What is your opinion on tithing?

Question

I have heard many different opinions about tithing and was curious to hear what people here thought about it. Open to all responses...

I know what tithing is, I just want your opinion of it. Thank you to the people who gave me their opinion and not a definition of the word.

Answer 1

Although tithing was part of the law before Christ, after him the Jews (or at least those who became Christians) were no longer under Jewish law. (Rom. 6:14) The laws thus changed. (Heb. 7:12) According to Christian law, people should give what they resolve to give in their hearts, not what someone tells them to give. (2 Cor. 9:7)

Answer 2

The idea is that our money, possessions, kids, lives belong to God already. He has given them to us to steward, or take care of. Tithing is our acknowlegement of His ownership. In that, all He asks from us is 10% off the top to be given back to Him (to His church) In the Israelite community the tithe became the salary and provision for the Levites, the tribe chosen to run the temple, as they didn't do other work, but served the people.

I have found that when I tithe, the rest of my money seems to go further. When I don't, I seem to always come up shorter than expected. I can't explain that. It doesn't change my numbers when I do my budget, but I definitely see a difference. Maybe my car breaks down when I stop, stuff like that. When God doesn't get His share, extra expenses pop up so I don't get to keep that money I thought I was saving. I think this passage describes that occurance.

8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "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.

Answer 3

YOU / I cannot afford not to tithe. Tithe is the FIRST 10% of your gross income. Not tithing is Robery

Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
9 You are cursed with a curse; for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it.
10 Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. And test Me now with this, says the LORD of hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is no sufficiency.
11 And I will rebuke your devourer, and he shall not decay the fruit of your ground against you; nor shall your vine miscarry against you in the field, says the LORD of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed; for you shall be a delightful land, says the LORD of hosts.

Since I began Tithing, God has trippled my income. The above scripture is the only place in the Bible where we are challenged to test God and see if he will not provide.

Spreading the gospel takes money, lots of it. The It would only stand to reason that God would want you to be rich so that your tithe can be greater. Be faithful and tithe to YOUR church.

Answer 4

When we give to God a tithe(a tenth of what our paycheck is)we are opening ourselves up to many blessings.
I am on a fixed income of $630 but when I tithe, it seems that I have more than I need, money is never a problem even though I my tithe ends up being $63 a month. When I need things they are there, like someone read my mind - God KNOWS my mind. I never want for anything.
I feel for those that think they can't afford to give God a tenth of their income. If they only knew how they would be blessed if they did.

Answer 5

My opinion is give what you can, when you can and only what you feel comfortable with, and if you don't want to then nothing at all (I think they can get by) although it usually goes to something good and worth while. Most churches (all should) disclose usage of church funds.

10% rule was abolished in France during the revolution. But if your a literalist, which I find some people are and most often when it suits them, tithing is exactly one tenth (10%) of your annual income.

I saw a program on CNN about a Times article "Does God want you to be Rich" and it talks about whether clergy should be driving around in Mercedes and the like. I personally wouldn't give them a red penny if I knew thats what they were going to do with it.

Answer 6

It is un-scriptural. Since those who tithed brought the tithes to the temple, where is the temple? Who are the priests? What are the sacrifices?

1st Corinthians 3:15 You are the temple.
1st Peter 2:9 You are the priests.
Romans 12:1 Your body is the living sacrifice

http://www.bible-truths.com/tithing.html

Check it out.

Answer 7

Tithing was a law God gave to the Jews.
Are you Jewish? Then follow it.
Are you Christian? Then why bother yourself with a law given to the Jews?
The Christian point of view is in 2 Corinthians 9:7

Answer 8

Tithing is Gods Law follow it and success will follow you

Answer 9

the theory of tithing (giving 10%) replaced into authorized in the previous the regulation of Mosaic (the scriptural previous testomony); to that end it somewhat is allowed. i in my opinion use 20% at modern-day Gen. 40 seven:24.

Answer 10

tithing means ur supossed to give 10% of however much u make