romans 14:23 For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. The truth is that historically the New Testament Church didn't tithe. We even know for certain that tithing disappeared from the New Testament Church for over 300 years. Paul wouldn't even take money. He did lay down some guidelines for things. 1 Corinthians 9 is one place you can look at some of that. Tithing was a Jewish tradition. It was for the Levites. See they couldn't own anything. So they lived off the food and clothing brought to them at the temple. To be frank they also never received anything in the terms of money. Tithing wasn't money. So I guess if you believe in tithing you can show me your Levites. Even then it shouldn't be money. But food, animals, clothing and the like. So if tithing disappeared for 300 years what happened? Roman Emperor Constantine. Paul argued and insisted that the Gentiles are free from the Mosaic Law and now saved by grace through Jesus Christ. Mosaic law included tithing. Eventually over time with the creation of the roman catholic church it began to influence Christianity as a whole. One outcome of the Macon 585 Council was that Christians who didn't pay tithes would be ex-communicated from the church. The original God-mandated tithe was always agricultural based. It was never money. Roman bishops and emperors reinterpreted with constituted a tithe. The Biblical tithe turned into a man-made tithe consisting of money. It kept getting expanded from England's Pope Innocent III to King Pepin III penning a letter to bishops making tithing a legal obligation where Christians had to pay a tithe to the parish Church. Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to impact it though as he converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine brough about a couple of significant changes. He streamlined Christianity. He placed bishops in leadership roles over the rest of the believers. Second he launched massive church building projects. I mean extravagant and huge and expensive structures. To pay for it? Tithes and offerings. He used them to pay bishops and build his extravagant projects. Both of these are chances from the New Testament church as prior to that there wasn't any governing bodies and they practiced freewill offerings. Then 800 years after Christ Charlemagne combined the church and state creating the Holy Roman Empire. Under his rule tithing became a state law. That is a brief history. So basically what we know is tithing was part of the old law. The Mosaic law which Jesus of course did away with the law. We are no longer under law but under grace. We know that churches prior to Rome basically existed through home churches. Nothing wrong with large churches but preaching tithing contradicts scripture. Tithing is biblical in the sense that it is in the Bible but it was also Jewish law. Just like we read about things like them stoning people and what not. We know that isn't for today but it is the record of the stories and laws in Jewish history. So basically tithing is Biblical in the sense it is mentioned but it isn't Christian in the way God created the New Testament Church. So you probably would ask well don't you believe in giving? Absolutely. 2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Notice the amount is as we decide in our heart. To give cheerfully. Notice this part though. Not UNDER COMPULSION. Tithing would be under compulsion. Tithe or God won't bless you? That sound familiar. Or aren't receiving God's blessings? Why don't you start tithing? Now what does God bless those that tithe? Well if they are doing it cheerfully and with the right heart then they are following scripture and God's command. If you study the New Testament you will see Jesus is concerned about the heart. About Changing it. Be it giving or anything else. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 . Jesus came to transform hearts. Not to bring religion but grace. To openly give us the Holy Spirit. See Jesus said this about the heart in its natural state. Mark 7:21-22 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. Even in the Old Testament in Jeremiah it says in chapter 17 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Most churches are scared to tell people to give according to their heart because if they teach give 10 percent then they believe they can finance easier. It is one of the biggest deceptions in the modern church. It also shows a willful act to deceive or a lack of knowledge and study. I'm not against the tithe for some people. Maybe it is easier for you to allocate that amount. To set it aside. Or set it up with your bank to auto give etc. Just remember it isn't about giving but the state of your heart when doing so. God Bless.
@unclebobo6030
6 ай бұрын
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