APPENDIX
J
Pastors
today say that
because we are children of Abraham, we should at least give a tithe
because Abraham
did it in Gen 14:20, and
this occurred before the giving of the law.
But
the question is, when
did Abraham become a man of faith? Was it before or after he gave
tithes to
Melchisedec? It is after, because this
is when he believed and became a man of faith.
However,
after he had given tithes to
Melchisedec at Gen
14:20, he
believes God at Gen 15:6
and so he
becomes a man of faith.
Now
Christians are children of
Abraham who is our father in the faith. Abraham is not our father
before he had
faith (Gal 3:6-7).
Furthermore,
Paul never
mentions tithing in his two whole chapters on giving in 2 Cor chapters
8
and 9.
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