Have you ever tithed using Deuteronomy 14:25-27?

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#1
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#1
then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose.
26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth; and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thine household. Deuteronomy 14:25-27

Take your family out to a very nice restaurant, order beef or lamb. Have a strong drink and praise the LORD together. Also note GOD used the word "Lust" Lust is not always evil. It's just a strong desire. Note the LORD says to have a "strong drink"
 
MsMediator

MsMediator

Well-known member
#2
Mar 8, 2022
1,057
693
113
#2
Deuteronomy 14

Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine 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, so that you may learn to revere 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 exchange 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, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice. 27 And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.

28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
 
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#3
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#3
MsMediator said:
Deuteronomy 14

Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine 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, so that you may learn to revere 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 exchange 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, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice. 27 And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.

28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Click to expand...
yet, you would never hear a church say to use the tithe for having dinner with your family.
 
D

Dirtman

Well-known member
#4
Jul 19, 2022
1,151
441
83
#4
JohnB said:
yet, you would never hear a church say to use the tithe for having dinner with your family.
Click to expand...
The assembly of God. The idea is that the assembly of God would all be together in one place doing this together. Notice also they were to travel to the temple from where ever they were living. The temple not being the point, but the body of believers the nation of the faith the gathering together of the chosen was/is an essential part of the tithe.
It is differentiated from a regular meal.
 
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#5
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#5
Dirtman said:
The assembly of God. The idea is that the assembly of God would all be together in one place doing this together. Notice also they were to travel to the temple from where ever they were living. The temple not being the point, but the body of believers the nation of the faith the gathering together of the chosen was/is an essential part of the tithe.
It is differentiated from a regular meal.
Click to expand...
Did you read the verses? The family was to have a good meal and give thanks with the tithe.
 
D

Dirtman

Well-known member
#6
Jul 19, 2022
1,151
441
83
#6
JohnB said:
Did you read the verses? The family was to have a good meal and give thanks with the tithe.
Click to expand...
Did you not read the whole passage or did you just pick out the pieces you wanted
 
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#7
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#7
Dirtman said:
Did you not read the whole passage or did you just pick out the pieces you wanted
Click to expand...
yes I read the whole verse. What did I miss? Since when is the tithe used to buy the church more property? did you know the tithe was used to provide for those in need, the poor and needy....and I don't mean giving them bibles.
 
SomeDisciple

SomeDisciple

Well-known member
#8
Jul 4, 2021
2,192
1,000
113
#8
Imagine if the law was still going on today and China was God's people... there would be a super-communion of over a billion people crowding into the Temple of Heaven. That would be crazy!
 
Blik

Blik

Senior Member
#9
Dec 6, 2016
7,312
2,428
113
#9
JohnB said:
yes I read the whole verse. What did I miss? Since when is the tithe used to buy the church more property? did you know the tithe was used to provide for those in need, the poor and needy....and I don't mean giving them bibles.
Click to expand...
Giving to the church is very different than giving to the needy.

For example, the church must decide whether to spend money to make their building and furnishings attractive to prosperous man or to use it for the needy.
 
D

Dirtman

Well-known member
#10
Jul 19, 2022
1,151
441
83
#10
JohnB said:
yes I read the whole verse. What did I miss? Since when is the tithe used to buy the church more property? did you know the tithe was used to provide for those in need, the poor and needy....and I don't mean giving them bibles.
Click to expand...
What part of my statement suggests any of that garbage that you just spewed?
 
ResidentAlien

ResidentAlien

Well-known member
#11
Apr 21, 2021
8,051
3,432
113
#11
There were different tithes: the festival tithe, tithing for the Levites to operate the temple, and tithes for the poor. The festival tithe wasn't just a party so people could indulge themselves. They turned their tithe into money but still traveled to the place God appointed. When they got there they bought livestock and other supplies. They offered sacrifices but didn't completely burn them; they then ate the meat and celebrated before the Lord. The celebration was to the Lord for blessing them.

Tithing is a lot more involved in the Old Testament than simply giving a tenth of your income. This is why tithing is completely incompatible with New Testament teaching.
 
JohnB

JohnB

Well-known member
#12
Jul 31, 2022
2,078
456
83
Calif
#12
ResidentAlien said:
There were different tithes: the festival tithe, tithing for the Levites to operate the temple, and tithes for the poor. The festival tithe wasn't just a party so people could indulge themselves. They turned their tithe into money but still traveled to the place God appointed. When they got there they bought livestock and other supplies. They offered sacrifices but didn't completely burn them; they then ate the meat and celebrated before the Lord. The celebration was to the Lord for blessing them.

Tithing is a lot more involved in the Old Testament than simply giving a tenth of your income. This is why tithing is completely incompatible with New Testament teaching.
Click to expand...
Again I point out, the tithe was also used for the family to have a dinner before the LORD and give thanks. Part of tithe was to be spent on the family and those in need. You don't hear about that in the church today.
 
ResidentAlien

ResidentAlien

Well-known member
#13
Apr 21, 2021
8,051
3,432
113
#13
JohnB said:
Again I point out, the tithe was also used for the family to have a dinner before the LORD and give thanks. Part of tithe was to be spent on the family and those in need. You don't hear about that in the church today.
Click to expand...
Yeah, you point out and point out and point out . . . yada yada yada.
 
Blik

Blik

Senior Member
#14
Dec 6, 2016
7,312
2,428
113
#14
JohnB said:
Again I point out, the tithe was also used for the family to have a dinner before the LORD and give thanks. Part of tithe was to be spent on the family and those in need. You don't hear about that in the church today.
Click to expand...
In the old testament, God communicated with man by using symbols that were carnal. God is spiritual and the kingdom of 'God is a spiritual kingdom. The OT laws regarding tithing reflected the truth of the Lord, there was spiritual love reflected in them. But those are as Moses taught, Christ brought all law into spiritual law. Tithing is no longer explained to us through hard and fast rules, but by spiritual rules that reflect love. The law has not changed, but the way it is given to us changed with Christ and that made a huge difference in the way we obey the law.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.