Why Should I Give Somebody Else 10% of My Income!?

This is going to be a touchy subject… it always is, but I’m going to tell it anyway. Now you’re going to need your Bibles for this one….

THE TITHE, before I proceed, I find it so funny that A LOT of people don’t tithe properly, but yet STILL get mad at this message, (sigh) this is why you can’t be a people pleaser, because people just won’t ever be pleased!

Ok, I haven’t been to a church yet (including the one I attend) that has taught tithing properly. I was an avid tither, and firstfruiter, and one day while doing a business plan, I came across an issue… What my pastor was saying about firstfruits had to be wrong, because in business it is virtually impossible to firstfruit the way he said. So I began to do research on the subject and found out exactly how to firstfruit which is honoring/giving to God the first of your increase. So let’s say you open up a store, and let’s say the first customer comes in and spends $100. Well, you would give that $100 to God, by giving it to your pastor, or however you’re lead. But give it, it’s the respectable thing to do. The rest of your business will be blessed!

Now, I learned how to do that properly, but then my spirit was still uneasy, like I was missing something, so God asked me, “Who said tithe!?” And I said… “yeah… who DID say tithe!?” I’ve never read it, I just heard to do it, so I do it. But let me verify it in the word. So I began this several days long study on tithing. So I got out my concordance and looked up the word tithe and all it’s variations: tithe, tither, tithing, tithes; and I found something interesting. The word and it’s variations are mentioned 32 times in the Old Testament, while only being mentioned 8 times in the new.

Now if you read all 40 scriptures, and I suggest keeping them in context by reading the entire paragraph so you fully understand what’s going on, you’ll see that every reference in the Old Testament was verifying the law of tithing. But in the New Testament, the scriptures were simply used as examples, and in every example the person or persons tithing were the people Jesus and Paul (If it was he who wrote Hebrews) were saying not to be like! Not once in the New Testament does it say tithe, but it DOES say to give out of the abundance of our hearts, and that we should give to the poor and widows and fatherless, and bless people, etc. simply put, just do good deeds and God will honor that.

Now, upon further examination 2Corinthians 3 (the whole chapter) speaks about us not believing in Jesus if we read and follow the Old Testament. Now these things you’ll have to read for yourselves, if you don’t have a Bible you can find every version on www.Biblegateway.com. I would suggest reading the Amplified Version or any variation of the King James. Also Hebrews chapters 7 – 10 all talk about how Christ did away with The Law, and again, we are not to do the Old Testament. I highly suggest reading that as well in the Amplified. This really breaks down everything, but I’m going to get more sensible.

Let’s talk common sense. If you had an OLD coat in the winter that didn’t keep you warm, and I bought you a NEW coat that did keep you warm, would you still wear the OLD coat? Ofcourse not! So do you think God is dumb? (I hope you don’t!) lol, He’s not! So why is there an Old Testament and a New Testament? If He wanted us to do the whole thing it would just be called The Bible, or First Testament, Second Testament. Not Old and New.

Now there are also outside the Bible research that can be done on tithing, however, I like to keep everything Biblical. And what I just explained was all Biblical, you can’t argue it. So I hope this reaches every Pastor or head of a church. People don’t be ignorant. And when you read these things it will be so clear it will make you wonder why your Pastor still receives tithes. It’s quite alright to have an offering time, we should offer I think, but guess what? It’s not a necessity. You’ll still go to heaven if you don’t ever give a dime. However, it’s just a good thing to do, but not a requirement.