Please help with this scenerio...
A wife and husband attends church together. The husband and wife have separate bank accounts. The wife includes the husband name on the tithing envelope because they are married as one (right). BUT the husband does not pay tithes directly from his check. Is it wrong for the wife to exclude her husband when paying tithes since she is paying from her check?
2007-01-31 02:36:36 · 5 answers · asked by lazy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You know the first, and most obvious thing wrong with this situation is the separate checking accounts.
They're married, they're one family, their money and their budgeting belongs in one family account.
But, I don't think writing his name on the envelope is bad even though his name isn't on the check, I mean the Lord knows who the money is coming from, even if the individual check doesn't.
2007-01-31 02:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should have joint accounts, if they are joined together as one. In God's eyes the husband is the head of the household and he should be leading by example, not only to cover the wife, but to put a covering over the whole household. If we are living biblically, the way God intended, then we should practice all of it, not just some of it. I would pray that the Lord would convict the husband so that his heart would be changed according to the Word.
2007-01-31 02:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by heavnbound 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are "one flesh", why do you keep separate banking accounts?
I tithe at least 10% out of our pay that gets directly deposited into one account. And, further, we have been happily married for over 19 years.
A marriage should not be "I did this, and he did not do that." What kind of marriage and example before God is that? You both need to get together and talk about the situation...pray about it...and do what the Lord wishes of us.
Where your heart is, there will be your treasure.
2007-01-31 02:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My present opinion; No if she is currently tithing based on her check not his. Matter of fact, I would also consider it more truthful to do it that way (exclude the other spouse's name if they are not 'tithing' currently).
May you receive a large pleasant surprise today!!!
2007-01-31 02:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since they are married, legally, any money either one makes is just as much the property of the other. Her check is no longer "her" check. It is their check.
So even if she didn't put his name on the envelope, HE would still be paying his tithe. So I guess she had better give him his credit.
2007-01-31 02:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋