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To: Colofornian
the tithe was abolished by Christ.
4 posted on 11/18/2011 3:28:01 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: guitarplayer1953
the tithe was abolished by Christ.

Where is that written?

I agree that the Lord Jesus made it clear that people who were focused on the letter of the law ('tithing mint and cummin'), and not the spirit ('helping the naked, fatherless, and widows'), were at gross fault.
But He also said, 'Think not that I have come to destroy the Law and the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say onto you, til Heaven and Earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled'.
So, He didn't come to abrogate the Law of God - He fullfilled it.

That said, I don't see tithing as a law. It was a tax specific to maintain the Levites who were dedicated to perform the Religious rites of the Hebrew nation. I don't read it as a law that was timeless (like all of God's laws). It served a specific purpose for a specific nation in a specific period of God's time-line.
In the New Testament time (Christ crucified, risen, and sitting at the right hand of the Father), we recognize that all that we have belongs to God (that has always been the case -- but it must even be more obvious to us understanding that the precious Son of God ransomed us with the payment of His priceless blood). We are to be cheerful givers. Whether that is 90% or 1%, its up to the giver. No tithing, but all we have belongs to the Lord.

12 posted on 11/18/2011 6:02:39 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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