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Why you should not pay tithes?
Tithing in biblical times is dated to the Abrahamic era, who gave a tithe to Melchizedek out of his spoils of war and he blessed him. Nothing was heard about tithing again until the Mosaic era when Moses commanded the rest of the tribes of Israel to pay tithes out of their means of income to the Levites who served in the temple at all times.
Centuries later, the tribes of Israel neglected the temple, only a few are faithful to paying tithes and as a result of their actions. The Levites were hungry and were forced to go back to the farm and work. The work of the temple suffered, and the prophets of their time, Haggai, Malachi raised alarm against this and warned them of the dangers of not paying tithe.
Jesus came, he didn’t abolish the laws, he came to fulfill them. He taught about sacrificial giving and giving as an act of worship and honour to God. Giving in the new testament is beyond ten percent but a function of how you love and honor your God.
Paul emphasized giving as a form of worship and dedication to God. He gave an account of how the money was spent. Donations and offerings were returned to Jerusalem and distributed evenly among poor brethren. Paul even said do not muzzle an ox while it works. A statement of the law connotes that laborers of the Gospel need to be paid out of the gospel.
Paying tithe is voluntary. If you do not pay tithe, things will not be hard for you, you will prosper and you will not be cursed. Christians pay more than a tithe, we give our time and resources to God. If he wants our salary, house, or any precious thing from us, we are willing to give because he owns us and everything we have. Just like the Macedonian church, we have given ourselves to God and God owns all we have. Giving is not our problem because we love God and we have given our all to him
So as Christians we pay beyond tithes, we give more to the work of God in accordance with our love for Christ. A believer does not debate tithing because we give more than tithes to God. The world thinks God’s work is run on offering and tithes. They are bent on destroying the church by coming with fallacies, heresies, and false teachings on tithes. The more they promote this propaganda, the more the work of God prospers and his servants prosper more than ever before in history. This is a mystery. The church has gone beyond tithing. Our God deserves more than tithes. Only religious people pay tithes, believers walk by faith, we give artificially, and God opens floodgates of heaven for us. Church finances are getting stronger during economic crises and depressions. The church is an extension of God’s kingdom and it is run by faith and not by money.
©️July, 2022, Abolanle Oladipupo
