Tithe vs grace

[polar bear]

If you look the directives in Leviticus to the church of Israel the tithe was directed to them as a body.

The tithe was never intended to be used as a gun held to the head of an individual as it is by certain groups now.

Even in the old testament times God's blessings and the curse of the law was directed to Israel as a whole.

God would bless Israel as they stood together on what He directed. I'm sure there were individuals who did not thithe as they were directed. It doesn't meand they were killed or damned.

As we know the thithe was an old testament law. In this day and time it's silly even to consider that God would not bless an individual based on works or any form of tithing. In fact God tells us we are "blessed with all spiritual blessings" in Ephesians because of our believing not works.

What a great delivrance comes when we realize that God will bless us as we simply believe on the works that Christ has already accomplished for us.

I'm all for giving, but it should be up to us to decide what, and where to give to. That way we are blessed to do it.

Edited January 25, 2007 by polar bear

[What The Hey]

Remarkable how TWI always refered to the believer's tithe as "Abundant Sharing" but what it turned out to be in reality was nothing more than abundant giving - it wasn't about sharing. Not real sharing I would say. Real sharing is a two-way street. That is something that is always implied in sharing with someone.

You know, most Christian's love to give but the truth of the matter is they hate to share. The reason most Christians hate to share is because that often times only opens them up and makes them vulnerable to the other party. Since when did TWI ever want to be vulnerable in that way, or ever want to open themselves up to that kind of exposure? It's just another thing for us to think through more seriously. Later.