pls. give verse in bible.
2006-09-11 23:49:55 · 12 answers · asked by Isaac Newton N. Aranas 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
No, it's commanded by the Church
2006-09-11 23:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A tithe is commanded to be given in Malachi 3:10, which was written several hundreds of years before Christ was born. Before that it was still temple practice to give ten percent of your income AND an additional offering to the church. People were much more God centered and that was not a hard thing to ask. Society centered around the church. Even the 3rd and 4th humans new about paying homage to God with profits. People also had ATTITUDE about it back then. Cain's offering to God was not as "honorable" as his brother's and so he became jealous and killed him.
When Christ was asked about tithing, he mentioned that everything commanded in the New Testament scriptures was law and he came to do away with righteousness by law, however, whatever God commanded should be done with GREATER GRACE from there on out.
2006-09-12 06:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Sleek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Giving of 10% was commanded in the Old Testament.
We now live in New Testament times. The New Testament tells to give as we have prospered and as we have purposed in our hearts. (1 Corinthians 16:2, 2 Corinthians 9:7)
2006-09-14 14:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deuteronomy 14:22
2006-09-12 06:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by toy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram.... Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything" (Genesis 14:18-20 NIV).
When the prophet Abram (later Abraham) was traveling home with the riches of battle after warring with a nearby king, he was met by a high priest in the order of God. This priest was Melchizedek, and it was at that time that the Priesthood of Melchizedek was established on the planet.
As soon as Abraham saw Melchizedek, the wisdom of his heart knew he was seeing one who is with God. Abraham knew intuitively that he was to give back 10 percent of all that he had in the world to the representative of God, and so began the practice of tithing.
When Abraham was blessed and then gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything, a spiritual covenant was set up for our time, whereby humankind is to give a tenth of its increase (what a person receives that is his or hers) back to God.
God, of course, is always fulfilling his part anyway, so the question is, are we lining up, are we fulfilling the covenant?
People sometimes resist this process of giving their tithe. Interestingly, it doesn't belong to you in the first place; you are just restoring it to its rightful owner--God. Historically, people have tended to trust in materiality for their success. Instead of trusting in the Lord for their success, they trust in money or riches. Therefore, they withhold their tithes so they can have a lot more they can trust.
This happened to the Hebrews, who, instead of being a pleasure to the Lord, sometimes turned to their own pleasures and stopped tithing. It wasn't too long before things went awry. When they questioned why, the answer was always that they had forsaken or given up on the Lord and that they had broken God's covenant. Then the people would restore the covenant by tithing; they would start to flourish again, and there would be no war.
Our job is to overcome our lower nature so we can live in the awareness of our Soul. When we tithe to the church or God, we are letting the material world let go of us. So tithing is also part of a spiritual law and assists us in getting free of materialistic confinement.
In Malachi, it is asked, "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me…..in tithes and offerings" (Malachi 3:8 NIV). The question is, can God be robbed? No, but his covenant can be broken, and that is robbing God of the covenant. Later on in the same chapter, it is said, "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse... Test me in this…..and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it" (Malachi 3:10 NIV).
In biblical times, people who tithed often received one hundredfold more than what they had given. When they received their hundredfold, they then gave 10 percent of that. DID THAT HELP?
and no, i did not copy the other dude
he copied moi
2006-09-12 06:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by koolkatt29 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know it is in the old testiment, so I do know that Christ did not command it...however, most Christians use this as a guideline. Christ only wants you to give what you can.
2006-09-12 07:10:18 · answer #6 · answered by becca M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram.... Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything" (Genesis 14:18-20 NIV).
When the prophet Abram (later Abraham) was traveling home with the riches of battle after warring with a nearby king, he was met by a high priest in the order of God. This priest was Melchizedek, and it was at that time that the Priesthood of Melchizedek was established on the planet.
As soon as Abraham saw Melchizedek, the wisdom of his heart knew he was seeing one who is with God. Abraham knew intuitively that he was to give back 10 percent of all that he had in the world to the representative of God, and so began the practice of tithing.
When Abraham was blessed and then gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything, a spiritual covenant was set up for our time, whereby humankind is to give a tenth of its increase (what a person receives that is his or hers) back to God.
God, of course, is always fulfilling his part anyway, so the question is, are we lining up, are we fulfilling the covenant?
People sometimes resist this process of giving their tithe. Interestingly, it doesn't belong to you in the first place; you are just restoring it to its rightful owner--God. Historically, people have tended to trust in materiality for their success. Instead of trusting in the Lord for their success, they trust in money or riches. Therefore, they withhold their tithes so they can have a lot more they can trust.
This happened to the Hebrews, who, instead of being a pleasure to the Lord, sometimes turned to their own pleasures and stopped tithing. It wasn't too long before things went awry. When they questioned why, the answer was always that they had forsaken or given up on the Lord and that they had broken God's covenant. Then the people would restore the covenant by tithing; they would start to flourish again, and there would be no war.
Our job is to overcome our lower nature so we can live in the awareness of our Soul. When we tithe to the church or God, we are letting the material world let go of us. So tithing is also part of a spiritual law and assists us in getting free of materialistic confinement.
In Malachi, it is asked, "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me…..in tithes and offerings" (Malachi 3:8 NIV). The question is, can God be robbed? No, but his covenant can be broken, and that is robbing God of the covenant. Later on in the same chapter, it is said, "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse... Test me in this…..and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it" (Malachi 3:10 NIV).
In biblical times, people who tithed often received one hundredfold more than what they had given. When they received their hundredfold, they then gave 10 percent of that.
2006-09-12 06:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by dave d 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not by Christ, but by God. Don't have a verse.
2006-09-12 06:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What, God can create heaven, earth and everything in between but can't balance his damn checkbook? Tell them to stuff it, use your money for more important things, such as alcohol and hookers.
2006-09-12 06:53:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think man made that one
2006-09-12 06:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by txcatwoman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋