tithes

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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:32:14 -0600 Cal <Calvin@zianet.com> writes:

>>With each person it is a matter of priorities.
>
>This midset is foreign to me?  The randomness of, do as you please, 
>whatever it is that your heart dictates, or what you think the Lord
would be 
>please with do, is not what the scriptures conclude concering any
subject.  
>For the scriptures were given for instruction in righteousness.  

Which is why we need to search the scriptures on this subject.

>To make tithe a matter of priorities based upon ones heartfelt idea is
to ignore the 
>very detailed and multifaceted teaching of the scriptures concering
tithe. 

The OT tithe is just as you describe: mandatory, but there is no NT
equivalent.  The Early Church did not tithe, plain and simple.  They gave
what we would call "love offerings", but there is no proof of the
continuation of the OT tithe.

Did you read Sis Yohnk's excellent post describing the different types of
tithings?  Why only are we told to do ONE of them and ignore the other
two?  If we are really going to continue the OT tithing, we are in
serious trouble.  If NOT, then we have to admit to a change, which begs
the questions:

1) WHEN did such a change occur?
2) WHO made such a change
3) WHAT were the limits or additions of the change?
4) DID this person have SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY to make such a change?

>If the disciples sold everything and had all things in common (Acts 2) 

When it says "the disciples" it doesn't mean the entire Church at that
time.  There were many Churches who did NOT sell everything and live in
such a community.  Did they tithe?  There is no evidence of it; they
usually met in other saints' houses.  

>and this is a New Testament concept then why is it that we do not follow

>the same pattern?  This is only a rhetorical question because the answer

>can be found in tithing.

Not in the NT it can't.  Remember, in the NT, >>WE<< are the Temple; what
has been referred to here as "The Church" is only the building where the
Church meets.  

Jerry Welch
ICQ: 18489712
www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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