Comments on: Should You Tithe When You’re Broke?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:40:04 +0000

The Old Testament was written for Christians as well as Jews. Tithing was not a part of the law, it was present before the law. Genesis 14:20 is the first mention of tithe and it says a “tithe of all”. This was given to Melchizedek who, if you read Hebrews is a type for or is Jesus.

There was no taxes at this point and God does not charge us tax, he can take what he wishes. I have been through some financially devastating times, but never been without and I have always tithed based upon gross income. This is biblical and true. It has nothing to do with growing fruit or trees. A tenth of all means all, everything the lord gives.

Whether you will see a monetary blessing or some other type of blessing is determined by the lord, Malachi 3:8-10 makes it clear. I encourage you, if you are a Christian to take this seriously. The lord says to test him in this. The one place in scripture where God says you can test him.

What if you miss out on a blessing from the lord, what if that blessing is to understand the bible more deeply or to see your children have a deeper relationship with him. Maybe it will be monetary.

The decision is do you really believe what the bible says is true. As Del Tacket said “Do you really believe, what you really believe is real?”

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By: Nan

Nan — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:52:15 +0000

Actually, if you have unpaid bills, the money isn’t yours to give.
There are people who have been faithful tithers all their lives and are still poor – but of course, what church is going to tell those stories?
Frankly, it doesn’t make sense to give the “church” 10% when you must go back to them for help before the end of the month.
The truth is the body of believers in the book of Acts took up a collection of those who had extra; they didn’t take from the poor, they distributed it to the poor as they had need.

By: John C. A. Manley

John C. A. Manley — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:21:37 +0000

I had a thought about this and came back to post.

For us in the developed world we are buying everything at artifically DEflated prices. We get tons of consumer goods and more at low prices because of third-world labour.

Without others getting the short end we'd probably be paying far more than 10% for the stuff we enjoy.

So is it really tithing at all to give 10%? Or is it just paying off some unrecorded debt we have to underdeveloped countries and minimum wage staff that work for nothing so we can have everything?