I was an atheist until I got married and then I began going to a Pentecostal church. After a few years of studying the Bible, I ask the pastor for a private meeting. I opened a paper and quoted the verses that I had written down and said I don't believe tithing is for today's church. He said "Mike you're right but if I don't ask for tithes people won't give enough money". The following Sunday the entire sermon was on tithing and I was so mad that he was lying I never went back. I tried two more churches but they were just as bad. So, for the last 20 years I have not believed in giving a tithe.
Here are a few things you must know to understand the facts.
1. The New Testament doesn't begin in the Gospels until Jesus's death and resurrection.
2. We are not under the law - Romans 10 : 4.
3. Tithing is one of 613 laws in the Old Testament and they weren’t righteous if they skipped just one of them, and then they had to offer a blood sacrifice.
4.Tithing and giving are two different things. If you give 10% because the pastor is teaching on
tithing out of the old testament-that IS tithing. If you give freely as your heart desires- that is New Testament giving and they are 2 completely different things.
5. The Temple (where Jews payed their tithes) was destroyed in 70 A.D.so they can’t tithe according to the original law.
6. Romans 6v.14
Sin will have no power over you, because you aren't under Law but under grace.
I recently accidentally found a video by Sharon Johnson on tithing on YouTube. Her website is www .motivatingu2win.com The one I watched was "tithing part 1." Although I knew that tithing wasn't scriptural, I didn't know that it COULD be a matter of salvation until I watched her video.
Common English Bible
In it was some of the following verses:
Galations Ch 2 v. 16 However, we know that a person isn't made righteous by the works of the Law but rather through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. We ourselves believed in Christ Jesus so that we could be made righteous by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the Law—because no one will be made righteous by the works of the Law.
Galatians Ch.2 v. 21. I don't ignore the grace of God, because if we become righteous through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians Ch3,v.1-5 you irrational Galatians! Who put a spell on you? Jesus Christ was put on display as crucified before your eyes!
2
I just want to know this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the Law or by believing what you heard?
3
Are you so irrational? After you started with the Spirit, are you now finishing up with your own human effort?
4
Did you experience so much for nothing? I wonder if it really was for nothing.
5
So does the one providing you with the Spirit and working miracles among you do this by you doing the works of the Law or by you believing what you heard?
Galations ch.3 v.10 All those who rely on the works of the Law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone is cursed who does not keep on doing all the things that have been written in the Law scroll.javascript:void(0);
Galations Ch.5 v.4 You people who are trying to be made righteous by the Law have been estranged from Christ. You have fallen away from grace!
Here are a few things you must know to understand the facts.
1. The New Testament doesn't begin in the Gospels until Jesus's death and resurrection.
2. We are not under the law - Romans 10 : 4.
3. Tithing is one of 613 laws in the Old Testament and they weren’t righteous if they skipped just one of them, and then they had to offer a blood sacrifice.
4.Tithing and giving are two different things. If you give 10% because the pastor is teaching on
tithing out of the old testament-that IS tithing. If you give freely as your heart desires- that is New Testament giving and they are 2 completely different things.
5. The Temple (where Jews payed their tithes) was destroyed in 70 A.D.so they can’t tithe according to the original law.
6. Romans 6v.14
Sin will have no power over you, because you aren't under Law but under grace.
I recently accidentally found a video by Sharon Johnson on tithing on YouTube. Her website is www .motivatingu2win.com The one I watched was "tithing part 1." Although I knew that tithing wasn't scriptural, I didn't know that it COULD be a matter of salvation until I watched her video.
Common English Bible
In it was some of the following verses:
Galations Ch 2 v. 16 However, we know that a person isn't made righteous by the works of the Law but rather through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. We ourselves believed in Christ Jesus so that we could be made righteous by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the Law—because no one will be made righteous by the works of the Law.
Galatians Ch.2 v. 21. I don't ignore the grace of God, because if we become righteous through the Law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians Ch3,v.1-5 you irrational Galatians! Who put a spell on you? Jesus Christ was put on display as crucified before your eyes!
2
I just want to know this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the Law or by believing what you heard?
3
Are you so irrational? After you started with the Spirit, are you now finishing up with your own human effort?
4
Did you experience so much for nothing? I wonder if it really was for nothing.
5
So does the one providing you with the Spirit and working miracles among you do this by you doing the works of the Law or by you believing what you heard?
Galations ch.3 v.10 All those who rely on the works of the Law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone is cursed who does not keep on doing all the things that have been written in the Law scroll.javascript:void(0);
Galations Ch.5 v.4 You people who are trying to be made righteous by the Law have been estranged from Christ. You have fallen away from grace!