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Being re-reading some notes on tithing and also to reflect the past arguments for and against the act of tithing. Then impressed by God to hunt verses in the New Testament that speaks of tithing.
The first instance is when Jesus reproach the Pharisees. This is what the Lord says
Mat 23:23
(ASV) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
(BBE) A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
(CEV) You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your garden, such as mint, dill, and cumin. Yet you neglect the more important matters of the Law, such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the important things you should have done, though you should not have left the others undone either.
(CUV-S) 「你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了！因为你们将薄荷、茴香、芹菜，献上十分之一，那律法上更重的事，就是公义、怜悯、信实，反倒不行了。这更重的是你们当行的；那也是不可不行的。
(KJV+) Woe3759 unto you,5213 scribes1122 and2532 Pharisees,5330 hypocrites!5273 for1063 ye pay tithe586 of mint2238 and2532 anise432 and2532 cummin,2951 and2532 have omitted863 the3588 weightier926 matters of the3588 law,3551 judgment,2920, (2532) mercy,1656 and2532 faith:4102 these5023 ought1163 ye to have done,4160 and not3361 to leave863 the other2548 undone.863
(YLT) `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
What all this means is that the Lord did not discount the importance of tithing but would like us to also put Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness unto the same level as with tithing.
And here's Paul's teaching on tithing:
Heb 7:8
(ASV) And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
(BBE) Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.
(CEV) Priests are given a tenth of what people earn. But all priests die, except Melchizedek, and the Scriptures teach that he is alive.
(CUV-S) 在这里收十分之一的都是必死的人；但在那里收十分之一的，有为他作见证的说，他是活的；
(KJV+) And2532 here5602, 3303 men444 that die599 receive2983 tithes;1181 but1161 there1563 he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed3140 that3754 he liveth.2198
(YLT) and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there he , who is testified to that he was living,
So the act of tithing is a work of faith that testify to the Lord is alive, well and kicking in heaven. If we tithe, although we tithe to our churches here on earth, Jesus received the tithe for us since He is the Priest for us in front of Abba God. And before Abraham, Jesus is the I am, therefore He is the Melchizedek that Abraham gave the tithe to.
The argument that the tithe is no more because it is law can be argues in myrid of ways. However even the act of arguing against the act of tithing show the true intention of one's heart, that one is not convinced that Jesus is alive in heaven receiving our tithes and tithing is not as important as justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Now this has to be taught correctly now. Jesus did not come down here to abolish the act of tithing because the very act of tithing is to show respect for God's property and assets that was given to us as stewards by His Grace. He gave us undeserved favour to let us manage His assets, His property, His money, then out of our own gratefulness we should at least gave the tithe to Him as an act of appreciation.
Now here comes the verse that see the act of tithing from another perspective, that by giving, we acknowledge that there is someone who is receiving the tithe! Now that is very important. If there is no one on earth to receive the money, why would we give in the first place? Of course we have the church to take the money but most importantly, through a mystery of sorts, the money given to the church is received by Christ in heaven. And if Christ received it, then it shows that He is alive.
We give tithe because He is alive and thus able to bless the tithe and the work of our hands and to allow Him to work supernaturally to protect our finances, our well being and our families.
Now that's the reason why in Cho Nam's book "Heaven is so real" on page 21 she wrote
"Those who don't tithe are disobedient children."
Why are those who do not tithe are disobedient? If the Lord puts tithing as important as justice, mercy and faith; then by not tithing, it is equivalent of not doing justice, have no mercy and did not exercise faith.
At first when I read Cho Nam's book page 21 on tithing, I was a bit sceptical why she would wrote that at worse or why the Lord would say that at best. Now with some studies and numerous 'arguments' over tithing, I saw it very plainly...that the giving of the tithe or not giving of the tithe shows the heart truly of things financial.
In short, are we serving mammon or the Lord who created mammon?
Note: There are still some parts of Cho Nam's book that I am not really agreeable. The path to heaven is Jesus for He is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to Abba God but through Him alone.
So in the same breath, going to Abba Father in heaven is equivalent of going to Heaven in the first place. It is not what we do that gets us to heaven, it is what Jesus has done on the cross and our reaction to that fact that allow us to touch heaven.
Put it another way. If I have a son, he will always be my son no matter what happened. If I teach him to do something but he is disobedient, by the very fact that he is disobedient, he will suffer needlessly. However, it will not change his status of being my son. He still can come back home.
So the same way...God has teach me about tithing and what tithing can do to me and for me if I tithe (Malachi 3:10-12). If I do not tithe, I will suffer needlessly: The devil can destroy my work's results, the blessings would not come forth, people will see that I am not blessed at all for my land would not be fruitful. Would I suffer by not tithing? Yes!! Because this is what the Lord has taught!
Since I suffered because I did not tithe does that mean I am disqualified being a son of God. NO!! Of course not! For the blood that was shed for the remission of our sin is everlasting therefore nothing that we do can take us away from the love of God.
The first instance is when Jesus reproach the Pharisees. This is what the Lord says
Mat 23:23
(ASV) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
(BBE) A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
(CEV) You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your garden, such as mint, dill, and cumin. Yet you neglect the more important matters of the Law, such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the important things you should have done, though you should not have left the others undone either.
(CUV-S) 「你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了！因为你们将薄荷、茴香、芹菜，献上十分之一，那律法上更重的事，就是公义、怜悯、信实，反倒不行了。这更重的是你们当行的；那也是不可不行的。
(KJV+) Woe3759 unto you,5213 scribes1122 and2532 Pharisees,5330 hypocrites!5273 for1063 ye pay tithe586 of mint2238 and2532 anise432 and2532 cummin,2951 and2532 have omitted863 the3588 weightier926 matters of the3588 law,3551 judgment,2920, (2532) mercy,1656 and2532 faith:4102 these5023 ought1163 ye to have done,4160 and not3361 to leave863 the other2548 undone.863
(YLT) `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
What all this means is that the Lord did not discount the importance of tithing but would like us to also put Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness unto the same level as with tithing.
And here's Paul's teaching on tithing:
Heb 7:8
(ASV) And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
(BBE) Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.
(CEV) Priests are given a tenth of what people earn. But all priests die, except Melchizedek, and the Scriptures teach that he is alive.
(CUV-S) 在这里收十分之一的都是必死的人；但在那里收十分之一的，有为他作见证的说，他是活的；
(KJV+) And2532 here5602, 3303 men444 that die599 receive2983 tithes;1181 but1161 there1563 he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed3140 that3754 he liveth.2198
(YLT) and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there he , who is testified to that he was living,
So the act of tithing is a work of faith that testify to the Lord is alive, well and kicking in heaven. If we tithe, although we tithe to our churches here on earth, Jesus received the tithe for us since He is the Priest for us in front of Abba God. And before Abraham, Jesus is the I am, therefore He is the Melchizedek that Abraham gave the tithe to.
The argument that the tithe is no more because it is law can be argues in myrid of ways. However even the act of arguing against the act of tithing show the true intention of one's heart, that one is not convinced that Jesus is alive in heaven receiving our tithes and tithing is not as important as justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Now this has to be taught correctly now. Jesus did not come down here to abolish the act of tithing because the very act of tithing is to show respect for God's property and assets that was given to us as stewards by His Grace. He gave us undeserved favour to let us manage His assets, His property, His money, then out of our own gratefulness we should at least gave the tithe to Him as an act of appreciation.
Now here comes the verse that see the act of tithing from another perspective, that by giving, we acknowledge that there is someone who is receiving the tithe! Now that is very important. If there is no one on earth to receive the money, why would we give in the first place? Of course we have the church to take the money but most importantly, through a mystery of sorts, the money given to the church is received by Christ in heaven. And if Christ received it, then it shows that He is alive.
We give tithe because He is alive and thus able to bless the tithe and the work of our hands and to allow Him to work supernaturally to protect our finances, our well being and our families.
Now that's the reason why in Cho Nam's book "Heaven is so real" on page 21 she wrote
"Those who don't tithe are disobedient children."
Why are those who do not tithe are disobedient? If the Lord puts tithing as important as justice, mercy and faith; then by not tithing, it is equivalent of not doing justice, have no mercy and did not exercise faith.
At first when I read Cho Nam's book page 21 on tithing, I was a bit sceptical why she would wrote that at worse or why the Lord would say that at best. Now with some studies and numerous 'arguments' over tithing, I saw it very plainly...that the giving of the tithe or not giving of the tithe shows the heart truly of things financial.
In short, are we serving mammon or the Lord who created mammon?
Note: There are still some parts of Cho Nam's book that I am not really agreeable. The path to heaven is Jesus for He is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to Abba God but through Him alone.
So in the same breath, going to Abba Father in heaven is equivalent of going to Heaven in the first place. It is not what we do that gets us to heaven, it is what Jesus has done on the cross and our reaction to that fact that allow us to touch heaven.
Put it another way. If I have a son, he will always be my son no matter what happened. If I teach him to do something but he is disobedient, by the very fact that he is disobedient, he will suffer needlessly. However, it will not change his status of being my son. He still can come back home.
So the same way...God has teach me about tithing and what tithing can do to me and for me if I tithe (Malachi 3:10-12). If I do not tithe, I will suffer needlessly: The devil can destroy my work's results, the blessings would not come forth, people will see that I am not blessed at all for my land would not be fruitful. Would I suffer by not tithing? Yes!! Because this is what the Lord has taught!
Since I suffered because I did not tithe does that mean I am disqualified being a son of God. NO!! Of course not! For the blood that was shed for the remission of our sin is everlasting therefore nothing that we do can take us away from the love of God.
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