I don't live by principles, I live by 'every word that proceeds from the mouth of God'...under the new covenant, His commands and leadings written on the tablets of my heart'.
So have we won you over? Drop the tithes/ties that bind, and actually allow Christ to live in us. And speak to us dealing with every dime. What a novel thing that would be!
We are His dwelling place, not a brick cathedral. He made that clear. The Babylonian church teaches that we are to be led of the Spirit in everything and in every area of our lives except when it comes to money and giving. If 'pastors', so called, are really in a God ordained hierarchical position, which they are not, then where's their faith? They demand widow Jones to have faith, but they are exempt from having the same.
If they need a new air conditioner , they take it to the church. The widow Jones does not have that luxury. She's got to rely on faith after putting her tithes in the plate shoved under her nose.
Hypocrites and thieves. This madness only continues 'because my people love it so'. It's the people's fault for not studying the word of God on NT giving, when, where, and to whom!
Churched to death unto subservience, slaves to the enemy who foisted upon the body of Christ the lie of the tithe centuries after Christs death and resurrection. Who would have seen that coming? Well it came and it staid and continues along with the false cleric division to keep the saints spiritually dead, though saved, and content in their 'paying audience' mentality.
None of this is in the NT. Would to God the 'church' would stop 'dancing with stars', quit with the Hellywood trash movies long enough to start studying the word without reading Pastor Wonderful's take on it.
Times running out.
So have we won you over? Drop the tithes/ties that bind, and actually allow Christ to live in us. And speak to us dealing with every dime. What a novel thing that would be!
We are His dwelling place, not a brick cathedral. He made that clear. The Babylonian church teaches that we are to be led of the Spirit in everything and in every area of our lives except when it comes to money and giving. If 'pastors', so called, are really in a God ordained hierarchical position, which they are not, then where's their faith? They demand widow Jones to have faith, but they are exempt from having the same.
If they need a new air conditioner , they take it to the church. The widow Jones does not have that luxury. She's got to rely on faith after putting her tithes in the plate shoved under her nose.
Hypocrites and thieves. This madness only continues 'because my people love it so'. It's the people's fault for not studying the word of God on NT giving, when, where, and to whom!
Churched to death unto subservience, slaves to the enemy who foisted upon the body of Christ the lie of the tithe centuries after Christs death and resurrection. Who would have seen that coming? Well it came and it staid and continues along with the false cleric division to keep the saints spiritually dead, though saved, and content in their 'paying audience' mentality.
None of this is in the NT. Would to God the 'church' would stop 'dancing with stars', quit with the Hellywood trash movies long enough to start studying the word without reading Pastor Wonderful's take on it.
Times running out.
You sow a seed and a harvest comes in the natural, so wouldn't it be smart to systematically tithe, so you always have seed going in and harvest coming out? Always on the up and not a season of this and season of that, but just smooth sailing. That is one of the benefits of giving systematically and not what just happens to be in your pocket as the plate passes by, every once in awhile.
In my mind any person who speaks against tithes is speaking against God's faithfulness, because at the heart of it that is what it represents. He said it and He will do it. People think tithes come from the Law but it doesn't, it predates the Law. Look at Abraham and Melchizedek. God has made a means that is contrary to a natural mindset, that to gain is to give. We give and we receive. It is paradoxical and yet works every time because God is faithful to His word.
I am for tithing because there is biblical precedence. Its your own decision to make, and to not do so doesn't condemn you. This isn't about eternity, its about the here and now. I am not presenting it in the form of legalism, and condemning you if you don't. You, as anyone, has free will. However, I would be wrong to withhold this information from you because it works and is God's solution to financial peace.
That is where I am coming from, there is no need to struggle financially, the Lord has made the way to peace. I am presenting that solution and defending it because people adamantly oppose it at the cost of other's peace. As I said, they speak against God's faithfulness without even realizing it. Its a matter of trust and He is faithful.