Comments on: No More Tithes: The Whole Truth.

By: Marque Anthony

Marque Anthony — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 20:54:05 +0000

Ruth read the book of Romans, specifically chapters 6 and 7. Levitical priests were of the tribe of Levi, one of the 12 tribes. Christians are Gentiles, not Jews.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 30 May 2015 17:55:49 +0000

A quote from J. Lee Grady ( “A text without a context is a pretext.” It is a basic hermeneutical principle that, to be properly interpreted, passages must be considered in their immediate context, in their historical context, and in the context of the entirety of Scripture. ) Read ( Numbers 16:1-50 ) Korah and his group found out that God does not like other people usurping the role of his ordained Levitical Priests. Only the Levites were ordained by God to collect the tithes ( all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, the herd or the flock ) God was very specific about what was to give in tithes , it was never money and for preachers and church leaders to change the direction of paying the tithe from that of the Temple to the service of a Christian ministry is to do so without any authority whatever from God. In fact, to use the tithing laws in a manner not sanctioned by the Word of God is to sin against biblical law. And that is what the preachers, priests and evangelists are doing today.

By: jdgwisd

jdgwisd — Sun, 03 May 2015 22:22:20 +0000

To those individuals who are under an illusion of tithing as an article of their faith, they should watch, stream, or catch up on the NBC series A.D. It covers the Fall and Rise of Jesus, as well as the exploits of the Apostles and the burgeoning struggle between Judea and Rome. In that series, the Apostles did not ask for a tithe, if anything, they asked people to freely give of what they have under the auspices of the Holy Spirit. But as I began typing I began to correlate how African Americans struggle to be accepted as citizens with the inability to understand the issue of giving. No one wants to truly educate themselves. They are comfortable complaining about the inequities of life versus tackling the issue. So its little wonder some people are so blind about tithing. As a friend of mine points out: “Some people grow up, some people age.”

By: Marque Anthony

Marque Anthony — Fri, 01 May 2015 05:29:17 +0000

Empress Rosses did you hear anything I said? The Bible says let God be true and every man a liar. When it comes to truth, it does not matter what you or I think. Facts are facts. The tithe was NEVER MONEY in the first place. Go back and read this article. You have been lied to for so long that the truth I am giving you sounds wrong.

By: Empress Rosses

Empress Rosses — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:00:37 +0000

I think payment tithe is true in the bible. It’s for the congregation to help the church and the Poor in the community but some preacher take advantage of the money.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 04:38:11 +0000

Flava tithes are/were what God said they were/are.
Leviticus 27 says what the tithe is and it was never money

By: Flava

Flava — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:15:36 +0000

The idea of tithes being collected so someone in the congregation can cash out sounds more like a side hustle. And I’m not throwing shade on religious leaders but around here if you work and make paper on the side, you a hustler. Maybe I would see things differently if 99% of tithes was going to funding not someone’s saving account. Preaching isn’t a second job, it is a calling.

By: Flava

Flava — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:43:52 +0000

A friend and I were actually discussing this the other day. We both agreed tithes were spiritual not physical offerings. When God said our body is a temple, literally our bodies aren’t temples. It is an analogy.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:22:11 +0000

James you say the tithe should be viewed as the means by which the Lord finances His church. But James read Leviticus 27 and you will see the tithe was NEEVER MONEY. You are misinterpreting verses and trying to squeeze them into today’s new covenant. Plus nowhere in the New Testament did Jesus say what you just said.

When the Apostles in the book of Acts came to collect, each person brought all they had. There was no instruction about a tithe, there was no collection of a tithe, there was no commandment of a tithe and there are no verses that say that any Apostle every paid or gave tithes. And before you try to say they automatically knew to do it, you need to know that would be an assumption not based on any biblical evidence.

You are welcome to email me your phone number and we can discuss each and every verse in context. Malachi is the last book of the OLD testament and clearly references OLD covenant law for the Jews. We are gentiles grafted in and not under the law. Read Romans chapters 6-7.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:16:36 +0000

James Davis:
You are both wrong and misquoting me. You cannot find one sentence in my article that says we should not support the church. In fact, we are the church – the building is NOT.

In your second paragraph, you say giving is a subject of debate. But James thee Bible is clear on New Covenant giving. II Corinthians 9:6-7, Luke 6:38, giving to the widows and orphans and the poor, giving as the Holy Spirit leads you, giving to the work of the ministry etc. You need to realize that everyone who says “lord, lord..” is not automatically a child of God. Study how the wheat and the tares have grown up together. You are incorrect yet again.

Your interpretation of Luke 11 and Mark 14 has nothing to do with the Old Covenant tithe. Furthermore, find where God EVER said it was money. You can’t because He didn’t. You are mixing the tithe with new covenant giving and clearly you do not understand you cannot mix covenants where God does not.

Like most people who have been deceived, you misunderstand Malachi 3. I suggest you read the verses in context and look at who is being spoken to when he says EVEN THIS WHOLE NATION. I could go line by line and demolish your comments, but that is not what God would have me do because it is neither about you nor me.

You, like too many believers, have been brainwashed into thinking verses go together which actually do not fit.