TITHING TITHING
TITHING
TITHING
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.
You see,
at Gen
12:1-3, God only
told him what was
going to happen. There was no response from Abraham that he believed
God, and
so he wasn’t a man of faith at this point in time.
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.
The word Christian ’tithing’ should never be used as God simply loveth a cheerful giver.
Harley Hitchcock
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HOW DID TITHING ORIGINATE?
To the believer, giving to God's work is a duty, a privilege and a joy. Under the dispensation of the law, Jews were obliged to pay a "tithe", meaning one tenth of their income. This could take the form of money, cattle, goats, sheep, produce or any other kind.
