What is more important, giving a tithe or justice mercy and faithfulness?

Answer 1

I would definately go with justice, mercy and faithfulness.

Money is worldly. Sounds hokey but it's true.

What good is a rich church if all of it's members are corroded people?

Answer 2

Why are we so concerned with tithing? This is not the only question speculating the importance of tithing. We cannot out give God. Tithing is commanded of us. We will reap the rewards of it...that too is promised. Oh and don't believe in prosperity theolgy. This is not to say that we will be given money because we gave money. However, if your money goes to a missionary who builds a church that leads hundreds to Christ....then you had a part in that. That alone is worth a tithe. Oh and tithing is as equally important as anything else you mentioned. We don't pick and choose. We don't focus on one and forget the others. We follow. That is like asking what is more important in a car....tires, gas, or the engine. Don't we need all to have a car?

Answer 3

I fail to see how those things are really that different. Tithing is a temporal law of the gospel which is supposed to help us gain those spiritual attributes.
I mean giving my tithing has, through the years and little miracles of somehow making ends meet anyway, has truly increased my faith. And I feel like it is just and merciful because that money is often used in helping the needy.

Answer 4

Tithing is not primarily money. Tithing comes in many forms like giving of your time, helping, serving, etc... That too can be in the form of justice, mercy, faithfulness, love, and so on.

Answer 5

Giving tithes is justice, mercy and faithfulness. God loves a cheerful giver, but he who giveth a gift and rejoices not, it is better that he give not the gift for it is counted as nothing, He who receives a gift without giving thanks grieves the giver of the gift as well.

They are all of equal importance.

Answer 6

The only thing that God has ever ased us to test him in is tithing. To paraphrase "Give me my 10% and see if I do not open the doors of heaven to you."

In the New testament we are not asked to tithe. Also we are told that all of our good works are "filthy rags" to God...

Answer 7

there have been actually about 3 separate tithes required in the former testomony. those tithes were given to help the Levitical tribe, who did not artwork, yet were the clergymen. The tithes of the former testomony are such because the taxes we pay on the prompt. They were to help their authorities, and their clergymen.

Answer 8

First off, I'd replace tithe with obedience, then I'd ask you, "Why does one of these need to be more important than the other?"

Answer 9

I heard a minister admonish a dying young woman for not making her tithe. I ran him out and told him not to come back.

Answer 10

Exactly. Titheing is Old Testament law any way. We are set free from the law through Jesus Christ. Mat 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mat 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
This is the important things to do as faith without worx is dead. Great point. bless you