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It may not be required but its still a blessing. Give and you shall receive, the law of sowing and reaping is still in affect. Seed still brings a harvest, and if you sow sparingly you'll reap sparingly, but if you sow bountifully you'll reap bountifully. So whether you want to or not is up to you and your relationship with the Lord, and whether you wish to spread His kingdom and purposes. Its a matter of the heart, and don't do it grudgingly or of necessity (out of obligation), but from your heart and wanting people to be blessed and experience the Gospel.
dalconn,
If I had not listened to you in the BIBLE STUDY chat, I would be giving you a different reply. Initially, the word "IMPOSED" sets the tone that this is a loaded question...however...knowing your thoughts and opinions as expressed in the chatroom, I know that you are doing a little 'tongue 'n cheek" scenario here! GOD bless you, brother...as I enjoy your dry CHRistian humor once again!
If I had not listened to you in the BIBLE STUDY chat, I would be giving you a different reply. Initially, the word "IMPOSED" sets the tone that this is a loaded question...however...knowing your thoughts and opinions as expressed in the chatroom, I know that you are doing a little 'tongue 'n cheek" scenario here! GOD bless you, brother...as I enjoy your dry CHRistian humor once again!
I sowed money bountifully for years. Lived in poverty with 3 kids for those heart ache years. I looked at those scriptures closer. Talking about forgiveness and mercy.
I discovered that i cannot 'buy' God's blessings. They are free. I learned to listen to the Holy Spirit on money giving instead of struggling with a percentage. I learned that i was worse than an infidel for taking the very food out of my childrens mouths to finance the exorbitant life style of the one leader, so esteemed, who had the religious title.
Jesus started directing me to help the poor here and there. Not dump cash on a titled man that should be working and not lording it over His heritage. Acts 20. Thats a no no! 'There you go again Yet! Using those rediculous scriptures'!
I also took note that business men and contractors were doing real good financially. Did you know that their incomes were not frozen? Wage earners are.
I discovered that i cannot 'buy' God's blessings. They are free. I learned to listen to the Holy Spirit on money giving instead of struggling with a percentage. I learned that i was worse than an infidel for taking the very food out of my childrens mouths to finance the exorbitant life style of the one leader, so esteemed, who had the religious title.
Jesus started directing me to help the poor here and there. Not dump cash on a titled man that should be working and not lording it over His heritage. Acts 20. Thats a no no! 'There you go again Yet! Using those rediculous scriptures'!
I also took note that business men and contractors were doing real good financially. Did you know that their incomes were not frozen? Wage earners are.
A lot of things here already on a short thread...might want to look at Deuteronomy to see what tithing really was. The church I attend the pastor and his family live on site at the Christian regeneration place where they both work in addition to his pastoring duties, they are neither rich in money nor do they wear fine clothes but instead they are clothed in God's grace and rich in Him. I do think if you are blessed enough to attend a great church that does help others you should give what you can if you are led to do so joyfully. If giving is akin to pulling teeth then do not do so. It seems I have not given a general answer....sorry.
22 Be sure to set aside a tentha of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eatb the tithe of your grain, new winec and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name,d so that you may learne to reveref the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchangeg your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink,h or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.i 27 And do not neglect the Levitesj living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.k
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithesl of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,m 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotmentn or inheritanceo of their own) and the foreigners,p the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,q and so that the Lord your God may blessr you in all the work of your hands.
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithesl of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,m 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotmentn or inheritanceo of their own) and the foreigners,p the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,q and so that the Lord your God may blessr you in all the work of your hands.
The priesthood order of Melchisedek was abolished in Hebrews 7 and the entire congregation is now a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). On that basis the law of tithe was abolished as most Christian meetings during the apostolic era were conducted in homes, not temples. If you tithe you would be paying yourself and that would make no sense at all.
Therefore, tithe is no longer required. Giving is all voluntary.
Therefore, tithe is no longer required. Giving is all voluntary.