TITHES AND MONEY
LETS BEGIN WITH TITHES.
A TITHE HAS TO DO WITH ANY FOOD PRODUCT INCLUDING WINE, OLIVE OIL, MEAT, GRAIN AND ANY OTHER FOOD PRODUCT. A TITHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY! THAT IS A LIE FROM HELL,TO PUT PEOPLE UNDER CONVICTION AND BONDAGE. THE VERSE IN MALACHI THE 8-10 VERSES CLEARLY TALKS ABOUT THE TITHE BEING FOOD PRODUCTS FOR THE STOREHOUSE IN THE TEMPLE, WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS, WHICH ISN'T ANYMORE, AS WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, NOT MADE WITH STONE AND WOOD BUT FROM HEAVEN. THE TEMPLE MADE OF STONE AND WOOD WAS DESTROYED IN 70AD, WHICH MAKES THOSE VERSES VALID ACCORDING TO THE TIME IT WAS WRITTEN. GOLD AND SILVER, AND MONEY, THOSE ARE CALLED FREEWILL OFFERINGS, NOT TITHES.
ITS ALL IN THE BOOK, HAVE YOU TAKEN TIME TO DISCOVER THE GOOD OF GOD AND THE EVIL OF MEN. READ THE WORD OF GOD TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED A WORKMAN, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF GOD. TEST YOUR CHURCH SEE IF THEY ARE WALKING IN TRUTH OR LIES.
I WORKED WITH A MAN WHO WAS A BIG BAPTIST CHURCH DEACON SOMETIME AGO AND EVERY TIME WE PASSED EACH OTHER AND HE WOULD HOLD OUT HIS HAND FOR MONEY, ALL HE EVER CARED ABOUT WAS MONEY. AT THE TIME I WAS NOT SAVED AND HE NEVER PASSED ME AND SAID JESUS LOVES YOU, DO YOU KNOW HIM.
THEN SOME TIME LATER, HE HAD A HEART ATTACK(LIKELY SOMETHING TO DO WITH UNCLEAN FOODS GOD SAYS IS BAD FOR US) AND I WENT TO VISIT HIM AND WHEN I FOUND OUT HE HAD AN OUTERBODY EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE HE WAS SO CLOSE TO DEATH, I ASKED HIM TO TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE AS A CHILD WITH THE FLU. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES AND SAID, HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I ASSUMED CHRIST SHOWED HIM A PLACE THAT HE WOULD GO, IF HE DIDN'T CHANGE HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TRUTH OF CHRISTENDOM. THAT IS PURELY MY THOUGHT. IT WAS AS IF HE WAS LIKE A PHARISEE OF THE DAYS WHEN CHRIST WAS ON EARTH AND HOW HE REPRIMANDED THE PHARIESEES FOR BEING MONEY LOVERS.
WHY DO WE READ GODS WORD AND DON'T RECIEVE THE TRUTH.
DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD?
THERE WAS A MINISTER WHO WHEN I CONFRONTED HER THAT TITHING WAS NO LONGER A REQUIREMNENT OF GOD, SHE SAID THAT IF WE DIDN'T TELL THE PEOPLE TO TITHE, THEY WOULDN'T GIVE A DIME!
YOU SEE THE MENTALITY OF THESE GREEDY PEOPLE. THEY WANT MONEY, NOT FOOD, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET A JOB LIKE THE REST OF US POOR FOLKS. THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THE CHURCH THAT SHOULD MAKE HIS LIVING FROM PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND THAT IS THE PREACHER ONLY.
IF PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO GIVE A TITHE IN THEIR CHURCH, THEY CAN BRING THE FOOD OF THEIR CHOICE AND PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE PREACHER, IF THEY DESIRE TO.
TITHE IS NOT MONEY, BUT FOOD, AND IT ONLY APPLIED TO THE TEMPLE MADE OF WOOD AND STONE, BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED IN 70 AD. THAT ENDED THE TITHING AS A REQUIREMENT FROM GOD, BECAUSE THE TEMPLE WAS NO LONGER THERE NOR WERE THE LEVITES, AS ALL ISRAEL AND JUDAH ENDED UP IN VARIOUS NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. THE TITHE WAS FOR THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD, THE WIDOW, THE ORPHAN AND THE STRANGER IN THE LAND. THE TITHE WAS GIVEN EVERY 3RD YEAR NOT EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE THE LEVITES HAD NO INHERITANCE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND THEIR INHERITANCE WAS GOD HIMSELF. THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE REQUIRED TO SUPPLY THE LEVITES, THE WIDOWS, THE ORPHANS, AND THE STRANGER THEIR FOOD TO LIVE ON. WE WILL FREELY ACCEPT ANY OF THESE TITHES FOR THE POOR, THE WIDOWS, AND THE STRANGER, HERE AT THE CHURCH, AS WE DO HAVE A STOREHOUSE FOR THE POOR.
THIS CHURCH HAS NEVER ASKED FOR NOR DO WE PASS A OFFERING PLATE, AS IT IS NOT OUR OBJECTIVE TO LOOK FOR MONETARY GAIN BUT TO WIN SOULS TO YAHSHUA. AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL ACCEPT ANY THING OF VALUE INCLUDING MONEY, SO AS NOT TO TAKE A BLESSING FROM GOD AWAY FROM YOU, BUT WE COULD CARE LESS, IF YOU GIVE OR NOT.
FOR YOUR SAKE I SHOULD REMIND YOU, THAT GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. HE DOESN'T EXPECT YOU TO GIVE WHEN YOU ARE IN LACK, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SPARE MONEY, ITS NICE TO SHOW YOUR LOVE AND RESPECT TO THE CHURCH THAT PREACHES HIS WORD AND GIVE CHEERFULLY AND NOT AS A BURDEN, AS MENTIONED IN THE TITHING ISSUE.
REMEMBERING THAT HE WHO SOWS HIS SEED (MONEY) SPARINGLY SO SHALL HE REAP SPARINGLY(BLESSINGS). BUT HE WHO SOWS HIS SEED (MONEY) BOUNTIFULLY WILL ALSO REAP BOUNTIFULLY(BLESSINGS).
