biblical tithing was about dinner plates, not offering plates

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Biblical Tithes Filled Dinner Plates, Not Offering Plates

This article lists ALL the scriptures containing the words “tithe”, “tithes”, or “tithing”. Only these three forms of “tithe” are found in the KJV, and “tithing” is

found just twice in the same verse. I couldn’t find even ONE commandment totithe on wages, ANYWHERE! Scriptures containing “tithe”, “tithes” or “tithing” arein red. Supporting scriptures are in black. My own comments are in blue. God’s

sheep have been left spiritually black and blue from being beaten over the headwith the Book of Malachi, in particular. This study will start with the first book of

the Bible.

Gen. 14:15 And he (Abraham) divided himself against them, he and his servants,

by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the lefthand of Damascus.

16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot,and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from theslaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was thepriest of the most high God.19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,

possessor of heaven and earth:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into

thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all (all of the spoils of war, not of hispersonal income, see Heb.7:4).

Abraham had just won a war fought to free his nephew Lot and the citizens of wicked Sodom from captivity to bandits who had kidnapped them and stolen theirpossessions. As a ONE-TIME act of thanks to God, Abraham presented one-tenthof the SPOILS OF WAR (not his personal income) to Melchisedek, priest of the



Most High God. Scripture records no further tithing done by Abraham. Preacherswho want you to tithe like Abraham should be presented with booty taken fromcaptured burglars, period.

Lev.27:30:And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of thefruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto thefifth part thereof.

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoeverpasseth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: andif he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall notbe redeemed.* * * *God didn’t care whether the tenth animal counted was thebest or the worst, He wanted the tenth one. Period. Contrary to what mostpreachers holler about giving “god” the best, and first, of your money as yourtithe, it was the TENTH critter counted that got to be the tithe, not the first inline. How do you make a twenty-dollar bill march under the rod anyway? And asfor it being good or bad, unless the bill is torn up or defaced or counterfeit (it

takes an expert to tell the difference) the last twenty you pull out of your wallet is just as good as the first.

34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the

children of Israel in mount Sinai.

Num.18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heaveoffering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I havesaid unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children

of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, thenye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the

tithe.28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes,

which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'Sheave offering to Aaron the priest.

Deut.12:6: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and yourfreewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all thatye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath

blessed thee.

Deut.12:11: Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose tocause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and yourdaughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that iswithin your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Deut.26:12: When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thineincrease the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the

Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thygates, and be filled;* * * * * *Did the Lord overlook something here? What

about filling that big offering plate so the preacher can fill his bank account?



Deut. 17:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thywine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thyvows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thinehand:18 BUT THOU (the worshipper) MUST EAT THEM (the tithes) before the LORD thyGod in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and

thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that iswithin thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou

puttest thine hands unto.19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest

upon the earth.20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee,and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thoumayest eat flesh, WHATSOEVER THY SOUL LUSTETH AFTER.

Deut.14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the fieldbringeth forth year by year.23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall

choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil,and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear

the LORD thy God always.24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if

the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set hisname there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:25 Then shalt thou turn it (the tithed agricultural produce) into money, and bindup the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy Godshall choose:* * * If the Biblical tithe is already money, why the need to turn itinto money?

26 And thou shalt bestow (spend) that money for WHATSOEVER THY SOULLUSTETH AFTER, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for

whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God,and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,* * * * Notice, that tithe money

was to be spent on any FOOD OR DRINK the WORSHIPPER desired, evenalcoholic beverages! How many modern preachers teach THIS verse and urge youto spend tithe money on a six-pack of Bud?27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hathno part nor inheritance with thee.28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increasethe same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the

stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shallcome, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all

the work of thine hand which thou doest.* * * *How many preachers let the poorhave ALL the tithe money every third year? When donkeys fly!

Deut.26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increasethe third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, thestranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, andbe filled;* * * * * Wow! Why do preachers neglect THIS tithing law that Godthought was important enough to repeat?

2 Chron.31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of

Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, andof all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in

abundantly.* * * * *Some might see a loophole in “the tithe of all things”. But

the word “things” is in italics, meaning it was added by translators. This verse istalking about agricultural produce, not tithes of workers’ wages.



6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holythings which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

2 Chron.31: 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully:over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. Neh.10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our

offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests,to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the

Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.38 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and

the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to thechambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites,that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Neh.12:44: And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough (bread dough,that is), and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil,unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of ourground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the

cities of our tillage.

Neh.13:5: And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime theylaid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of thecorn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to theLevites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil untothe treasuries.

Amos 4:4:Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and

bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:* * * * Godis rebuking the people for their sins and saying in so many words to go ahead,

keep on observing your religious rites, it won’t make things right with Me.Who is God talking to here?Eight verses later, verse 12: Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O ISRAEL: andbecause I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Here’s the preachers’ favorite to pound God’s people over the head with:

Malachi 10: 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein

have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.Funny how preachers overlook verse 6 which gives you some clue about who this

passage is really addressed to:Mal.10:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye SONS OF JACOB are not

consumed.* * * * Most of God’s children are NOT literal descendants of Jacob,who PROMISED to someday pay God a tithe of all he owned, IF GOD WOULDFIRST bless Jacob. Modern preachers insist that people must FIRST give a tenthof their wages and salaries BEFORE God blesses them.

Gen. 14:20; And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will

keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to puton,

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; THEN shall the LORD bemy God:



22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of allthat thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee (“Tithe”=“tenth”).

Here’s the preacher’s favorite crow bar to pry open Christians’ wallets: Malachi 10: 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this wholenation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat (food) inmine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not

open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shallnot be room enough to receive it.

Tithing teachers teach instead:Bring all the tithe money into the church house, that there might be money in thechurch bank account, and hope you hit the jackpot with God and see a shower of cash raining out of heaven.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy thefruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the

field, saith the LORD of hosts.* * * * God is saying nothing here about helpingyou get a winning lottery ticket, or helping you strike oil on your land, he’s talking

about protecting farmers’ crops from grasshoppers and fungus!12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith

the LORD of hosts.* * * * *God is addressing the literal LAND of Israel here.Christians are not a “land”, they are the people of God spread out over the earthand their home is heaven.

Who ELSE is this particular book of the Bible addressed to:Mal.2:1: And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.* * * * *Preachers

love to brag that they’re the altar ministers, the equivalent of the Old Testamentpriesthood, conveniently ignoring the priesthood of all believers (1 Pet.2:5,9). In

Malachi chapter 2 God chews out the Sons of Levi, the priesthood. These menare guilty of profaning the Lord’s offering. Preachers eagerly seize all the

imaginary benefits of the Book of Malachi and dump its curses on Church AgeChristians, to whom it is not addressed.

Malachi 3:3: And he (God) shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shallpurify the SONS OF LEVI, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offerunto the LORD an offering in righteousness.* * * *If your preacher claims to be aspiritual Levite, then he needs to be purged in the Refiner’s fire (ouch)!

In Matthew Chapter 23 Jesus upbraided self-righteous Pharisees for their lack of love and charity, even while they kept outward religious rituals such as tithing.

Matt.23:23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave theother undone.* * * *Jesus’ nation was still living under the Old Mosaic Lawbecause He had not yet gone to the Cross. Christ said tithing ought to be done,but they were neglecting far more important MATTERS OF THE LAW. Christiansare not under the Law (Rom.6:14; 5:18). If you tithe (or observe the Mosaic Lawof circumcision), you come back under the Law and have to keep it all in God’s

way, not man’s made-up way, where ordinances are added to it or subtractedfrom it (Deut.12:32; Gal.5:3). Many Christians THINK they’re tithing properly

but are neglecting many NEVER-PREACHED-ON ordinances which make up thetithing law. In doing so they fall under the curse of the Law and run the risk of

falling from Grace (Gal.3:10; Gal.5:4).



Luke 11:42: But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and allmanner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye tohave done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 18:12: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.* * * Theself-righteous Pharisee is bragging to God about how holy he is. He’s so

righteous he went beyond what God commanded in scripture and paid tithes oneverything he owned, even his Elvis collection! In doing so, that Pharisee ADDED

TO what God commanded to be tithed on, breaking Deuteronomy 12:32 andbringing himself under the curse of the Law!

Heb.7:5: And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of thepriesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to thelaw, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:* ** Jesus did not go around collecting tithes of people’s wages to support His ownministry. Jesus was of the Tribe of Judah, not Levi. Even if He had qualified tocollect tithes, Jesus would never have broken the Law and added to what itcommanded (tithes taken ONLY from agricultural produce) to justify taking tithes

of monetary wages. Next time your preacher demands tithes of you, demand tosee his genealogical chart to prove he’s a full-fledged male descendant of Aaron

the High Priest. No ladies please!

Another important point: Most of us are not physical Israelites, and the Leviticalpriesthood has been out of operation since the destruction of the Temple in 70A.D. And most tithe-collecting preachers don’t have a single drop of Levite bloodin them. So nobody has a right to collect tithes of any kind from us! God onlycommanded tithes to be collected from people who sprang from the LOINS OF

ABRAHAM (physical Israelites).

Heb.7:6: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Heb.7:8: And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.* * * *There, in that particular long-ago,faraway scenario, Melchisedek, who had neither beginning nor end of days (verse3) received a ONE-TIME VOLUNTARY tithe of WAR LOOT from Abraham’

Contrary to what many teach about tithing still being in effect because Christ is apriest after the order of Melchisedek, Jesus does not sanction any church tithing

law. Jesus does not tax His own children, Who are His Bride, the church (seeMatt.17:26). Moreover, we are one spirit with Christ, the very Body of Christ (I

Cor.6:17; I Cor.12:27). Does Christ tax Himself? When preachers take yourtithes in God’s name, they’re denying your priesthood in Christ Jesus, your unitywith His Spirit, and your place in His Body as being one with Him. They’re placingthemselves between Christ and His Bride, which is spiritual perversion.

Heb.7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes inAbraham.

These references in Hebrews are the ONLY tithing scriptures found in the Bibleafter Christ went to the Cross and ushered in the New Covenant. The entire book

of Hebrews is addressed to converted Jews who wonder if they ought to forsakesalvation by faith in Christ alone and return to Mosaic Law. In Hebrews chapter 7

the writer uses tithing as an example of the Old Covenant system of laws which

was weak and inferior and unable to perfect the saints. The Old Covenant,



because of its inherent weaknesses and inability to perfect God’s people, hadbeen rendered null and void and replaced with a new covenant (verse 18-19).

Ask the preacher for a whole year off from work every seventh year. Thepreacher’s weak alibi is “Your harvest field is your job”. But poor Christians don’town their own workplaces (harvest fields). They’re just wage slaves. Besides the

fact field hands in ancient Israel did not own the land and were not taxed on theirpay checks, the harvest field was not to be worked during the seventh year! So

no tithes were taken from the land for a solid year. Will your pastor excuse youfrom tithing for a whole year every seventh year? Will he listen to your argument

that your alleged harvest field is to lie fallow for a whole year while you live off the land? Don’t bet on it! He’ll get on your case for being a lazy hippie bum!

Exodus 23:11: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in thefruits thereof:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thypeople may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In likemanner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Lev.25:3: Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thyvineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for

the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither

gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thyservant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger thatsojourneth with thee,7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increasethereof be meat.

The apostle Paul did not teach believers to tithe. Nor did Peter, who, along with

James, presided over the first church council in Acts 15. They had metspecifically to decide whether the Law, or any part of it, was binding on Gentile

believers. Their conclusion:

Acts 15:24: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from ushave troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must becircumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greaterburden than these necessary things;29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things

strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall dowell. Fare ye well.* * * *Why do preachers insist the Holy Ghost left out an

important requirement, tithing? How dare they contradict the clear instruction of scripture, that NO GREATER BURDEN is to be laid on Christian believers! Do

modern “prosperity teachers” think they know better than Peter or Paul?

What did the Prophet Samuel think about a situation where God’s people exaltsome MAN to rule over them as God’s alleged representative, so as to pay tributeto him?

I Sam.8:10: And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people thatasked of him a king.

11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: Hewill take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his

horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.



12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; andwill set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make hisinstruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and tobe bakers.14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the

best of them, and give them to his servants.15 And he will take THE TENTH OF YOUR SEED, and of your vineyards, and give

to his officers, and to his servants.16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest

young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.17 HE WILL TAKE THE TENTH OF YOUR SHEEP: AND YE SHALL BE HISSERVANTS.18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall havechosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

The people of God are STILL serving human kings. These kings don’t sit on fancythrones (unless they’re posing for a TV camera). These days they rule from

behind pulpits with a rod of iron, yelling that God will send non-tithers to hell, ortheir names will be read out so other churchgoers will shun them. That is abuse

of God’s flock (Ezek. Chapter 34). Day after day impoverished tithers cry out forGod’s help to pay the rent, make their car payment (if they have one) or even

put decent food on the table. They ask God why, after years of faithfulness tokeep the preacher’s sacred Tithing Law, God isn’t pouring out the windows of heaven upon them. Samuel gave the answer: Pay tribute to a human king andyou’re automatically working for some man as his servants, bound to hisdemands for more and more money.

Greedy tithe teachers insist tithing is “giving unto the Lord”. Well, I seriouslydoubt God needs a BMW, fancy artwork or a second vacation home. It must

bring tears to His eyes every time some disillusioned tither goes to the churchoffice desperate for help because they can’t feed their families, only to be told to

go get an extra job. This “giving unto the Lord” really means GIVING TO THEPREACHER. When the preacher has a need, all he has to do is boldly share it withthe church and they dig deep in their pockets. But when some ordinaryChristian’s own back is up against the wall after so many years of giving “untothe Lord”, they are heaped with shame by church people. They’re told they gotthemselves into their own mess by not working enough, giving enough, etc.

They say “one hand washes the other”. Not true, in the case of church leadership

and pew Christians. One hand giveth and the other taketh away.

Preachers are spiritual wizards who magically transform misapplied scripture.The brainwashed mind confuses apples with oranges because both look round.The human brain tends to generalize in its view of something and overlook thefine details. It takes years of careful study to become a professional portraitartist. A small child tends to draw all faces the same: a perfect circle. His pictureof Mommy might look just like his drawing of Aunt Susie because both have twoarms and two legs and one round face. The human brain sometimes sortsdiffering things into the same category. A brainwashed Christian can

subconsciously equate the preacher with God Himself, as a powerful religiousauthority whose good side you’d better stay on.

Preachers count on people not slowing down, taking a deep breath and sorting

vague generalities from truth. Once the soul-stirring music is played (yes, much

music is soulish, not spiritual!) and the Curse of Malachi is bellowed from a tall



pulpit (Notice how the preacher looks down on everyone else) the FEAR OF THATCURSE motivates people to dig deep to give to the imposter who is playing god.

For years I saw it that way, because I’d swallowed the teaching of “prosperity” preachers. It’s only logical: Giving to a preacher is giving to God, so if you loveGod you’ll give him a lot. Giving to your own family doesn’t count as giving unto

the Lord, even if your family are Christians! Odd, isn’t it? The plain truth is:Once you equate your pastor (or other religious leader) with God, that’s

IDOLATRY! Your pastor didn’t die on the Cross for you (1 Cor.1:13). Wheneverhe encourages you to pamper him with tithes and offerings, he’s causing you to

sin against the Lord and God won’t reward you with good things for doing that!Tithes are ALWAYS wrong because they’re a distortion of an Old Testament Lawwe aren’t under anyway. Offerings are fine so long as they’re used to supporttrue charitable works of God and to relieve the poverty of the saints.

As for this misapplied scripture about God pouring out the windows of heaven inresponse to tithing: Tithing had everything to do with food and nothing to do withmoney. Could it be God promised RAINFALL to water literal crops, not a deluge of

dollars out of heaven? Could it be that tithing was a social welfare ordinance Hegave to ancient Israel to ensure that no poor widow need go to bed hungry in His

own land?

Social welfare, ugh, some “conservative” Christians might think. Surely the Lord

frowns on welfare because He’s supposed to be a staunch pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps Republican. Snippets of the book of Malachi are isolatedfrom their context and misapplied to fatten the church bank account. But why doyou never hear preachers mention the Third Year Tithe which was to go strictly tofeed the poor of the Land (Deut.14:28-29; 26:12)? One cult, the WorldwideChurch of God, distorted even the Third Year Tithe to the point they filchedTHREE money tithes out of their church people, reducing them to rags and

hunger. And if they failed to pay enough, they were punished with double tithing!All that abuse went on while the leadership of this group lived in luxury at theirexpense. Instead of relieving hunger they CAUSED it!

Before you go looking for other places to spend your money, first take care of theneeds of your own household. Your own kids are your first mission field.

I Tim.5:8: But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his ownhouse, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Nowhere does Paul or any other apostle ever call anyone an infidel for failure to

put money in the offering plate. That verse is the ONLY place “infidel” appears inall of Scripture.

Jesus NEVER rebuked anybody for failure to donate to His ministry. Not one verseabout Him passing ice cream buckets at His crusades to “take up a love offering”.But Jesus did have something to say about consecrating money to the Templewhen it ought to have gone to relieve the poverty of family members.

Mark 7:11: And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God,

that ye may keep your own tradition.10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father

or mother, let him die the death:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to

say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.12 And ye suffer (allow) him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;



13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye havedelivered: and many such like things do ye.

Church tithing is a manmade TRADITION which appears nowhere in the Word of God. Keeping manmade traditions makes it impossible to keep God’s REALcommandments to the church. Because tithers set aside ten per cent of their

income for the preacher, that money is unavailable for meeting the needs of their family. Especially for poorer Christians, that ten per cent could be the thin

margin of after-bills income left between eating and going hungry.

Mark 7:27: But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is notmeet (fitting) to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

Mark 23:14: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devourwidows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receivethe greater damnation.

James 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body;

what doth it profit?

In ONE far-fetched sense the conniving tithe preacher does teach that the tithe isabout food. Instead of the King James Bible, he preaches out of the Burger KingBible: HAVE IT YOUR WAY. He leaves off the onions of truth and adds his ownforeign ingredients to the Word of God to create one whopper of a lie to milk thecash cows dry and shake out their last twenty. Some preachers toss in a fewfries, too, saying you’ll fry in hell if you don’t obey men rather than God. I doubt

Peter would have swallowed that (Acts 5:29).



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