Martin Luther said, three things happen as regards conversion,'Conversion of the heart,conversion of the soul,and conversion of the purse'.Lets consider the latter ,for most of my Christian life,I went along with tithing as was taught in the church I attended .But the question is this , as Christians are we told to give a tenth of our earnings? are we under the law as regards tithing?Recently I listened to a minister on the importance of Christians giving a tenth of their money to support God's work. He used scripture in Malachi 3 v6-12,which highlights that's God's people were breaking were Gods covenant by withholding tithes and offerings,declaring they were robbing God.Again let me ask you the question does this apply to us as Christians?,the answer is no. Most people mention one tithe,but in fact there were three tithes mention in the OT (Num 18v21-24/Deut 14v22-29)one could call them the law of the tithe. That minister who I heard preaching never used any scripture from the NT in his preaching as regards tithing,because there is none.If we are not under the law of tithing then how much should we give ?.1Corinthians 16 v2 reads ,'Set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income',we will consider the subject of giving next time.
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