Should the church teach tithing? 10of22

10: THE POOR: Jesus, Peter, Paul and the Poor Did Not Tithe




The false teaching is that everybody in the Old Testament was required to begin their giving to God at the ten per cent level.




The poor were not required to tithe at all! Neither did the tithe come from the results of mans crafts, hands and skills. Only farmers and herdsmen gathered what God produced as tithe increase. Jesus was a carpenter; Paul was a tentmaker and Peter was a fisherman. None of these occupations qualified as tithe-payers because they did not farm or herd animals for a living. It is, therefore, incorrect to teach that everybody paid a required minimum of a tithe and, therefore, that New Covenant Christians should be required to at least begin at the same minimum as Old Covenant Israelites. This common false assumption is very often repeated and completely ignores the very plain definition of tithe as food gathered from farm increase or herd increase.




The widows mite is an example of free-will giving and is not an example of tithing. According to Edersheim none of the Temples chests were for tithes. The poor received money from those chests before leaving the temple.




It is also wrong to teach that the poor in Israel were required to pay tithes. In fact, they actually received tithes! Much of the second festival tithe and all of a special third-year tithe went to the poor! Many laws protected the poor from abuse and expensive sacrifices which they could not afford (Lev. 14:21; 25:6, 25-28, 35, 36; 27:8; Deu. 12:1-19; 14:23, 28, 29; 15:7, 8, 11; 24:12, 14, 15, 19, 20; 26:11-13; Mal. 3:5; Matt. 12:1, 2; Mark 2:23, 24; Luke 2:22-24; 6:1, 2; 2 Cor. 8:12-14; 1 Tim. 5:8; Jas. 1:27). http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B629166196B770CB

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[Jarreau24]

great video and thanks, take care and remain bless, I agree with u!!

[bigfishmustfry]

@JesusSetsMeFree - Eehh - persuades/convinces/guilts maybe. I don't think anybody really forcefully takes a tithe. The poor, however, tend to be more joyful and therefore respond to the persuasion. However, they don't tend to be on the church board.

[bigfishmustfry]

Boy, you must be very unpopular in religious circles.